Faith Fellowship CP Weekly Update - May 17, 2017

Church Website:

www.faithfellowshipcp.org

General Email:

info@faithfellowshipcp.org

Prayer Request:

prayer@faithfellowshipcp.org

Building Maintenance:

buildingandgrounds@faithfellowshipcp.org

Pastor Greg Tucker

Phone Number

865-242-4086 greg.tucker311@outlook.com

pastorgreg@faithfellowshipcp.org

5/20 Men's Prayer Breakfast 8 am

5/21 CPWM Meeting 11:30 am

5/21 CPMM Meeting 11:30 am

5/21 Bill Masters Birthday Celebration 2:00 pm

5/24 FISH Deliveries 8:30/10:30 am

6/2 Unload Second Harvest Truck 5:00 pm

6/3 Second Harvest Food Giveaway 7:30 am

6/9 Lifeline Screening Event

All planned events must be scheduled through the church office to ensure there are no scheduling conflicts.

As our focus on growing deepens, there

FFCPC Elders

Building/Grounds Larry Boyd (865) 966-6559

boydlw@tds.net

Fellowship/Administration & Personnel

Audrey Nester (804) 387-0868 audreynester@aol.com

Stewardship and Growth/Finance

Andy Davidson (630) 995-1953 andrew.davidson@charter.net

Worship

Gayle Bowman (865) 310-3042 reebee130@yahoo.com

John Morton (865) 250-8270 mortonj@charter.net

Missions

Frances Poore (865) 599-0083 francespoore@gmail.com

Christian Education

Kim Maiden (865) 382-8344 kimberly907@outlook.com

Session Clerk

Regina Stinnett (865) 898-3001 reginastinnett@tds.net

will be new changes God will require in each of us. We will

be met by what Henry Blackaby calls a "crisis of belief" in his

work Experiencing God. In these encounters, we'll receive

new invitations from God to follow Him into uncharted

territories. Allowing the Holy Spirit to prepare our hearts for

these new God-encounters is our next important step.

When couples marry in Russia, they take

their wedding parties to a river's edge. There, the couple poses

for a photo. As a sign of the newlyweds' love and

commitment, they secure a padlock on the railing. Then, they

throw the key into the river gorge signifying to all their

devotion. What a great symbol of unending love and

commitment.

For all of us who have committed our lives to

being the bride of Christ, God calls us to throw away the key-

to trust Him completely. How can we, the church, show the

world our commitment to Christ? When it comes to embracing

God's invitations and putting our love into action, will we say,

"I do"? Will we make ourselves ready Revelation 19:7 NIV?

Christ in Every Heart, Pastor Greg

Sunday's Message: Rich Man, Poor Man-Luke 12:13-

21 NIV

Thanks to all the women who participated in the

special Mothers' Day Choir.

Thursday Night Bible Study

Attendance: Worship - 69

Sunday School -23 Thur Night Bible Study - N/A

Weekly Income: $3,648.92

YTD Income: $111,455

May Noisy Offering

$104.80

YTD - $420.41

May Mobile Meals

22 deliveries made

Year-to-date

113 deliveries made

April Report for West Knox Food Pantry (WKFP)

40 deliveries, 134 people served including 55 children, 8 volunteers

from FFCPC.

WKFP YTD

149 deliveries, 569 people served, including 226 children.

This week's Bible Study will continue on Prayer. Bible Study

begins at 6 pm.

Happy 90th to Bill Masters We want to wish Bill Masters a proper Happy Birthday for his

90th! There will be a celebration at his condo's Clubhouse this

Sunday, May 21 from 2:00 - 3:30 pm. Drop by and wish him

a happy birthday. This is at Cottages at Pryse Farm

Clubhouse, off McFee Road in Farragut (764 Pryse Farm

Blvd, Farragut, TN 37934). No gifts please, just hugs and

kisses. Please RSVP to Tanda Solomon at sol4jesus@aol.com

or (865) 675-0395.

Contributions through the second week of May are on budget.

