First Presbyterian Church of Murphysboro is a PCUSA church. We're located at 51 Crescent Drive in Murphysboro, Illinois. The Rev. Sam Foskey is serving as our Covenant Pastor. We belong to the Presbytery of Southeastern Illniois.
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PASTOR SAM'S OFFICE HOURS
April 9-Pinckneyville (morning)
April 11-PSEI Called Meeting (10:00 a.m., Zoom)
April 13-Pinckneyville
April 14-Pinckneyville (morning), Murphysboro (afternoon)
April 15-Murphysboro
April 16-Murphysboro (morning)
April 20-Pinckneyville
April 21-Pinckneyville (morning), Murphsyboro (afternoon)
The pastor is available at other times by appointment. You can call his mobile phone at: 618 412 1188.
The secretary’s regular office hours: 9 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday.
Weekly offering amount required to meet the budget: $1221.
Aoril 5 regular offering, $680. $45 was given to One Great Hour of Sharing
March 29 regular offering, $460. $225 was given to the One Great Hour of Sharing.
You can also mail in contributions to the church at
51 Crescent Drive, Murphysboro, IL, 62966. Please contribute in this manner
when absent from worship. You can also bring your offering to the church office.
Cynthia York-Camden, Community Garden director, says that the community garden will
have its official opening this year in late April or early May.
But she's already assigning boxes so gardeners can get
started. There is a $15 suggested donation per box
and there are a few boxes that can still be claimed.
Contact Cynthia if interested. Her number is 967-9535.
Our new Street Pantry is ready. Here are some items we can start collecing for it:
white crew socks, toiletries, and non-perishable food. Really, almost anything that
you think would help the homeless and poor in their activities of daily living would
be acceptable.
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the U.S., dedicated to raising awareness, promoting prevention, and supporting children and families.
Some local organizations that actively work to prevent child abuse and to help children who are abused are the local Child Advocacy Centers, Caritas Family Solutions, the Survivor Empowerment Center, DCFS, and the CASA program. Should we be inclined to help these agencies, they would appreciate it.
How to Connect With The Churches Via Facebook And The Websites
Pinckneyville Website: https://1upcpville.com/
Pinckneyville Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/firstunitedpresbyterianpinckneyville/
Murphysboro Website: http://fpcmurphysboro.org/
Murphysboro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/First-Presbyterian-Church-1517609008538913/
The Facebook pages are where you will find the Facebook Live worship services. Pinckneyville worships at 9:00 a.m. and Murphysboro at 10:45 a.m.
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