Faith Presbyterian Church

Our third annual Meet Your Neighbor Day is Saturday, April 16, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Join the family of Faith Presbyterian Church and our neighbors near 12855 Old Hammond Highway as we share a FREE Jambalaya lunch, and talk about our needs and wants for our community.  Bring the kids for an Easter Egg Hunt and Spacewalk, meet and greet city officials, and get in the drawings for Door Prizes.  Above all, let our community of Faith know how we can bless YOU!

The scripture for this Sunday, March 13, is Matthew 6:1-13.  This is the first in a series of Lenten messages on the Lord’s Prayer.

 The weather is getting warmer, summer is just around the corner, and soon it will be time to welcome children to ReNew, the Green VBS, June 6-10. This year, our program will encourage kids to “Grow in Faith, Have Fun, and Change the World”, while studying Jesus’ Parable of the Sower, and learning ways to care for God’s creation.

There will be lots of green activities, from planting seeds and growing a “pizza garden” of tomato, basil, onion, bell pepper, and oregano, to learning about ways they can help care for the environment at home, in the community, and around the world. 

Each night, ReNew will begin at 5:30 PM, with dinner.  Kids will then “Gather” to learn about the Parable of the Sower, sing songs, and begin their daily planting ritual. Then they will rotate between the Self, Community, and World activity sites, learning what the Bible story and creation care mean for their lives.  During the “Send” time, they will share “roses and thorns”, finish their planting ritual, and decide as a group what “ReNew It! Challenge” they will do before the next day,

A new feature this year will be the combination of VBS and our annual trip to the blueberry farm, Berry Sweet Orchards.  We want to invite all our VBS families to meet us on Saturday, June 11, and travel to the country to see organic gardening up close and personal.  And of course, on Sunday, June 12, we will celebrate VBS in worship, and after at the Hamburger Picnic!

 Registration will be available online, as well as by mail, e-mail, and fax.  Please check back often as we update this information!

One of our favorite annual Fellowship events is our Chili Cook-off and Karaoke fund raiser for cancer research. You are invited to bring a pot of chili and/or a dessert to share with the group, but that’s not all. There will be a cup placed in front of each chili, and after you have sampled, please vote for your favorite(s) by placing cash or checks (made payable to Faith) in the cup. You are encouraged, in the best Louisiana tradition, to “vote early and often,” and all proceeds will go to the American  Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. The winner will receive the coveted Chili Spoon trophy!

After dinner, John & Shannon Ortego, with Audio Pro Karaoke, will accompany our karaoke singers. They have hundreds of songs, in many different genres, so plan to tune up your vocal chords and sing a song or two. In years past, we have had many celebrity singing groups show up to perform, and this year promises to be no different.

Don’t keep this event all to yourself – invite a friend, or two, or three, to join you for the fun. And don’t forget to share the blessing and take some chili to a neighbor or shut-in!