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Dear Friends,
Once again - 5th Quarter last Friday set a new record with 485 youth and 35 adult volunteers! A special thank you goes out to the Family Life Care Inc. for sponsoring the evening. We have this Friday off as it is an away game for FIHS. Our next 5th Quarter will be Friday, Oct. 5th (9:30-11:30PM).
Let me tell you a story - There once was a man who was a member of a church family. He attended worship pretty regularly, but found himself with more to do on the weekend than he could get done. He thought that if he would just skip going to worship one Sunday, he would have more time to accomplish all his tasks. Well, one Sunday lead to another, and another and another.
His church family noticed his absence so an Elder of the church went to visit him at his home. The man invited the Elder to sit outside on his back porch where the man had just finished cooking hamburgers on a charcoal grill. They talked for a while and the man said he was sorry for missing church, but he had been just too busy on the weekends. The Elder nodded and did not say a thing - but bent over and picked up a stick and pulled a coal out of the fire and set it aside. The coal was a beautiful red color, and it put off a heat they could feel. After a minute or two, a white film began to form over the hot coal, and slowly the coal began to loose it's heat. Soon the coal was cold and ashen grey.
The Elder then picked up the coal with his hand and put it back on the fire. It wasn't long until the coal began to glow again, and it's beautiful red heat returned. The Elder looked at the man and said, "If we are going to retain our fire, we need to be with each other. We need to regularly worship God, otherwise we lose our fire and our spirit turns ashen." The Elder then asked, "See you on Sunday?" The man smiled and replied, "See you next Sunday!"
As the weather cools off, remember not to let your faith do the same. We need each other. God is GOOD! ALL the time!
Your pastor and friend...
Jim Weldon
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| News & Upcoming Events | |
CHURCH WIDE EVENTS
ADULT MISSION TRIP
FIPC is planning its first ever adult mission trip!
We  will be helping The Cabaret Children's Home in Cabaret, Haiti. The trip is scheduled from February 4th through February 11th 2013.
First informational meeting
October 1st
7:00 pm
Contact Pete Sites @ 612-0186 or Jennifer Weldon @ 264-2595
SUNDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY
 Attention all adults-the long wait is over!
Sunday Morning Bible Study Classes
Taught by The Rev. Greg Cruice
Sept. 16 at 8:30AM
Classroom #2"Then and Now...A look at the early church through 21st century eyes."
This class will be discussing what the Scriptures teach us about the early church, their credo of beliefs, and how Jesus was viewed. The class will dive into early church conflicts and resolutions, and discover the social issues the early church wrestled with. The class will walk participants through the Book of Acts and other epistles in the New Testament.
TWO NEW WOMEN'S EVENING BIBLE STUDIES 
"UNGLUED" by Lysa TerKeurst 2nd & 4th Monday Nights 6:30 pm-8:30 p.m. Church's class room 2.
Bring a light snack to share. Contact: Ann Roos, 887-2265, nnroosa@yahoo.com
"What Happens When Women Say Yes to God" 
by Lysa TerKeurst Starts Oct. 9- Nov. 13 Tuesday Nights 6:15 - 7:30 pm
If you are interest in attending please contact Jennifer Weldon at 264-2595 or email jenniferweldon@comcast.net. We will need to order books ahead of time so please sign up on the yellow card, call or email.
The next classes are scheduled for October 14 @ 1 PM (in the worship building)
 5th Quarter Thanks to the Family Life Care, Inc. for sponsoring last Friday.
Come by Friday, Oct. 5, to see what all the talk is about.
9:30-11:30pm 8th-12th Graders
CHILDREN'S & YOUTH MINISTRIES
The Net Youth Group!
Wednesday Nights!
6:30-8:30PM
Jr. High and Sr. High Youth
Games, music, small groups, and worship!
Invite your friends!
The ROCK Youth Group!
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:
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13"
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.
- Praise the Lord for all our volunteers for the 5th Quarter. We couldn't do it without you! Thank you!
- Beth C. surgery recovery; kids in college.
- Thank the Lord for my job!
- Jim, thanks for sharing your personal experience.
- Thank you for ROCK! New FIPC families.
- Love the Sunday School with Greg; great sermon.
- This church is a real blessing for Fleming Island.
- Missy's successful surgery; thank you for your wonderful sermons, last week Mike, this week, Jim.
