Celebration Weekend

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Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Future, September 10-12, 2010

First Presbyterian Church of Athens invites you to Celebration Weekend September 10-12, 2010.  First Presbyterian Church of Athens has completed construction of a new Fellowship Hall and Atrium and the renovation of the education building and the historic Tinsley-Stern House. You are invited to join us as we dedicate these new facilities to the glory of God and in the Lord’s service.

 Friday, September 10, 2010—Community Open House

• 6:30 p.m. – Brass music on the front porch.
• 7:00 p.m. – Sacred Music for Choir, Chamber Orchestra and Soloists in the Sanctuary.

Child care will be available from 6-9 p.m. on Friday night.  Following the music program, we invite you to attend a dessert reception and take guided tours of the church where instrumental and vocal music will be presented in several rooms around the building.
 
Saturday, September 11, 2010—Children’s Festival and Mission Outreach
Mission Outreach – We will gather for a delicious breakfast in Fellowship Hall between 8:00 a.m. – 9:00a.m. Saturday morning and then spend the day volunteering to make Athens a better place.  These are the opportunities and contact person for you to call to sign up and help, or if you rather, fill out this form.

• Fix a lunch for Our Daily Bread – contact Ann Dunn at 706.549.1440 or anndunn11@yahoo.com
• Trim shrubs for Meals on Wheels – contact Tanna Nicholson at 706.549.4412 or tanna214@bellsouth.net
• Help paint lines in the parking lot at The Ark and Athens Area Emergency Food Bank – contact Tom Brown at 706.355.9971 or tombrownnm@bellsouth.net
• Be trained as a future Interfaith Hospitality Network Volunteer (one hour training) – contact Julie Knowlton at 706.340.4282 or director@ihnathens.org. If you would like to help build a fence at IHN’s Day Center, contact Mark Harrison at 706.296.0523 or mahfst@uga.edu
• Sing at a nursing home – contact Peggy Randolph at 706.353.7420 or peggypiano@bellsouth.net
• Pull weeds at Old Athens Cemetery (Jackson Street) – contact Orlean Castronis at 706.548.2613 or castronis@aol.com
• Work at the Project Safe Thrift Store – contact Gail Smith at 706.353.0384 or gailsmith46@gmail.com
• Help on a home for Habitat for Humanity – contact Richard Lane at 706.543.1074 or rlane@uga.edu

Children’s Festival – It will be a Children’s Celebration from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Join us for a day of fun featuring Pam Blanchard and the Sunny Side Up Band, inflatables including a giant slide, obstacle course, carnival games, face painting, crafts, animals, balloons, prizes, tours of the Weekday School and more! We will also be serving a fun hot dog lunch, popcorn and snow cones!
 
Sunday, September 12, 2010

• 8:45 a.m. – Worship service with Alumni Choir and brass
• 9:45 a.m. – Reception in Atrium
• 10:00 a.m. – Dedication and cornerstone in front of the Atrium
• 10:40 a.m. – Congregation-wide photograph on the steps of the church
• 11:00 a.m. – Worship service with Alumni Choir and brass
• 12 noon – Luncheon reception in Fellowship Hall and tours

Extended child care will be available on Sunday from 12-2 p.m. for infants through 5-year-olds.  For additional information on the Alumni Choir, contact Tom Granum at 706.207.6010 or tgranum@firstpresathens.org. For volunteer opportunities during the Children’s Festival, contact Greta Covington at 706.548.0039 or gretat@mindspring.com or Melynda McCutcheon at 706.769.7176 or themccutcheons@bellsouth.net. For other Celebration Weekend information, contact Julie Walters at 706.769.8681 or julie@classiccenter.com.

For a full-color flyer of all events, please click here.