Faith Fellowship CP Weekly Update - January 4, 2017
Quick Links
Church Website:
www.faithfellowshipcp.org
General Email:
[email protected]
Prayer Request:
[email protected]
Building Maintenance:
[email protected]
Pastor Greg Tucker
Phone Number
865-242-4086
[email protected]
[email protected]
Contact Information
FFCPC Elders
Building/Grounds
Darryl Downing (865) 657-3139
[email protected]
Fellowship
Audrey Nester (804) 387-0868
[email protected]
Stewardship and Growth
Randy Stevens (865) 256-7117
[email protected]
Finance/Administration
Andy Davidson (630) 995-1953
[email protected]
Worship
John Morton (865) 250-8270
[email protected]
Missions
Gayle Bowman (865) 310-3042
Gayle Bowman
Christian Education
Kim Maiden (865) 382-8344
[email protected]
Session Clerk
Regina Stinnett (865) 898-3001
[email protected]
Last Week's Re-cap
Attendance:
Worship - 55
Sunday School - 24
Thur Night Bible Study - 4
Weekly Offering: $4,044
YTD: $4,044
December Noisy Offering
$84.05
YTD - $973.33
December Mobile Meals
49 deliveries made
Year-to-date 326deliveries made
December FISH Report
35 deliveries, 120 people served including 49 children, 8
volunteers from FFCPC.
FISH YTD
479 deliveries, 1,779 people served, including 726 children.
1/3 Clay Stewart
1/4 Darryl Downing
1/9 Joy Bridges
1/23 Alga Boring
1/30 Ashley Craig
1/30 Larry Layman
1/30 Jackie Limburg
1/31 Dana Rose
If you find your birthday is listed incorrectly in our
publications or left off, please notify the church office.
1/25 Larry & Rita Layman
Prayer List
Ed C
Phyllis C
Jack C
Star E (friend of Sally)
Rita L
Charlie Ledford's brother
Lynn Dell McK
Dean N
Glenna N
Tony R
We have updated the prayer list. If you have been removed and
wish to remain on the prayer list, please notify the office. If you
have someone to be added to the prayer list, please send an email
[email protected]
[email protected]
Church Committees
Administrative and Personnel
Jim Stinnett, Chair
Andy Davidson, Elder
Audrey Nester
Lori Rosenbloom
Regina Stinnett
Building and Grounds
Larry Boyd, Chair
Darryl Downing, Elder
Larry Layman
John Morton
Christian Education
TBD, Chair
Kim Maiden, Elder
Leslie Gallaher
Frances Poore
Mary Nell Yarbro
Fellowship Committee
Wanda Wise, Chair
Audrey Nester, Elder
Carol Conklin
Lori Rosenbloom
Lori Stevens
Dorothy Morton
Wilma Coker
Phyllis Close
Mary Nell Yarbro
Finance Committee
Jim Stinnett, Chair
Andy Davidson, Elder
Ken Nester
Lori Rosenbloom
Missions Committee
Regina Stinnett, Chair
Gayle Bowman, Elder
Leslie Gallaher
Bill Masters
Gary Fox
Audrey Nester
Jim Stinnett
Ken Nester
Dorothy Morton
Stewardship & Growth Committee
Chair TBD
Randy Stevens, Elder
Gary Fox
Dan Maiden
Rhonda Tucker
Lori Stevens
Worship Committee
Chair TBD
John Morton, Elder
Greg Tucker, Pastor
Wanda Wise
Bill Masters
Gayle Bowman
Hugh Yarbro
CPWM Officers
for 2016-2017
President - Audrey Nester
Vice President - Dorothy Morton
Secretary - Leslie Gallaher
Treasurer - Regina Stinnett
Responsible for Sunday Morning Fellowship Food/Drink
January 8
Frances Poore
Weekly Greeters
January 8
Wanda Wise & Sally Moyer
Ushers for January
Andy Davidson
Frances Poore
Wanda Wise
Ken Nester
Church Cleaning Schedule
Jan 2017
01/07/17 XXXXX
1/14/17 Men's Prayer Breakfast
1/21/17 Friendship Class
1/28/17 Bible 101 Class
During your rotation, it will be the responsibility of the
teamto clean, or arrange cleaning of the church building.
