Fall at IPC

All members, neighbors, and friends of IPC are invited to join IPC for the Home on Highland event on Sunday, Sept. 8. During our homecoming celebration, we will return to the regular worship schedule, kick-off Sunday School classes, and enjoy a fellowship lunch.

Schedule of Events
8:45 AM: Worship Service in the Sanctuary
10 AM: Sunday School Hour
Children’s Catechesis and Youth classes, first floor
Young Adult and Adult classes, third floor
Bridges and Crossroads class, Highland Hall Garage
11 AM: Worship Service
Traditional worship in the Sanctuary or Table worship in Highland Hall.
Following the 11 AM worship services:
Follow a bagpiper from the Sanctuary to the Highland Hall assembly room for lunch with the congregation and a time of storytelling. Children (6th grade and under) are invited to the Garage to watch Disney's Brave, eat lunch, and have fellowship. Please register for lunch by September 6.
8:30 AM to Noon: Nursery
Children 2 & Under, Ground Floor
5 to 6:30 PM: Youth Group
7th-12th graders, Highland Hall Garage

As part of our commitment to furthering our mission partners, the third Sunday of each month is now Moment for Mission Sunday. During September, we will be commissioning our dedicated teachers and school staff during worship for the 2024-2025 school year.

These dinners take place twice a year in members’ homes, restaurants, or anywhere else you can make a "table." Couples, singles, and members of all ages are invited to register before September 15th. The first dinner will be in the fall (Oct. or Nov.) of 2024 and the second in the spring (Feb. or March) of 2025. Participants will be asked to host in their homes on a rotation, and there will be 8 people in each rotation. If you participated this past year and did not host, you will be assigned to host during the next rotation of dinners.

Dr. Laurent Mbanda, the Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Rwanda, will be visiting IPC in October for an IPC Foundation Lunch & Learn. All are welcome to enjoy lunch and our speaker on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 11 am in the Great Hall Large Dining Room. Please RSVP so we can have an accurate headcount.

We welcome our 2024 Focus on Faith Guest Speaker, Dr. Brad H. Young, Ph.D., on Sunday, October 20. Dr. Young is the Founder & President of the Gospel Research Foundation and is an internationally recognized authority on the comparative study of the Gospel and Rabbinic Parables.
Schedule of Events
- 8:45 & 11 am Worship Services in the Sanctuary The Faith of Jesus or the Faith in Jesus: The Lord’s Prayer in its Jewish Context
- 10 am Sunday School Class in the Sanctuary Parables of Faith, Reconciliation, and Healing: Jesus' First Century Jewish Message to the Twenty-First Century Christian Church
- Reception in the Parlor following 11 am worship

Sign up to join IPC for this year’s Habitat for Humanity Build. We are helping to build a home in Bessemer for the Baylor family alongside fellow Birmingham-area churches in the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley. The project begins on September 12 and at least 15 IPC volunteers are needed on September 21 and November 16. IPC is the only volunteer group on these days

Registration Info
No construction experience is necessary, but you must be at least 14 years old. Please register with Habitat using access code presby24. Once registered, complete the waiver (there’s an additional waiver for 14-17 year olds), and select your volunteer work date.

Please register by September 13 for the volunteer day on September 21 and/or register by November 8 for the volunteer day on November 16. After registering, email Melissa Patrick to notify her. She and Bannon Thorpe will then email you with details regarding IPC’s Habitat work days.

Provide Sack Lunches
If swinging a hammer isn’t your jam, sign up to provide sack lunches for our 15 Habitat Volunteers.

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 each night for the week of September 15-21.

The Weekend Buddy Bags program delivers bags twice a month to students at Hayes K-8 School to feed children for the weekend or supplement their weekend food. Groups and individuals are welcome to contact Nick Mathes at nmathes@ipc-usa.org to learn more! What goes in a Buddy Bag?
- Hearty/Chunky Soup
- Microwaveable Mac and Cheese
- Microwaveable Chef Boyardee
- Fruit Cup
- Packets of Grits/Oatmeal
- Breakfast/Protein Bar
- Peanut Butter/Cheese Snack Crackers

Donations can be dropped off or sent via a delivery service Monday - Friday, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm to IPC Community Ministries' entrance on 31st Street South. Our current items needed include food and hygiene items.