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Dear Friends,
Please join me in welcoming our new Director of Youth Ministries - Philip Hart!
Philip was born in Miami, FL and moved to Lehigh Acres, FL at the age of 5. During his time in Lehigh, Philip came to know Christ and was baptized at the age of 8. Going through life as a teenager, Philip was highly influenced in his spiritual walk by his father, which has served in various ministry positions over the past 39 years. After moving to Warner Robins, GA in 1997 and graduating from high school in 2000, his walk with Christ took a back seat. He began attending nightclubs and partying was his every weekend fun. After almost 4 years of living a life for himself, Philip rededicated his life back to Christ in 2004, and joined Bible College one month later. After graduating college, Philip met his wonderful wife to be, Kelley, and the two of them got married in July 2007. They have two children with a third child on the way. Philip went on to serve in several churches as their youth pastor. His prayer and hope is that God will use his energy, gifts, and talents to help rise up a Godly generation at Fleming Island Presbyterian Church.
We received $4,983 from our special Christmas Offering that was designated to help support our Building Fund. The Building Fund is used to pay our monthly mortgage and insurance. We want to thank those of you who prayerfully considered and generously participated in our Christmas Offering.
As required by the IRS, your 2012 Year-End Contribution Statements will be mailed out by the January 31st deadline. Please be aware that our staff and volunteers are working very hard to mail them out prior to the deadline.
Remember - God is GOOD! ALL the time!
Your pastor and friend...
Jim Weldon
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CHURCH WIDE EVENTS
The Staff would like to thank you for the generous Love Offering. May you have a blessed 2013!
Free Brown Bag Lunch
January 13 After Worship
Free brown bag lunches to go available after worship. Each lunch will have a pulled pork sandwich, chips, fruit, cookie and a drink. All DONATIONS will go towards the Haiti Mission trip for supplies, food, gifts, and building materials as we help build their Church wall.
FIPC Haiti Fundraiser  Purchase a Brand New Hudson Wheeled Garden Sprayer
January 20 and 27 After Worship
- 3 Gallon Tank
- Wand with 2 spray tips and on/off valve that can be set to a locked "on" position
- 6" wheels
- Piston style hand pump
- Durable, commercial grade construction
Great for applying liquid herbicide, pesticide or fertilizer. Or simply for watering plants. Also perfect for spraying house siding with a water bleach mixture to remove mold and mildew. The wheels keep the tank's weight on the ground and off your shoulders/back making the chore of spraying a lot easier.
Retails for $50.00, sale price $19.99 - all proceeds to benefit the FIPC Haiti mission trip.
Congregational Meeting
 January 27 After Worship
- Elect Deacons
- Receive the 2013 Budget
- State of the Church Report
FIPC/Blood Alliance Blood Drive
 Sunday - January 27
8:30 am - 12:30 pm - The Blood Alliance mobile will be in the Counseling Center Parking Lot.
- Bring a Florida Driver's License or State ID to the blood mobile.
- Please sign up (at 15 minute intervals) with Ann Roos at the name tag table.
Haiti Adult Mission Trip  The Missionaries going to Haiti are:
Pete Sites Jennifer Weldon Jim Weldon Maria Mack David Haznedl Kristi Haznedl Tim Worthy Vicki Perez Please be praying for this group as they prepare medically, physically, emotionally and spiritually to go and serve the Lord.
Women's Monday Night Bible Study Beginning Jan 14 - 2nd & 4th Monday Night
- 6:30-8:30 pm
- Class Room 2
- Bring a light snack to share
- Contact: Ann Roos, 887-2265, nnroosa@yahoo.com
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From Philip
Dear Students and Student Leaders,
I would like to invite you all out Wednesday, January 16th during youth time while I share my testimony of where God has brought me from, and what his vision for the youth ministry will be at Fleming Island Presbyterian Church. I also want to give the students and adults time to ask me questions to get a better understanding of who I am, discuss my passion for Christ, and my love for students. So, come out and meet my family.