Weekly Schedule
TUESDAY
Women's Bible Study at 9:45. They are using a Bible Study on
Feasts of the Bible. For more information contact Mary Nell Yarbro
at (865) 966-6034.
Ladies' Lunch Group
at 11:30am. Contact Dorothy Morton at 986-5279 or
[email protected]
THURSDAY
Thursday Night Bible Study at 6:00pm.
Choir Practice at 7:00 pm
Lunch Bunch Meets
On January 11th at 12:30
at O'Charley's
Links to Other Websites
Denominational Website
Presbytery of East TN
Confession of Faith
Missionary Messenger
eVotions - a daily devotion from the denomination
AmazonSmile for Faith Fellowship
http://smile.amazon.com/ch/03-0565686
Kroger Community Rewards
https://www.kroger.com/communityrewards
FFCPC's Constant Contact Updates are communications to the
congregation of the church to inform them of upcoming ministry,
mission, and worship opportunities. If you have information that
you want to communicate to the church, send an email with the
information to [email protected]
1/7 Medal Ceremony for Roy Munsey (Kim Maiden's dad) 12:00
pm
1/8 Planning Presentation Meeting 11:30 am
1/10 Session Meeting 7 pm
1/14 Saturday Mobile Meals 9:30 am
1/15 CPWM Meeting 11:30 am
1/17 Stewardship & Growth Meeting 6 pm
1/17 Building & Grounds Meeting 7 pm
1/21 Men's Prayer Breakfast 8 am
1/25 FISH Phones & Deliveries 8:30/10:30 am
1/29 CPWM Fundraising Lunch 11:30 am
1/29 Denomination Day Ceremony 3:30 pm (at Knoxville First
Church)
2/26 Stock FISH Pantry 2:00 pm
All planned events must be scheduled through the church office
to ensure there are no scheduling conflicts.
There is a passage within the Bible that contains a haunting
call. It is the first line of Proverbs 29:18, "Where there is no
vision, the people perish". The absence of vision leads to death.
This passage is loaded with meaning & stirs many questions.
What is vision? How do you arrive at a vision? What are God's plans
and purposes for us? The list could go on and on.
In my Sunday message, I will share some insights to these
questions and a few more from the parables of the new patch and new
wineskin from Luke 5:17-39 NIV. Immediately following our worship
service, we will have a special "working lunch meeting" with lunch
provided. I ask that our session and committee chairs plan to
attend. But, I extend an invitation to anyone who is interested in
learning more about visioneering for FFCPC to attend. A
presentation will immediately follow lunch plus a discussion time
and considerations of specific visioneering for our future growth
and development. I look forward to sharing our time together
dreaming and planning of God's future for us, Jeremiah 29:11-14
NIV.
Christ in Every Heart, Pastor Greg
Welcome Our Newest Member
Welcome to Sally Rhimer-Moyer, who joined our church at the
Session meeting on Dec 13. Sally comes to us from Two Rivers
Church. She has been worshiping with us for a few months now.
Please join us in giving Sally a big welcome to our family.
Thursday Night Bible Study
There will be no dinner prior to Bible Study
Bible Study will begin at 6 pm
Choir Practice will begin at 7 pm
Medal Ceremony
Faith Fellowship CP Church will be hosting a military medal
presentation ceremony on Saturday, January 7th. The ceremony will
be at noon. This will be for Kim Maiden's dad, Roy Munsey. Anyone
from the church is invited to attend.
The Veteran's Legacy Foundation (located in NC) did some
research on his military service and found he was overlooked for
some medals. His name, along with two of his brothers (who are both
deceased), was given to them by one of Kim's cousins. Kim's cousin
is retired military and has gotten involved in this foundation.
