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Issue 13 Volume 13 - Month of October 2015
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Dear FIPC Church Family,
God is doing great things at FIPC! I don't know if you know of ALL the GREAT things He is doing, so I thought I would give you a short list, a taste of what He is doing...
* Mercy Steps School of Dance - Alexa Bridges, the Director of Mercy Steps School of Dance, sees dance as a great way to worship God and communicate the faith. She runs dance classes for children and youth in the Rock Room on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:00-7:00 pm. She would love to have an adult class... any takers?
* Crud Wars - Young Life of Clay County is a non-denominational outreach to high school youth. FIPC hosted their annual "Crud Wars" on September 8. Several hundred high school youth from all over Northeast Florida participated playing crazy games! The point of the Crud Wars...you can have fun and be a Christian at the same time! Clay County Fire Department came at the end of the Crud Wars and hosed everyone down! It was a sight to see!
* Wyldlife - Wyldlife is a ministry of Young Life in Clay County to junior high students. They are meeting here at FIPC every other Sunday night from 7:30-8:30 pm in The Shack. At their first meeting, they had over 100 junior high youth participate! At Wyldlife, the junior high youth play games, sings songs, and hear a message about Jesus. They also have small group Bible studies, called Campaigners, which are held every other Sunday off sight.
* AA - Alcoholics Anonymous of Fleming Island is meeting in the ROCK Room every Wednesday evening from 7:00-8:30 pm. It is open to anyone who would like to come - especially those who would like help to quit drinking alcohol. As they say, "AA works if you work it."
* Boy Scouts - Our Boy Scout Troop #309 is doing great things! They meet at FIPC in The Shack every Monday evening from 7:00-8:30 pm. They have been a huge blessing to FIPC and have completed a lot of major projects around the church grounds.
* The Counseling Center at FIPC - We have 3 licensed, board certified, Christian counselors that meet with couples, families, adults, teens, and children. FIPC maintains a scholarship fund for those who do not have insurance or cannot afford counseling.
* 5th Quarter - 5th Quarter is our outreach to high school students after the Fleming Island High School home football games. Our goal is to provide a fun, safe, Christian environment for any and all youth to come and hang out after the game. So far this year, we have been averaging 450 to 500 high school youth at each event!
* And sooo much more!
God is working inside and outside FIPC to bring people to Himself! He will use anything and everything to accomplish His purpose. Let us give Him all the praise, honor, and glory for allowing us all to be part of what He is doing!
Remember...God is good! All the time!
Jim Weldon
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10th Anniversary Celebration
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September 5th Quarters
October 8 & 23
FIPC South Campus
Help us put on the best 5th Quarter season yet! Stop by the Golden Eagle in the Gathering Area to pick up a football tag with the specific donation items below that are needed:
- Homemade cookies or brownies
- Dry Snack Goods (chips, pretzels, candy)
- Hot Meal Snack Items (tailgating fare)
- Canned Sodas (no diet; prefer Dr. Pepper & Mt. Dew)
- Bottled Water
- Monetary Donations
Interested in being a 5th Quarter sponsor? Go to our website
We urgently need volunteers for each night! Over 40 adult volunteers are needed for each event. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Volunteers Chair Brandy McCreanor.
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Lunch Bunch Small Group
Wednesday, October 14 @ noon
ROCK Room
Meets the second Wednesday of each month. Bring a dish to share and come enjoy the fellowship. Invite someone to join you! Note the location change. Contact Jim Weldon 553-8493 for information. |
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Fall Car Show
October 24
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
FIPC Front Lawn
Presented by Clay County Cruzers and Fleming Island Presbyterian Church. Sponsored by the FIPC Empty Nesters Small Group. Don't miss out on this annual event. Stop by and gaze at all the classic cars you only dream about. Proceeds raised from this event will be split between the Scholarship Fund for high school students studying auto related professions and the FIPC Ministry Fund. Contact Charlie or Arlene Bowling if you have any questions. |
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Operation Christmas Child
November 11 @ 6:30 pm
FIPC Gathering Area
We are holding a Special Dedication Service and Box Packing Night. We will pack the boxes, pray over and dedicated them, and then worship together. This is an all church wide event.
The following items are needed:
- Toothbrushes and toothpaste
- Coloring books and crayons
- Hair brushes, combs, and hair clips
- Wash cloths and soap
- Pencils, pens, and sharpeners
- Writing pads
- Socks
- Sunglasses
- Ball caps
- Toy jewelry
- Small stuffed animals
- Small toys: balls, cars, dolls, kazoos, harmonicas, yo-yos, jump ropes, slinkies
If you prefer, you may pack your own shoe box at home and bring it to church by November 11. Monetary donations to help with shipping ($7 per box) are also needed for all of our boxes. Please no USED ITEMS, war related items, food, liquids, lotions, medications, vitamins, or breakable items. Contact Mike Horst or Sara Dryden for more information.
