Fairmont Park Church of ChristFairmont Park Church of Christ Family News and NotesFamily News and Notes

* Fairmont Park Church of Christ ** 3813 N. Midland Drive * * Midland, TX. 79707-3550 ** Phone (432) 699-7064 *

* E-Mail: info@fpcofc.org ** Web Site: www.fpcofc.org *

Nothing But Christ And

Him Crucified

Volume XXVI Number 15 April 18, 2010

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jer. 29:11

REMEMBER! Early Commitment Sunday...April 18th

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Commitment Sunday...April 25th

Optional Sunday Night

Bible Study will meet again tonight at 5:00

Text: Acts 12: 1-19

Lesson Thirteen

The 2nd of Our Training Classes Will Begin

Monday Night, April 26th

Time: 6:45 Place: Tweener Teacher: Jimmy Carlile

Sunday Morning Adult Classes & Teachers Beginning Sunday, April 25th

Singles/Y. Prof A—3 Smokie Thorp Taking a look at selected N.T. people 20’s-30’s A—4-6 Jimmy Carlile Short Course on Prayer Growing Families A—1 Various I Kings Tweeners Tweener Rm Scott Sheppard Christian Transparency Adult #1 W.F.Hall Bill Powers Romans Adult #2 E.F.Hall Eldon Schoolcraft Book of Job Adult #3 Auditorium Don Craig “Oh, to be Fearless” Single Moms Scott’s office Lisa Ferguson TBA

Food Pantry

We served 51 families and 137 individuals this week. We are in great need of your help because the Food Bank in

Odessa is low on food and we are not able to get as much from them. Please help by bringing food items or by giving

money donations to Janet Hayse.

HIS KIDS

News You Can Use Birthdays April 18—24

18—Becky Ortiz, Echo Johnson, Derek Wickham, Duncan Hayes, 19—Mariellen Stone, Ronny Brumfield, Charlie Winkley, 20—Alisa Wynn, 21—Leroy Hurt, Davida DeLozier, David Porter, Bevin Perry, Shawnna Boren, Laura James, Molly Moore, Halle Cohorn, 22—Anita Houston, Charlie Cronenworth, 23—Mark Wright, Robert Browning, Daniel Courter, Zachary Craven, 24—Jack Mims

MISD has been providing free breakfasts for our students for the last 2 years. This program has been discontinued for the summer and now WE (FMP) will be feeding 50 students

breakfast 4 days a week. Please help us by donating Pop-Tarts and juice boxes. Thank you!

“Listen Up!!”

“When I called, they did not lis-ten; so when they called, I would not listen,’ says the Lord Almighty.” Zech. 7:13 Another “gem” from the Minor Prophets!! We all have many conversations with others during the day. You know, it really isn’t polite NOT to listen to the other person! (Pardon the double nega-tives, but you get the point!) If I want the other person to hear what I have to say, I really need to listen to what he is saying to me. It’s the courteous thing to do. Our God is no different! If we expect Him to listen to us (in prayer), shouldn’t we be listening as He speaks to us? I remember Bro. V. E. Howard, long-time preacher from Louisiana who used to preach over the radio many years ago. He would often punctuate his ser-mons with a periodic, “Are You Listen-ing?” It’s a pretty timely question. Am I “listening” to God -- on a daily basis? What right do I have to expect Him to hear me (in prayer) if I’m not listening to Him (in the Word). I have in my Bible, at the above Scripture, the words: “God listens to us in direct proportion to how much we listen to Him.” We’d better listen up! -- Don

Sign up for the

TRIP TO “Hummer House”, THURSDAY, APRIL 29

Christoval, Texas Cost: $5.00 admission +

lunch

39er’s Conference Fairmont Park

Saturday, May 8 Phil Sanders speaking

Heart to Heart

Remember to pray for all those in our Armed Forces. Those from Fairmont are:

Layton Flynn Channing Nolen

Jordon Smith Charlie Cronenworth

Please call us & let us know of others to add to this list!

Sign Up For The

BUILDING ON FAITH

CELEBRATION LUNCHEON!!! Come rain or shine, we will celebrate on

May 2nd following morning

Services.

(Sign up sheets in the foyer & annex)

This will be a compact Sunday

Michelle Cox came forward this past Sunday and asked for the prayers of the church. She said she had slid off

the right path and was working to get back up. She asked for prayers for her family as well.

Let’s keep Michelle, and the Cox family in our prayers.

Children’s Ministry News

The Children’s Ministry would like to ‘THANK’ several special people for their assistance! Sue Anderson—teaching

Children’s Service last Sunday. Josh & Mitci Bartlett—assisting with Children’s Service in March. Marina Johnson—coordinating

“Enlist in the Lord’s Army” Adam Elliott & Kevin Broome—

speaking at the ‘Army’ event.

April 25th, 3:30 p.m. Fairmont Park Annex

Please make plans to be there!

We need stuffed animals of all kinds. There are drop off locations in the annex & the foyer. Please put your names on the animals if you want to have them back. If there is no name, we will store them for

our next NOAH production.

