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SUMMARY:JOY visits Billy Graham Library
DESCRIPTION:Our JOY (Just Older Youth) group will enjoy lunch together and then tour the Billy Graham Library\, beautifully decorated for Christmas. Save the date for Thursday\, December 18\, 10:30am-4:30pm. Drivers are needed. Let the church office know if you can drive. \nCost: $12.50 per person. Please pay by check (payable to First Pres) or exact change. \nDeadline to sign up is Nov. 21.
URL:https://firstpressalisbury.org/event/joy-visits-billy-graham-library/
LOCATION:Billy Graham Library
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SUMMARY:Advent Gatherings
DESCRIPTION:Join us every Advent Sunday (Nov 30\, Dec 7\, Dec 14 and Dec 21) for this delicious fellowship event in Fellowship Hall. All the food you can eat and lots of folks to talk to and spread Christmas cheer.  Our Sunday School classes take turns hosting and providing all the food.  Do Not Miss! \nNov 30 – Hosted by EMBC\, Gather\, and Contemporary Christians \nDec 7 – Hosted by Sisters in Christ and Mary & Martha \nDec 14 – Open Horizons and Outlook \nDec 21 – Discovery and Youth
URL:https://firstpressalisbury.org/event/advent-gatherings/
LOCATION:Fellowship Hall In Educ Bldg\, 308 W Fisher St\, Salisbury\, NC\, 28144\, United States
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SUMMARY:Longest Night Worship Service
DESCRIPTION:During the last few years\, the Longest Night has become a special part of our Advent Services. It is a service of prayers\, special music\, and reflection. Participants are invited to a time of prayer for their needs and for the world. You will also have the opportunity to light a candle for those individuals and concerns on your heart in this year’s season. \nThe liturgy we follow describes the longest night this way: “For those who have experienced loss\, the holidays can be a particularly painful time\, stirring up grief in acute ways. As a result\, churches around the world have adopted the practice of having a “Blue Christmas” or a “Longest Night” service during the Advent season. In the Northern hemisphere\, this service is often observed on or around the Winter Solstice\, which is the longest nightof the year.” \n\n“A Longest Night service is designed to provide space for prayer\, reflection\, and remembrance amidst the holiday hustle and bustle…We hope that this service of worship can be a gift to individuals and communities\, providing a space of calm\, quiet\, and healing” (adapted from “The Longest Night\,” a Liturgy by Rev. Sarah Speed | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org).”
URL:https://firstpressalisbury.org/event/longest-night-worship-service/
LOCATION:Lewis Hall\, West Innes St\, Parking Lot\, Salisbury\, NC\, 28144\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251224T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251224T160000
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SUMMARY:Family Christmas Eve Worship Service
DESCRIPTION:Join us this Christmas Eve for our Family Worship Service in Lewis Hall.  We welcome Pastor Randy who will lead our service one last time before his retirement begins. Our First Kids group will delight us with their Christmas Pageant including the manger scene\, costumes\, singing\, and speaking parts.  After worship\, we will gather for cocoa and cookies around the Fountain (weather permitting).
URL:https://firstpressalisbury.org/event/family-christmas-eve-worship-service/
LOCATION:Lewis Hall\, West Innes St\, Parking Lot\, Salisbury\, NC\, 28144\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251224T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251224T210000
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SUMMARY:Traditional Christmas Eve Communion & Candlelight Service
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a traditional candlelit worship service in our Sanctuary at 8pm. We welcome Pastor Randy who will lead our service one last time before his retirement begins. This service is so beautiful as we reflect on the Christ child and God’s gift to our world. Holy Communion will be served. Prelude music begins at 7:30pm. Don’t miss!
URL:https://firstpressalisbury.org/event/traditional-christmas-eve-communion-candlelight-service/
LOCATION:Sanctuary
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260104T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260104T093000
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SUMMARY:The Five Senses of Worship
DESCRIPTION:The Five Senses of Worship \nBeginning in January\, our contemporary worship service will explore The Five Senses of Worship\, a special once-a-month series led by Rev. Daniel Heath\, our LCW accompanist. Each service will invite worshippers to experience God through sight\, sound\, smell\, taste\, and touch—deepening our connection with God and one another through creative\, sensory-rich expressions of faith. \nJoin us for these unique worship services at our 8:30am Contemporary Worship Service in Lewis Hall on Sundays – January 4\, February 8\, and March 1. Come ready to encounter God with all your senses!
