Weekly Update

As we continue through this busy stretch of the year here are a few things to know, to think about, and to pray about:

2)      Camp Scholarship Offering:  This Sunday we’ll be collecting our 3^rd Sunday Offering and it will go toward camp scholarships.  At Faith Church we believe strongly in the ministry of Christian summer camps, primarily because we’ve seen the fruits of those ministries in the lives of our students.  As in prior years we’d like to offer substantial scholarships to our students and our primary funding source will be this offering.  Our goal would be to meet or exceed last year’s collection of $1,000.  Please consider contributing to this valuable aspect of our ministry to our students.  If you can’t be here this Sunday you can bring it next week or mail it – just make sure it’s designated “Camp Scholarships”. 

3)      Child Dedication:  It’s a privilege for us as a church family this Sunday to be able to witness and support Dennis and Nicole Hughes as they dedicate their daughter Novella.  A child dedication is a wonderful testimony to the goodness of the Lord and a great opportunity to recommit ourselves to the task of equipping and encouraging parents to raise godly children.  Plan to stick around for a few minutes after the service this Sunday for coffee and cake and a chance to greet the Hughes family.

4)      Potential Missions Trip:  Many of you may already know about the ministry of Missionary Air Group or you may recall its founder, Rev. Sean Donnelly, coming a couple of years ago to share with us about their ministry.  In the month of June we’ll be using our monthly mission offering to support their ministry once again.  In the mean time we’d like to see if there would be any interest among any in our church family for a potential missions trip to Rus Rus, Honduras sometime later in the year.  Rev. Donnelly is in the very early stages of putting together such a trip so we do not have any details regarding dates or cost, only some interest among some from our sister churches.  Would you ever consider being a team member for a missions trip to Rus Rus, Honduras?  If so, please let me know.  There is no need to make any kind of a commitment at this point, but if you think you would have interest please speak to me soon. 

5)      Pray for our Students:  I wanted to draw your attention to a couple of things that have taken place in our youth group over the past couple weeks.  Last Saturday there were about 20 girls and leaders who gathered together for a “Girls Afternoon” – a time with a special speaker in which the girls were challenged to consider their identity in Christ.  In addition, most of our girls have been setup with mentors in our church – adult women who are available to encourage them, pray for them, and just spend time with them.  These are both exciting things happening in the life of our church that you may not have even known about!  But we would like to encourage you to pray for all of our students.  Not only is this a busy time of year for students as the school year winds down, but our students are faced with many challenges in various ways that directly confront their faith and the truth of the gospel.  They are a very important part of our family that we certainly don’t want to overlook.   As the Lord brings them to your mind would you take some time to pray for the young people of our church? 

Thank you for being a part of the Faith Church family!