John Elskamp, the head of thefoundationwill come present them to
him. He hasn't told us exactly what will be presented; saidhe
wanted it to be a surprise but they plan on having a military
officer do the presentationand an honor guard. John has been very
excited about coming and has allowed us to invite who we wanted. TV
crews are expected to be here along with Eddie Mannis, who started
Honor Air, and a fellow who does a radio program called "The
Veteran Next Door" said he was coming. He's also written a book of
the same name.
Noisy Offering
We did not have our Noisy Offering on New Years Day, so we will
have it this Sunday, January 8th. Please bring your loose change
and make some NOISE!!!!! We will take paper money, too!
The last donation was made to Good Samaritan of Loudon County.
The next $100 donation will go to Mission of Hope.
Contributions for the first week of January were well below
budget. This is probably due to the low attendance on behalf of our
"regular attenders" and hopefully things will get back to normal
this coming Sunday.
Thanks to the Presbytery Grant and the Denomination Board of
Stewardship allowing us to pay interest only on our loan, 2016 was
a good year financially for the church. As you know, we will be
receiving the grant and the reduced loan payment through 2017.
We cannot become complacent. These subsidies will not last much
longer. We must become self sufficient by growing our church. A lot
of seeds were sown during 2016, and I am optimistic that there will
be a good harvest in 2017.
Year-end contribution statements will be available sometime
within the next week or so.
Thank You
Christmas time was very special with you for Rhonda & me.
There were so many cards reminding us of the importance of our
church family to us. Plus, the gift from the church was much more
than we ever expected. It really put the exclamation mark on our
"Merry Christmas" from you. Words are never enough to capture the
full meaning of thank you from our hearts. Always know we are so
very thankful for you. May God bless you with His presence, power,
& provisions in the New Year of 2017. With love &
thanksgiving, Greg & Rhonda Tucker
New Listening System
A new Peavy Assisted Listening System has been donated for
church use. It is now installed on our sound system for use in our
services. If it is difficult for you to understand or hear during
our services, this device can help. If you are willing to try the
device, you can request a pocket receiver with ear buds as you
enter worship. Please see Jim Stinnett or Clay Stewart before the
service and he will set you up with the device & how it works.
If this works for you, keep the earbuds & turn the receiver
back in at the end of worship for use in next week's service.
Pecans are Here!
Update
The CPWM is selling pecans again this year as a fund raiser. We
currently have halves, pieces , and glazed for sale. The halves
will be $13, the pieces will be $11, and the glazed are $10.The
chocolate pecans and clusters are here and are $10 per bag! This is
all we have ordered for the year, so if you are needing some for a
gift or just to eat during the holidays, get them quick before they
are gone.
CPWM Begins New Project
Our Faith Fellowship Cumberland Presbyterian Women's Ministry
(CPWM)has a new project for this year for which we would appreciate
your help. We want to emphasize that this is NOT a Christmas
project, but an ongoing project.
We have identified a nursing home in Loudon County that could
seriously use our help. Kindred Nursing Home and Rehabilitation,
Loudon, TN has 75 residents. Seventeer of those residents have no
family and no spendable income.It is the hope of CPWM to assist
these people with a variety of items. We have been given a list of
items that their administration says would help those
residents.
Size 3X sweat pantsBody washSocks with grip bottomsSoft snacks,
bread and butter pickles, Diet PepsiBird feeders and stands or
hangers (do not have to be new - check your basement or attic)Size
10 Wide women's Velcro shoesSize 2XL mens shirts (knit)Size 2XL
mens zip up lite jacketsSize XL mens sweat pantsEasy adult coloring
booksColored pencilsDevotions books (large print if possible)Simple
activitiesPicture booksCD playerKaraoke machine
A box with the Kindred Nursing Home name on it is in the Narthex
for any items you feel you can donate.
Thank you so much for your help.
ROF Update
1. The ROFs will NOT be working this week.
ROF Wish List for new or gently-used items to be used to
maintain the facilities and grounds. To donate, contact Andy
Davidson or Jim Stinnett.