Thank you,
Philip Hart
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!
The Net!
 Wednesday Nights!
6:30-8:30PM
Jr. High and Sr. High Youth
Games, music, small groups, and worship!
Invite your friends!
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Thanks and Prayer Requests |
 Prayers of Praise and Thanksgiving:
"A faith that works... is a faith that works." James 2:18, "someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do."
Ephesians 2:8-10, "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."
Praise / Thanks:
- To God for all the new families He is bringing to us.
- To God for blessing 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.
- Awesome music.
- The new year to trust the Lord and watch Him continue to protect our families and church family.
- Having a gracious, merciful heart under hurtful circumstances.
- Wonderful start to the new year. Great worship.
- Safe travel during Christmas despite blizzard.
- Great message, Jim.
- Excellent music.
- Praise for friend starting a new job on Monday.
- Thank you for new beginnings in 2013.
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Prayer Requests:
- For our community
- 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 & Martha Williams, health issues.
- Claude Faircloth, health
- Helen Goddard, health
- Lillian Grace to be born 1/19, a very difficult birth coming.
- Keep our son, Jayden, in your prayers.
- Praying for good results on my biopsy results this Wednesday.
- My mom is back in the hospital, Tracy Shilling.
- Complete healing from surgery. Job opportunities this year.
- For our daughter, Karen, who is in OP Hospital.
- For physical & mental strength, health and gainful employment.
- For church members to volunteer to join the Refreshment Hosptiality Team.
- Kevin's health; Rafaela safe return to college; my family.
- For Randy E. and his family. Randy died by his own hand Friday about 1 pm at home and no one understands. Family in need.
- Pray for a great new year. May we learn to praise God each and everyday. Also, to love and honor God. May we each make a resolution to grown our faith and develop Christian friends.
- Job opportunity pending; son adjust back to school this week.
- Please pray for Ginger to hear that she got the job this week.
- Herb F. and his family.
- Husband contining not to do well.
- Health; sons in college; church and gov't leaders; grow in faith.
- To bring Brittany back into the arms of Christ.
- Haiti missionaries as they prepare to serve God in Haiti.
- For growth in our church; prayers for a less violent country this year/end of mass shootings.
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This Week's Funnies
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I spent 20 minutes explaining life insurance options to one of our employees.
After reviewing the different plans and monthly deductions, he decided to max out, choosing $100,000 worth of life insurance. But he had one last question.
"Now," he said, "what do I have to do to collect the money?"
A bus load of politicians was traveling down a country road when, all of a sudden, the bus ran off the road and crashed into a tree in an old farmer's field. The old farmer, after seeing what happened, went over to investigate. He then proceeded to dig a hole and bury the politicians.
A few days later the local sheriff came out, saw the crashed bus, and asked the farmer where all the politicians had gone. The old farmer said he had buried them. The sheriff then asked the old farmer, "Were they ALL dead?" The old farmer replied, "Well, some of them said they weren't, but you know how them politicians lie."
While I was preaching in a church in Mississippi, the pastor announced that their prison quartet would be singing the following evening. I wasn't aware there was a prison in the vicinity and I looked forward to hearing them.
The next evening, I was puzzled when four members of the church approached the stage. Then the pastor introduced them. "This is our prison quartet," he said, "behind a few bars and always looking for the key."
Christmas Tree - Searching through row upon row of Christmas trees, my wife Leslie and I picked one we liked. Then I noticed the one being held by a woman nearby "the" perfect tree. I watched as she carried it around the lot and couldn't believe my eyes when she set it aside.
I ditched ours and ran over to grab the coveted tree. "Aren't we lucky?" I said to Leslie. "I do feel a little guilty, though, for taking it before she could change her mind."
"Don't worry," she replied. "She just ran over and snatched ours."
I got an email today from Facebook telling me about the notifications I missed today. Great, now my Facebook is set to "nag"!
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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
01/06/13 =210
Ministry & Building Funds
01/06/13 = $9,616.00
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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