Issue 2 Volume 12 - Week of January 12, 2014

From Dr. Jim Weldon, Jr.

Dear FIPChurch Family,

I want to invite you to participate with me in a new Bible Study/Small Group called, "The Daniel Plan."

This 6 week video based, small group Bible study offers an innovative approach to a healthy lifestyle. It is not a fad diet, it centers on five key essentials that will launch your journey to health: faith, food, fitness, focus and friends. Come start the New Year out with a healthier you! It can change your life forever...one choice at a time.

Keep your eyes peeled to the bulletin, eNewsletter, and webpage for when this will begin. Feel free to contact myself or the Like Family if you have any questions.

God is Good All the Time!

Your Pastor and Friend,

Jim

Adult Ministries

Next Class: February 9, at 1:00 pm!

We would love for you to join the church and continue your discipleship journey by partaking in one of these classes. If you are interested in joining the church, please contact Sara Dryden.

New Adult Sunday Morning Bible Study!
Begins February 2 at 8:30 am in Classroom 2

Led by the Rev. Bill Pennewill, this new study will take you verse by verse through the Gospel of Mark, learning about how the Holy Spirit inspired the Apostle Mark to write of Jesus, the Messiah, and our Lord and Savior. This class is for everyone who is yearning and serious about digging deeper into the Scriptures, allowing the Bible to interpret itself, and discovering how this applies to everyday life.

Please RSVP on your yellow welcome cards at church on Sunday, or feel free to contact Ann Roos for more information.

New Small Group Coming in February!

Keep your eyes peeled for this awesome Bible study led by Rev. Jim and Jen Weldon, and Jason and Rebecca Like. This 6 week video based small group study offers an innovative approach to a healthy lifestyle. It's not a fad diet, it centers on five key essentials that will launch your journey to health: faith, food, fitness, focus and friends.

More info to follow! Contact the Weldons or the Likes for more information.

YOUTH

Youth Group

Sr. High Youth Ski Trip

Go online now for more information and to register. Spots are limited!

The Net Wednesday Nights

Wednesdays 6:30-8:30pm!

Jr. High and Sr. High Youth

Games, music, small groups, and worship!

Invite your friends!

CHILDREN'S MINISTRY

Daddy Daughter Valentine's Dinner

February 9, from 5-7 pm in the Gathering Area

Save the date! Don't miss out on this wonderful event for fathers, step-fathers, grandfathers and their children (ages K-6). We'll have dinner, games, crafts, and much more. Cost TBD and more details to follow. Please contact Carissa Hogan for any questions. RSVP and Register Online today!

The ROCK Wednesday Nights

Wednesdays, 5:30-7:00pm

5th & 6th Graders

Come Join us for games, fellowship, snacks, small group time and mission work.

Thanks and Prayer Requests

Prayers of Praise and Thanksgiving:

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.
God actively working in our life. This church and it's leader, Jim.
For great children's sermon and the people stepping up to help.
For all the trials and hardships because it is correction and sanctification.
Loved the music today.
Grady K., continued positive progress from TBI.
Thankful for God's love and God's grace and His holy word, the instruction book.
Our faith is strong, renewed and steadfast.
God so blessed me when he chose my family.
Church worship was awesome. Jesus is Lord.

Prayer Requests:

For our community.
For our church's growth in spirit, connections, and number.
For those who do not know Christ.
For our Church's Pastor and Staff.
The grace to live out our faith.
For our FIPC Pastor, Staff,Elders, Deacons and their families.
For families and individuals who are hurting.
For the PCUSA and FIPC's response to the changes. For our Denominational Relations Committee.
Jason Hersperger, deployed to El Salvador.
Martha and James Williams, heath.
Faircloth family, health.
Pastor Jim, healing from surgery.
Sydney Ward.
Jason McCreanor, healing from eye surgery.
Linda Sexe, health.
Charlotte M., health.
For successful test taking; for continued healing and recovery from surgery.
Fears and anxieties about moving forward.
Linda Sexe; all who are sick and suffering.
For healing and symptom relief for friends fighting cancer, Kathy and Lucy.
Jason's eye; guide me in my decisions with my mom's care, moving her to a different nursing home.
Manny, facing difficult circumstances.
For Brittany and Josh to always remember all things are possible through Christ.
Mike & family; Elizabeth & Mark; Derek & family.
Missy, cancer; Donna, cancer.
My mom, Karen, passed on Dec. 22.
My daughter's ankle pain.
Charlotte, healing; Dean family, comfort at the grieve.
Ed P., healing; Suzanne S., health issues.
Continued spiritual growth for all family members.
For Sydney while she is spending her teenage years fighting MS and for my grandma without my grandpa.
Pray for my wife.
Son, Daniel, USAF, ill; sister, Carol.
Pray for 9 year old Hennessey as he adjusts to living with the Weldons. He has lived in 4 homes in 6 months. Pray for the Weldon family in their adjustments.

