Issue 10 Volume 12 - Week of March 9, 2014

From Dr. Jim Weldon, Jr.

Dear FIPC Church Family,

Here We Grow Again!

On Sunday we received our 8th new member for 2014! Join me in welcoming our newest member: Harold (Fred) Kurtz. Fred is retired from the U.S. Air Force and a warehouse maintance supervisor.

God continues to bless us and grow us into His image. Let's stop and praise God for His generous blessings in our lives!

God is Good All the Time!

Your Pastor and Friend,

Jim

Church Celebrations

Caleigh Elizabeth Hallahan

Baptized March 9

Parents John and Deidra Hallahan celebrated the sacrament of baptism of their four month old daughter, Caleigh Elizabeth, on Sunday. John serves in the Navy and is currently stationed in Jacksonville. Caleigh is the great neice of members Jeff and Dawn Vanderpool.

William Jebediah Almas

Born February 28

Members Sean and Leigh Ann Almas welcomed their new baby boy, William Jebediah on February 28th. William weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces and was 19 inches long. The Almas siblings, Sean, Alaina, and Isabella, are excited about their new baby brother. Please join us in welcoming William to our FIPC family!

Church Announcements

Food Pantry of

Green Cove Springs

Presents Caring & Sharing

Please help us serve the hungry in our community by donating the following specific items during each week of the food drive:

March 9 - Macaroni & Cheese

March 16 - Canned Fruit

March 23 - Canned Vegetables

March 30 - Canned or Dry Beans

April 6 - Canned or Boxed Pasta

April 13 - Canned Meats

"For I was hungry and you gave me food...."

Matthew 25:35

The Apple of God's Eyes

Special Event

Thursday, March 20

7:00 pm

Orange Park Presbyterian Church

Orange Park Presbyterian Church will be hosting a special inspirational program on Thursday, March 20 beginning at 7:00 p.m. in their sanctuary. They will be welcoming a team from the faith-based organization "The Apple of God's Eyes" in Nepal, including founders Silvio and Rose Silva from Brazil. This program was started to attack the problem of Nepalese girls taken into India as slave prostitutes. For more information, please call OPPC at (904) 264-0536 or visit their web site Apple of God's Eyes.

Join us at the church at 8:00 am. Be sure to bring work gloves and wear comfortable closed-toed shoes. We will be preparing our entire church campus for Easter. Some of our plans include picking up trash, pulling weeds, planting shrubs, mulching, power washing, and painting. This is our church home. Let's make it warm and inviting so that others will make it their home too!

Clay County Cruzers

Rev It Up Car Show

April 26,
10:00 am - 2:00 pm Fleming Island Presbyterian Church

Don't miss out on this annual event. Stop by and gaze at all the classic cars you can dream about. Proceeds for this event are split between the church and the Yellow Ribbon Fund, Inc. (benefiting injured service members when they return home). Please contact Elder Arlene Bowling, if you have any questions.

Golf Anyone?

FIPC's 2nd Annual Charity Golf Tournament

May 3

Fleming Island Plantation

time TBA

For more information about the tournament, contact Oz May, Rick Trecida, Tim Hobson, or David Drew. If you prefer, leave a message and your contact information on the yellow welcome card and we will call you.

Adult Ministries

Christian Growth Class Completion

Congratulations to the following on the completion of a Christian Growth Class:

1st Base: Fred Kurtz

2nd Base: Larry Sage

3rd Base: Joe Perry, Melissa Perry, Iris Cruice, Sandy Marek, Chad Marek

Home Plate: Carissa Hogan

A very special congratulations to Carissa Hogan for completion of all our Christian Growth Classes!

Next class date April 27.

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 or attending one of the classes, please contact Director of Membership Sara Dryden.

Great Banquet

Women's Weekend: April 3-6

Men's Weekend:
April 24-27

Don't miss out on this exciting and spiritually moving 72 hour retreat. The retreat is held at Mandarin Presbyterian Church (just over the bridge), and runs from Thursday evening until Sunday afternoon. You will be fed and blessed in over abundance! The Great Banquet seeks to bring people to a deeper and closer connection with Christ through prayer, reflection, and fellowship with others. If you have any questions, please contact Elder Iris Cruice.

Adult Bible Study

Sunday mornings, 8:30 am

Classroom 2

Refer to our web site for a more detailed description of Moving on with Mark. Feel free to contact Ann Roos for more information.

Adult Small Group

Monday nights, 6:30 pm
Gathering Area

A detailed description of The Daniel Plan can be found on our web site. For additional information, contact the Weldons or the Likes.

Youth and Children

Youth Group

FUEL Daytona Trip: Born to Dance

May 2-4

Daytona Beach, FL

Partnering with

Mandarin Presbyterian Church

REGISTRATION CLOSES TOMORROW!

