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You are invited to a family-friendly Fall Celebration hosted by IPC Connect. Join friends and families from IPC on Thursday, Sept. 23, in the outdoor area at Carrigan's Beer Garden for food, beer specials and an IPC specialty cocktail. This is a self pay event.

Join us for a refreshments each Sunday following the 8:45 am service. We welcome anyone who wants to come to between 9:45-10:45 am for fellowship.

A service is planned at 4 pm to install the Reverend Kevin J. Long as IPC’s eighth Pastor in the congregation’s 105-year history. All are invited to attend the service in the church sanctuary with a reception to follow. Please join us in person or watch the service online. There will not be a 5 pm Table evening worship service on Sept. 26.

Dinner at 5:30 pm followed by Champions of Faith programming. Through songs, activities, and Bible study, children in grades 5K - 6th will experience the rich spiritual legacy of eight Bible champions whose lives of obedience provide worthy examples to follow. Join us Sept. 1 - Nov. 17.

Adult members of ALL AGES are welcome to join this Wednesday Night class facilitated by IPC member Gail Pless using the Book Listening for God: Volume One: Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith. The class will run for six consecutive Wednesday nights, from Sept. 1 - Oct. 6, 2021. Please come on any of the Wednesday nights you are available for fellowship and study.

Sign up to join IPC for this year’s Habitat for Humanity Build. We are helping to build a home at 1018 Herring Street in Midfield alongside fellow Birmingham-area churches in the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley. The project begins on September 9 with a groundbreaking ceremony at 8 am. IPC volunteer days are planned for Sept. 17, 24, and 25 as well as Oct. 15. You can choose to volunteer with your church family or join members of our Presbytery on any Friday or Saturday.

Click the link below to find detailed instructions from Habitat for Humanity to complete the online volunteer registration form. You can also view the link with the Building Tasks Schedule to help decide which day you would like to work. Please note the schedule is a template of the building activities and there will be variations in the construction activities per week.Learn more about IPC and Habitat for Humanity from IPC Members Foster Cook & Rowena Macnab.»

Provide and serve dinner for the women and children staying at First Light. IPC will be providing the evening meals each night the weeks of Oct. 3-9 and Nov. 24-Dec. 4. Please consider this great activity for a family or group. Find available evenings and sign up using the link below.

Join the Lunch Bunch crew for a wonderful meal and fellowship at the famous Bright Star Restaurant in Bessemer. The IPC bus will leave the church parking lot at 11 am and will return around 1:30 pm. There is no charge for transportation and everyone will purchase their own meal. Please register so we will have an accurate headcount.

5K - 6th graders are invited to VIP Movie Night! Funs Nights are offered the first Wednesday of each month through May and coincide with our parent Date Nights. Additionally, childcare will be provided for children babies - 4s.

Held the first Wednesday of each month, Parents Date Night is designed to be a nudge for the couples at IPC. A nudge to have a conversation. A nudge to laugh. A nudge to think. A nudge to break out of our normal routines. Drop off your children at IPC while you and your partner enjoy a couple of hours together. Cultivated date night materials will be linked below, or you can use the time to recharge any way you need it.

As part of Kids Fun Night, dinner will be provided ($4 per child). A movie night is planned for children 5K – 6th grade, and nursery care for babies - 4s will be provided by the IPC childcare staff by reservation. Sign up for nursery care using the form below.

Grace Groups offer an opportunity to get to know other members and study the scriptures in a small group setting. Fall groups meet in various places or via Zoom from Oct.10 - Nov. 20. For fall, we will study Acts: Catching Up With the Spirit by Matthew L. Skinner. This study explores six themes that illustrate how reading Acts is capable of igniting our imagination about the character of the Christian gospel, the work of God’s people (the Church), and the challenges of living faithfully in a complex and challenging world.

Our annual Harvest for Hunger campaign kicks off Sunday, Oct. 17, at 3 pm with a family-friendly CROP DROP. All ages 5 and up are invited to help sack potatoes for our neighbors who struggle with food insecurity. The deadline to register is Friday, Oct. 1. Use the link below to sign up as a volunteer and complete the required waiver. The number of IPC volunteers directly correlates to the amount of produce that Society of St. Andrews Alabama Gleaning Network plans on with area farmers and freight carriers. The sign-up deadline is to accommodate this two-week process. Childcare for babies - 4s provided by reservation on the sign-up link.