FPC Prayer
List - December 26, 2008
Finding Purpose in Christ
A little history on this prayer list:
In the fall of 2007, the
Seekers Adult Sunday School class studied
the book, "What the Spirit is Saying to the
Churches" by Henry Blackaby. There became a general
conviction among the group that they couldn't
just study this book and then go onto the
next book. Instead, they needed to become ‘doers’ and
allow it to impact and change their lives
where appropriate. Rising up from this conviction,
was the need to be praying for our church,
its leaders and an understanding amongst
ourselves, that we need to be specifically
praying for God to send forth laborers, (“Pray the Lord
of the harvest to send out laborers into
His harvest” Matthew
9:38,) whoever they may be: ourselves, someone
sitting next to us or someone entirely new
to us.
A subset of the class decided to commit to
prayer on Friday mornings at 7 am. If you
are feeling convicted to be part of a corporate
prayer time also, please
join us. Again, they meet at
7 am Friday mornings at the youth house! For those unable
to pray corporately with the group at that
time but do desire to keep the church in
prayer, the following prayer list is posted.
This list is maintained as needs from FPC
ministries are made known to the group.
"Hear my cry, O God;
listen to my prayer.
From the ends of the earth I call to you,
I call as my heart grows faint;
lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
For you have been my refuge,
a strong tower against the foe.
I long to dwell in your tent forever
and take refuge in the shelter of your wings."
Psalm 61:1-4
Connecting People to Ministry - Small Group Ministry
- Men’s Groups
- Women’s groups
- Small Group Ministry – leaders, impact on lives
- Circles
- PW - SOS shelter support
- Youth
- Homework Café - tutors needed
- Jr. High IGNITE - Sundays
- Sr. High IGNITE - Tuesdays
- Growth / additional leadership
- Youth House ministry
- Relevant - young singles, couples, friends
- Mondays
- Servant-Making – helping people
ID & use gifts, Jen & Carol
- Other
Doing Ministry & Mission
- Sunday Morning
- Sunday School
- 2008/2009 teachers & support
- Nursery - additional helper
- Services
-- Worship Team
-- Chancel Choir
-- Mary-El Ringers Hand Bell
- Samaritan Supper
- Stewardship
- Congregation acceptance and support of 2009 budget
- Outreach Team
- Mission
- Kenya trip planning
- Rural Mission trip planning & myster
dinner
- Compassion Builders
- Hogancamp project
- Other
- Audio Visual - equipment/expertise improve capabilities
- serve shut-ins & younger folks
Visioning – Jesus
be our vision, be our help, be our guide, be
glorified
- How do we / how does our church…
- See God work?
- . . Hear God?
- . . . . Believe God?
- . . . . . . Adjust to God?
- . . . . . . . . Obey God?
- Visioning
Team - where is God leading, how do we gain
a clarity?
- Worship/Sunday morning
- Adult Education beginning in January
- New Laborers – create the spark, focus on serving those
we want to reach
- Youth Ministry
- Where & who should we be serving
- How do we best help youth inside the
church grow while reaching out to unchurched?
- Possibilities for ministry on Washington
Ave. - developing a plan
- Wrap around care in conjunction with
Nursery School program
- General Assembly actions & where we stand
- Prayers for the nation as we prepare for new leadership:
- Guidance for leaders of the states and nation to act justly,
serve with integrity and uphold moral
standards
- For the churches of our nation that they would be lighthouses
for truth, havens of hope and centers
of love for all people
- For the Christians that they would be faithful witnesses
for Christ, humble servants for God, and
positive influences on society.
Administration
- Ministers
- Tim & Jan Devine
- Jeremy & Alisha Finn - housing
- Staff
- Sharon Early
- Janet Frederick
- Carol Cronin
- Tim Wetherbee Interim Organist/Choir
- Walter Kondratowski
- Dennis Maney
- Gerald Kelley / substitute: Carol Vos
- Tom & Denise Decker
- Hemant Tandi & Saima Naik
- Nursery School
- Board
- Teachers
- Bill Tomic
- Peggy Wheeler
- Cathy Landon
- Elders
- Development of 2009 budget
- adjust to stewardship commitments
- Staffing
- Replacement for Carol
- Coverage during Janet's absence
Thanksgivings & God Sightings:
- Advent Message: Grace and Truth Were Born
- Christmas Joy Offering
- Youth & young singles holiday
parties
- Canticle of Joy cantata
- Angel
Tree & other helps by
the church family - helping nursery
school families at Christmas
- Deacons & elders
going on and coming off the board
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VISION STATEMENT (What God wants to do)
We believe God wants to transform our community
through the saving love of Jesus Christ and calls us to share
that hope with the world. To be an agent of hope, our congregation
must work together and rely on the power of the Holy Spirit
to follow Christ, whatever the cost. This commitment, which
is grounded in a deep love of God and neighbor, sends us out
to share the Good News of Christ through our words and our actions.
MISSION STATEMENT (What God wants us to do)
We believe God wants us to share the life-changing
power and love of Jesus Christ in such compelling ways that
more people become fully devoted followers of Christ.
PURPOSE STATEMENT
To reach more people and together grow in
Christ.
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