Walking With Kids Toward Hope

Young Life has always carried a simple, courageous conviction: every kid is worth showing up for. As we enter June, our congregation turns its attention once again to this ministry that is quietly, faithfully shaping the lives of middle-schoolers, high-schoolers, and college students right here in Bristol….

Wycliffe: Uganda

Across Uganda today, believers are encountering the life-changing message of Scripture in a way many of us take for granted, “in the language of their hearts.” Yet for one large community in eastern Uganda, that experience is still out of reach.

This month, we invite you to extend that opportunity to our brothers and sisters in the Busoga region of Uganda. Your gift, large or small, will help bring the light of Scripture to the Lulamoogi-speaking people.

There is such beauty in each encounter we have at Highlands Juvenile Detention Center. Because our team is so diverse, each encounter is unique, personal, meaningful, and real. And each always conveys the hope and the love found in Christ.

These kids trust us and they are hungry for Truth. They feel the power of God’s Word in action and our consistency and presence matters. The Holy Spirit is with us and with them in HJDC! What a blessing it is to be part of this and to see God at work in these young people - and in us - through this ministry. 

Recognized biblically as a gift, hospitality invites treating others with kindness, and mirroring the grace that we have received in Christ. For some, hospitality may be experienced in a simple phone call, or a note of encouragement, perhaps even a conversation over a cup of coffee. For others, hospitality is experienced through the gift of food, with a meal received at the right moment.

At FPC we have a very active Care Committee (Congregational Care) who share the gift of hospitality in each of these ways as well as other ways. Would you consider exploring your gift for hospitality with the church?

Join Pastor Gary each week for prayer. Every Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m. in the Chapel, Gary and staff will be gathering with any and all who would like to pray.

No need to sign up, just show up!

The women’s Bible study group will be on summer break from June 1 through July 15. All women of the church and guests are warmly invited to join us when we resume.

Beginning July 16, women’s Bible study will meet on Thursdays from 1:00–2:30 p.m. in Room 123 at the church.

Come to the church parlor on Thursday’s at 7:00 a.m. for coffee, fellowship, and Bible study.