March 4, 2018 DEVELOPING FOLLOWERS OF JESUS WHO LOVE GOD, LOVE PEOPLE, AND INTRODUCE THE WORLD TO CHRIST.

March 4, 2018 DEVELOPING FOLLOWERS OF JESUS WHO LOVE GOD, LOVE PEOPLE, AND INTRODUCE THE WORLD TO CHRIST.

THIS WEEK S ACTIVITIES Sun 03/04 - Today is Manna Sunday! - Beast Feast Ticket Sales ~ Worship Center Lobby 8:15 am - Traditional Worship ~ Sanctuary - K-12th Grade ~ Worship with Parents 9:15 am - Teen & Adult Scripture Memory Station ~ Library 9:30 am - Contemporary Worship ~ Worship Center - Bible School & Forever Friends (Inf.-3rd Gr & Adults) - 6-12th Grade CommUNITY ~ Gym - Junior Church (4th-5th Grade) ~ Rm. 150 10:45 am - Teen & Adult Scripture Memory Station ~ Library 11:00 am - Traditional Worship ~ Sanctuary - Bible School (4th-5th Gr. & Adults) - 6-12th Gr. ~ Worship w/parents - Children s Worship Opportunities (PreK-3rd Grade) 11:15 am - Modern Worship ~ Worship Center 4:30 pm - Orchestra ~ Sanctuary 6:00 pm - MS & HS CONNECTion ~ Gym / Exit 34A - Children s Choirs: Branches ~ Rm. 111 Jacob s Ladder ~ Rm. 151 Joyful Sound ~ Rm. 150 - Impact Kids ~ Rm. 174 Mon 03/05 7:00 pm - Trail Life ~ FLC Tues 03/06 10:00 am - Morning Friendship Circle ~ Rm. 130 1:15 pm - Forever Young Choir ~ Music Suite 6:00 pm - American Heritage Girls 7:30 pm - Men s Open Basketball ~ Gym Wed 03/07 10:00 am - Adult Bible Study ~ Rm. 130 *Note Room Change 6:30 pm - Worship Choir ~ Music Suite - Modern Praise Team Rehearsal ~ Worship Center - Cross-Over Hoops ~ Gym Thu 03/08 6:00 pm - Rise Up! ~ Rm. 150 7:30 pm - Contemporary Praise Team Rehearsal ~ Worship Center - Men s Open Basketball ~ Gym Fri 03/09 - Beast Feast Setup Sat 03/10 BEAST FEAST ~ Tickets Required Doors Open at 3:30pm Dinner at 4:30pm Set your clocks ahead before going to bed! Facts and Figures: 09/01/2017 01/31/2018 Operating Budget Requirements Actual Receipts Actual Expenses $972,005 $898,396 $903,510 Monthly Mortgage Payment: $26,260 Gifts Received - January 2018*: $47,211 *includes amounts received as part of the December Giving Campaign

WELCOME TO OUR GUESTS TODAY. Please visit our Guest Reception Area following your worship service to find out more about us & receive a gift. We re glad you re here! New class for all ages ~ Saving a Sick America - How Impossible People Can Save the Republic: Christians have maintained a safe distance from events they ve thought could never happen here. We have now reached a critical moment and must face the true reality of how Christ followers must respond to these events with unflinching faithfulness. Join Felix Cross on Wedesdays, 3/7-4/11, 6:30-7:30pm in Rm. 130 to discuss the critical nature of the role of Christians in reversing the destructive trends within our country. Men and boys of all ages are invited to the Men s Ministry Annual Beast Feast on March 10th at Fairmount. You ll enjoy a fantastic dinner of roast beasts followed by this year s guest speaker, Mike Banton! There will also be door prizes and exhibits. The cost is $12 for men and $6 for boys under twelve. Ticket are available today in the Worship Center lobby - hurry, they re almost sold out! Ladies - Sign up to help out at the feast! Contact Terri Sears at 366-0670, tmsears2@verizon.net and be sure to give her your t-shirt size! BLOOD DRIVE - Sun, 3/11, 8am-1pm Sign up at donateblood.vablood.org or call the church office. Walk-ins welcome. All donors, begin in the library to register. The Case for Miracles Live Simulcast - Wednesday, March 14th, 8-9:30pm, Room 132: In this live 1.5 hour world-wide simulcast, New York Times best-selling author Lee Strobel will reveal the findings of his two-year investigation into the miraculous. Is it still reasonable to believe in a God who produces miracles? Don t miracles contradict scientific laws? Are there any good reasons to believe that accounts of miracles in the Bible are accurate? Is there clear and convincing evidence that God continues to intervene in personal lives today? Join us for this simulcast to find out! Impact Kids is sending College Care Packs! Help them out by donating items to put in the boxes and by making sure we have your college student s current mailing address. Donation boxes will be out through 3/18 at Children s Check-In, the front Welcome Center, and the Memory Station. Needed: small tissue packs, retractable click pens, mechanical pencils, lip balm, chewing gum, hot chocolate packets, Ramen Noodles, sticky note pads, microwavable popcorn, and protein/snack bars. Thank you! First Aid & CPR classes - 3/17 and 4/28 from 8am-5pm. The cost is $50 with a limit of 10 people per class. CPR-only class - 3/11 from 4-7pm at a cost of $25 with a limit of 10 people per class. Sign up on the Children s Bulletin Board or contact Rose Hendricks (roseh_pack360@yahoo.com).

