9:00 Sunday - Online in Zoom

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10:45 Sunday - Sanctuary

Please join us for coffee fellowship following the service

5:30 Wednesday Worship - onsite

If for some reason the onsite services would need to be canceled,

we will post a notice on our website and Facebook.

Illinois Symphony tonight at 7:30, First Presbyterian Church

Listen LIVE! Take a spring stroll in the lush and lyrical music of Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro, Vaughan Williams pastoral Oboe Concerto featuring the ISO’s Principal Oboist Russell Hoffman, and the energetic Fifth Symphony of Schubert. This certainly will be a glorious night that awakens the optimism of spring!

Experience It For Yourself at 7:30 PM tonight, April 12th at the First Presbyterian Church in Springfield! Order your tickets today!

Sign up for this virtual event at bit.ly/earth-vigil-2024.

Earth Awareness Fair

2024 City of Springfield Earth Awareness Fair

April 20, 2024 11am-3pm

Union Square Park 500 E. Madison St.

Other events

Saturday, April 13th

The City of Springfield, in partnership with the University of Illinois Springfield, is hosting the inaugural UIS Nature Scavenger Hunt – a fun activity for the whole family! This event kicks off from the UIS Colonnade at 12pm and goes until 2pm.

Friday, April 26th

Today is Arbor Day! Please join us at the Downtown YMCA at 601 N. 4th Street for the Official Arbor Day Celebration with a Tree Planting event at 4pm.

Saturday, April 27th

Part of keeping Springfield environmental friendly means more trees. Stop by Lincoln Park, 1601 N. 5th Street, at 10am to get a FREE TREE! Event is from 10am to 12pm, or until supplies last.

2024 Climate Action Lobby Day

From Faith in Place:

Save the Date!  On May 9th, we'll be having the 2024 Climate Action Lobby Day. Illinois' environmental movement will be gathering at the State Capitol in Springfield, IL to meet with our legislators and push for the passage of key clean energy & transportation policies.

Registration is free and open to all! The more people, the better! Come out and help make this a great day of advocacy!

Sign up here: bit.ly/IL-Advocacy-24

Covenant Conversation:

East Iowa/Great Rivers

Expanding Our Welcome: Creating Safe

and Inclusive Sacred Spaces Together

This event, jointly co-sponsored by the Presbyteries of East Iowa and Great Rivers, is designed for leaders and members of every congregation to take the next steps in offering an authentic welcome to LGBTQIA+ people in ways that show God’s love and build up the church. 

Saturday, April 27, 2024

9:30 am - 4:00 pm

First Presbyterian Church in Davenport

1702 Iowa St., Davenport, 52803

Liturgical Arts Festival at First Christian Church

As part of the biennial interfaith Liturgical Arts Festival, Missa Gaia is a contemporary ecumenical and ecological Mass celebrating the Earth, featuring lyrical melodies, dynamic rhythms from Africa, Brazil and American gospel traditions, incorporating traditional Latin and biblical texts and interweaving the voices of wolf, whale and harp seals.

A community choir directed by Rev. Michael Riggs, First Christian Church features soloist Blake Martin on soprano saxophone. These performances will call forth a renewed commitment to cherish the earth, audience members will have the opportunity to meet with representatives from Sierra Club Sangamon Valley Group and Faith in Place. There are performances at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, 2024. Free admission.

Pridefest 2024 - Saturday, May 18th

Our theme will again be “Blessed at Pridefest” and will feature blessings and the angel wings selfie station.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

We need volunteers to staff our booths for 2 hour shifts from noon to 6PM. Some will offer blessings and some will assist with the selfies. We also need volunteers to assist in putting up the booths in the morning and taking them down at 6pm. Please let Tim know if you can volunteer.

Pridefest Parade

We need marchers! This year all the congregations of UNITED will be marching together in the parade. Each participating congregation will carry their own banners along with UNITED signs. Wouldn’t it be amazing to have 70 people marching that day??

Pridefest is going to be upon us before you know it. Please follow the link ASAP to sign up for the various volunteer roles. You can sign up for more than one option. 

Sign up here

Please contact Tim if you have any questions. Thanks!

Click Here to Register

Springfield YMCA celebrates 150 years

Leaders: "It's more than a place. It's a purpose."

By Karen Ackerman Witter

On March 25, YMCA officials, local dignitaries and Springfield citizens gathered in the First Presbyterian Church sanctuary at Seventh and Capitol streets to celebrate 150 years of the YMCA serving Springfield. In the same building on that same date in 1874, a group of young men met to discuss forming a YMCA in Springfield.

