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Provide and serve dinner for the women and children staying at First Light. IPC will be providing the evening meals each night the week of June 20-26. Please consider this great activity for a family or group. Find available evenings and sign up at ipc-usa.org/connect.

After a long hiatus, we are back with our first Beer & Hymns of 2021. It's exactly what it sounds like! We sing old-timey hymns (plus a few new ones...as long as they sound good in a bar) while enjoying good food and beverages.

Bring a few friends (or just make friends there!) and the best singing voice you have! After all, our motto is "Sing Loudly, Drink Slowly, Make Friends."

IPC Congregational Care is sponsoring a Members in the Middle gathering on seven Wednesday nights this summer for dinner, fellowship and a small group study. We will use the book Paul for Everyone: The Prison Letters by N.T. Wright, focusing on the Philippians section.

Please join us from 6-7:30 pm on Wednesdays: June 9,16, 23, and 30 and July 14, 21, and 28. Dinners can be reserved through IPC's Sign Up Links, and you can pick up curbside as you arrive for the gatherings.

Wondering if you are a Member in the Middle? Likely you are! All adults are welcome to join, however, offerings for this group are generally planned to appeal to ages that range from 50-70 with wiggle room on either end.

Join us for a night at the theatre! IPC Connect invites you to Million Dollar Quartet, the Tony® Award-winning smash-hit musical inspired by the famed recording session that brought together rock and roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.

A private reception for IPC Connect begins at 6:30 pm and curtains drop at 7:30 pm. Your IPC Connect ticket ($50 per person) includes entrance to the show and private reception room plus heavy hors d'oeuvres and drinks. IPC ticket sales have now closed.

IPC Connect is a new ministry of Congregational Care offering opportunities for IPC adults to connect to one another, God, and the wider world for fun, Christian fellowship, and exploration.

Join us in-person for Sunday School this summer. Dr. Jeff Leonard’s ten-part series on experiencing the presence of God "Seekers in the Hands of an Elusive God" starts June 6. The Samford University professor is back once again for his class on Sundays through Aug. 8 from 10-10:50 am in Highland Hall. Youth are also encouraged to participate in this class. Please note, no class on Sunday, July 4.

Join us for dinner, communion, and a new series "I've been meaning to ask..." Each week during the Table worship service, we'll have food, conversation, music and prayer. Find us at 5 pm in the Garage at Highland Hall on June 13, June 20, June 27 and July 11.

Curiosity, Courage, and Connection
More about IPC's series: "I've been meaning to ask?..."
Some of the best conversations start with good questions—questions we’ve been meaning to ask, questions that keep us curious, and questions that lead us deeper into courage and connection. Our upcoming worship series from A Sanctified Art centers around four guiding questions: “I’ve been meaning to ask... Where are you from?... Where does it hurt?... What do you need?... Where do we go from here?”

As you can see, these questions aren’t surface level; they invite us to tell our stories, share our pain, care for one another, and dream about a new way forward together. Through vulnerability and authenticity, may our courageous conversations lead us to glimpse hope, joy, and beauty—and to become the community God created us to be.

Join us for a coffee hour each Sunday following the 8:45 am service. We welcome anyone who wants to come to between 9:45-10:45 am for coffee and fellowship at Highland Hall. Please note new location for summer.

Join members and friends of IPC for a service lunch on Tuesday, June 29. We will pack lunches for Food for our Journey (FFOJ), a faith-based initiative that uses a food truck to deliver food to the hungry in Birmingham, thus removing the travel requirement for those who are not mobile. Coordinated by IPC Presbyterian Women, tickets ($20) include the cost of your lunch and supplies to pack lunches for the FFOJ ministry. We plan to pack lunches from 11 to Noon, then will eat lunch together and enjoy summer fellowship. If you cannot attend the luncheon, please consider making a donation using the sign up form.

IPC wishes you a happy Independence Day! Please note that IPC will only offer one worship service at 11 am, and no Sunday School Classes will meet. Church offices will be closed Monday, July 5, in observance of the holiday.

Invite a friend and join us at IPC Foundation's Summer Lunch-&-Learn Series. On July 15, we hear from Community on the Rise Executive Director Avery Rhodes.

Please make a reservation using the link below. Lunch is $10, and you can pay at the door or online (in the box for “gift to fund not listed,” type Foundation Lunch & Learn.)

IPC Connect invites all to join us Thursday, July 15 at Regions Field to see the Birmingham Barons take on the Rocket City Trash Pandas. We will be seated together just behind the Barons dugout to enjoy the game, and drinks (soda, wine, beer) are just $2 each! Tickets are $20 per person and may be purchased using the link below.

IPC Connect is a new ministry of Congregational Care offering opportunities for IPC adults to connect to one another, God, and the wider world for fun, Christian fellowship, and exploration.

Join IPC at the 2021 Women's Connection in Montreat, NC, Aug. 12-15. Keynote speaker is Jen Hatmaker, the author of eleven books, including New York Times bestsellers For the Love and Of Mess and Moxie.

Register online by June 1 using the links below. The Montreat registration link is for the conference. We've rented a house for women attending from IPC, with limited capacity. If you plan to stay in the house, you will select the commuter rate on the Montreat registration link, and then use the other link below to lodge with fellow IPC members by placing a deposit.

Invite a friend and join us at IPC Foundation's Summer Lunch-&-Learn Series. On Aug. 19, we hear from Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA) Executive Director Ryan Hankins and Senior Research Associate Tom Spencer.

Please make a reservation using the link below. Lunch is $10, and you can pay at the door or online (in the box for “gift to fund not listed,” type Foundation Lunch & Learn.)

IPC’s Boy Scout Troop 28 will hold their Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper with curbside delivery. The price per meal is $8 and includes pancakes with syrup, patty sausage, fruit and orange juice. Funds raised go towards troop activities like overnight camping trips, Scout camp in the summer, and Adventure trips for the older Scouts.