Building Repair Work Trip: April 25-28. Email guycumby@gmail.com for more information and to join the team. Impact Ministry Spring Fair ~ Sunday, April 29 ~ 4:30-7pm: This year s fair will consist of dinner, the silent auction, and Impact partner displays (no vendors). The Silent Auction will feature gift cards, vacation rentals, tickets, hotel get-a-ways, etc. See the 2/21 Forecaster for more information. Sympathy to Bill Tyson at the passing of his mother, Josephine Mama Jo Tyson, on February 23rd. Sympathy to Chris Santasiere & family at the passing of his grandfather, Gerald Paul Santasiere, on February 27th. Willie Shelton thanks the Bill Farmer Bible Class and all his Christian friends for the many cards and well wishes on his recent birthday. Mailing Address: PO Box 788, Mechanicsville, VA 23111 Street Address: 6502 Creighton Road, Mechanicsville, VA 23111 Phone: 804/559-8070 ~ fairmountchristian.org Rick Raines, Senior Minister Chris Santasiere, Associate Minister Mike Langley, Associate Minister Tracy Thomas, Worship/Music Minister Ryan Card, Associate Worship Minister Josh Smith, Interim Youth Minister Ashley Sears, Children s Director Amber Grubbs, Early Childhood Director Brandon Woodard, Church Executive Easter flower orders - $12/ea - due Sunday, March 25th. The flowers will be used during the Easter worship services and may be taken home at the end of your service that day. Include full payment with your order form (checks payable to FCC) and place in the offering plate or the basket in the office. PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY - choose hydrangea or lily. Use one form per person being honored or remembered even if you are ordering only one flower. Additional forms are available from the Church Office. Memory or Honor Of: Given By: Choose one : Hydrangea Lily For pickup, put my flower(s) in the: Sanctuary Worship Center

Prelude Eric Burcham (11:00) In the Beginning Worship Choir *Songs of Praise Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (vs. 1 & 4) 1 Jesus, Name Above All Names 112 Scripture & Prayer Lord s Supper ~ The Center of Worship Hymn Beneath the Cross of Jesus (vs. 1 & 2) 183 Meditation The Lord s Supper Taken in Unison Worship of God with Tithes and Offerings Special Music Grace Erin Raines Message Gold, Part 4 Rick Raines *Invitation Hymn Just As I Am 342 *Benediction *Those who are able, please stand. The Lord s Day Order of Worship March 4, 2018 8:15 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you by His poverty might become rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9 This is one of the great paradoxes of the gospel. It is the poor He makes rich, the weak He makes strong, the foolish He makes wise, the guilty He makes righteous, the dirty He makes clean, the lonely He loves, the worthless He values, the lost He finds, the have-nots who stunningly become the haves - not mainly in this age, but in the new creation to come. There is a great beauty to our God being the strength of the weak, and the riches of the poor. It is truly good news to those of us who will acknowledge how needy we really are, how weak our hearts can be, how poor we really are in spirit. What good news that we have a God like this: who takes the foolish, the weak, and the lowly - like us - and makes us into trophies of His grace, for His glory and for our joy. This is indeed a message worth screaming from the mountains and telling to the masses. David Mathis, Executive Editor, desiringgod.org

Part 4 March 4, 2018 God cherishes and values person. Your personal does not determine your personal. God values the just as much as He values the. Wealth is a. We value the poor by: I. Showing. James 2:1-4 II. Extending. Deuteronomy 15:7-8 III. Acting. Proverbs 14:20 Wealth is when we stand before God. Ecclesiastes 5:15