FPC Prayer
List - January 20, 2012
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.
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom
the whole family in heaven and earth
is named, that He would grant you,
according to the riches of His glory,
to be strengthened with might through
His Spirit in the inner man, that
Christ may dwell in your hearts through
faith; that you, being rooted and grounded
in love, may be able to comprehend
with all the saints what is the width
and length and depth and height—
to know the love of Christ which passes
knowledge; that you may be filled with
all the fullness of God. (NKJV)
Ephesians 3: 14-19
New this week: Items in blue and “Thanksgivings & God
Sightings”
Connecting People to Ministry
- Small Group Ministry - firing
up new and existing groups
- Men’s Groups
- Fellowship
Group
- Women’s groups
- Small Group Ministry
- Additional leaders/new groups
- Circle
- Youth
- Jr. & Sr. High IMPACT
- Sundays
- Ministry --
- Growth / additional leadership / volunteers
- Small groups
- GymNite – 1/29 & 2/26
- Winter
Weekend – 3/9-11
- Relevant - young singles, couples, friends
- Mondays
- Servant-Making – helping people
ID & use gifts
- Other
- All church membership directory
- Prayer Shawl Ministry
Doing Ministry & Mission
- Sunday Morning
| How do we reach the people
living near FPC streets within
.5 mile NE of
the church – McKinley
Ave, Roosevelt Alley, Roosevelt Ave,
Adams Ave, Arthur Ave, Jackson Ave,
Kentucky Ave, Delaware Ave, Monroe
St, Lewis St, E. Main St, Clark St,
Watson Blvd, N Roosevelt Ave, N Adams
Ave, N Arthur Ave, Hayes Ave, Rogers
Ave |
- Children's Ministry
- Leaders - endurance,
patience, wisdom & grace
- Children - ears to
hear, come to know Jesus
- Parents -
growth alongside children, become
primary spiritual teachers
- Personal growth
to become new leaders
- Friendships
among families to support and
encourage faith
- Sunday School -
- 2011/2012 teachers & support
- Children's program
- Adult classes
- New families
- Sunday School & Nursery
School joint garden
- Nursery
- Services
--
Worship
Team -
search for permanent leadership
-- Chancel Choir
-- Mary-El Ringers Hand Bell
- Samaritan Supper
- Additional leadership & more
help
- Stewardship
- Congregation support of 2012 budgets
- Stewardship commitment decisions
- Mission
- Rural Mission in Broome Co – 3/10-17
- Mystery Dinner
Theater – 2/2-3
- Potential GPMO India trip
- Homework Cafe - supporting middle
school students
- Compassion Builders
- volunteers and skill to deal with flood needs
- Other
- Flood Victim Dinner - - 1/26
- FPC officer training – 1/22
- Annual meeting – 1/29
Visioning – Jesus
be our vision, be our help, be our guide, be
glorified
- How do we evolve into a missional church?
- Develop disciples
- Reach out to the uninvolved & uncommitted
- Nurture spiritual growth
& relationships among the involved
- Send every person into ministry
- Service - what does it really mean to serve?
- How do we become better servants
- How do we really use our spiritual gifts
and servants heart inside & outside the church?
- How can 10:45 attendees serve for the 9:09 service and 9:09
for the 10:45?
- Visioning
- where is God leading, how do we gain
a clarity?
- Acts 16:5 Initiative
within presbytery
- The leadership/direction
of the Session
- Work of the Visioning Team
- Mission - what are the best ways for us to reach
out and have an impact for
Christ ... locally
... nationally ... internationally?
- Prayers for the nation as we support our elected
leaders:
- 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
- Staff
- Sharon Early
- Janet Frederick
- Carol Vos
- Levi Owens– Interim Worship Team Coord
- Larry Hoey
- Louis Pasquale
- William Jenkins
- Hemant Tandi & Saima Naik
- Nursery School
- Board
- Teachers
- Bill Tomic
- Peggy Wheeler
- Cathy Landon
- Deacons - resources
to meet the needs
Thanksgivings & God
Sightings:
- The heeding of God’s call
by those prepared to become church
officers
- Bruce Barney’s opportunity
to serve area flood victims and as
part of the county rebuilding team
- The blessing that our Monroe house
will be serving as an office and
hostel for rebuilding efforts.
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A list of the causes being
supported and some background on each can
be found in our mission
document. Below
is a chart organized by Local, National
and International mission causes we support
with links to the organizations who have
a web presence.
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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