Faith Presbyterian Church

 Jack, Danah, Emma and Andrew are embarking on a new adventure!

They will be moving to Fairfax, Virginia in July, and we want to celebrate their participation in and contributions to our congregation. Join us for a pot-luck meal after worship on Sunday, July 3.  Please let Karen know what you are bringing by calling the church office at 275-7393 or e-mailing chur7393@bellsouth.net.

Invite all your FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS of all ages, all beliefs…
Young Life, Emmaus, Cursillo, Via De Christo, Kairos, and Chrysallis Participants to a Genuine Unique New Ole Fashion Sing-A-Long.

In THE BATON ROUGE GREATER AREA
“SongFest” Friday. Eve April 23rd at 6:45 pm:
CALL FOR DETAILS AT: 225-275-7393
Faith Presbyterian Church
12855 Old Hammond Highway
Baton Rouge 70816

PURPOSE: Experience an environment where people feel like participating without fear or intimidation. A chance to invite your friends and neighbors to experience the excitement of a JOYFUL type of Spiritual experience and fun without being religious! We will sing favorites from the Beatles to Best Of Folk and your favorite songs from your retreat experience and younger camping days. Let’s get together to sing our hearts out with songs everyone actually likes to sing out of the 1,175 ‘SONGS’ Songbook. We use songs easy to sing and play, and are in the right key with simple chords.

Event Led By: Yohann Anderson
Author of the 1,197 “Songs” Songbook
National Workshop Leader and Owner of Songs And Creations

“Bring instruments if you play one and especially your Voice
because in this kind of environment… Everybody Can Sing even if you don’t think you can… I guarantee it.” -Yohann Anderson

The Closet Clutter Busters initial meeting was held on Saturday, August 29, with Carol Bell, John & Karen Blewitt, Dwyer & Sandy Broussard, Alice Kennedy, Bob & Freda Knight, and Jill Wild in attendance. The group’s mission is to de-clutter, reorganize and refurbish the closets in the Education Building and the Sanctuary, along with the Storage Building behind the Education Building.

Karen Blewitt and Jill Wild will be leading a work day on Saturday, September 12, beginning at 9:00 AM to begin the process of de-cluttering the closets. Please consider giving some of your time to help us with this undertaking. (All projects will be completed in time for the LSU-Vanderbilt game at 6:00 PM!)

A second meeting will be held after Worship on Sunday, August 13, to assess our progress and plan for the next steps. Your presence is welcomed and appreciated!

We have 16 closets in the Education Building, three in the sanctuary building, and a trailer behind the Education Building, with lots of pertinent and impertinent materials in each one. All the closets need to be unloaded, re-organized, and repurposed to offer storage space for the needs of members and committees, such as Buildings and Grounds, Choir, Christian Education, Fun & Fellowship, Ladies Mission, Nursery, Pastor John , Vacation Bible School, and Worship, to name a few.

Could we replace the warped wooden shelves with MDF or ventilated wire shelves? How many Bibles and Hymnals do we need, and could we share with another church? Is there a way to open up the kitchen into the large closet behind it and make it more functional for fellowship and VBS dinners? We need your input and your presence at this meeting. Please be thinking of suggestions for our closet make-over and come prepared to share your ideas on Saturday, August 29, at 5:00 PM, for our organizational meeting of the “Closet Clutter Busters”.

And plan to stay after this meeting for our Saturday Night at the Movies presentation, “Fireproof”, from the folks who made “Facing the Giants”. Hot dogs, chips, drinks and popcorn will be served!

LIVING A LIFE OF GRATITUDE

Kevin Garvey, the Chief Development Officer for the Board of Pensions will be visiting in the Presbytery August 14-16, 2009 to meet with each cluster offering a wonderful seminar.

The Baton Rouge Cluster will Host Kevin Garvey at Faith Presbyterian Church on Friday, August 14 at 6:30 P.M. Please RSVP by phone to the church office at 225-275-7393. Dinner will be served at this event.

This seminar is appropriate for all members of our congregations. An offering will be collected for the Board of Pensions “Assistance Fund” as we share our appreciation for Kevin’s time and talent. The seminar will focus on how to move from a Stewardship Campaign to a Culture of Generosity, Living in Gratitude. Included in this presentation are the important elements of funds development: prospect identification, cultivation, solicitation and recognition, as well as how to create a culture of generosity by establishing a committee, calendar and plan. Participants will depart with specifics that you will be able to implement in the local church Plan to join Kevin for this interactive and empowering workshop – be ready: participation is expected!

Please mark your calendars to come out and shop the Ladies Mission Garage Sale this coming weekend on Friday, May 1st and Saturday, May 2nd from 8 am – 2 pm.

This sale will have a little bit of everything – house wares, clothes, jewelry, furniture, toys, and too many other treasures to list! The Ladies Mission group will also be selling lunch and drinks to help raise extra money. Make sure to come and join in on the fun!

Also, Volunteers are still needed to come out on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of this coming week to help set up for the Garage Sale, as well as Friday and Saturday to help with the actual Garage Sale. If you are able to help, please call the church office.

A few reminders for everyone at Faith:

This year, Stewardship Sunday falls on November 16. On this day, we will collect and dedicate our pledges for 2009. There will be two stewardship dinners, both after church, on November 2 and November 9. Please make sure to take a moment on Sunday and sign up on the forms in the vestibule for one of the dinners. This will help us plan how much food we need to prepare in advance.

Pastor John will be using the insights from In Heaven’s Name, Why on Earth? By Harry Wendt. Dr. Wendt is the founder of Crossways International and the author of The Divine Drama. We will discover why stewardship involves much more than supporting the church budget!

Also, don’t forget that it’s almost Jambalaya Dinner Time! The Jambalaya Dinner Sale will take place this coming Friday, October 17th from 11 am – 1 pm. If you haven’t already, please make sure to purchase your tickets in advance. If you have any tickets left to sell, please try to do so! If you need tickets or have any questions, please call the church office at 225-275-7393.

Welcome to the new website of Faith Presbyterian Church!  With this new website we are hoping to reach out to not only existing members but to the faith community as a whole. We will be adding lots of new features as time goes on. Some of the new features that have already been added are:

• A prayer request form
• An active calendar that shows what is going on in the church and changes as we make changes on the calendar in the office.
• There is a place for current members to submit any new contact information that needs to be changed in our church database and directory.
•  An online submission form for information to be submitted for the newsletter or website.
• The church now has an Current News Blog! We will be able to post any new information that is important to church members and visitors alike! This will help us to keep in better touch with the community and assimilate information!

As you can see there are many changes that have been made and many more that will take place! If you have a suggestion on anything that you would like to see on this website, please take a moment and use the contact button to send a message to the church office or leave a comment on this message!