This trip is for 6th - 8th Grade youth and is an exciting time of fellowship with over 200 youth, a real connection with Christ, and much more. Youth will be staying at the El Caribe hotel right on the beach. Cost of the trip is $150.00, which includes hotel, travel, and food expenses, as well as a Daytona themed hoodie. Registration closes March 12, so register online now!

The Net Wednesday Nights

Wednesdays

6:30-8:30 pm

Jr. High & Sr. High Youth

Games, music, small groups, and worship! Invite your friends!

The Net returns this week in its new location, The Shack.

Children's Ministry

2 New Summer Camp Opportunities!

Sports Camp for K-6

Mark your calendars!

July 21-25

9:00 am-12 Noon cost TBA

This awesome summer camp will offer various sports activities, such as soccer, basketball, cheerleading, and flag football. Children will experience team work, while learning about the good news of Jesus Christ.

We need volunteers!

If you are interested in helping out with this camp, please contact Carissa Hogan.

Cub Camp for 3, 4, & 5 Year Olds

Mark your calendars! June 23-27

times and cost TBA

Children will enjoy crafts, games, and snacks.

We need volunteers!

If you are interested in helping out with this camp and love to work with Pre-K children, please contact Sandy May.

The ROCK Wednesday Nights

Wednesdays 5:30-7:00 pm

5th & 6th Graders

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

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:

03/09/14 = 163

Ministry & Building Fund Offerings:

03/09/14 = $11,765.13

(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

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.

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 Dawn Vanderpool by 9:00 am on Mondays.

Announcements for the bulletin should be emailed to Sara Dryden by 10:00 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

Thanks and Prayer Requests

Paryer Requests 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.

From the Welcome Cards:

For Spring time and warmer weather; successful yard sale.
Our praise band; our Elders and Deacons.
All the church teams for their hard work; our praise Band, you ROCK.
Great music.
Thank you God for never giving up on your children and for revealing yourself to us in the most amazing and humble ways.
Son, David, recovering from back surgery.
Lord is helping with my lenten commitment; mini vacation coming up; serving Jesus.
Work teams.
For family being there since unemployment.
Praise that Caleigh Elizabeth Hallahan was baptized at FIPC today.
Children attending church.

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, health.
Faircloth family, health.
Sydney Ward.
Patricia Gray.

From the Welcome Cards:

To trust God's will for me; seeking full-time employment; unspoken for family.
Great Banquet leaders.
Healing for sisters, Natalie and Cathy; salvation for family members; heart for the lost; watch over my tongue, may it praise and encourage.
Shirley's sister, Carol, in hospice.
For my grandma; also my friend Sydney who has MS.
Moving my mom to a new nursing home goes smooth and as planned.
Karen's niece who had a double lung transplate and has CF.
For Josh and Brittany to always remember everything is possible through Christ.
Bless mother's move back up north; God watch over my family.
Healing for Linda S. and myself.
Pray for all who suffer; let us give up sin during lent.
Still keep our little Miss Bailey in your prayers. She still needs a heart. Also, after 18 years of being out of school, I went back and I feel a lot right now, happy and very scared.
Charlotte, healing; Stepdad, healing; mom, strength and patience.

This Week's Funny

Maxine's Thoughts About St. Patrick's Day

This Week's Devotional

"Why God Sometimes Says 'Not Yet'"

by Rick Warren
PurposeDriven.com

"You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. For, 'In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.'"

(Hebrews 10:36-37 NIV)

If you're discouraged because of God's delay in answering your prayers, understand the delay is not a denial. Just because the answer or the miracle hasn't come yet doesn't mean God isn't going to answer or that he's forgotten you or that he doesn't care about you. It simply means "not yet"!

Part of becoming spiritually mature is learning the difference between "no" and "not yet," between a denial and a delay. The Bible tells us, "He who is coming will come and will not delay" (Hebrews 10:37 NIV).

God's delay may be a test of your patience. Anybody can be patient once. And, most people can be patient twice. And, a lot of us can be patient three times. So God tests our patience over and over and over.

Why? So he can see how patient you are? No!

He does it so you can see how patient you are - so you'll know what's inside you, and you'll be able to know your level of commitment. God tests you so that you can know he is faithful, even if the answers you seek are delayed.

You may be going through difficult times right now. You may be discouraged because the situation you face seems unmanageable, unreasonable, or unfair.

It may seem unbearable, and inside you're basically saying, "God, I can't take it anymore. I just can't take it anymore!"

But you can.

You can stay with it longer because God is with you. He'll enable you to press on. Remember, you are never a failure until you quit. Resist discouragement, and finish the race God has set before you.

Fleming Island Presbyterian Church

1743 County Road 220

Fleming Island, FL 32003

904-269-2412

www.myFIPC.org

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