Welcome
First Presbyterian Church
Morris, Illinois
Rev. Dr. Roy Backus, Pastor
revdrbackus@aol.com
Come, Worship with Us!
Contemporary Service:
Saturday 5:30 p.m.
Traditional Service:
(with Children's Church)
Sunday 9:30 a.m.
(Nursery Care Available)
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Please Pray
Tuesday, July 7th
Senior High Youth will be in Grand Island, N.Y. at a Reach Work Camp. Our congregation has been asked to pray for the entire work camp on Tuesday, July 7th. The staff's special prayer requests are for:
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Work campers
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REACH staff
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Neighbors
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Community
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Work projects
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School
- Evening program
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MPW Ice Cream Socials
June 16th
July 9th
August 12th
Enjoy summer's most popular dessert, conversation with friends, and fun activities. Please join us at 6:00 p.m. in Upper Fellowship Hall. After dessert, John and Sue Ellsworth will be getting us started on the "Mexican Train Game," which is a different and exciting version of dominoes.
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Children's Carnival
for all children through 5th grade
Saturday, August 8th
11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
Tickets for the games and other activities are 25 cents each, 5 for $1.00 or 30 for $5.00. Most games and other activities take 2 tickets.
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Joliet Jackhammers Game
Join us on August 10th, at the 7:05 p.m. game in Joliet. Going on a Monday night will give us the group rate of just $5.00 per ticket. We currently have 50 tickets reserved and need to have a "solid" number by July 11th. So there is still time to add your names to the list in the Narthex. There will also be a chance to carpool and catch rides.
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Coming soon...
Church Day in the Country - A Whole Church Celebration
Saturday, August 29th, at Bill & Sue Morse Farm
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This is the link to the blog written by the college youth doing mission work this summer in Uganda : 8hearts4uganda.blogspot.com . Saturday, May 16th, Jenny Reeder, Veronica Blue, and Randi did a presentation on their summer mission work. They will be arriving soon in Africa and will let us know about their experiences through their blog.
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