Arrrgh! Avast ye, mateys! Faith's next Mystery Dinner Theater is coming soon! February 24 and 25.

Tickets are $15. $8 for children 12 and under. Tips and donations will go towards Youth Summer Missions.

Purchase your tickets Wednesday or Sunday at the church. Don't wait! .... or we'll make you walk the plank.

Dear Church Members,

From time to time we pass along urgent prayer requests on this email chain as they pertain to life and ministry of Faith Church as well as our loved ones.

In this brief request, I would like you to consider praying for our children's department. We are now at a crucial juncture where we are in desperate need of called, trained, and loving care-takers for our smallest members: in the nursery. 

I do not doubt that the smallest of our church members, infants and toddlers, are close to your heart as they are to mine. Whenever we baptize these infants, we are making promises as congregation to raise them up in the Lord. It is time to take steps to fulfill these promises!

This need of loving hands and warm hearts to tend our children is particularly urgent on Wednesday nights (as well as Sunday mornings). If the Lord would press upon your heart to be obedient to this vital call, please call Cassandra Hall without delay at 352.238.4218.

On January 4th, 2012, around two dozen worshippers gathered at a new location to begin a church-planting movement that may outlast our own lifetimes! The worshippers--many of them members and even officers at Faith Evangelical Presbyterian Church--met to help form the core of what will one day be know as Providence Church.

After sharing a meal together, they worshipped in song and heard the Word preached from Greg Gunn, the man the Session of Faith Church has entrusted with the work of serving as the lead church planter.

Providence Church will be having similar gatherings through the month of January on Sunday evenings with a view towards "opening its doors" in February.

If you would like to become a part of this dynamic church-planting movement, there are several things you can do to help: First of all, contact Greg Gunn. Greg will gladly discuss with you your desire to participate in this movment.

Secondly, consider becoming one of our prayer partners. Our elders are seeking 100 covenant prayer partners to pray for Providence daily. Finally, feel free to "like" our Facebook page (search: Providence Church) and get info and status updates here.

Pastor Matthew Everhard

Follow me on Twitter: @matt_everhard