First Presbyterian Church News (Clarksville, TN)

Please join the Congregational Care Committee in sending cards of warm wishes this month to Billy & Marilyn Shepherd, Bonnie & Judy Mackens. Addresses can be found in our online directory ( download here ) or by calling the office.

Join us for Open Studio every 2nd and 4th Saturday from 2 to 4 pm at Makers' Corner (215 Foster St.). This is a time set aside for people to work on projects begun in classes or at home. Bring any project you are working on, knitting, painting, etc. and work in fellowship with others.

Come down to the "Flower Power" exhibit in the Chapel during Art Walk this Thursday, April 4 from 5 to 8 pm! We will feature the creative imaginings of Carmen Rein.  Carmen Rein, Carmen Rein Arts I am a non-traditional artist who approaches art from a unique, joyful, and eclectic perspective. I do this through various acrylic paintings, mixed-media, assemblage, collages, wire-wrapped jewelry, and resin art. I am best known for my (acrylic) paintings of flowers, birds, and abstracts, which I render in bright and unexpected colors. The manifestation of my resolve to tell stories from my perspective through my artistic expressions of choice is what comes to mind. I open myself up to the expression of thoughts, dreams, and anything my hands can touch -- with no regard for fitting into the artist’s molds of societal expectations. What I am most proud of is the sense of accomplishment I feel when people respond to my art with a smile, a teardrop, a giggle, or relate in a way that s

The Faith Focus presentation on Wednesday, April 3 will be “Human Flourishing: Communing with God in Creation” by priest and paramedic Clifford Syner. Dinner starts at 5:00 in Fellowship Hall. Programming for adults and children is provided through 6:30. Cliff,  priest at Church of the Resurrection in Clarksville,  has been working in healthcare for over 20 years, initially as a special Operations Flight Medic and then as a Physician Assistant in the Army. He has served in public health initiatives in multiple third-world countries and helped to develop infrastructure that lowered the infant mortality rate in eastern Afghanistan. In 2014, Cliff began working in Functional Medicine. He quickly began seeing the connections between physical and spiritual health and attended seminary to explore God's desire to see us flourish within creation. After seminary, his family moved back to Clarksville. They have recently started a non-profit functional medicine clinic. Cliff has been married

Easter Lilies Given in Memory of: William Banyas by Pixie McCord Mills Zachary Davis by Gail & Bob Hudson CW4 Michael Harris by Sheryl & Richard Parker Buddy & Shiela Foust, Scott W. Hedstrom, Heidi Kathleen Hedstrom & Mitcheal K. Ostlund by the Foust, Hedstrom & Neuman families Mildred S. Glenn, Evelyn G. Hunter, & Harper N. Ausenbaugh by Millie Armstrong Karen Goggin & Liz Thomas by Mark, Rhonda, & Allister Banasiak Tom Graves by Charlotte Graves Aubrey Harvey and Cindy C. Harvey by the Harvey family Nell Harris by Vicki Hildreth & family Loretta Mattade by Pixie McCord Mills, Lori Jordan & Ryan McCord Ruby Jean McLeod by Roger & Elynor Busler Jerry Mealer by the Mealer & Goodwin families Edgar & Sara Frances Mills by Sam Mills & Martha M. Richardson James Pedigo by Vickie Duncan     Easter Lilies Given in Honor of: Nicholas, Christopher & Mae, and William & Vanessa Cox by Paul Cox John & Irene Polacsek, Robert &

Join us for a time of laughter, fun, and games at the home of Paul Cox on April 8 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Bring your favorite game! If you have questions, please contact the church office.

You are cordially invited to a poetry reading and book signing event with Joey Grisham on Monday, April 29 at 6:00 p.m. at 213 Main St. in Clarksville. A reception will follow. Joey is the author of the 2023 poetry collection "Phantoms," professor at APSU, co-host of Literary Roundtable, and member of our congregation.