January 2015

Sunday Schedule

Worship Service

9:30 a.m.

Coffee & Fellowship

10:30 a.m.

Small groups for all ages

10:45 a.m.

Inside this issue:

Joyfully Sharing 2

Africa 3

Nursing Home 4

Christmas Shop 5

Youth 6

Kairos 6

Small Groups 7

First Look 7

Contact Info 8

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Joyfully Sharing 2014—Presbyterian Fellowship of Fountain Inn

Local Outreach and Evangelism

Golden Strip Emergency Relief and Resource Agency

FIKE

Backpack Blessings

Meals on Wheels

Thornwell Home for Children (Clinton, SC)

Red Cross - "Holiday Mail for Heroes"

Fountain Inn Nursing Home

Solider Care Packages

Souper Bowl of Caring

Veteran Ministries

Christmas Gift sponsorship (in partnership with Fountain Inn Police Department)

Christmas Shop

Community Feast for All

Georgia Street Park beautification

Fountain Inn Christmas Festival and parade

Community-wide summer Vacation Bible School

Short Term Missions to Charlotte, NC

Generations Group Home

Kairos Prison Ministry

International Mission at Home

Weekly Bible Study at Agape English Language Institute

Conversation Partner ministry at Agape

International Student ministry at Furman University

SOLE Hope shoe-cutting party

Ornaments for Orphans

Operation Christmas Child

Ponchos and school supplies for children in the villages of Tete Province

iFACE - Lea Ann Wright (Greenville, SC)

International Mission

SERGE – Mixon family (Kenya)

The Antioch Partners – Boones (Lithuania)

The Outreach Foundation– Holistic Evangelism Project (Tete Province, Mozambique)

Support of Lithuania church planters

Short Term Missions to Peru and the Dominican Republic

Sent pastor on Short Term mission to Africa

Christmas party for children in the Dominican Republic

Joyfully learning, living and sharing the Word of God

and the love of Jesus.

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Where Can I Get More Information?

Our Mission statement, and Core Values are available at the Welcome Station (at the back of our sanctuary). Take a copy with you. This information is also available on our website at www.pffi.net. A web address for our denomination, ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians is available on the back of this newsletter. Pastor Shawn is also happy to talk with you—you can reach him at 864-423-4265.

Attend our First Look session. Details are on page 7 of this newsletter!

Our boxes of school supplies and rain ponchos have

arrived in the Tete Province of Mozambique. Nedson

and Sebber sent us these pictures!

The rains have also arrived (late this year) and the

ponchos are in use!

Thank you for your generosity in providing these items

for our brothers and sisters in Africa!

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Congregational Meeting

Sunday, January 4th

Immediately following the 9:30 a.m. Worship Service

To vote on the motion presented from the Nominating Committee for Elders, Class of 2017

Joyfully Sharing—Nursing Home Ministry

We serve at Fountain Inn Nursing home for one hour on a Sunday afternoon each month

(2:30 p.m.—3:30 p.m.)! This is a great opportunity for multi-generational service

together! We will not meet in January—we will resume in February!

We will serve again on Sunday, February 8th!

Contact: Dawn Hamilton (classymom40@hotmail.com)

Joyfully Living—January G.A.L.S. meetings

Evening Group: Morning Group:

Tuesday, January 6 at 7 p.m. Wednesday, January 7 at 10 a.m.

Church Office Church Office

Both groups will continue the Beth Moore study, “Children of the Day.”

Choir News

Weekly choir practice will resume on Wednesday, January 7 from

7 p.m. until 8 p.m. at our temporary worship facility

(604 A North Woods Drive).

Steel arrived at 417 South Main Street this week.

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Joyfully Sharing— Christmas Shop Thank You

Dear PFFI,

I wanted to thank all of you, again, for helping to sponsor a child and make Community

Christmas Shop a wonderful success this year.

We were able to provide needed items and at least 3 "wish list" items for over 150 kids from

Fountain Inn Elementary, James Monroe Mission House, and Center for Community

Services. This would not have been possible without your generous contributions of money

and time.

It truly was a joy to watch the parents come and pick out toys for their children, receive

large bags with all sorts of goodies, and wrap their presents. Many loving volunteers added

all sorts of Christmas cheer!

Thank you for giving these parents and guardians the opportunity to shop and provide for

their children in a way that showed God's provision, while allowing them to be a contributing

and involved participant! I pray that the Lord was pleased with our efforts!

