Issue 52 Volume 12 - Week of December 28, 2014

From Dr. Jim Weldon, Jr.

Dear FIPC Church Family,

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

God is good all the time! All the time God is good!

Grace and Peace,

Jim Weldon

Church Celebrations

Christmas Offering Exceeds Goal

Thank you to all those who participated in our special Christmas Offering this year. The Christmas Offering was dedicated to the FIPC Building Fund with the goal of raising the equivalent of one month's mortgage payment ($9,287.26). We exceeded that goal and raised $9,560. Remember, FIPC is a member supported church. Everything we do is made possible through your faithful giving.

Elder and Deacon

Recognition, Ordination, and Installation

On Sunday, December 21, the current class of Elders and Deacons were recognized for their significant service as a new class was ordained and installed.

Elders recognized for their service were: Paul Bedsole, Arlene Bowling, Richard Calloway, Ron Dryden, and Joie McGee. Deacons recognized for their service were: Charlie Bowling, Mike Duhon, Duke Duncan, Sandy May, and Scott McGee.

New Elders ordained and/or installed were: Jason Like, Candy Cafcules, Diane Poidevant, and Kathy Brooks.

New Deacons ordained and/or installed were: Don Roos, Dale Capito, Carlos Brooks, and Jennifer Weldon.

Adult Ministries

Christian Growth Classes

January 25 @ 1:00 pm

Worship Building

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 Sara Dryden, Director of Membership. 1st Base participants, please sign up ahead of time in order to receive information to be discussed at the meeting.

In This Issue

Church Celebrations

Adult Ministries

Thank You

Thanks and Prayer Requests

This Week's Funny

This Week's Devotional

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.

New Members This Year: 22

Attendance:

12/24/14 = 4 pm 133

12/24/14 = 6 pm 313

12/28/14 = 111

Ministry & Building Fund Offerings:

12/24/14 = 4 pm $300

12/24/14 = 6 pm $1,165

12/28/14 = $7,023

Christmas Offering:

$9,560

(2014 weekly need = $10,048)

Offering envelopes are 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 contact 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
10:00 AM

Attire is casual. It is an uplifting, come as you are 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 - Jr. High Youth Group

ROCK / Children

Thank You Notes

Thanks to:

The Hospitality Team for Sunday morning refreshments!

The counting team for your continued service to your church!

Our Awesome Worship Band!

Those who helped usher/greet last Sunday!

Our Children's Ministry Volunteers!

Our Youth Ministry Team!

Announcements

Announcements for the e-newsletter, power point slide show during worship, and web site should be emailed to Dawn Vanderpool 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.

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

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.

Praise from the Welcome Cards:

Thank you Jesus, and thank you Mike for the reminder. Thank you for my family and church family.
Fantastic sermon, Mike,
Sonya's health improving.
Awesome message, Mike.
For a safe and enjoyable holiday season.
I just want peace for our family and my husband safe travel while at work.
My grandnephew, Robert Peter, was born today at 3 pm to Joe and
Basia.
Family, church family and friends.
Happy birthday Jesus. We thank you for coming to save us. Glory to God in the highest.
Very nice service. Music was great.
Amazing beautiful service.
WOW! such a strong message and music, beautiful.

Prayer Requests:

For our community.
For our church's growth in spirit, connections, and number.
For those who do not know Christ.
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.
Martha Williams, health.
Faircloth family.
Sydney Ward.
Betty Gedrottis.

Prayers from the Welcome Cards:

Travel mercies for all traveling.
Church and gov't leaders.
Ann, restored to health, cold/flu.
A healthy and successful 2015.
Shannon, Desiree, John, Lou, Diana, Lorraine.
Sonya and family for physical, spiritual, and emotional health.
For Rhonda, my girlfriend who lost her sister to cancer.
Stokes family, Presley family, Wilde family, Ally family, lost of a loved one this year. Josh.
Pray for my parent's health, brother's family. Pray for my church family.
For those missing loved ones this time of year.
For my grandparents and my grandma, also for my sister in her travels and for Sydney with her MS.
To give Jennifer in Houston uplifting energy as she battles colon cancer and comfort for Josh, Jacob and Luke as they go through this with her.
Peace on earth. Family and friends, healthy, happy and faith. Pray for my mom's healing, brother's job, dad's health.
Please pray for my Aunt Trudy and friends Nathan and Ron. All battling heart issues.

This Week's Funny

This Week's Devotional

"The Three Things You Need To Reach Your Goals"

by Rick Warren

PurposeDriven.com

Weekly Devotional

"We plan the way we want to live, but only GOD makes us able to live it."

Proverbs 16:9 (MSG)

Proverbs 16:9 says, "We plan the way we want to live, but only GOD makes us able to live it" (MSG).

You get to plan the way you want to live, but only God gives you the power and energy to actually make the transformation. Why? Because God provides the three things you must have to reach your goal and change your life.

You need God's Spirit to empower you.

You need God's Spirit to empower you to make changes you can't make on your own. It's not based on willpower; it's based on God power. It's not based on trying; it's based on trusting.

Zechariah 4:6 says, "'You will not succeed by your own strength or by your own power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD All-Powerful" (NCV).

You need God's Word to guide you.

The Bible is the owner's manual for life. The more you read it, study it, memorize it, and meditate on it, the more successful and fulfilled you're going to be in life.

When Joshua was given the great dream of taking over the Promised Land - a goal that was going to take him the rest of his life - God had these words to say to him: "This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success" (Joshua 1:8 NASB).

You need God's people to support you.

You will not be able to reach your goals on your own. It takes a team to fulfill a dream!

A crowd can't support you, but a small group can. They know when you're sick, when you're having a tough time, when you need a break. You can share your goals and your successes and failures, and they will rejoice with you and encourage you to keep going. You're going to need that when you make the right kind of goals and pursue them wholeheartedly.

Ecclesiastes 4:12 says, "By yourself you're unprotected. With a friend you can face the worst. Can you round up a third? A three-stranded rope isn't easily snapped" (MSG).

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