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First Pres at the Table

 

What is “First Pres at the Table?
First Pres at the Table is an opportunity for the people of First Presbyterian Church – both members and visitors – to build relationships and get to know one another over a meal.  We hope that First Pres at the Table will help build a strong community within our church and serve as a means to include our friends and neighbors in our community.  

HOW DOES IT WORK?
To sign up for First Pres at the Table is to commit to one dinner with three other families or individuals, some or all of whom you may not know.  Once each four months, you are able to sign up for the next round First Pres at the Table.  When you submit your name, you are only signing up for one, four-month span.  If you want to participate in the four months, you will need to sign up again, which means that you are only committing to one dinner at a time.  Every four months, the groups will change and you will get the chance to sign up to eat with a different group.  A leader from each group is designated, and that person is responsible for contacting the group to set up a date and time for everyone to eat dinner together sometime within the next four months.  

WHERE DO WE EAT?
Each individual or family will have one month in which they are to host or organize the meal.  The group is free to  eat in his/her home, someone else’s home, or at a restaurant.  Sometimes local restaurants may offer incentives (such as a free appetizer) to bring your group to their restaurant within the designated time period.  The host is always free to ask the group members to bring various elements of the meal when they arrive.  (Group leaders receive detailed emails with suggestions for how to plan the dinner.) 

WHEN DO WE SIGN-UP?
Winter sign-ups begin in October and groups begin meeting in November

Spring sign-ups start in February and end in June.