In His Great joy and love,

Laura Barrineau

PS: We had so many donations, that we were able to pass along our leftover toys to Safe

Harbor Women's Shelter! So the giving just kept going...

Joyfully Sharing—Dinners For FIKE

Thank you to everyone who has signed up to prepare and deliver a dinner to FIKE this semester. Presbyterian Fellowship is covering dinner every Tuesday for this wonderful

local ministry to students.

We do have open spots on our Spring 2015 calendar—if you are interested, or have any

questions, please contact Dora Abbott 862-2117.

Our Fellowship sponsored 7 children at the

Christmas Shop! In addition, 4 folks served the day of

Christmas Shop at the wrapping station. Thank you

for your tithes and offerings to Fellowship which

allowed us to provide gifts for the children in our

community through Christmas Shop.

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Youth SMALL GROUP

Every Sunday

Youth gather every Sunday following worship and

coffee time for small group. Join us as we grow

deeper in our discipleship as we study “The Gospel

Project for Students.”

Youth newsletters were emailed out this past week. A printable copy is also available on

the website (check the Youth link under Joyfully Living). Be sure to mark those January

dates on your calendar.

We collected over $1,000 for Ornaments 4 Orphans this

December. Thanks for your generous support of this ministry!

Joyfully Sharing—KAIROS Opportunity Ann Case shares this invitation from Kairos. The Spring Weekend is April 23rd—April 26th.

The team meetings will begin on Saturday, January 10th. You may speak to Ann Case if you

have any questions or want to participate.

Ladies,

I know it's hard to believe, but we will soon be preparing for the Kairos Spring Weekend at Leath. I would

ask that each of you prayerfully consider joining the Spring Team.

The team formation meetings, locations and weekend dates are as follows:

Saturday, January 10th Downtown Presbyterian Church, Greenville

Saturday, February 14th Downtown Presbyterian Church

Saturday, March 14th Downtown Presbyterian Church

Saturday, April 11th Downtown Presbyterian Church

Wednesday (evening), April 22nd Main Street United Methodist Church, Greenwood

Thursday, April 23rd - Sunday, April 26th Leath Correctional Institution, Greenwood

Please respond to this email to let me know whether or not you will be participating. Also, feel free to for-

ward this invitation to anyone who has expressed an interest in serving. The first team formation meeting on

January 10th would be an excellent opportunity for those who are interested to experience our fellowship and

learn more about Kairos. I would also be happy to meet personally with anyone who has expressed an inter-

est in the ministry.

Blessings to all of you as you consider serving!

Kim Prince

864.704.0986

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Joyfully Living—Small Groups After a 4-week large group study during Advent, the adult small groups are resuming on

Sunday. Three adult small groups will meet following the Coffee time after the worship

service. Now is a great time to plug into one of the small groups.

Do you have a question about which small group is a good fit for you? Do you want more

information about where the groups meet? Send your questions to

danaandshawn@msn.com and we’ll put you in touch with a small group leader.

A reminder that small groups for Youth and Children meet at the same time as the adult

small groups.

First Look

Sunday, January 11

3 p.m.—4 p.m.

Join us for a casual time of exploring what Presbyterian Fellowship is all about. At the end of our

time together, there will be an opportunity to learn how to become a Covenant Partner.

Please register for FIRST LOOK by contacting Dana at danaandshawn@msn.com.

Contact Information Church Website:

www.pffi.net

Church Phone/Shawn’s Mobile:

(864) 423-4265

Shawn’s Home:

(864) 408-9947

Email:

danaandshawn@msn.com

Church Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 429, Fountain Inn, SC 29644

Church Office (Physical Location):

417 South Main Street, Fountain Inn

Sunday Worship Service Location:

604 A North Woods Drive, Fountain Inn

Rev. Shawn Hevener, Pastor Bob Kunkle, Director for Worship Heather Nash, Traditional Choir Director Celia Tuttle and Shelly Kunkle, Pianists Pete Smith, Caretaker

Bob Bunnell (Elder, 2014) Lynn Farmer (Elder, 2015) Chip Green (Elder, 2016) Anna Hewett (Elder, 2014) Dime Hollingsworth (Elder, 2015) Amanda Stewart (Elder, 2016) Linda Scott, Clerk of Session

eco-pres.org

Join us on Sundays at 9:30 a.m. for our

Worship Service

604 A North Woods Drive, Fountain Inn

http://eco-pres.org/

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