First Presbyterian Church
200 East Jackson Street
Morris, IL 60450
Phone: 815-942-1871
Fax: 815-942-9774
fpchurch200@sbcglobal.net

Welcome 

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 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:

  • Work campers
  • REACH staff
  • Neighbors
  • Community
  • Work projects
  • 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. 

  • Many games to play
  • Face painting
  • Jump and bounce in the castle
  • Prizes to win and more!
  • Food and beverage available for purchase

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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.


News
Events
   

Upcoming Events:
Sr. High Mission Trip - 7/4/2009
Worship - 7/4/2009
Sr. High Mission Trip - 7/5/2009

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