Every year our church offers the chance to participate in the Presbyterian Church USA’s four annual “Special Offerings,” each for their own unique projects, as well as a couple special offerings for some specific congregational projects. Usually these offerings are spread out through the calendar year, but this year there was a big chunk of [...]
We are back to our normal church office hours of 9:45 -4:45 Monday through Thursday. Please contact the office at 465-5118 if there is any way we can be of assistance.
Virtual Vacation Bible School: This year’s five-church cooperative VBS, which we are part of, will be a “Virtual VBS,” which families can engage in together watching their computer or smartphone. A new session will be posted each morning July 19 through 23 to the Paris Otterbein United Methodist Church Facebook page. It will also be [...]
Hello congregation. On May 29, the state of Illinois changed its rules when it comes to places of worship. Certain things that were “laws”, like no gatherings of more than ten people, became instead “strongly recommended guidelines”. This allowed our Session to begin discussing whether to re-open our building for worship, rather than needing [...]
PARIS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS 6-7-2020 With the May 29 change in the state of Illinois rules, things that were “laws,” including gatherings of no more than ten people, have become, only for places of worship, “strongly recommended guidance” instead. Your session has been trying to discern the wisest safest course of action for when [...]