Expenses for May will be a little over budget because of the

cost for updating the hot water system ($1,500) to provide hot

water to the restrooms quickly. Thanks to John Morton the hot

water problem in the Kitchen was solved during May. Many

thanks to Tony Rose for his help and his expertise! Ladies

your persistent calling for hot water is coming to fulfillment.

5/20 Janice Marion

5/28 Bill Masters

5/30 Leslie Gallaher

6/1 Roy Ogle

If you find your birthday is listed incorrectly in our publications or left off, please notify the church

office.

5/23 Dana & Tony Rose

6/5 Greg & Rhonda Tucker

6/9 Charlie & Melodie Ledford

6/12 Pat & Polly Foster

Bannister Family

Also, many thanks to Darryl Downing, Larry Boyd, and

Regina Stinnett for the Room numbers signage and

descriptions. Project was budgeted and is within budget. By the way, did you notice the new signs on the electronic

sign pedestal displaying our Sunday School and Worship

Hours? Total cost was $135. Labor was provided by the

ROFs. Jim Reminder, please use the Church Post Office Box address

when mailing checks or other correspondence to the

Church. See Below:

Faith Fellowship CP Church

P O Box 24162

Knoxville, TN 37933

Jim Stinnett (865) 556-4090; email

jimstinnett855@gmail.com

Music Storage Unit Nearing

Completion Thanks to Darryl Downing and John Johnson, a storage unit

for the choir music is nearing completion. Choir will use

these shelves for storing their 3-ring binders and

Carl B

Gayle B

Evelyn B

Ed C

Phyllis C

Jack C

Charlie E

Barbara F

Gary F

Floyd H

Dee I (Cindy's daughter-in-law)

Rita L

Jackie L

Bill Ma

John M

Marie M (John's mother)

Dean N

Glenna N

John P

Tony R

Rosenbloom Family

Phyllis S

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 to info@faithfellowshipcp.org

or prayer@faithfellowshipcp.org

hymnals. This will make the choir area looking a lot nicer.

CHOIR PRACTICE every Thursday, 7 pm - anyone

welcome!

Next Second Harvest Food

Giveaway The next Second Harvest Food Giveaway will be June 3rd. We have several needs:

1) Boxes! We have 288 so far. We need 112 more! Please

stop by Ingles and pick up some of their milk boxes for our

Second Harvest Food Giveaway. Boxes are stored in

classroom across from nursery.

2) Volunteers for unloading the truck and setting up the

sanctuary on Friday. Invite your family and friends. Make

sure you sign them up on the sheet in the Narthex.

3) Volunteers for working on Saturday. Invite your family

and friends. Make sure you sign them up on the sheet in the

Narthex.

4) Volunteer to take cardboard to recycle (~ a truckload each

day)

5) Pray for the safety of all, for the right people to come who

are in need, and for God's hand on this ministry that we might

bring someone closer to Him by our love and example.

There are signup sheets in the Narthex for Friday and Saturday

night volunteers, as well as for the Saturday breakfast. Please

sign up.

Administrative and Personnel

Jim Stinnett, Chair

Audrey Nester, Elder

Andy Davidson

Sally Moyer

Lori Rosenbloom

Regina Stinnett

Building and Grounds

Larry Boyd, Chair

Darryl Downing, Elder

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

This is an excellent outreach opportunity. Invite others to

help!

Featured Mission: West Knox FISH

Pantry Faith Fellowship works with 2 other churches locally for the

West Knox FISH (Food in Service to Humanity) Pantry

ministry to deliver groceries to those in need, mostly in the

inner city areas in East, South, North, and downtown

Knoxville. The groceries are stored in the basement of the

Church of the Savior, located on North Weisgarber Rd. Duties include taking phone requests, logging requests,

mapping routes, stocking the pantry, and delivering (delivery

teams are typically husband and wife, but not limited to

that). Faith Fellowship has up to four people involved in

answering phones, mapping, and logging, and eight involved

in delivery. We stock the pantry each February and typically

have about 20 participants. Generally we make a total of 40-

50 deliveries (total for the 3 churches) each month. We do

this on the 4th Wednesday of each month. Delivery teams

begin begin about 10:45 or 11:00 am. We have been involved

in this ministry since 2010. In addition to providing labor,

FFCPC donates cash to help pay for stocking the pantry in

February of each year. For more information, please click on

FISH. This will take you to our website. If you are interested

in becoming part of this wonderful ministry, please contact

Regina Stinnett at (865) 898-3001 or

reginastinnett@tds.net or Jim Stinnett at (865) 556-4090 or

jimstinnett855@gmail.com.

