The decision has been made NOT to sing for the Ash Wednesday service tonight. Everyone is encouraged to attend the service (food at 5, service at 5:30). Handbells as usual at 6:00 p.m., followed by choir rehearsal at 7:00 p.m.

Begin Lent this year with worship and contemplation … we will celebrate our Lord’s supper and hold the ritual of Imposition of Ashes this coming Wednesday.

We will gather in the Fellowship Hall at 5 pm for a simple soup dinner, and then move to a brief worship service, with the Ashes ritual and Communion.

As we begin what I hope will be a most significant Lent in the history of this church, join with us to seek God’s face and forgiveness.

Pastor John

Chapel open from 7:30 am until 4:00 pm.  Come in and pray!

Worship today, March 2, is CANCELLED due to inclement weather.  Communion and the Town Hall meeting are rescheduled to next Sunday, March 9.  Stay safe, and God be with you!

The title of Pastor John Oerter’s sermon for the week of March 02, 2014 is The Journey Continues … based on scriptures from Matthew 17: 1-9. 

Worship begins at 9:45 am, followed by education and fellowship at 11:00 a.m.  Adult only education class will not meet this week due to the ‘all congregation gathering’ in the fellowship hall after worship. Our church provides a Nursery during worship service.  First Presbyterian Church is located at 919 E. Tenth Street in Rolla.  Our website is www.rollapresby.org.

Upcoming dates of events:

March 3 – PALS lunch at 11:45 at KOI Restaurant

March 16 – 150^th Benefit concert in the sanctuary

April 25 – Adult Progressive dinner

May 22 – Cardinal’s game in St. Louis

The title of Pastor John Oerter’s sermon for the week of February 23, 2014 is Perfection based on scriptures from Matthew 5: 38-48.  The hymns for Sunday are Love Divine, All Loves Excelling and Lord, I Want to be a Christian.

Worship begins at 9:45 am, followed by education and fellowship at 11:00 a.m.  Our church provides a Nursery during worship service.  First Presbyterian Church is located at 919 E. Tenth Street in Rolla.  Our website is www.rollapresby.org.

Upcoming dates to remember: Next Town Hall Meeting, March 2^nd in the Fellowship Hall following worship and 150^th Celebration benefit concert March 16.

For our next interim-work task, we will gather following worship on Sunday, March 2nd in the Fellowship Hall.

This event is called:  Lessons Learned: ” reflections on our history.”  You will be provided with a short history of our church, for you to read before we gather … our Time Line Banner will be available with post-its and pens for you to place yourself, family or other significant events in your world, related to our common life.

And … we will talk together about what we can learn from where this church has been over the years, and discern together what God is calling us to carry forward into our future.