URL:https://firstpressalisbury.org/event/the-five-senses-of-worship/
LOCATION:Lewis Hall\, West Innes St\, Parking Lot\, Salisbury\, NC\, 28144\, United States
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SUMMARY:Blood Drive @ First Pres
DESCRIPTION:Donate Blood & Save a Life!  First Pres is hosting an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Tuesday\, January 20 from 2-6:30pm in ourFellowship Hall.  Be sure to make an appointment online for a quick “in & out.”  If you have any questions\, please call our church office (704) 636-1321. Thanks \nwww.redcrossblood.org \n 
URL:https://firstpressalisbury.org/event/blood-drive-first-pres/
LOCATION:Fellowship Hall In Educ Bldg\, 308 W Fisher St\, Salisbury\, NC\, 28144\, United States
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SUMMARY:New Men's Bible Study
DESCRIPTION:Every once in a while\, you come across a book that really digs into you. One of the books that got a hold of me in the last few years was Richard Reeves’ “Of Boys and Men.” The book asks a simple yet penetrating question: “How are men in the United States doing?” The answer was not surprising to me. In short\, men aren’t doing well…for a host of reasons. Men are less religious\, have fewer friends\, are more likely to die deaths of despair (suicide\, overdose\, alcoholism)\, are more likely to be incarcerated\, and are far less educated than women\, and all this at increasingly alarming rates. Men are also less likely than ever to become teachers\, which means outside of fathers and coaches\, young men are being mentored less and less by other men. Men in their 30’s and 40’s look back fondly at the childhood friendships of their youth. The days of fake swords\, plastic Nerf guns\, endless fort-building escapades\, and yet as they grow older wonder where all their friends have gone. \nTo top it all off\, we live in a culture where men are expected to be either stoic or violent\, and at times\, are even made fun of for being vulnerable about their struggles. They say\, real men don’t cry. They say\, pain is just weakness leaving the body. But the state of manhood is revealing that these old adages just don’t work anymore. \nHow can we celebrate and advocate for the flourishing of women while equally desiring the well-being of men? That’s the question that’s been gnawing at me these last few years. If you’ve heard anything about our flourishing spirit-led MomCo ministry\, you know that we are providing a place for women to be women together. I wonder\, how can we do more of this for men? To put this all more personally\, how do I\, as a Christian\, be a good and kind father\, spouse\, colleague\, and friend? \nThe political landscape these days offers little help\, and as usual\, provides only ill-fitting stereotypes and polarizing comparisons. On the far right\, we’re given visions of masculinity that feel\, frankly\, excessively anti-woman\, and unrealistically “manly” in ways that just don’t fit all kinds of men out there. And yet on the far left\, we’re given no vision of what a man is at all. Some young men have even expressed to me that they feel the far left has shamed them for being men altogether. \nSo what does this have to do with the church? Well\, we can’t solve all of these issues at once. But what we can do\, what we must do\, is offer a place where men can gather together. We’ve already got one of those in our lovely Everyman’s Bible class. And so I feel it’s time to offer yet another place for men to gather. \nStarting Tuesday\, March 3\, I invite men of all ages to gather together at 6:30am for Men’s Group Bible study at First Pres. What will we do? Well\, it’s quite simple. We will drink coffee\, eat donuts\, tell jokes\, read the Scriptures\, share life\, and pray for one another. My earnest hope for this Bible Study is that it will be a place for men of different generations to find brothers in Christ who will encourage them in the life of faith. Frankly\, I know that this is something I need\, and I’m betting that other men feel the same.
URL:https://firstpressalisbury.org/event/new-mens-bible-study/
LOCATION:First Presbyterian Church
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SUMMARY:Palm Sunday is March 29
DESCRIPTION:This Sunday is the 6th Sunday of Lent and Palm Sunday. Join us for worship @8:30am for our Contemporary Service in Lewis Hall or @11am for our Traditional Worship Service in our Sanctuary. All children and youth are invited to help with the Palm Processional at both services!\n\n\nPastor Lara’s sermon this Sunday is called “Alien Invasion”… She tells us that with “Palms waving…Children laughing…A celeb on a donkey…We’ve heard this story a million times. What if it has NEW DEPTHS that demand something of us?”\n\n\nCome Find Out!!
