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Dear Friends,
You did it! YOU made this year's Fall Festival FIPC's best one ever! Not only did we have our largest crowd, but we also had the largest number of volunteers to help. You served Christ and His church with excellence, enthusiasm, and love. It was amazing to watch as you served people with warm, welcoming smiles and greeted our community with the love and hospitality of Christ! YOU DID IT! I cannot thank you enough for what you did last Sunday for our Fall Festival!!
Did you take photos while at the event? Like us on facebook and share your photos from the Fall Festival for everyone to enjoy!
You hear me say this all the time, because it is true... God is GOOD! ALL the time!
Your pastor and friend...
Jim Weldon
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| News & Upcoming Events | |
CHURCH WIDE EVENTS
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
- All Church Packing Day
 - Nov. 7 @ 6:30 in the Gathering Area.
- Everyone is invited to participate this is a great opportunity for the entire family to share in the season of giving.
- FIPC will provide the boxes.
- Items needed to fill the boxes: General school supplies, small toys, hygiene items (toothbrush/paste, soap, washcloths, combs, brushes, etc), hats, socks, flashlights (batteries), sunglasses, hair clips, hard candy, small cups, bowls, hankies, scarves.
- NO liquids, war related toys, lotions, chocolate, food, meds/vitamins, breakable items.
PRAYER FOR OUR NATION
An evening of prayer for the election and our nation.
Monday, Nov. 5
7 -9 pm
Worship Building
THANK YOU FIPC
The Blood Alliance is pleased that your organization sponsors blood drives and continues to be part of this valuable community blood program.
The efforts of Fleming Island Presbyterian have always been greatly appreciated and its support of the community blood program will go a long way towards replenishing blood supplies and ultimately saving lives.
You may be interested to know these little known facts:
- There is no substitute for human blood. It cannot be manufactured or harvested making YOU the ultimate human resource.
- It only takes about an hour to donate a pint of blood and you can save three lives.
- The Blood Alliance must collect 360 pints every day to keep up with our current hospital needs.
- Of the 60% of healthy Americans who can donate life-saving blood, only 5% do.
- If donors donated two times a year, blood shortages could be prevented.
- Blood collected by The Blood Alliance stays right here in our community.
PRAISE AND THANK YOU TO FIPC CONGREGATION Sunday, October 28 blood drive: - 15 people signed up
- 10 units received
- 30 local lives saved
Anticipate next blood drive to happen in January 2013.
FIPC GARDEN TEAM 
Flex your green thumbs while helping FIPC Garden Team maintain and spruce up our church property. If you're interested in joining the garden team or need more information contact Jeff Vanderpool at (904) 361-8928.
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.
Next informational meeting
November 5
6:30 pm
Contact Pete Sites @ 612-0186 or Jennifer Weldon @ 264-2595
The next classes are scheduled for November 11 @ 1 PM (in the worship building)
 5th Quarter
Our last 5th Quarter of the season is Nov. 9th, with a huge fireworks display! Don't miss it!
9:30-11:30pm 8th-12th Graders
CHILDREN'S & YOUTH MINISTRIES
FUEL Bake Sale
Nov. 4 after worship
The Jr. High will be selling baked goods to raise money to support two families in need for Thanksgiving. Be sure to grab some tasty treats on Nov. 9, and thank you for helping us server others!
In addition to buying baked goods, we need them too!:
- If you like to bake, please drop off your wrapped items baked goods at the church office during the week (9am-3pm).
- Contact Colleen Brennan for more details and more ways to help!
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 >>>
FACEBOOK
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
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 Prayers of Praise and Thanksgiving:
"Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. Ephesians 1:4 NLT"
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.
- Fall Festival Organizers and Workers.
- Amazing message Pastor, thanks
- For being able to care for my family and make it to service today; for husband and kid's help.
- Thanks for your worship leadership!
- To Mike Horst and Sonshine Committee for the sweets while I was in PA for my mom's surgery. Tracy Schilling
- All support and encouragement from church family during challenging times this month.
- My church famly here at FIPC, the love and prayers for my family, God knows.
- Great message.
- Tony, home from the hospital and doing well.
- For safe travels over the holidays and safe travel for love ones on deployment.
- My son and husband for their accomplishments with FIHS football team. My son for a great report card.
- Tony's dad is out of hospital and back home.
- Praise, Cierra for making all A's on her report card
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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 my neighbor Shirley who is fighting for her life at Mayo Clinic.
- 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.
- Darlene Ragan in the loss of her dad.
- Eye surgery goes well on Monday.
- Our nation elects a president that returns us to the founding factors that built our country.
- My nephew, Jason, me and my family. For the mom in NY who lost her children to violence.
- Please pray for my brother to fully recover from his knee injury.
- Prayers for my daughter, husband and their new baby, Talon. Good luck and good health.
- All my family and friend's sins; to have a good week; help Theo make the right decision.
- My sister is still not who she used to be.
- For all the military; for all the branches of the military.
- Juanita & Murray M. aging parents of Melinda Bressler, many health issues.
- For those that are ill.
- For Wyndee Leigh for the tests to be done tomorrow, also for my sister,Yvonne, for her back surgery on Tuesday.
- For unity in our nation, voting/electing. Terry to re-committ to church.
- For my mom's continued recovery.
- For my brother-in-law, brain surgery and recovering at home. My sister who has triple by-pass, still in hospital.
- Healing, strength and encouragement for 2 friends in hospital with surgery complications, Lucy and Pam.
- Pray for America, God's mercy and blessings.
- Dave, healing, skin cancer.
- Hallie; Mari's dad.
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This Week's Funnies
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A distraught senior citizen phoned her doctor's office.
"Is it true," she wanted to know, "that the medication you prescribed has to be taken for the rest of my life?"
"Yes, I'm afraid so," the doctor told her.
There was a moment of silence before the senior lady replied, "I'm wondering, then, just how serious is my condition because this prescription is marked 'NO REFILLS'!"
Success is 10% inspiration, 90% last-minute changes.
"God has not changed and His laws have not changed. He is still a God of love and mercy. But He is also a God of righteousness and judgment. Any individual or nation which ignores His moral and spiritual laws will ultimately face His judgment." - Billy Graham
On a mountain climbing expedition the Swiss guide warned an American tourist, "Be especially careful not to fall - it's a dangerous place. But if you do fall," he added nonchalantly, "remember to look to the right - the view is extraordinary
The doctor took Dan into the room and said, "Dan, I have some good news and some bad news."
Dan said, "Give me the good news."
The Doctor responded, "They're going to name a disease after you."
"I just read a list of 100 things to do before you die and I'm pretty surprised 'Yell for help' wasn't one of them."
"Some people are living proof that it is easier to get older than it is to get wiser."
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| FIPC Calendar | 
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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
10/28/12 =228
Ministry & Building Funds
10/28/12 = $8,178.00
(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 | | |
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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