Youth Scavenger Hunt

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Youth are invited to our annual Scavenger Hunt on the Promenade on August 27th from 11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Join us for our back-to-school kickoff event for our youth: An Annual Scavenger Hunt on the Promenade!

We will have lunch together in the TenderGreens/Burger Lounge seating area and compete on teams in a photo/video scavenger hunt! Make sure you send your kids with a way to pay for food so they can choose their preferred place to eat (but if money for lunch is an issue at all, please email me and we can work something out).

We will be outside on the promenade for most of the hunt, so make sure to pack hats, sunglasses, and sunscreen.

The students had a blast last year taking silly pictures and videos. It’s a great opportunity to bring along a friend! Register online or via the church center ap.

 

Shine Children’s Music Program Info Meeting

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11:15am–12:15pm in the Ren Room

Calling families with an interest in music! Join us on August 6th after the service to learn more about Shine Children’s Ensemble, our new music program! Shine will be open to children grades preschool to 5th grade! We are also looking for youth volunteers to help with our program!

Shine Children’s Ensemble will officially begin on Sunday September 10th at 11:15am! Children will meet on Sundays after church to sing, learn how to read music, and develop their heart for musical worship!

Register to attend today!

VBS Compassion Camp: What Every Living Thing Needs

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31 July – 4 August 2023

Vacation Bible School at First Pres Santa Monica is July 31 – August 4. Children aged 3 through 5th grade are invited to join us each day from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. for this year’s VBS program, Compassion Camp: What Every Living Thing Needs. All kids are also invited to stay for our VBS Plus program from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. That’s a full day of Bible learning and fun activities for kids. Financial assistance is available if needed. Contact Peter Earhart at the church.

Through Compassion Camp: What Every Living Thing Needs, kids will explore what all living things need to live—shelter, food, water, air, and community—and how we can have compassion for the living earth, especially in their local ecosystems. Through awareness, gratitude, wonderment, reciprocity, and kinship, kids will consider how to become co-sustainers and participants in the work of God’s creation. Using Psalm 104 as our grounding text, along with additional supporting scripture, kids will closely examine the interconnectedness of the whole earth—humans alongside the more-than-human world.

Register online or on the Church Center App.

Holy Week 2023

Palm Sunday, April 2nd

Children’s Palm Processional, 10:00 a.m. FPC Sanctuary

 

Maundy Thursday, April 6th

Communion Service with Tenebrae at 7:00 p.m.

 

Good Friday, April 7th

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at 7:00 p.m.
(958 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica)

 

Resurrection Sunday, April 9th

Worship Service at 10:00 a.m.
Kid’s Easter Egg Hunt at 11:00 following service, Play Yard

Easter Egg Hunt Santa Monica April 9th

Thank you, Dana!

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This Sunday, January 29, 2023 is the last Sunday that Dana-Vanice Farmer, our Children’s Ministry Associate for Music, will be with us at First Pres. Dana, her husband William, and their two dogs are moving to Reno, NV. Dana has been on our Children’s Ministry staff since 2018 and served our church faithfully and enthusiastically during that time, leading our children in Christmas Pageants, Vacation Bible Schools, and Palm Sunday Processions, as well as Sunday morning Faith Groups and Kids Night Out. Please join us this Sunday after worship in the Ren Room to say thank you to Dana and to wish her God’s blessing on her life and ministry in Reno. Oh, and there will be cake.

FPC Youth PALentine’s Event

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The next Jr. High and High School Event is not a Valentine’s day celebration – it’s PALentine’s day! We will celebrate the beauty of ✨friendship✨ and being pals with all our bestest buddies on February 19th after our church service from 11:30-1:30 💗. We’ll meet in the library after church for food, cupcake decorating, and games! 🤩 As always, donations are welcome, but you are free to come and eat regardless!

Feel free to invite friends! Anyone can register.

Ash Wednesday Soup Supper

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February 22, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. in the Renaissance Room.

Ash Wednesday begins the 40-day season (not counting Sundays) of Lent. We begin our journey together as a community of all ages with a potluck Soup Supper at 6:00 p.m. in the Renaissance Room. Please sign up to bring your favorite soup ready to share! 

After the Soup Supper, everyone is invited to join us for worship and voluntary imposition of ashes at 7:00 p.m. in the sanctuary.

“Evicted” Book Study

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Sundays Jan. 29, Feb. 5, and Feb. 12 from 11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Join the Spiritual Growth and Mission ministry teams to read and reflect on “Evicted,” a book by Matthew Desmond that shows us how the unhoused fall through the cracks in our society. The group will meet for one hour following worship in the Ren Room. You can get your own copy of the book or contact the church if you need a copy. A theological guide will be made available to group members to help guide the group’s discussions.

Sign up via the Church Center App or online here.

Kids Night Out – January 2023

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5:00–8:00 p.m
What better way to start the New Year than with Kids Night Out! Bring your kids to the church on Saturday, January 28 from 5-8 pm and we’ll celebrate the New Year with friends and fun. You can drop off your 3 year-old to 5th grader at the church and we’ll enjoy food together, play games together, create art together, and just have a fun time being together.

Middle and High School Youth can join us as well! Get valuable service hours by helping out.

Register via the Church Center App or online here.

Christmas Festival – Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022

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YOU’RE INVITED! Join us at the first annual FPC Christmas Festival on Sunday, December 18, 11:00-12:30 p.m. for a Pasta Lunch, Hot Chocolate Bar, Live Christmas music, Crafts, a Bingo game, and Gift Bags for kids. Purchase tickets online at tinyurl.com/fpcsmChristmas or sign up in the courtyard after worship. Tickets: $10 per adult and $5 per child.