Issue 4 Volume 13 - Week of January 25, 2015

From Dr. Jim Weldon, Jr.

Dear FIPC Church Family,

Here We Grow Again!

Join me in welcoming the following into our church family:

Jennifer Banks - Jennifer is in Pharmaceutical Sales. She has one daughter, Ava (9).

Lori Grandstaff - Lori VP Product Development (for interent education tools.) She has 3 children, Madelyn (10), Max and Matthew who are in college.

Susan Krause - Susan is a partner with a national nutrition company.

Jeff Parish - Jeff has one daughter, Madeline (15), who lives in Texas. Jeff and Lori Grandstaff(see above) are engaged.

Susan Krause - Susan is a partner with a national nutrition company.

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

Grace and Peace,

Jim Weldon

Church Celebrations

Mike & Keri's Lawn, Garden & Patio Shower

Church Announcements

Mike & Keri's Wedding Invitation

And Two Shall Become One

Rev. and Mrs. Kevin C. Pound

Request the honor of your presence

as their daughter

Keri Ann

Is united in marriage to

L. N. Michael Horst

Son of Mr. and Mrs. K. Michael Horst

Saturday, February 7, 2015

3:30 PM

Mandarin Presbyterian Church

Jacksonville, Florida

Please no gifts or RSVP's

Brown Bag Lunch Fundraiser

February 8 After Worship

Worship Building

Help us raise money for our summer Sports Camp by purchasing a brown bag lunch after church.

Lenten Season Events

Sermon Series - Jesus' Journey to Jerusalem

February 18 - Ash Wednesday Service @ 7 pm

February 22 - Pot Luck - 1st Sunday of Lent

March 29 - Annual Community Egg Hunt - Palm Sunday

April 2 - Maundy Thursday Service

April 3 - Good Friday Service

April 5 - Easter Services

7 am Sunrise Service @ Eagle Harbor Golf Club

10 am Service @ FIPC

Four Apartments Are Ready - Now They Need Furnishings

Now that Mercy Support Services has four additional apartments for homeless families, they have a great need for furnishings. There are several families just waiting for the apartments to be fully supplied.

The list below is only the basic immediate needs for the four new apartments. On a greater scale, they need all of the basic housekeeping items that a new family would require. Your help can make a difference in a family's life by donating any of the following items:

sets of dishes
sets of silverware
can openers, pots, pans, frying pans, cooking utensils, dish towels, bath towels
shower curtains
bath mats
dining room sets, sofas, side chairs, end tables
bunk bed sets with twin mattress
twin bedding, full bedding, pillows, hangers, laundry baskets
vacuum cleaners and mops
buckets, sponges
small desks
TV's, household decorations
calendars

If you can donate any of the following new or used items, please contact Bridgette Davis, Senior Case Manager, at 904-297-4052 x108. Let her know if you need your items picked up. Thank you for your support!

Women's Monday Evening Bible Study Service Project

Baby Boutique

for

First Coast

Women's Services

February 1 - February 22

They will be collecting different items each week in the Gathering Area:

Week 1 - new born diapers

Week 2 - baby formula

Week 3 - baby bottles
Week 4 - baby food

Want a take home service project to do with your family? Baby bottles are available for you to collect your loose change. This project is tax deductible and they raise about $32,000 a year doing this simple project.

The Women's Monday Evening Bible Study thanks you for your participation in this service project!

Join the Easter Choir

We are putting together a special Easter Choir for Easter Sunday 10 am service. We are looking for anyone (men and women, ages 9th grade on up) who loves to sing and make a joyful noise. You do not need to know how to read music! Please sign up on your yellow welcome cards or contact Mike Horst at the church office for more information. Rehearsals are Thursday nights at 6:30 pm beginning February 19!

Save The Dates!

Spring Car Show

April 18

3rd Annual FIPC Golf Tournament

April 24

Relay For Life

April 25

Watch for details on these great upcoming events.

Adult Ministries

New Lunch Bunch Small Group

Wednesday, February 4 @ Noon

Gathering Area

Led by Pastor Jim

Bring a dish to share and come enjoy the fellowship. All the details of this small group, such as how often to meet, will be determined at this first meeting. Contact person: Pastor Jim Weldon, C: 904-553-8493.

