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Dear Friends,
We are having a church wide Congregational Town Hall Meeting and lunch on 8/26, right after church. There are several important issues we need to hear:
- The Elder Nominating Committee will present their recommendations for Ruling Elders for the class of 2014.
- There is a recommendation from the Session to extend the term of the 2012 Class of Elders for 1 year. We are in a time of transition. With my sabbatical leave in the summer of 2013, we need a strong Session during that time.
- There is a recommendation from the Session to elect 2 classes of at least 5 Deacons each (up to 10 total) to help in caring for the congregation and to share the work load.
- There is a report from the Denominational Relations Committee about their work to date.
Thank you to the 5th Quarter team for putting on a terrific Trivia Night & Silent Auction fundraiser. Because of their efforts and your generous support the event raised over $3,500. Thank you to everyone who helped and participated in the silent auction, not to mention the amazing food provided by Patricia Gray. Great Job Team!
God is GOOD! ALL the time!
Your pastor and friend...
Jim Weldon
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| News & Upcoming Events | |
CHURCH WIDE EVENTS
 YOU are the Ministry: This Week's Ministry Ideas
1. Take 5+ minutes a day, pray and read from the New Testament.
2. Offer solutions instead of criticism.
3. Hug your children and grandchildren.
4. Ask God to let you help in what He is doing in our community.
5. Let God use you to reach out to those who do not know Him.
6. Join a Small Group - life group, men's group, women's group or Bible study.
7. Volunteer to help out.
8. Look for opportunities to invite someone to church.
9. Forward this e-mail to someone.
The next classes are scheduled for September 9 @ 1 PM (in the worship building)
CHILDREN'S & YOUTH MINISTRIES
The Net Youth Group Returns!
Wednesday Nights!
6:30-8:30PM
Jr. High and Sr. High Youth
Games, music, small groups, and worship!
- The Net Kick Off--Wednesday, August 22nd at 6:30PM!
Invite your friends!
The ROCK Youth Group Returns!
Wednesday Nights! 5:30-7:00PM 5th & 6th Graders - Come Join us for games, fellowship, snacks, small group time and mission work
Invite a friend to get Rocked by Christ!
CHURCH STAFF
If you would like to contact a church staff member please go to our
website >>>
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Check out our facebook page! It's a great way to add photos of events and stay in contact with your church.
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Thanks and Prayer Requests |
 Prayers of Praise and Thanksgiving: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and Love your neighbor as yourself." Luke 10:
Praise / Thanks:
- To God for all the new families who He is bringing to us.
- To God for blessings us abundantly.
- To God for His Word revealed to us in the Bible.
- To God for all those who work so hard behind the scenes.
- To God for our Hospitality ministry
- To God for our Sunday School Team.
- To God for our Youth Group leaders.
- To God for our Great Worship Band and AV team.
- To God for all those folks who pray each day for FIPC.
- 5th Quarter Fundraiser; FIPC family and youth.
- Great sermon, Jim.
- Mike and his many talents: music, kids, sound system. You rock Mike!
- Received job offer at Flightstar. I accepted and started 8/6. Two weeks into it and all is going well.
- Trivia night's bountiful harvest for our youth.
- This church is a blessing for our area. Love the newsletter.
- Family and health.
- Don's new job; great to have Lois F. here to worship with Claude, Linda and Kristy; Jesus pursues us.
- Fabulous Trivia night event. Thanks Paul and Colleen and all who made it happen.
- My children are such a blessing. Alex is settled into UNF dorm.
- Thanks to everyone who helped with Trivia and Silent Auction night. "What great success!"
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Prayer Requests:
- For our community
- For 5th quarter
- For our church's growth in both spirit and number.
- For our Church's Pastor and Staff.
- The grace to live out our faith.
- For FIPC Pastor and family, Staff and families and Elders and families.
- For our Adult Overseas Mission Trip Planning Task Force.
- For families and individuals who are hurting.
- For the PCUSA.
- College students leaving for college, pray for good decisions. Pray for parents as they adjust to their absence.
- Eric Berger deployed to Kuwait and his family here at home.
- James Williams and Martha as she cares for him.
- The Sexe family in the lost of Linda's mother.
- Rick Sulzer in the loss of his mother.
- Margie Thompson in the loss of her mother.
- Maddy Rynne, recovering from surgery.
- FIPC's Town Hall Meeting on Sunday Aug. 26.
- Family; wisdom in new opportunities to serve.
- God's blessing and guidance for those who have wandered from our church and prayers that they will return.
- Help me forgive.
- Unspoken; child's attitude; school.
- For the Pastor and the Session to open their hearts and minds to all people and changes that occur, take one step at a time.
- For Cain to be "all in" with everything he does.
- The Lord would heal Sabrina (Hobson's child friend); ability to trust the Lord daily to meet our $ obligations; college kids get involved in Christian groups.