In This Issue

From Dr. Weldon

Youth

A Record of our Faithfulness

ChristLife - Senior High Youth

FUEL - Junior High Youth Group

ROCK

Thank You

Announcements

Featured Article

FIPC Calendar

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:

01/19/14 = 158

Ministry & Building Fund Offerings:

01/19/14 = $10,874.86

(2014 Weekly Need = $10,048)

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 CFO & Church Administrator, Dawn Vanderpool, at the church office at (904) 269-2412 ext. 701.

Sunday Worship Service

Worship Service is held every

Sunday morning

10:00AM

Attire is casual. It is an uplifting, come as you are worship service.

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!

ChristLife - Senior High Youth

FUEL - Junior High Youth Group

ROCK / CHILDREN

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.

Church Celebrations!

Youth Ministry Dive into a New Series!

Our Youth Ministry Team is currently leading our youth in a new series from Doug Fields entitled, "The Life Together." This new series is, "...the beginning of a relational journey, from being a member of a group to being a vial part of an unbelievable spiritual community."

Help us support our youth by praying for the small group leaders, youth participants, and our youth director, Tonya Stansberry, as they experience this awesome new series!

Thank You Notes

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.

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

Christian Counseling Center

A ministry of Fleming Island Presbyterian Church. The Christian Counseling Center of FIPC is an outreach of the church to our community.

Quick Links

www.myfipc.org

This Week's Funny

Letters to the Pastor:

The following are actual questions written to pastors from children across the world.

Dear Pastor, I know God loves everybody but He never met my sister. Yours sincerely, Arnold. Age 8, Nashville.

Dear Pastor, Please say in your sermon that Peter Peterson has been a good boy all week. I am Peter Peterson. Sincerely, Pete. Age 9, Phoenix

Dear Pastor, My father should be a minister. Every day he gives us a sermon about something. Robert Anderson, age 11

Dear Pastor, I'm sorry I can't leave more money in the plate, but my father didn't give me a raise in my allowance. Could you have a sermon about a raise in my allowance? Love, Patty. Age 10, New Haven

Dear Pastor, My mother is very religious. She goes to play bingo at church every week even if she has a cold. Yours truly, Annette. Age 9, Albany

Dear Pastor, I would like to go to heaven someday because I know my brother won't be there. Stephen. Age 8, Chicago

Dear Pastor, I think a lot more people would come to your church if you moved it to Disneyland. Loreen. Age 9. Tacoma

Dear Pastor, I liked your sermon where you said that good health is more important than money but I still want a raise in my allowance. Sincerely, Eleanor. Age 12, Sarasota

Dear Pastor, Please pray for all the airline pilots. I am flying to California tomorrow. Laurie. Age 10, New York City

Dear Pastor, I hope to go to heaven some day but later than sooner. Love, Ellen, age 9. Athens

Dear Pastor, Please say a prayer for our Little League team. We need God's help or a new

pitcher. Thank you. Alexander. Age 10, Raleigh

Dear Pastor, My father says I should learn the Ten Commandments. But I don't think I want to because we have enough rules already in my house. Joshua. Age 10, South Pasadena

Dear Pastor, Are there any devils on earth? I think there may be one in my class. Carla. Age 10, Salina

Dear Pastor, I liked your sermon on Sunday. Especially when it was finished. Ralph, Age 11, Akron

Dear Pastor, How does God know the good people from the bad people? Do you tell Him or does He read about it in the newspapers? Sincerely, Marie. Age 9, Lewiston

This Week's Devotional

"The Wild Card: Your Choices"

by Rick Warren
PurposeDriven.com

"God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines as the life of his Son. The Son stands first in the line of humanity he restored. We see the original and intended shape of our lives there in him." Romans 8:29 (MSG)

You are wonderfully complex (Psalm 139:14). To fulfill God's purpose for you, you have to look at every dimension of your life and understand five factors that influence your identity. We've talked this week about the ways that our chemistry, our connections, our circumstances, and our consciousness affect the way we are shaped.

If these factors are like the five cards you're dealt in a game of poker, then the fifth factor would be your wild card. Why? Because it's your choices, and it affects all your other cards. You may not be able to control the hand you were dealt, but you can use your wild card to change the way you live your life by the choices you make.

The Bible says we are created in the image of God. No other animal was created in the image of God! Dogs have instinct but don't know the difference between right and wrong. Elephants have no moral compass. But you get to choose to do right or wrong. The freedom to choose is man's greatest blessing and also his greatest curse, because we make stupid choices all the time that harm us and everyone around us.

The wild card can change the suit and number of the other cards you are dealt. You didn't choose your chemistry, but you can choose what you do with your body. You didn't choose your connections, but you can make new relationships and mend or nurture the ones you already have. You can choose how you respond to your circumstances, and you can choose to stop believing the harmful things people say to you.

Your identity is shaped by your choices. What choices will you make today that will positively affect the rest of your life?

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