First Presbyterian Church News (Clarksville, TN)

Our 2024 Sabbatical Preachers: Revs. Austin and Sara Hill The Hills are a clergy couple who were ordained in 2009 and served 15 years in a church slightly larger than ours in worship attendance (600 members) in Fort Dodge, Iowa.  He is from California, she from Philadelphia.  They met and married at Princeton Theological Seminary.  They have two children, Lyla and Everett.  They moved to Franklin, TN in 2023 to be closer to family and are at-large members of the Presbytery of Middle Tennessee.  Austin currently flies commercially as a pilot.  They share a deep faith and love of the church and have extensive preaching experience.  You can hear either (and both) of them preach by going to First Presbyterian Church, Fort Dodge (http://fpcfd.org/), clicking on “Sermons” and choosing Austin or Sara from the pull down menu of preachers. Originally from Southern California, Austin received a B.A. in Psychology from Seattle Pacific University, in Seattle, Washington. Because Seattle didn’t hav

Contact FPC's Learning Center at reports.alc@gmail.com or 931-648-2665 for information about homeschool classes, test prep assistance, tutoring, and piano lessons. Visit https://fpcclarksville.org/learning-center or https://fpcclarksville.org/preschool. We've got your education needs covered!

Matt Shaw is presenting on "A Spiritual Solution to a Physical Problem" this Wednesday at 5 pm. Join us for dinner, the presentation, and discussion in Fellowship Hall. Nursery and parallel children's activities provided.

The Green Team will meet online on Thursday, Feb. 1 at 5:00 pm. We are looking forward to planning and hearing from TN Interfaith Power & Light representatives Josh Richardson and Dan Joranko. Let Hannah Cruse know if you'd like to attend.

Empty Bowls benefits Loaves and Fishes, Mana Cafe, and Urban Ministries.  The next Empty Bowls event will be on Tuesday, February 20 from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. The meal will include soup, bread, drinks, dessert, and a hand painted bowl. You get to pick out your bowl! Tickets for $15 are available at the church office or after Sunday worship in the vestibule. You can also purchase them online at  emptybowlsclarksville.com .

At our Session meetings each month, different committees report to the Session about what they accomplished the previous year and some goals for the upcoming year. We also share our areas of greatest need. Each month, we are going to highlight those committees so that the congregation will know what our committees are up to!  Congregational Care Committee Accomplishments: presenting prayer books for newly baptized babies ordering a rose in the sanctuary for newborn babies providing meals or food gift cards for members who are sick or in need sending cards and Starbuck’s gift cards to our college students sending an inspirational Christian book to our recent college and high school graduates sending notes and cards to the sick and those in need of sympathy sending cards to those with joyful occasions and visiting members in assisted care Our greatest need:  We always welcome new members! People who like to cook meals for others People who would like to visit our sick or homebound

Youth and parents, save the dates for these trips to NaCoMe camp this spring! March 1-3 is the District Youth Retreat, and FPC's Youth Work Trip is on March 16-7. More information to come. Reach out to Emily Vaughn if interested. 

Join us after worship around 11:15 am on February 11 for Second Sunday Lunch in Fellowship Hall. These monthly meals are always a great time to meet new people or catch up with old friends. Pasta is on the menu.