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Palm Sunday and Easter traditions in our church were celebrated— even as snow fell outdoors! On Palm Sunday, Lynn showed us how to make crosses with the palm leaves.

Two of the Nativity sets viewed by visitors to the church during the Johnstown Colonial Stroll.
CLICK HERE for a downloadable PDF with photos of the nativity sets.

The hanging of the greens took place on November 21.

Volunteers prepared meals in the Church kitchen and Fellowship Hall for delivery to people in Fulton and Montgomery counties on Thanksgiving Day. We had many, many volunteers and prepared more than 3000 meals!
Thanks to all who helped with or attended the Election Night Spaghetti Supper. It was a great success and raised funds for our church mission projects!

On Halloween 2021 we served cocoa and candy to 227 trick or treaters plus the adults who were traveling with their children.
What fun!!
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Liz, Pastor Blake, Bret and Shannon played music and led the audience in song at the unveiling of the statue of Elizabeth Cady Stanton on Women's Equality Day, August 26, 2021.

Fourth of July was celebrated with a picnic following worship

A new sound system and live streaming upgrades were dedicated as a memorial to Roger Ritzmann on June 13 during morning worship. Both Sharon Titzmann and Roger's sister, Pam, were in attendance.

On Palm Sunday, 2021, First Presbyterian Church celebrated the 100th anniversary of the donation of the Knox Chimes to the church by Rose Knox and her son. Many thanks to all who helped with the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Knox Chimes including: Ron Chizek, Linda Hinkle, Brett Dening, Anne Niles, Bob Gould, Belinda Vair and Peter Smith.
We were also joined on Zoom by Rose Knox's great-grand daughter
Rose Ann!


Irish music celebration on St. Patrick's Day!

The First Presbyterian Church New Century Women's Annual Christmas Outreach Program purchased and wraped gifts to bring blessings and joy to 25 local adults in need during this Christmas season.

Worship by Zoom & in the sanctuary took place during Advent and on Christmas Eve

Many of the "Festival of Hope" Free Thanksgiving meals were prepared and packaged in our church. 3200 meals were distributed. Tom, Grover and Lynn helped get it done. What a fete!

Work on the church steeples was completed in the fall




During the summer, worship was held outdoors on Communion Sundays.

NEW CENTURY WOMEN
Usually meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 5:30pm, but plans are currently on hold due to the virus protocols.,

MEN'S GROUP
Usually meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 6:00pm, but plans are currently on hold due to the virus protocols.,

ELIZABETH CADY STANTON PAINTING
A painting done by Leslie Carsky Dickerson has been loaned to First Presbyterian Church by the Johnstown Public Library. The Elizabeth Cady Stanton portrait was created to spark more interest and pride in this Fulton County native and member of our church.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) set the agenda for the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York and spent most of her life working to enfranchise women in the political process. To fully appreciate her courage and accomplishments, one has to remember the times in which she lived. When she began to speak in public it was viewed as immoral. At that time a woman was not allowed to attend college, own property if married, vote, be on a jury, have legal custody of her own children nor divorce her husband on grounds of abuse or abandonment. And when Cady Stanton stood up for the rights of women she was vilified for doing so. She persevered because of her passion, intelligence and will.  She was an inspiring woman of action whose struggle helped solidify human rights for all Americans.

As we honor this historic member of First Presbyterian Church, we also celebrate in the year 2020 the one hundredth anniversary of granting the right to vote to women.