Oct. 31st is Stewardship Sunday, when we will prayerfully receive and dedicate all pledges to our 2022 mission, operating, and capital funds.

To thrive as a faith community and recommit ourselves to serving in the growing downtown of Easton, we must work together. As we put our trust in God, we will strengthen our connections, even in a new normal.

To fill out your pledge online now, click here.

Join us for worship on October 24 to celebrate Mission Sunday. Find out more about the mission projects we are supporting, and how you can participate. We are pleased to announce that the Blessing Box has sponsors for each remaining week in 2021! Sign ups will be available on the 24th for the first quarter of 2022, and also for Safe Harbor dinners in the New Year. Thank you for your support!

We will have a booth at the Easton Farmer’s Market to spread awareness about our new Blessing Box and the other ways locals can support our campaign to stop hunger in Easton. Stop by and say hello! There will be some fun, free activities for kids and adults.

This past spring FPCE’s Mission Team learned that the Lehigh Valley Business Group, working with a local Eagle Scout, was offering to install Blessing Boxes throughout the Lehigh Valley. Several had already been constructed, free of charge, in Easton. These boxes are ‘mini’ food pantries where families or individuals struggling to have enough to eat can find non-perishable foods right in their neighborhood. Session approved its installation, and the Blessing Box was added to our garden. 

We will be dedicating our new Blessing Box on Sunday, September 19 at the end of the worship service. Peg Opthof has agreed to be the Blessing Box Coordinator for 2021 and a sign up sheet will be available on September 19 to sign up to stock the Blessing Box! 

Mason Kessler, Eagle Scout Candidate, made and installed our Blessing Box in the front garden. It would be wonderful if Scouts from our congregation would wear their uniform and be part of the dedication! Eagle Scouts that have aged out of scouting and Leaders are invited and encouraged to wear their uniform and help celebrate Mason’s accomplishment. 

Re-Set • Re-Connect • Re-New

As we launch into a new program year, God calls us to re-affirm our commitment to being the church. The church is the body of Christ in this world—which means we are called to be the hands that show God’s love, the feet that march to the Spirit’s call for justice, the voice that sings out in thanksgiving to the goodness and grace of our Creator.

Following worship, we will dedicate our new Blessing Box in the front garden, installed by local Eagle Scout Mason Kessler. The Blessing Box is a mini food pantry where families or individuals struggling to have enough to eat can find non-perishable food.

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Visit 

Would you like a visit from a Deacon or our Pastor to speak and pray with you? Please reach out to the church office via email or phone and request a visit. Pastor Stefanie will schedule a meeting at a convenient time and place. 

Home Communion 

Have you been unable to come to worship on Sundays and receive communion in the presence of the congregation? Our Deacons (as well as our Pastor) can bring communion elements from our shared table on Communion Sundays to your home the first Sunday (and that following week) and celebrate communion with you. Please reach out if you would like to receive communion at home. 

Music 

Our choir is re-convening. Both the Bell Choir and the Chancel Choir are exploring when and where to hold rehearsals this fall. 

Mid-Week Meditation – Starts Sept 22 

Come for a time a quiet, contemplative prayer from 11-11:30am Wednesdays. Group size will be limited to 15 and we will continue to social distance. 

First Wednesday Brown Bag Lunch - Starts October 6 

Anyone and everyone from our congregation who is free during the day, is welcomed to come for some fellowship time the first Wednesday of each month. Bring your own lunch and come and chat with Pastor Stefanie and others from noon to 1:00pm. 

First Presbyterian Church has been asked to provide a lunch for the ARK Soup Kitchen. This year, we will host Saturday, August 21, and the meal will be distributed at the Episcopal Church on Third Street at 12pm. The menu has changed because of COVID-19; instead of serving 80-90 plated dinners, we will be making bagged meals for 40+ recipients. The Mission Team is asking for donations to fill the bags. There will be a donation box at the church for non-perishable items, such as fruit cups, sippy drinks, chips, pretzels, peanut butter/cheese crackers, candy bars, etc.  All must be individual serving sized for the lunch bags. Perishable items like bread, meat, cheese, etc. will be purchased the week of the luncheon. Monetary donations are welcome. The bags will then be assembled by the Mission Team and dropped off at the Episcopal Church.  FYI: ARK is able to provide lunches year-round because of the generosity of area churches, schools, and other local venues.

There is always a need for peanut butter donations.

Our very generous congregation donated 158 pounds of pasta and peanut butter in January!

Pastor Stefanie will lead an online Thursday night 6-Week Bible Study,
following the “Facing Racism” study guide but the PCUSA (click on blue text to download).

We will use the platform ZOOM to video conference. Please email our church office to register (office@eastonfpc.org). You will receive a safe and secure Zoom meeting link and password.

Participants will need a computer (with internet access, a camera and a microphone) or a smart phone or tablet to download the Zoom App. Download Zoom here.

Pastor Stefanie will lead an online Thursday night 6-Week Bible Study,
following the “Facing Racism” study guide but the PCUSA (click on blue text to download).

We will use the platform ZOOM to video conference. Please email our church office to register (office@eastonfpc.org). You will receive a safe and secure Zoom meeting link and password.

Participants will need a computer (with internet access, a camera and a microphone) or a smart phone or tablet to download the Zoom App. Download Zoom here.

Pastor Stefanie will lead an online Thursday night 6-Week Bible Study,
following the “Facing Racism” study guide but the PCUSA (click on blue text to download).

We will use the platform ZOOM to video conference. Please email our church office to register (office@eastonfpc.org). You will receive a safe and secure Zoom meeting link and password.

Participants will need a computer (with internet access, a camera and a microphone) or a smart phone or tablet to download the Zoom App. Download Zoom here.

Pastor Stefanie will lead an online Thursday night 6-Week Bible Study,
following the “Facing Racism” study guide but the PCUSA (click on blue text to download).

We will use the platform ZOOM to video conference. Please email our church office to register (office@eastonfpc.org). You will receive a safe and secure Zoom meeting link and password.

Participants will need a computer (with internet access, a camera and a microphone) or a smart phone or tablet to download the Zoom App. Download Zoom here.

Pastor Stefanie will lead an online Thursday night 6-Week Bible Study,
following the “Facing Racism” study guide but the PCUSA (click on blue text to download).

We will use the platform ZOOM to video conference. Please email our church office to register (office@eastonfpc.org). You will receive a safe and secure Zoom meeting link and password.

Participants will need a computer (with internet access, a camera and a microphone) or a smart phone or tablet to download the Zoom App. Download Zoom here.

Pastor Stefanie will lead an online Thursday night 6-Week Bible Study,
following the “Facing Racism” study guide but the PCUSA (click on blue text to download).

We will use the platform ZOOM to video conference. Please email our church office to register (office@eastonfpc.org). You will receive a safe and secure Zoom meeting link and password.

Participants will need a computer (with internet access, a camera and a microphone) or a smart phone or tablet to download the Zoom App. Download Zoom here.

Join us in Legacy Hall on Nov. 10th after the worship service for our Mission Fair!

There will be special displays in the Legacy Hall about the many ways we can support the missions of our church, in our local community and abroad. Light refreshments and coffee will be available.

There will also be a Support the Troops collection for the month of November.
Visit here for more information.