1. A small air compressor with tank (typically 3 gallon)
1. 3/8"socket set both standard and Metric
1. Screwdrivers - both Straight and Phillips head
1. Pliers - all types and sizes
1. Heavy duty wheelbarrow
If you see things around the church that need to be fixed/done,
send an email to [email protected]
An Opportunity to Serve
Mobile Meals - The 2017 Saturday Mobile Meals schedule is
complete and volunteers are needed to make casseroles and desserts.
Faith Fellowship has been part of this wonderful ministry that
provides Saturday meals to Seniors in the Farragut area since 2006.
A sign-up sheet is on the Missions Bulletin Board. For more
information, contact Jim Stinnett at (865) 556-4090 or Dorothy
Morton at (865) 850-6187.
Also, there is detailed information on the church website:
http://www.faithfellowshipcp.org/local-missions.html
Women's Bible Study
The Bible Study is currently meeting on Tuesday mornings at
9:45.
A new study began on Oct 25, Feasts of the Bible. This is a
DVD-based study that will take you on a pilgrimage through the
seven feasts of Israel. These six sessions will help you arrive at
a greater understanding of God's unfailing love for us all and a
deeper appreciation of his provision of the perfect Lamb prepared
before the foundations of the world. If you are interested, please
contact Mary Nell Yarbro at (865) 679-9246.
Flowers for the Altar
If you would like to provide flowers for the altar in memory or
in honor of someone, please contact the office at (865) 988-8522 to
let us know.
FISH Pantry Collection
We are continuing to collect toiletries for the West Knox Food
Pantry (FISH) on an ongoing basis. We have a container in the
Narthex to collect these and will take them every month or so to
the pantry when it is our turn to deliver for FISH.
2017 Denomination Day Celebration
The annual Denomination Day Celebration for the East Tennessee
Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church will be held at
Knoxville First Church on Sunday, January 29th at 3:30 pm. The
service will be a musical service, featuring Music of the Church.
The Presbyterial Choir will be participating, along with several
other choirs and soloists. Anyone interested in joining the choir,
meet at the Talbott Church on Sun, Jan 8 and Jan 15th at 3 pm for
practice. There will be a meal provided for a donation after the
service. Please make reservations by Jan 23 by contacting Knoxville
First Church at (865) 588-8581 or by emailing to
[email protected]
FISH Pantry Stocking
We will be stocking the FISH pantry on Sunday, February 26. Mark
your calendars now. More details to follow.
Use this link to order on AmazonSmile and support our CPWM:
https://smile.amazon.com/ch/03-0565686
Sign up for AmazonSmile and designate our church women's
ministry. .5% of what you buy is donated to our CPWM. See details
on a handout at church or at this link:
http://www.faithfellowshipcp.org/amazon-smile-instructions.html
FYI - Amazon Prime can be used with Amazon Smile.
Kroger Community Rewards
The Kroger Community Rewards program is helping us raise money
for the CPWM. It is an easy way to support our church and the CPWM.
Simply enroll your Kroger Card in the program, following the link
below.
https://www.kroger.com/communityrewards
One misconception is that if you sign up for the Community
Rewards Program, you won't get your fuel points. This is NOT true!
You will be able to do both!
UPDATE: For the quarter 9/1/16 - 11/30/16, we have received
$147.54.
Latest Photo Directory (password faith)
http://www.faithfellowshipcp.org/401/login.php?redirect=/active-church-directory.html
Audio of our Christmas Program:
http://www.faithfellowshipcp.org/music-ministry-videosaudios.html
Latest Photos
Photos from Mission of Hope Trip to Smoky Mountain
Elementary
http://www.faithfellowshipcp.org/moh-christmas-2016.html
Photos from the Christmas Program
http://www.faithfellowshipcp.org/2016-christmas-program.html
Photos from the CPWM Ladies Christmas Dinner
http://www.faithfellowshipcp.org/cpwm-2016-christmas.html
Photos from Thanksgiving Dinner
http://www.faithfellowshipcp.org/thanksgiving-2016.html
Sermons:
http://www.faithfellowshipcp.org/sermons.html