URL:https://firstpressalisbury.org/event/palm-sunday-is-march-29/
LOCATION:First Presbyterian Church
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SUMMARY:Last Lenten Prayer Breakfast is April 1
DESCRIPTION:Join us this Wednesdays at 7 am in Lewis Hall for our last Lenten Prayer Breakfast 2026. \nThis week’s special speaker is Monica Green with the Jubilee Community Choir \n*Delicious Breakfast – We’ve got the best BACON in town! \nAdults $7\, Children/Youth $3\, and 4yrs & under eat free.
URL:https://firstpressalisbury.org/event/last-lenten-prayer-breakfast-is-april-1/
LOCATION:Lewis Hall\, West Innes St\, Parking Lot\, Salisbury\, NC\, 28144\, United States
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SUMMARY:Good Friday is April 3
DESCRIPTION:At the lowest point in human experience and in world history\, what does Jesus do? As Jesus was suffering and dying on the cross\, with the little strength he could muster\, he spoke seven times. On Good Friday\, these words remind us of the utter devastation of the cross and the lengths God will go to save us. \nJoin us for worship on Good Friday at 7:00pm in Lewis Hall for a powerful service where seven different pastors and speakers will proclaim the gospel through Jesus’s seven last words. Childcare is available.
URL:https://firstpressalisbury.org/event/good-friday-is-april-3/
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SUMMARY:Maundy Thursday is April 2
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a complimentary fellowship dinner catered by Mykonos at 5:45pm in Lewis Hall\, followed by Worship at 7:00pm in the Sanctuary \nOn Holy Thursday\, or “Maundy Thursday\,” we bear witness to the Last Supper. Christ’s body broken\, Christ’s blood poured out—for us. But the word “Maundy” asks us to remember another moment that happened on that Thursday. Maundy comes from the Latin “Mandatum\,” meaning “commandment.” Holy Thursday is “Commandment Thursday.” We remember the “new commandment” to love one another as Christ loved his disciples that dark evening. And how did he love them? Well\, by doing something no one in their right mind would ever do—he washed their feet. \nThe Maundy Thursday service at First Pres is one of the most powerful and moving services of the entire year. There’s a temptation to attend church on Palm Sunday and to come back on Easter Sunday. We invite you this year\, not to hop\, skip\, and jump over Holy Week. Come to them all! Childcare is available. \n 
URL:https://firstpressalisbury.org/event/maundy-thursday-is-april-2/
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SUMMARY:Easter Sunday is April 5
DESCRIPTION:Join us! \n6:30am Community Easter Sunrise Service at Bell Tower Green (bring your own chair) \n8:30am Contemporary Worship in Lewis Hall \n9:45am Easter Celebration: Feed the Fish 2025\, Flowering of the Cross\, Butterfly Release\, & Refreshments \n11am Traditional Worship in Sanctuary \nShout to the Lord\, “He is risen. He is risen indeed!” On Easter Sunday\, we celebrate the destruction of the powers of sin and death and the eternal promise of new life and abundant joy. Join us for a huge celebration of Christian fellowship with butterflies\, One Great Hour of Sharing announcements (Feed the Fish)\, Flowering of the Cross\, and refreshments. The LCW band\, Sanctuary choir\, and Handbell ringers have beautiful new music planned. May this sacred day fill your heart with love\, peace\, and the blessings of the risen Savior. Happy Easter!! \n 
URL:https://firstpressalisbury.org/event/easter-sunday-is-april-5/
LOCATION:First Presbyterian Church
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SUMMARY:Yoga at First Pres
DESCRIPTION:Are you looking for a way to incorporate stretching\, flexibility and perhaps even YOGA into your life? Join us on Wednesdays. We meet from 9:00-10:15 am in Fellowship Hall.  This is an all-level yoga class\, led by certified teacher\, Felicia Hoyle. A $10 donation per class is encouraged.  Contact Felicia Hoyle @ fshoyle@gmail for more info.
URL:https://firstpressalisbury.org/event/yoga-at-first-pres/
LOCATION:Fellowship Hall In Educ Bldg\, 308 W Fisher St\, Salisbury\, NC\, 28144\, United States
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