Northeast Florida Great Banquet

Men's Weekend

April 16-19

Women's Weekend

April 30-May 3

Christian Growth Classes

TBA

Worship Building

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

1st Base

Tracey Baer

Jennifer Banks

Lori Grandstaff

Susan Krause

Jeff Parish

2nd Base

Cory Bridger

Janet McCaskey

Mike McCaskey

Chris Stringer

Maura Stringer

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.

Youth Ministries

The Net Wednesday Nights

Wednesdays

6:30-8:30 pm

Jr. High & Sr. High Youth

The Shack

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

Children's Ministries

ROCK Wednesday Nights

5:30-7:00 pm

ROCK Room

ROCK stands for "Reaching Out for Christ's Kingdom" and is a youth group for 5th and 6th graders.

Children's Ministries Summer Events

Cub Camp

June 15 -19

Ages 3-5

Sports Camp

July 20-24

Ages 4-12

Save the dates--watch for details coming soon!

In This Issue

Church Celebrations

Church Announcements

Youth Ministries

Children's 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: 4

Attendance:

01/25/15 = 154

Ministry & Building Fund Offerings:

01/25/15 = $8,339.00

(Weekly Need = $8,154)

YTD Need = $32,616.00

YTD Offerings = $28,670.49

YTD Variance = -$ 3,945.51

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:

Pastor Jim's trip and safe return.
Thank you for a caring, loving church family.
Awesome and inspirational pictures and story of your journey. Can't wait for more.
Enjoyed visiting Israel with Pastor Jim.
Evan's job in Colorado.
Pastor back from Israel and sharing about his trip.
Thank you so much for sharing your dream and trip! Thoroughly enjoyed it.

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:

Son-in-law's safe return from overseas; safe and profitable umpiring season; Tami's success at her new job.
Prayer for healing for our friends and family that are reaching out for help.
All who are ill and suffering.
Krause family. Father, Clarence Krause recently passed away on Jan. 4.
Co-worker, Steve, lost his son; church and gov't leaders; safe travels.
Prayers for Jeff's mom, Linda V., who was diagnosed with Lymphoma.
Sandy, continued healing after kidney stone surgery. Children's Ministry, programming and volunteers.
Grow our church and God's blessings.
Pray for Linda. She needs lots of prayers.
Please pray for Lexy to continue to be safe. May God bless her with peace and his love for her.

This Week's Funny

This Week's Devotional

"Here's What You Should Spend Your Money On"

by Rick Warren

PurposeDriven.com

"Use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. Then, when your earthly possessions are gone, they will welcome you to an eternal home."

(Luke 16:9 NLT)

The best use of your money is to use it to get people into Heaven.

Luke 16:9 is a problem verse that most people don't understand. Jesus says, "Use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. Then, when your earthly possessions are gone, they will welcome you to an eternal home" (NLT).

Jesus is saying that, just like the shrewd manager who made friends he could count on later, you need to use some of your money to make eternal friends that you will have forever in Heaven and who will welcome you when you get there.

He's not saying you can buy your way into Heaven, because you can't. Jesus has already paid the price on the cross. He's not saying you can purchase your salvation, because you can't. Salvation is a free gift by grace.

Jesus is telling you to use your money to build friendships that are going to go on and on for eternity. When you use your money to help other people meet Jesus, you make friends for eternity and you gain rewards for eternity.

One day you're going to die. Imagine that when you get to Heaven, there's a hundred people standing at the entrance, clapping and cheering and saying, "We've been waiting for you! We're here because you spent some money to tell us the Good News. We're your friends for life ... no, eternity, because we're in debt to you. If it weren't for the way you used your money, we wouldn't have heard how to get to Heaven."

Are you using any of your money for that kind of thing? Is anybody going to be in Heaven because of you? Because of the way you used your money?

When you buy a Bible and you give it to somebody who doesn't have one, you've stored up treasure in Heaven. When you support a program that shares the Good News around the world, you have stored up treasure in Heaven. When you help build a church, you have stored up treasure in Heaven. That is the highest and best use of your money.

You can't take it with you, but you can send it on ahead by investing in people who are going to Heaven.

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