First United Presbyterian Church (FUPC) is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America(PCUSA). FUPC is located in Pinckneyville, Illinois and is about 75 miles from St. Louis. The church belongs to the Presbytery of Southeastern Illinois. FUPC is yoked with First Presbyterian Church of Murphysboro, Illinois. Here's a link to the Murphysboro church's website: www.fpcmurphysboro.org/
PRAYER LIST
War in the Middle East
The family of Wilma Jean Templeton
Victims of physical and sexual abuse, especially children
Jade Lee
Jacki Noward
Larry Coleman
Sharon Higgerson
Cathy Cunningham
Cathi Gerrish
Louise Schweizer
Glenn McKinstry
The family of Diane McPheeters
Marla Silbe
Michael Capps
Alan Jenkel
Dirk Silbe
Arlan Carson
Ramsey Uhter
Johnny Gunter
David Barfield
Vickie Folden
Ted Cunningham
Jeff Suchomski
Bryna Jablonski- 19 year old with Stage 4 lymphoma
Starvation crisis in Gaza
E'Lynn Clark
Anne and Dick Tabing
Anne Pestamo
Former President Joe Biden
Robert Hayes
Jane Schultz
Matt Lisewski
Matthew Stanley
Barb Covert
Governmental leaders on the local, state, and national levels
War in Ukraine
Josh Higgerson
Wilma Templeton
Milo Howell
Barbara Collier
Claire Zech
Isaiah Roberson-Fifth grader with brain tumor
Richel Biby
Harlow Graskewicz Prado(little girl with terminal leukodystrophy)
Jessica Ping
Kyle Koskella
Reverend Shana Johnson
A Word from the Pastor:
When history books are written, they will tell of this unusual and scary time. A worldwide pandemic, that began in China in late 2019, quickly spread around the world and began seriously impacting the United States by March of 2020. It was caused by a novel coronavirus and was quickly renamed COVID-19. Infection rates and deaths skyrocketed all over the country and healthcare systems were overwhelmed. Illinois, like many states, put in place a “stay at home” order in an effort to help get the virus under control. People were only allowed to leave home for essential reasons and a lot of businesses and other public gatherings were shut down, including worship services. We resumed in-person worship on June 7, 2022 but even so many health-related precautions were in place, such as “social distancing” (everyone except for family members has to stay six feet apart)and the wearing of face masks. By the summer of 2020, rates of COVID-19 infections were going down and the healthcare system was not as overwhelmed, but the virus was still out there and still deadly. I just thought future Presbyterians would want to know this.
Sam Foskey, Pastor
War in the Middle East
The family of Wilma Jean Templeton
Victims of physical and sexual abuse, especially children
Jade Lee
Jacki Noward
Larry Coleman
Sharon Higgerson
Cathy Cunningham
Cathi Gerrish
Louise Schweizer
Glenn McKinstry
The family of Diane McPheeters
Marla Silbe
Michael Capps
Alan Jenkel
Dirk Silbe
Arlan Carson
Ramsey Uhter
Johnny Gunter
David Barfield
Vickie Folden
Ted Cunningham
Jeff Suchomski
Bryna Jablonski- 19 year old with Stage 4 lymphoma
Starvation crisis in Gaza
E'Lynn Clark
Anne and Dick Tabing
Anne Pestamo
Former President Joe Biden
Robert Hayes
Jane Schultz
Matt Lisewski
Matthew Stanley
Barb Covert
Governmental leaders on the local, state, and national levels
War in Ukraine
Josh Higgerson
Wilma Templeton
Milo Howell
Barbara Collier
Claire Zech
Isaiah Roberson-Fifth grader with brain tumor
Richel Biby
Harlow Graskewicz Prado(little girl with terminal leukodystrophy)
Jessica Ping
Kyle Koskella
Reverend Shana Johnson
A Word from the Pastor:
When history books are written, they will tell of this unusual and scary time. A worldwide pandemic, that began in China in late 2019, quickly spread around the world and began seriously impacting the United States by March of 2020. It was caused by a novel coronavirus and was quickly renamed COVID-19. Infection rates and deaths skyrocketed all over the country and healthcare systems were overwhelmed. Illinois, like many states, put in place a “stay at home” order in an effort to help get the virus under control. People were only allowed to leave home for essential reasons and a lot of businesses and other public gatherings were shut down, including worship services. We resumed in-person worship on June 7, 2022 but even so many health-related precautions were in place, such as “social distancing” (everyone except for family members has to stay six feet apart)and the wearing of face masks. By the summer of 2020, rates of COVID-19 infections were going down and the healthcare system was not as overwhelmed, but the virus was still out there and still deadly. I just thought future Presbyterians would want to know this.
Sam Foskey, Pastor