- Pray for my wife and her family in Minnesota.
- For those that are ill.
- Sister-in-law Ella is having kidney (cancer)surgery on Friday.
- My sister in Lakeland; everybody's sins; to accept my church family into the gates of heaven.
- For me to do good in school; for my family; for me to live a good Christian life.
- Pray for peace that surpasses all understanding.
- Pray for the college students returning to classes this week.
- Bocskovitz family as they move to Tennessee today.
- Sabrina has CF, gave birth to premie, Chandler; off breathing tube; mommy needs many prayers; fighting for her life; husband Cody and family. Daughter, Victoria, Sabrina is her best friend.
- Recovery from cancer for Andy D.; recovery for neighbor's daughter.
- Continued prayer for stepdad as he heals from heart surgery. He is doing much better but still has a long way to go.
- Please pray for friend and family struggling with alcohol addiction.
- My niece would get her act together, drinking and smoking.
- Martin S. illness; Rhodi S. wife; Mihalis A. engagement broken, pray he finds his way back to God/Jesus.
- For my co-worker, Tarrie, who lost her husband unexpectedly this week.
- Focus to finish dissertation; rain for West Texas.
- To make decisions what are in accordance with God's will.
- Pray for Chris and Evan O. Both off to college in Orlando.
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This Weeks Funnies
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Late one night, an airhead saw a sign on an office building. It said: "Press bell for night watchman." So the airhead pressed the bell.
After several minutes the night watchman could be heard clomping down the stairs. He unlocked the gate, shut down the alarm system, and finally made his way through the revolving door.
"Well," he snarled at the airhead, "what do you want?"
"I just wanted to know why you can't press the bell yourself."
When I was little, my dad had me convinced the ice cream truck only played music when it was sold out. Well played, dad, well played.
"It's exciting to live in complete oneness with the will of God. It is never dull or static because it is not a one-time, once-for-all commitment. It is something we have to work at constantly, moment by moment." - Evelyn Christenson
Is Your "Rememberer" Going?
A retired husband gets up from his chair. His wife asks, "Where are you going?" He responds, "To the kitchen" She asks, " Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?" The husband says, "Sure." She gently reminds him, "Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?" He says, "No, I can remember that!" She then says, "Well, I'd like some strawberries on top. You'd better write it down 'cause I know you'll forget it." He says, "I can remember that! You want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries." She adds, "I'd also like whipped cream. Now I'm certain you'll forget that, so you'd better write it down." Irritated, he says, "I don't need to write it down! I can remember that! Ice cream with strawberries! And whipped cream!" He then grumbles into the kitchen. After about 20 minutes the old man returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and eggs. She stares at the plate for a moment and says, "Where's my toast?"
Pancakes
Mary offered to care for the eight-year-old daughter of
neighbors who were going away for the weekend.
On the Saturday morning, she made breakfast, laying a generous helping of bacon and eggs in front of the child.
"Mummy always serves hot pancakes for breakfast," said
the eight-year-old.
So Mary, very eager to oblige, hurried into the kitchen
and quickly prepared a plate of hot pancakes, which she
laid in front of the girl.
"No, thank you," she said.
"But I thought you said your mother always has hot
pancakes for breakfast!" said Mary in surprise.
"She does," said the youngster. "But I don't eat them!"
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A Record of our Faithfulness | | |
FIPC is a member supported church. We do not receive any outside funding. Everything we do is made possible through your faithful giving.
Attendance
08/19/12 = 210
Ministry & Building Funds 08/19/12 = $8,962.00
(budgeted need = $11,600)
Offering envelopes are now available in the church bulletin for cash offerings. The envelopes are not necessary for checks. If you ever have any questions about FIPC finances, please call our Chief Financial Officer and Church Administrator, Dawn Vanderpool, at the church office. |
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Sunday Worship Service
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Worship Service is held every
Sunday morning
10:00AM - 11:15AM.
Attire is casual. It is an uplifting, come as you are worship service.
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God never intended for us to go it alone!
We want to help you find the Small Group where you can you grow in your faith and have some fun doing it!
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ChristLife - Senior High Youth
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FUEL - Junior High Youth Group
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Christian Counseling Center
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A ministry of Fleming Island Presbyterian Church
The Christian Counseling Center of FIPC is an outreach of the church to our community.
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Thank You Notes | 
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Thanks to the Hospitality Team for Sunday morning refreshments.
Thank you to the counting team for your continued service to your church!
Thank you to our Awesome Worship Band!
Thank you to those who helped usher/greet last Sunday!
Thanks to our Children's Ministry Volunteers.
Thank you to our Youth Ministry Team.
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Announcements for the E-newsletter, and Power Point Slide Show before worship, during the offering, and after worship should be emailed to Sara by 9 am on Mondays.
Announcements for the bulletin should be emailed to Sara Dryden by 10 am on Tuesdays
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