Grace Groups offer IPC members an opportunity to get to know other members and study the scriptures in a small group setting. Groups will meet in various places over six-weeks from October 11 - November 21. The study book is: "Encounters with Jesus: Unexpected Answers to Life's Biggest Questions" by Timothy J. Keller.

The Gospel at Risk? Confessing the Faith Today

The Reformed tradition is a confessing tradition, proclaiming its faith through creeds and confessions when “the truth of the Gospel is at risk.” This four-week Sunday School series meets Sundays, October 11–November 1, at 10 am in Room 305 and will be led by professors from Columbia Theological Seminary. Together, the class will examine two PC(USA) confessions and the proposed new confession, considering what they teach us about living out the Gospel today.

IPC Youth are invited to join us for our fall camping trip at Living River! Drop-off will be Saturday, October 17 at 3 pm in the IPC front parking lot, and pick-up will be Sunday, October 18 at 4 pm in the front parking lot of IPC. We have limited spots due to transportation, so please register!

Join us for IPC's Annual Harvest for Hunger campaign to help fill our neighbor's table and lift up our community. Starting Sunday, October 18, you can pick up a Harvest for Hunger grocery bag at IPC. The list of food and hygiene items (our most needed items) is printed on the bag and is also available below. Please return your filled bags by Sunday, November 22, which is Harvest for Hunger Dedication Day.

Thank you for considering and purchasing fruit in support of the IPC Choir. Orders will be accepted until November 22. This is an important fundraiser for the IPC Choir, and we encourage all members to participate.

Head out to Living River on Sunday, October 18 for a family-friendly, free event that includes food, live music, and activities. Come and go or stay all day! ​All are welcome.

Help bag sweet potatoes for neighbors facing food insecurity at IPC’s Annual Crop Drop from 2–4 pm. Ages 5 and up are invited to serve, with preschool childcare provided.

NEW! Families are invited to stay for our new Family Fun Finale, featuring inflatables, Son’s Donuts, face painting, and more, which begins once all the potatoes are bagged. It’s also “Nice to Have You in Highland Park Day,” and we hope to welcome our Highland Park neighbors. Please Register.

Join us on Monday, October 19 at 7 pm at The Grocery for Beer & Hymns! Beer & Hymns is exactly what it sounds like. We sing old-timey hymns (plus a few new ones) while enjoying good food and beverages.

Are you helping care for an aging parent while also supporting children, work, or other family responsibilities? Join us for a new gathering for adults navigating the needs of parents suffering from Alzheimer’s, dementia, or life-limiting illness, and the many challenges of caring across generations. Our first evening features Dr. Beverly E. Thorn, Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of Alabama, speaking on aging, dementia care, and end-of-life issues. Dinner and childcare included with preregistration. In partnership with the James Houston Center for Faith and Successful Aging.

Bring your whole family for fellowship and fun! Please plan to purchase your family’s dinner and drinks.

Help welcome Summer Learning Program campers back to the Farm for Fall Fun Day! IPC Volunteers are needed for shifts between 9:00 am and 3:30 pm to help make it a special day of fun and reconnecting with our campers. Please sign up below to let us know if you plan to attend!

The IPC Choir is offering a Choral Service of Evensong with violinist Daniel Szasz, concertmaster of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. Officiated by the Rev. Nicole Newton, the music will include British composers John Ireland and Malcolm Archer, and American composers Ned Rorem and David Ashley White.

Evensong is the Service of Evening Prayer by Song. It is a worship service sung at the onset of evening to mark the close of day with gratitude, and to compose the mind and renew the spirit for the coming week. We take this time to rest in the Heart of God, to give thanks for our lives and our blessings. You will be asked to join in silently while the music is offered on your behalf. You may join in verbally in the chanting of the Lord's Prayer and the Apostles' Creed, and in the singing of the hymns.

The worship is truly ecumenical, as it draws on traditions of worship dating to the Fourth Century. Evensong is the name given in medieval England to the canonical hour of Vespers - the hour the candles are lit, hence the singing of the Hymn of Light (Phos Hilaron). The service includes important additions from Compline, the last of the day-hours, said before retiring for the night. The Magnificat, the Song of Praise, was sung by the Blessed Virgin Mary when her cousin, Elizabeth, had greeted her as the mother of the Lord. It has been the canticle of Vespers since the time of St. Benedict (c.480-550). The Nunc dimittis, the Song of Simeon, has been part of the daily prayers since the fourth century. Simeon was the aged and devout Jew who took the infant Christ in his arms in the Temple at Jerusalem and spoke these words.

Choral Evensong is essentially a service of reflection. Here beauty in language and music can speak to us of God in a rich and diverse way. Within this hallowed space you may forget the ceaseless activity of daily life and be still.

Volunteer with your family or a group to provide evening meals for the women and children staying at First Light. IPC will be providing evening meals Nov. 1 - 7.

Since 1965, over 180 artists representing the finest talent from the United States and Europe have performed for the November Organ Recital Series at IPC. Artists perform on the Schreiber Memorial Organ, built by the Dobson Pipe Organ Company and dedicated in May of 2012.

Join the Global Ministries team for a hands-on immersion in Alabama's Black Belt, centered in Newbern, home to the Auburn University Rural Studio. Since 1993, Rural Studio has partnered with Hale County communities to design and build homes and public projects that address real needs in one of the state's most historically significant and under-resourced regions. Our trip will include a service project alongside Rural Studio, along with visits to sites central to the area's civil rights and cultural history.

God calls us to receive and share the love of Jesus Christ across cultures, languages, and communities. The deadline to sign up is September 15.

Please complete an application and deposit form.