Family Love Letter

Sunday, April 30, 2023

Following the 8:30 and 10:15 a.m. services

No one wants to be a burden on their loved ones. Join us to find out how to be organized and ready for the unexpected. We will also talk about how to be prepared to handle the hurdles of the first year of being a widow/widower or being alone.

This informal session will be led by Linda Gadkowski, Certified Financial Planner™ Professional, and Amy Manley, Certified Financial Planner™ Professional, Financial Advisor. Please e-mail or call Amy Manley to register, aag34@icloud.com or 239.272.6821.

Thank you to everyone who has joined us in ‘Growing and turned in your pledges. We are so grateful for your support of First Presbyterian Church of Naples and its mission, programs, and outreach! As of the end of March, we have received 230 pledges totaling $1,212,117.

We are truly excited to watch God at work through First Presbyterian Church of Naples! As we are wrapping up our 2023 Generosity Campaign, it would be helpful for those who wanted to participate by pledging this year but who haven’t yet turned in their pledge, to do so as soon as possible. We are still accepting pledges, so it’s not too late to turn one in by placing the card in the offering plate, bringing or mailing it to the church office, or filling in the card online through our website. Please feel free to contact Debbie Savage, Director of Finance, should you have

Our group of thirteen that worked on March 10 at Misión Peniel:

Front row: Desma Borland, Cari Rieder, Lee Ryan, Pat Nordbrock

Middle Row: Susan Kogan, Kathy Ickes, Donna Estler, Barbara Beach, Lois

Almquist, Alexia Kinney, Heather Cartwright

Back Row: Terry Almquist, Doug Borland

We’re going to Cuba!

Fifteen Presbyterians from five Peace River Presbytery churches are heading to Cuba in May! The purpose of the trip is to renew our Presbytery-to-Presbytery partnership as well as for each of the five churches to renew their church-to-church partnerships. Rev. Rex Childs, Amy Manley, Sarah Nichols and Pat Nordbrock will spend time with our partner church, Central Reformed, in Matanzas. We are looking forward to re-connecting with their pastors, their congregation, and to learn more about their ministries, their community, and their hopes and goals for the future.

Cuba is facing increased shortages of just about everything. We will each take the maximum number of suitcases filled with items like solar lights, hygiene supplies, medications and food. There will be an opportunity closer to our departure date if you’d like to help us fill those bags. Watch the bulletin for more details!

This is the first building and they have great faith that there will be 16 families, who today live in squalor and unhealthy homes, moving into a safe, affordable place to live by years end. reach of being able to start the second building. hardworking families of Immokalee. contribution of FPCN, Presbyterian Women, and many individual donors. This is affordable housing done right!

This month we are helping to restock the food pantry of Helps Outreach.

Ushers will have a list available as you leave the Sanctuary the second Sunday of April. Food donations will be collected at the 6th Street church entrance on the third Sunday of the month, April 16.

If you prefer, monetary donations can be made online at www.fpcnaples.org/give or checks may be made payable to "First Presbyterian Church" with the memo marked

"Feed the 5,000" and placed in the collection plate.

Suggested items are:

Pasta & Pasta sauce

Canned tuna and chicken

Canned soups and stews

Canned vegetables

Dried beans

Rice

Jam or jelly

Canned milk

Join our work crew on Thursday, April 13 at 7:30 a.m. and ride the bus to our worksite.

We will return to church by 12:30 p.m. Sign up in Spencer Hall at the Missions table or contact Yancey Brame at 239.331.7731 or jybrame@gmail.com.

L to R: Jeanne Perkins, Scott Macdonough, Susan Neal, Tom Tichenor, Susan Kogan, Bob Guyett, Doug Borland, Yancey Brame. Present but not pictured: Don Merz.

The Power Pak program provides meals/snacks for Big Cypress Elementary School students who would not otherwise have enough to eat over the weekend.

You can help support this mission by donating to the “Care Bear,” which resides on the cookie/punch table in Spencer Hall ready to receive your dollars and cents to be used to purchase food for the program. You can also help by delivering Power Paks to Big Cypress Elementary school on the designated days. For information, contact Betty Plum at bplum.790@gmail.com.

Contributions to the Power Pak program may also be made online at www.fpcnaples.org/give. Please select Mission-Power Pak Fund. Thank you for your generosity.