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

Frances Poore, Elder

Leslie Gallaher

Bill Masters

Gary Fox

Audrey Nester

Jim Stinnett

Ken Nester

Dorothy Morton

Stewardship & Growth Committee

Randy Stevens, Chair

Andy Davidson, Elder

Gary Fox

Dan Maiden

Sally Moyer

Rhonda Tucker

Lori Stevens

Worship Committee

Chair TBD

Women's Bible Study The Women are studying a series entitled, Gospel of Mark,

The Jesus We're Aching For. God's heart is moved by your

cries for help and shouts for joy. In Lisa Harper's 7-session

Bible Study, The Gospel of Mark: The Jesus We're Aching

For, you'll follow Jesus through His days of early ministry all

the way to the cross. It's there we discover what it means to

be the recipients of His excessive compassion and the very

reason for His all-consuming passion. If you are interested in attending this Bible Study, please

contact Mary Nell Yarbro at (865) 679-9246.

Prices Slashed on Pecans! The Cumberland Presbyterian Women's Ministry (CPWM)

has been selling pecans this year as a fundraiser. We have

pecans leftover and have now put them on sale! We currently

have halves, pieces, and milk chocolate-covered. Just a few

are left. Get yours now before they are gone!

New prices are:

Halves $10

Pieces $ 9

Chocolate $ 8

John Morton, Elder

Greg Tucker, Pastor

Gayle Bowman

Bill Masters

Sally Smith

Wanda Wise

Hugh Yarbro

24toDouble

Pastor Greg Tucker

Audrey Nester

Ken Nester

Andy Davidson

Darryl Downing

Sally Moyer

Pat Sydes

Mayo Sydes

Regina Stinnett

CPWM Officers

for 2016-2017

President - Audrey Nester

Vice President - Dorothy Morton

Secretary - Leslie Gallaher

Treasurer - Regina Stinnett

CPMM Officers

for 2017

President --Randy Stevens

Vice President - Andy Davidson

Secretary - Andy Davidson

Treasurer - Ken Nester

Responsible for Sunday Morning

Church-Wide Garage Sale

Oct 6-7 It's time for Spring cleaning! Our CPWM is sponsoring

another Garage Sale this fall. So we are now accepting your

unwanted items to take advantage of your Spring cleaning. If

you want to start bringing items in, you can put them in the

garage or in the Fellowship House. Someone is in the office

Monday - Thursday 9-Noon. Or you can arrange to meet

someone at an alternate time to unlock the door.

The residents of Kindred Nursing Home that FFCPC have

been helping are extremely pleased with their new clothing

and other items including fresh haircuts. We have received a

new list from them for additional items they would like to

have. They are in need of BINGO prizes. For example, they

could use devotion books, inexpensive jewelry, candy, treats,

books, etc. In addition, anything for the garden in the

courtyard is great. A box is now located in the Narthex for

the collection of these items.

Fellowship Food/Drink

May 21

Randy & Lori Stevens

Weekly Greeters

May 21

Wilma Coker & Charlotte Wilson

Ushers for May

Andy Davidson

Ed Close

Roy Ogle

Dan Maiden

Church Cleaning Schedule

May/June 2017

05/20/17 Men's Prayer Breakfast

05/27/17 Friendship Class

06/03/17 Bible 101 Class

6/10/17 XXXXXX

During your rotation, it will be the responsibility of the team to clean, or arrange cleaning of the church

building.