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Fall Back Time Change
November 1 @ 2:00 am
Don't forget to set your clocks back one hour when you go to bed on Saturday, October 31 (Halloween night). Daylight savings time ends on Sunday, November 1 at 2:00 am. You don't want to be late for church that morning! |
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Growing Deeper: Advanced Discipleship - Understanding God's Word/
Assessing Your Heart
Day/Date: Meets every Tuesday beginning October 6.
Place: Worship Building Room 2
Bring with you:
1. A Bible
2. Something to write with and on
3. Refreshments to share if you would like
Contact: Jim Weldon for more information at (904) 553-8493.
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Great Banquet
October 22-25
Women's
November 5-8
Men's
72 hour spiritual retreat held at Mandarin Presbyterian Church.
Please pray for all of our FIPC members involved in the upcoming Great Banquet weekends.
Attending Women's GB Weekend:
Sandy Campbell - sponsored by Katherine Loader
Carissa Hogan - sponsored by Iris Cruice
Sandy Marek - sponsored by Vicky Perez
Doris McClain - sponsored by Kathy Brooks
Linda Sexe - sponsored by Shirley Norton
Women's GB Team Members:
Attending Men's GB Weekend:
Raymond Kurland
Men's GB Team Members:
Greg Cruice
Mike Horst
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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. |
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The Net Youth Group
Wednesday Nights @ 6:30 pm
The Shack
- Jr. and Sr. High-Grades 7-12
- Fun atmosphere
- Bible Study, Games, and Small Groups
- Be sure to invite a friend and join us for a great new year!
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| QA Record of Our Faithfulness | |
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ChristLife - Senior High Youth
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| Fuel - Jr. High Youth Group | |
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Christian Counseling Center
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Thanks and Prayer Requests
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 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:
- Don's new position and feeling much better.
- Those that continue to work and pray for FIPC.
- Music was great today.
- My sister, Karen, came home on Friday.
- Praise God for cooler weather; for our opportunities to serve each other.
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.
- Sydney Ward.
- Betty Gedrottis.
Prayers from the Welcome Cards:
- Kathy S., recovery from breast cancer surgery.
- Safe travels; church and gov't leaders.
- Barry, for lung cancer coming back.
- For FIPC and its trials and tribulations.
- My friends, Barb, Dick and their families.
- Lorraine, Shannon, Mrs. Dollar, Desiree, John W., Benion.
- Our daughter, Brandy, medical issues; family and community of the college shooting.
- Please pray for Nana and Papa who live in North Carolina. They are both ill and things are not looking very well.
- Help Natalie get through side effects from chemo on 10/2. She has 10 awful days after; heal her; Georgiann, two more tumors on spine 1 at neck and 1 at base; she is in much pain and fear; pray for her salvation.
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This Month's Funny
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Happy Halloween This Month!
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This Month's Devotional
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"God Is For You"
by Rick Warren
"But the angel reassured them. 'Don't be afraid!' he said. 'I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people.'"
(Luke 2:10 NLT, second edition) Knowing God is for you will change your whole perspective on life. You'll stop thinking of God as someone looking down from Heaven, ready to yell "Gotcha!" any time you mess up.
God is for your success in life; he created you for a purpose, and he wants you to succeed. It is God, your Creator, who will measure your success in life and no one else.
This is extremely good news!
It means you don't need to be afraid of God, because God is for you. Yet some people are so afraid of God they get nervous just talking about him. Do you know why? They feel guilty, and then they start thinking, "If I get close to God, he's going to lecture me. He's going to remind me of all the things I've done wrong, and then I'll feel even worse!"
Nothing could be further from the truth. Jesus said, "I did not come into the world to condemn it, but to save it." Jesus was saying, "I didn't come to scold you; I came to save you."
And if God is for us, who can be against us?
Jesus came to save us, not to scare us. That's why when the angel was telling the shepherds about the birth of Jesus, the first thing he said is, "Don't be afraid!"
In fact, when God sends a message to people in the Bible, it's not unusual for the first words to be: "Don't be afraid." There are 365 messages from God in the Bible that begin with a phrase like, "Fear not!" In other words, every single day of the year, you can read a message from God that says, in effect, "You don't need to be afraid. I am for you; I am with you; I love you."
God is for you!
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Fleming Island Presbyterian Church
1743 County Road 220
Fleming Island, FL 32003
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