First Presbyterian Church News (Clarksville, TN)

The November card shower is for Gary & Justine Ostlund and Lew Wallace. Please join the Congregational Care Committee in sending them cards of warm wishes.

On Saturday, December 7th , Spiritfest 2024 will be held in downtown Clarksville  from 2:00 to 4:30 pm.  Come to the corner of Third St. and Main St. for holiday festivities!   At the Downtown Commons ( 215 Legion Street ), there will be live music, Santa Claus, kids' activities, and food trucks.  At 4:30 , Montgomery County Mayor Wes Golden will light the Christmas Tree. Warm up inside Trinity’s Parish Hall (317 Franklin St.) with cookies and Hot Chocolate.  Visit the First Presbyterian Chapel (213 Main St.) for an opportunity to dress up and be a part of the live nativity. Dress up clothes and animals including a camel, donkey, and goats provided! Inside the First Presbyterian Fellowship Hall, there will be art, non-profit booths, music, and coffee.  Following Spiritfest around 5 pm, the Clarksville Lighted Christmas Parade will make its way through Downtown Clarksville.  Don't miss this spectacular afternoon to kick off the Christmas season! 

At Faith Focus this Wednesday, Bill Moser from our congregation will share about the plane crash and hospitalization he experienced and how we need to be prepared to “go” at any moment. Please eat dinner with us and benefit from this program from 5:30 to 7 pm. Children’s activities are provided.

We believe deeply in the Reformation notion that the most faithful response a person can make to God is gratitude. We grow spiritually through living gratefully in relationship to God. Thankful living includes the grateful consecration of a percentage of our income to God through the church. We do not view giving as merely a way for the church to pay its bills; we do not appeal for offerings on the basis of the church's need. Every year we teach the biblical perspective that giving is an aspect of spiritual development and our members are followers of Jesus Christ who want to give unselfishly as an act of worship and discipleship. On Sunday, November 10, we will offer the congregation the opportunity to offer thanks by dedicating a percentage of the coming year’s income to God with joy and gratitude.  Thanks in advance for your enthusiastic and courageous participation on Consecration Sunday 2024!

If you would like to light a candle in honor of a loved one for All Saints' Sunday, come 10-15 mins early to the 10 am worship service this Sunday. You are invited into this practice in memory of those whom you have loved in this life, who now live eternally with the Lord.

Literary Roundtable will feature Claire Keegan's "Small Things Like These," about the  complicit silences of a small Irish town controlled by the church set during the weeks leading up to Christmas. Join APSU Prof. Joey Grisham and Pastor Greg to discuss the book (and film coming out Nov. 8) on Tuesday, Dec. 3 from 6:30 to 8 pm at Hudubam Booktraders. Copies available to borrow outside the church office by Nov. 10.

On Sunday, November 24 at 2:00, the Worship Committee would like to invite the congregation to come and help decorate the outside of the church and the sanctuary for Advent. We can always use assistance, especially if you enjoy climbing ladders! Rain date for outside decoration will be Monday, November 25. Thank you! 

Don Atkins Ted Atkinson George & Margaret Ackley Angel & Helen Adames Dan & Lynette Aiken Janet Aiken Judy Aiken Marshall Aiken Robert Aiken Kathleen Rowe Agnew Dee Albright Celia Ambrester Barbara Ann Arnold John M. Arrington John K. & Mary Arrington Bayless G. Atkins Ed & Anna Kathryn Atkinson Ned Atkinson William Hunter Atkinson Harper N. Ausenbaugh Elizabeth Baddley Corinne & Jim Bailey Sam & Florence Bailey Patsy Baker Rupert "Coach" Baker Mrs. N.R. Bardwell John D. Bartee Hershel Basham, Jr. Don & Marita Beck Janie Black Carol Blewett Elston & Hannalee Blythe Vera Boyd Lois Ann Bowley Diane & Jay Bowland Robert & Margaret Brannon Elizabeth Jane Briggs Sarah Britt Jack Brooks Wilbur Brown Thelma Bruce Marie Burnett Greer Busbee Ethelyn Carder Bonnie Cassetty David Charlesworth Frank Childers Betty Lou Cobb Tom & Bonnie Coffman Hacna & Helen Colburn Vinton Cole Dorris Comer Lucien & Alice Conn