Weekly Schedule

CPWM Ladies Retreat Our CPWM Ladies retreat will be held on July 21-22 at the

Stone Crossing subdivision clubhouse, which is only about 1/2

mile west of the church. Additional details will be provided in

the upcoming weeks. If you would like to volunteer to help

with this, please contact Audrey Nester at (804) 387-0868.

Administrative and Personnel

Committee The Administrative and Personnel Committee needs to add a

couple more committee members. The committee

responsibilities include, but are not limited to: coordinating

staff performance appraisals, administering and implementing

the Safe Sanctuary Policy, maintaining church policies and

procedures, maintaining the website, issuing the weekly

newsletter....... A full job description is on the Church

website. Click here. (Password is faith)

TUESDAY

Women's Bible Study at 9:30. They are in a new study called "Finding I AM" by Lysa Terkeurst. For more information contact Mary Nell Yarbro at (865) 966-6034.

Ladies' Lunch Group

at 11:30am. Contact Dorothy Morton at 986-5279 or dottiem47@gmail.com; schedule is posted on bulletin board at church.

THURSDAY

Thursday Night Bible Study at 6:00pm.

Choir Practice at 7:00 pm

Lunch Bunch willl meet on May 23

at Lakeside Grill at 11:30 am

FISH Pantry Collections

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.

Flowers for the Altar

If you are interested please contact Audrey Nester, A&P Elder

at audreynester@aol.com or (804) 387-0868 or Jim Stinnett

A&P Committee Chairman at jimstinnett855@gmail.com or

(865) 556-4090.

The next Lifeline Screening at our church will be Friday, June

9th.

All three of the complimentary (FREE) screenings have been

taken.

Lifeline Screening has sent a sign-up sheet for any of our

church family to use. It will be in the Narthex on the Sign-up

Table. Regina will fax it in to Lifeline after you sign up, and

they will contact you to set up an appointment and for

arrangement for payment. Payment options include major

credit card, check card, health savings account, flexible

spending account, and/or echeck.

Bible 101 Class The Bible 101 Sunday School Class continues to grow. Please

come and be part of it!

If you are new to the Church, looking for a Sunday School

Class, or have just been putting off Sunday School - please

give Bible 101 a try.

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.

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/communityrew

ards

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!

The Class starts at 8:45. The Bible 101 Sunday School Class

is a small group that uses the Bible exclusively for teaching

material. The teachers rotate as the class moves from book to

book in both the Old and New Testaments, verse by verse with

plenty of discussion

Darryl Downing is the current teacher.

Retired old Fellows (ROFs)

(Mulch-O Mulch-O Men)

The ROFs will work this Thursday, May 18. The

Mulching is complete!! Thanks to Mulch-O, Mulch-O Men

(ROFs) for picking up and spreading the mulch. This saved

the Church about $1,100. This week we will be working on

the Second Harvest Food Give Away stuff. Additionally, we

will pick up a portable storage unit that Darryl and a friend in

Tellico Village have built for the choir.

If you see things around the church that need to be fixed/done,

send an email to buildingandgrounds@faithfellowshipcp.org

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. It's that

easy. 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.

Links to Other Websites

Denominational Website

Presbytery of East TN

Unification Task Force

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

Latest Photo Directory (password faith)

http://www.faithfellowshipcp.org/401/login.php?redirect=/

active-church-directory.html

Latest Photos

Photos from the Fellowship Supper with

Scott Family Singers:

http://www.faithfellowshipcp.org/march-2017-scott-

family-dinner.html

Photos from Stocking the FISH Pantry

http://www.faithfellowshipcp.org/2017-stock-fish-

pantry.html

Photos from our Valentine's Fellowship Dinner

http://www.faithfellowshipcp.org/2017-valentines-

dinner.html

Music videos/audio:

5/14/17 Mothers Day Choir

4/23/17, Joel Hawkins, "The Anchor Holds"

4/14/17, Gene Ingle with Joel Hawkins, "Blood Will Never

Lose Its Power"

Sermons:

http://www.faithfellowshipcp.org/sermons.html

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

info@faithfellowshipcp.org