Finding Your “Niche”

Attended Nursery

A.M.—Traci Jones, Nicole Schoolcraft P.M.—Emily Broome, Emily McClung

Kid’s Korner

God Jesus talent

New Members

Jared Davis 5212 Lavaca, 79707

325-370-8057

Kathy Eggins, Jasmine & Christopher

3200 Bromley Pl., #G302, 79705 352-1173

New Address—Clarence Carlson Saddleridge Lodge # 2014

413-1955

Dear Fairmont Park, Thank you for the wonderful basket with snacks that you sent to us after Glen’s surgery! We’re glad to have such a caring church family! Sincerely, The Johnston family

Dear Fairmont Park family, Thank you for all the prayers, cards, calls and food for our family during and after Mother’s passing. You have blessed our lives and our hearts are eased by your thoughtfulness. May the Lord bless you always. ` In Him, Donna Johnson Jan & Pam Weaver & families

To friends at Fairmont Park Church of Christ, We will always be grateful for your thoughtfulness. The Parsley family

All those who signed up to adopt a RockHound, please make plans to attend an informational meeting next Sun-day, April 25, at 2:30 in the tweener room. Thank you for your support in this ministry!

It is that time again! “What time?” you ask. Time to sign up to prepare meals for Cross Ministries during our Sunday Evening Bible Study. We have been providing meals for sev-eral months now and have been able to feed numerous faces, as well as numerous souls through this ministry. Sometimes our numbers are high and sometimes they are low but God’s work is always there! This ministry means the world to those who come and they are so thankful for you who prepare what may be the best meal they eat all week! Sign up in the foyer on the south wall next to the members information booth!

The Look-Out Ministry is looking for HELP!

If you are willing to greet & meet visitors, please contact Rick Maloney or

Royce Woolard.

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Prayer List

Don Ruckman is at MMH West Campus, room 312-A, Select Care...Elvin Ward is in MMH, room 324 with dehydration. He will soon be moving to the Younger Unit at Manor Park...Becky Carlson is recovering at home from some minor sur-gery...Vanda Powers is now home...Stephanie Arnold, daughter of Jack & Iris Estes, will be having a double mastectomy soon...Cedar Tanner is going to Colorado for 2 weeks of testing...RaeJean Allred will not have to have further treatment following surgery...Debbie Maxwell is home recovering from neck sur-gery...Roy Blair will be going to the doctor soon...Linda Thomas had arthro-scopic knee surgery and is recovering at home...Richard Purdy, Sherman & Sandra Cox’s son-in-law, has stage 4 lymphoma and is at home...Charles Siburt is being treated for Multiple Myeloma in Dallas. You may send messages to him at http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/charlessiburt...Paula Truex’s sister, Pat Baker, is taking chemo...Tony Duran, Patty Jones’ father, has been diag-nosed with cancer that is in his stomach and legs.

CORE This Tuesday, 7:00 pm at the Anderson’s house.

SPRING RETREAT Spring Retreat is next Friday in beautiful Ruidoso, NM, at Bonita Park Retreat Cen-

ter, April 23-25. Cost to attend will be $50 per person. Release form is re-quired to attend...it is available to download off the church website. Please be sure to bring warm clothes (it will get cold at night), modest swimsuit, bedding, towels, good pair of tennis shoes, clothes you can get dirty. We plan to leave no later then 5:00 pm Friday the 23rd. Please bring a sack lunch on the bus, we will not stop and eat on the trip there. We expect to be back in Midland by 6:00 pm Sunday. We have a lot planned... You don’t want to miss it!

MISSION: ALASKA High school mission trip will be going to Anchorage and Wasilla, Alaska, this July 13-20, 2010. Please note the date has changed. Limited spots are avail-able which will require each student (must be entering 9th grade) to fill out an application for consideration to attend. Applica-tions are available to download off the church website and are due to Steven by May 2nd. If accepted, each student missionary will need to pay $300 plus luggage fees to help cover costs. More information will be made available as the summer approaches. There will also be an application process for spon-sors who would like to attend. Sponsor ap-plications will be made available as soon as possible.

CAMP ENCOUNTER AND CAMP CHAMPION Sign up for Camp Encounter and Camp Champion is currently going on. Please visit www.LCUcamps.com to register.

CAMP HEAVENBOUND Sign up for Camp Heavenbound is available at www.camphb.com. Cost for camp is $135. Staff applications are also available. Staff is open to teens enter-ing the 10th grade or above. If you would like to apply to be on staff, we need your application ASAP. Staff applications are available on www.camphb.com

SENIOR TRIP We are making plans to take our seniors to Pagosa Springs, Colorado, July 5-10. Seniors, please mark these dates on your calendars and plan to attend.

WORK CAMP Work camp is August 1-4. Cost is $30.00. We will be working with several area churches of Christ to paint and repair houses for those in need. Sign up forms can be downloaded off the church website. Please sign up before May 30th.