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Photo by Jeremie Bailey, City of Springfield



March 25 YMCA 150th anniversary celebration at its founding place, First Presbyterian Church. The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors, along with local city and state officials and Springfield YMCA leaders, cut a ribbon ushering in the next 150 years of the YMCA.

History of the Young Men's Christian Association and Springfield YMCA

By Karen Ackerman Witter

The Young Men's Christian Association was founded in London in 1844 as a refuge for young men. The first U.S. YMCA opened in Boston in 1851. A group of young men met on March 25, 1874, at the First Presbyterian Church, Seventh and Capitol Streets, to discuss forming a Springfield YMCA.

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This YMCA building was built in 1908 on land purchased from First Presbyterian Church, next door at Seventh and Capitol. After a new Y was built at Fourth and Cook in 1962, this building was demolished and the land sold back to the church.

Cuban Water Project News

Iglesia Presbiteriana-Reformada En Sancti Spíritus just reported the production of 5,000,000 liters of purified water to their community. Thanks be to God for their faithfulness in this mission since 2012. They are truly an example of living God's call in their lives. WHAT A WITNESS!

Thanks be to God!

Blessings of gratitude to our Cuban kin for their faithfulness and service to their community! This is beautiful and we are glad to have been a small part of it.

US Postal Service

If you wish to share your thoughts about the US Postal Service, here is the link:  www.surveymonkey.com/r/mpfr-springfield-il

Visitor Registration

We encourage visitors to scan the QR code in the bulletin and fill out the visitor form so that we may get to know you better.

Hospital Notices

Please note that the hospitals no longer contact local churches to let them know when a member is admitted. We encourage members and friends of First Presbyterian to call the church office to let us know when you go to the hospital so Pastor Susan and Chaplain Tim can provide pastoral support if it blesses you. We do not share any information without permission.

Contacting Staff During Renovation

Even though some of us may not always be in the building you can reach us by phone at home.

Just dial 217-528-4311

and put in the extension of the person you are trying to reach.

Pastor Susan x1020

Chaplain Tim x1030

Bookkeeper (Tara) x1050

Church Office (Michelle) x4

Facilities Manager (Tom) x1040

Seth W.

Nicholas S.

Tamika W.

Dylan B.

Olivia J.

All events are via Zoom unless otherwise specified.

April

16

Worship Committee Meeting 5:30

17

Wednesday Worship 5:30 onsite

18

Session Meeting 6:30

19

Faith and Fellowship meeting 10:00 Mary Young's House

21

Reverend Susan Phillips to lead Zoom Service 9:00 Zoom

Reverend Susan Phillips to lead Service 10:45 Sanctuary

NOTE: Links to all events are attached to items on the church calendar .

If you click on the Zoom link in the calendar the invitation will open.

Worship Attendance

How to Join a Zoom Meeting

From your computer, cell phone or tablet:

Click the link provided.

To join a Zoom meeting via telephone:

Dial number given for the meeting. You will be prompted to enter the meeting ID provided followed by #.

Different Ways to Give

Thank you to everyone that shares in the Joy of Generosity at First Presbyterian! There are several ways to support our ministries and many ministries to support. In order to ensure your gift is credited to the correct fund, please take a moment to include the following information when making a donation:

1. Writing a check – Add the fund name in the memo section (Capital Campaign, Peacemaking, Samaritan Ministry, etc.)
2. Online portal – Select “Other Donations” when entering the amount then enter the name of the fund in the Notes section
3. Text giving – Text “$10 CC” to 217-284-2546, this example is a $10 donation for the Capitol Campaign fund. Other commonly used text codes are: Pledge, SM (Samaritan Ministries), Donate (Non-pledge), Peace, Joy, OGHS, Pentecost and BB (Brown Bag)

Church Contact Information

Our church numbers reach us even while we are working remotely.

Pastor Susan Phillips

RevSusan@LincolnsChurch.org

217.528.4311 X 1020

Chaplain Tim Haworth

Tim@LincolnsChurch.org

217.528.4311 X 1030

Bookkeeper, Tara Kaeding

Bookkeeper@LincolnsChurch.org

217.528.4311 X 1050

Administrative Assistant, Michelle Hastings

Michelle@LincolnsChurch.org

217.528.4311 X 4