First Presbyterian Church News (Clarksville, TN)

At Faith Focus on April 30, Ian MacNab will explore his journey as an Army officer and how his Christian faith has been a guiding force throughout his career, influencing his approach to duty, challenges, and finding purpose in service. He will also touch on the interplay between faith, free will, and accepting difficult assignments. Please join us for dinner and the program from 5:30 to 7. 

Looking forward to Art Walk featuring Karley Scruggs in the FPC Chapel! Come out from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 1.

The next Game Night for all ages is at Paul Cox's home on Monday, May 12. Bring your favorite game or just show up at 7 p.m.!

Please join us on Wednesday nights in Fellowship Hall from 5:30 to 7 p.m. for dinner and a program related to living out our faith in our daily lives. Childcare is available. This week, we’ll hear from LifePoint young adult pastors Jordan and Erin Smalley.

The annual Men’s Work Trip at NaCoMe will be Friday, May 16 at 4:30 p.m. through Sunday, May 18 around 3:30 p.m. The deadline to sign up with Mark Banasiak is Sunday, May 11. There is no cost for the trip. NaCoMe is not charging in exchange for your handiwork!

Easter Lilies in Memory of: William Banyas  by Pixie McCord Mills  Meredith Baggett & Lew Wallace  by Vicki Wallace & family  Hershel Basham Jr. & Susan Basham Lamb  by Sarah & Don Morgan & Lynda & Hershel Basham   Buddy & Shiela Foust, Scott W. Hedstrom, Heidi Kathleen Hedstrom & Mitcheal K. Ostlund  by the Foust, Hedstrom & Neuman families  Kibler & Margery Williams and  Arvo & Mary Kanervo  by Ellen & David Kanervo  Karen Goggin & Liz Thomas  by Mark, Rhonda, & Allister Banasiak  Tom Graves  by Charlotte Graves  Greer Busbee  by an old appreciative friend Charlyne & Aubrey Harvey & Cindy C. Harvey  by the Harvey family  Ruby Jean McLeod  by Roger & Elynor Busler   Loretta Mattade  by Pixie McCord Mills, Lori Jordan & Ryan McCord  Janie Mast, Betty Crane, Thomas Crane Sr. & Thomas Crane Jr.  by Mi...

FPC will join Christians around the world in celebrating the 1700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed (Council of Nicaea, May – July, 325). The Nicene Creed is the most ecumenical of our creeds, affirmed by Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and most Protestant churches. It represents the preservation of the biblical witness to the truth of the Trinity in the face of conflict and persecution in the context of Graeco-Roman ideas and culture. It is a firm foundation for expressing our faith in a changing world. 

Foundational Presbyterian Principles (Being the Church in an Age of Chaos) In times of deep political division and polarization, amid expressions of hate and intolerance, even under tyranny and persecution, Presbyterians have stood firm in the faith through the affirmation of a set of principles first articulated in the wake of the American Revolution by the Synod of New York and Philadelphia and the first General Assembly in the United States in 1788 – 1789. Our Spring Sermon Series (April 27 – June 8) will examine these principles: freedom of conscience, separation of church and state, the right to govern the church and determine its membership without interference, the right to choose our leadership by election, our commitment to truth and holiness, mutual forbearance, and right use of church power and discipline. We will illustrate the strength and effectiveness of these principles in the resistance by Barth and Bonhoeffer and the Confessing Church in Germany to Hitler’s N...