First Presbyterian Church of Arlington


 

Welcome to our Photo Gallery.  Click on any picture to see more snapshots of people and events.

The Fellowship Committee prepared an Easter breakfast which was served from 9 to 11 on Easter morning.  The menu included egg and sausage casserole, biscuits and gravy and fruit. 

The Mad Hatter's Spring Tea, sponsored by the Women's Ministry Team, was March 2, 2008 at Katie's Daughters Tea room.

The Festival of Tables is a yearly event sponsored by the Women's Ministry team.  Each hostess decorates a table and prepares a dessert for eight guests.  See pictures of the 2007 Festival of Tables. 

 

The 2007 Trunk or Treat was held on the church parking lot on Oct. 27.

 

The 2007 Stewardship Dinner was held at the beautifully decorated White Room. Dr. Jesse Truvillion was the speaker.

The name Saints Alive was chosen for the seniors group which will meet monthly for a covered dish lunch and a brief program. 

The February program was Love Songs presented by Perdido (Ken Hicks & Cindy Hodges).  Visit their website www.perdidomusic.com.

2007 VBS theme is Avalanche Ranch - a wild ride through God's word.

The Bazaarnival is held the last Saturday of July. Church members contribute their time and their "treasures" to make this a very special event. A pancake breakfast is served in the morning. Then there are hot dogs and hamburgers cooked on the grills, with grilled onions as a great accompaniment. There is guitar playing and singing inside the church, and beautiful organ music drifts into the parking lot trough the open sanctuary windows, as our organists perform for the browsers.

The Allegro Youth Polyphonic Handbell Choir are from a rural town in the middle of the island of Puerto Rico and are made up of youth between ages 11 and 17.   Their director, Carlos Rivera-Aponte, is also the founder of the ensemble.  In addition to his duties with the handbell ensemble, he also serves as the director of the Second Union Church choir in San Juan and director of the Inter American University Chorus, Barranquitas Campus in Puerto Rico.  The group performed in FPCA sanctuary on Father's Day, 2007.

Adults and youth traveled to Mississippi in May to help families rebuild homes damaged by hurricane Katrina.  In the evenings the youth choir shared the "Tale of Three Trees".

Samaritan Project: In May, church members worked together to clean up and repair the home of a family in distress.

FPCA participated in the Arlington Relay for Life Cancer Walk - May 2007.

The 2007 Women's Retreat  was enjoyed by 36 women in Granbury, March 2-4.  Meetings were in the lovely American Heritage House bed and breakfast (www.americanheritagehouse.com).  The women were lodged in that Inn and The Iron Horse Inn and Baker Street Harbor.  The speaker for the event was LaRue Laymance, who shared with the group stories about women of the Bible and the lessons learned from those women that can be applied to our lives today. 

Rev. Bob Hanson led the communion worship service on Sunday morning.

See pictures of 2006-2007 Community Concerts.