Four months ago, the Deacons, along with the talents of Dale MacKeown and Julie Hofstede undertook the task of collecting information, shooting portraits, and now (thanks be to God) we are in closing in on the finish line! The Faith Church directory will be aptly named "Faithbook", eluding to the culture-shifting social media that most of the world has come to love. Facebook can be "all about me" at times... but Faithbook is all about the church, and the Bridegroom, Jesus Christ.

We are expecting to have these books finished by the end of January.

These books will feature full-color portraits of members and contact information. We hope that these books will become a valuable resource in your relationship with God's church.

December 31st (New Year's Eve) is our annual prayer vigil. The Church will be open from 7am to 7pm. At 7pm in the evening we will conclude with a worship service given to a time of singing, testimony, silent prayer and a message from Pastor Matthew. Please sign up for an hour in which to pray for your family, your church, and your nation.

How it works: upon entering the sanctuary, each prayer warrior will be given a bulletin that will guide you through the hour by providing Scripture and suggested prayer topics. The hour is divided into 6-ten minute sections.  The sanctuary itself will be cordoned off into six sections roughly corresponging to the Lord's Prayer: 1. Adoration (prayers of praise to God for His character and works) 2. The Kingdom (prayer on behalf of the Church). 3. Our Nation. 4. Daily Bread (prayers for family and thanksgiving). 5. Confession (repentance of sin). and 6. Deliverance (prayers against the enemy, the Devil). Each individual or couple will move through the sanctuary as they pray through the suggested prayers.

Please sign up in the Narthex on the giant scroll, or just show up to pray!

How Can This Be?

I don’t know if you’ve ever wondered what God is “doing to you” before—say in taking away a job that you loved, or in causing you to lose a relationship that you had really valued; or even by giving you a stress or a burden that you supposed you could not handle—I don’t know if you’ve ever wondered what God is “up to” before, but consider for a moment the plight of Mary.

Everything was going along just fine, she probably thought, until God got involved! Like most young gals, Mary probably had great dreams; dreams of a beautiful traditional wedding. The whole village would gather to celebrate the nuptials of Joseph and herself. Dreams of raising a family. Perhaps raising crops. Starting a business. And then one day, apparently out of nowhere, Mary receives a stunning, beautiful, shocking and upsetting announcement. Mary will conceive, out of full wedlock, and she being a virgin (untouched, innocent, sexually pure) will bear the Messiah. Luke 1:29 says it best, Mary was greatly troubled at these words.

I want to ask a great question. Maybe the greatest question that has ever been asked and certainly one what would plague Mary for those nine months of pregnancy: Why would God see fit to visit humanity by means of a miraculous virgin birth? Or to say it another way, why would God become man at all? I suppose there could have been any number of possibilities for how God could save the world: He could have sent down a fully formed, mature man from the Heavens. He could have taken a normal guy out of any Jerusalem street and “zapped” him into a divine messenger. But no, God chose to become a man himself in order to redeem the world. In this article, I want to ask one of the greatest theological questions that can ever be pondered: Why did God choose to save the world through the incarnation of Christ?

(Read the full article by clicking on the Pastor's Desk button on the left).

Faith Evangelical Presbyterian Church presents...

"One Incredible Moment"

Featuring:
Faith Adult Choir, Faith Bell Choir, Faith Children's Choir, Drama and Dance
Narration by Dr. Wilfred Bellamy

Friday, December 10th @ 7:00pm

Admission is Free. Doors open at 6:30pm.