- Thank you for your honesty and courage; we love you and will pray for you.
- Healthy beautiful grandchildren. God's many blessings.
- Jim, I am proud of you!
- Church family; 5th Quarter Sponsors.
- Praise and thanks for this church family.
- Great music; thanks Pastor for sharing your experience; all of us can receive and learn from it.
- The Lord's provision; Lord's protection in kids coming to 5th Quarter.
- Thanks Vanderpools, Drydens, Calloways, McGees, Brennans, and volunteers or all your work with the Quarter. Love you all. Thank you!
- Brittany Ledbetter got her duty assignment, Hawaii!
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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 and FIPC's response to the changes. For our Denominational Relations Committee.
- Eric Berger deployed to Kuwait and his family here at home.
- James Williams and Martha, health issues.
- Burl White Family in the loss of mother/grandmother.
- Roger F. lost his 18 yr. old daughter this week.
- Continued prayers for healing for friends, Pam and Lucy.
- My niece to stop drinking.
- Father Robert's Alz struggles to come to end. For our marriage to grow stronger.
- Resuming treatment; husband.
- For those that are ill.
- Jim and Jennifer to keep the faith; your time off will come.
- Keep our kids growing in the faith.
- For nephew having surgery for a tumor on his brain on Wednesday.
- Continued healing; for employment opportunities.
- Linda M.; mom and dad; Carolina.
- Safe travels for my husband, daughters. for a healthy baby boy for Natalie.
- FIPC and Weldon family to receive the Lily Grant for his future Sabbatical.
- Donna, get well; Brittany; Our church; All suffering.
- Continued prayers for our son David, as he wrestles spiritually in a current relationship. Blessings for us as we more to a new town.
- The Lord's favor on our new Pampered Chef business.
- Safe family travel.
- Patricia Gray suffering from eye pain and loss of her pet dog. Pray for recovery of our pet dog, Buster, as he recovers from gunshot.
- Step dad, Charles, struggling to regain his strength after heart surgery; for my mom as she cares for him, that she will take care of herself.
- Jeremy in Quatar, safety for him and is unit and their return home in October.
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This Weeks Funnies
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Doctor: "You're in great shape for your age, but I'm not a magician - I can't make you any younger."
Elderly Patient: "Who asked you to make me younger? Just make sure I get older!"
Top 10 Things to Do on the First Day of School 10. As soon as you receive your textbook, page through it scratching each picture and sniffing it. 9. Wear earmuffs. Every few minutes ask the instructor to speak up a bit. 8. Squint thoughtfully at the instructor. In the middle of his or her remarks, raise your hand. Say he or she looks familiar and ask if they've ever been on an episode of "Friends." 7. Speak only in rhymes. 6. Have a friend bring cymbals. Inform the class you are Belgian royalty and have your friend clash the cymbals each time your name is spoken. 5. Address the instructor as "your Excellency." 4. Sing your questions. 3. Sit in the front, sniff a lot while looking around, and finally say, "Okay, who's to blame?" 2. Say, "WOW!" after every sentence in the instructor's lecture. AND THE NUMBER ONE THING to DO ON the FIRST DAY of SCHOOL? 1. When the instructor calls roll, after each name scream, "That's MEEEEEEE! Oh, no, wait ... sorry!"
A man walked into a gift shop that sold religious items. Near the cash register he saw a display of caps with WWJD printed on all of them. He was puzzled over what the letters could mean, so he asked the clerk.
The clerk replied that the letters stood for "What Would Jesus Do", and was meant to inspire people to not make rash decisions, but rather to imagine what Jesus would do in the same situation.
The man thought a moment and then replied, "Well, I don't think Jesus would pay $17.95 for one of these caps."
My son Zack is 3 and VERY active. My husbands best friend had asked for Zack to be the ring bearer in his wedding (much to my surprise since they know how active he is) Anyways, to make a long story short, I always try to prepare Zack and get him excited about stuff. We were talking about the wedding and what it means to be a ring bearer. He assured me he could do it and was excited. The next day I told him to tell his Mamaw about what he was going to do in the wedding. He said "I'm going to be the bear that gets to carry the rings down the isle. (by Joy Green)
Technology! The gas pumps of today can pump $40 in the same amount of time it took just a few years ago to pump $20. Amazing!
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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
09/23/12 =230
Ministry & Building Funds 09/23/12 = $9,734.40
(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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