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FUPC’s New Website

Fayetteville United Presbyterian Church has a beautiful, user-friendly new website! The address has not change. You can visit www.FUPCFay.org as always, and you will automatically be taken to the new website. Once you arrive, you’ll notice a lot of differences. The church website had not been updated in a decade, so there are plenty of… Read more »

Safe Outdoor Worship, Sundays at 8:30am

The Session of FUPC has approved an optional outdoor (only) in-person worship. This 8:30 a.m. service is brief, devotional, and new. When weather permits, it will take place in the area extending from the covered patio outside the Sanctuary, across the open grass, and toward the Fellowship Hall. Masks will be worn and physical distancing… Read more »

UPY is on Summer Break!

Every year UPY takes an end-of-summer break before beginning again for the fall. We are not currently meeting weekly, but regular activities will resume sometime in August. We will let you know as soon as more information is available! UPY is for all 7th-12th graders. If you have any questions, please reach out to Jacob… Read more »

Congratulations, Class of 2020!

Congratulations to the Fayetteville High School Seniors who walked at their graduation (finally) this past Thursday (7/2). We know it wasn’t the graduation you imagined, but Brianne and I were honored to witness it (online) regardless. Help us congratulate these seniors! Share the names of the graduating seniors you know in the comments. You can… Read more »

He Is Risen

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Jeremiah 31:1-6 1At that time, says the LORD, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. 2   Thus says the LORD: The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest, 3        the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have… Read more »

God So Loved the World

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In 1887, Sir John Stainer composed an oratorio entitled The Crucifixion: A Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer. He intended this work to be within the scope of most parish churches and is written for two soloists, choir, and organ. The twenty movements include five congregational hymns as well as the famous… Read more »

I Lift up My Eyes to the Hills

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Psalm 121 1   I lift up my eyes to the hills — from where will my help come? 2   My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. 3   He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. 4   He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5   The LORD is… Read more »

A Table Before Me

“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies” (Psalm 23:5) The last part of Psalm 23 is less familiar, in which the psalmist praises God for granting him a place in God’s house and for treating him royally. But what does it mean to have a table in the presence of… Read more »

The Bread of Life

Gospel Reading John 6:27-40 27“Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.” 28Then they said to him, “What must we do to perform the works… Read more »

The Shepherd and the Flock

  Psalm 23 23:1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. 23:2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; 23:3 he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake. Christ compares his followers to sheep, animals who need to be in… Read more »

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