FEBRUARY 2ND, 2025
Global Mission Festival is back on this year! There are several activities to participate in, so please join us! Speaking of joining the fun, we'll need our guests to RSVP for the GMF Brunch & Learn on February 2nd, 2025 so we can know how much food to provide for our guests.
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MISSION PARTNER SUNDAY
On two Sundays, January 12th and 26th, you can meet some of our local mission partners and learn more about the work that they do. They will be set up in Warner Hall before and after each Worship Service.
GLOBAL MISSION FESTIVAL BRUNCH & LEARN
We will host Global Mission Festival 2025 on Sunday, February 2nd! In association with the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, Rev. Bill Neely will lead Worship at both the 8:45 AM & 11:00 AM Worship Services.
Join the Brunch & Learn from 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM in the Faucett Family Life Center!
GLOBAL MISSION PLEDGE 2025
Please consider pledging to give to FPC Missions in 2025.
You can GIVE and support a worthy cause by following this link:
GLOBAL MISSION PLEDGE 2025
Mission Partner Sunday
We support numerous local, regional, and international missions here at First Presbyterian Church.
Click the links below to learn more about our partners. Come meet them in person on Sundays, January 12th and 26th.
Global Mission Festival Brunch & Learn
DATE: February 2nd, 2025
TIME: 9:45 AM
WHERE: FAUCETT FAMILY LIFE CENTER
Listen to a lecture given by our keynote speaker, Rev. Bill Neely in association with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance while enjoying FREE brunch! Catered by Southern Ale House.
GMF BRUNCH & LEARN KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Rev. Bill Neely will lead Worship at 8:45 AM & 11:00 AM on Sunday, February 2nd.
The Rev. Dr. Bill Neely, honorably retired minister with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), lives with his spouse, The Rev. Dr. Wanda S. Neely, at Trails End Cabin, Montreat NC. In retirement Bill served as Transitional Pastor in three churches. Before retirement Bill served congregations in Tennessee and South Carolina and then served 14 years as Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian, Greenville NC. For the past 29 years, Bill has served on the National Response Team of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.
Bill and Wanda have three children:
Dr. Susan Neely-Barnes, Director of School of Social Work, University of Memphis. She lives with her spouse Craig, Attorney with Shelby County, TN, Bill and Wanda’s two grandchildren, Ellen, a senior at University of Tennessee, and Nathan, eleventh grader.
Will Neely, their son with disabilities, passed away November 2019.
Dr. Kres Neely, Physicist, UL Solutions, Inc., Northbrook, Illinois. Kres lives with his spouse, Audrey Bowlds, Clinical Assistant Professor, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, Illinois and their two dogs Sammy and Rosie.
PRESBYTERIAN DISASTER ASSISTANCE
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance enables congregations and mission partners of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) to witness to the healing love of Christ through caring for communities adversely affected by crisis and catastrophic event.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is the emergency and refugee program of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. The core budget, including staff and administrative costs, is funded through the One Great Hour of Sharing, and its program work is additionally funded through designated gifts.
