Please add Hunter Black, the son of Dean and Kim Black to your prayer list. After graduating from Robert E. Lee High School, Hunter enlisted in the Air Force. He was forward deployed to Adana, Turkey and we received word this week that Hunter will be in deployed to Incirlik Air Force Base, which would most likely be “ground zero” in any military interventions taken against Syria. Please keep Hunter, the Black family, and all all servicemen and women in your prayers. We will keep you updated as we receive more information.
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Pray for Hunter Black–Updated!
Please add Hunter Black, the son of Dean and Kim Black to your prayer list. After graduating from Robert E. Lee High School, Hunter enlisted in the Air Force. He was forward deployed to Adana, Turkey and we received word this week that Hunter will be in deployed to Incirlik Air Force Base, which would most likely be “ground zero” in any military interventions taken against Syria. Please keep Hunter, the Black family, and all all servicemen and women in your prayers. We will keep you updated as we receive more information.
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Baby Shower for Hollie Soward This Saturday
This Saturday the women of Church of the Messiah are throwing a Baby Shower for Hollie Soward and Baby Ashton. Hollie is due on September 13th, so Ashton’s arrival is only a few weeks away. Hollie and Ashton (and Dad Aaron and Big Sis Aliyah) are registered at Target, and have asked especially for 3-6 months baby clothes, diapers and wipes, receiving blankets, bibs, and gift cards to Target and Publix. The party begins at 10:30am at the home of Lizz Looker (Click HERE for a map. Fr. Scott lives there too, but he won’t be there.) If you would like to bring a dish to the shower, please contact Lizz at 904-424-8622. So this Saturday, while the men are working away at moving the offices, join the ladies and Hollie as they celebrate Ashton’s arrival in just a few weeks!
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This Saturday is Moving Day!
CALLING ALL MIGHTY MEN OF GOD–or anyone else with a truck or a van for that matter! This Saturday, Church of the Messiah is moving our offices to our New Building. In order to make the move, we need some folks with good strong backs to show up on Saturday morning at 8:00am and start unloading the old office. We have rented a small moving van and have dollies and carts. There is an elevator and a nice ramp outside the office, but we can use all of the help that we can get. Many hands make light work and many vans and trucks make fewer trips! We will meet at the OLD office at 8:00am (click HERE for a map). If you cannot make it until later call Fr. David at 904-860-9224 or Fr. Scott at 904-424-8597 to find out where we are and meet up with us. We will unload at the NEW office (click HERE for a map) where will have lunch provided afterwards! We look forward to seeing all of the men of Church of the Messiah (and any of the friends they can gather together) on Saturday morning.
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Updates on the New Building Renovations
The Rector’s Council wants to make sure that everyone in the congregation is completely up to date on all of the renovations going on with our new building. With that in mind we are making these updates available.
Since we signed the lease with Ft. Caroline Presbyterian Church we received bids from two different companies to renovate the sanctuary. ShayCore Enterprises Inc., a company partly owned by long-time friend of Church of the Messiah David Monk, was the successful bidder and the Rector’s Council has accepted their proposal to renovate the sanctuary space.
This past Sunday Ft. Caroline Presbyterian Church’s leadership agreed to all of the changes we intend to make to the building and notified us on Monday of their approval. This week, we began the process of pulling together all of the permits and gathering all of the required signatures. Friday, August 23, we expect the permits to be submitted to the city. It should take about one week for the city to officially put the permits “under review.” Once the plans are under review David Monk and his team from ShayCore can begin the needed demolition within the room prior to renovating the sanctuary space. If everything goes off with out any problems, we anticipate a six-week construction build-out which will put us into our new sanctuary in late October. The Rector’s Council remains committed to keeping you informed and we will let you know as soon as we have any new information. Please pray for favor with the city and that everything goes smoothly and according to plans and projections with the demolition and construction.
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Church of the Messiah to Worship at Gooding Auditorium This Weekend
With our departure only a few weeks away, Jacksonville University has been gracious enough to allow us to worship in the Gooding Auditorium one last time before we head to our new location. This Sunday, everything will be exactly the same except that we will be in the Gooding Auditorium instead of the regular chapel (Click HERE for a map. Park in “Lot A”). Sunday services still begin at 10:30am. The Rector’s Council will still gather to pray at 9:30am and the entire congregation is still welcome to join in that prayer time. This is not an inconvenience. This is an opportunity sanctify a place at JU and make the Gooding Auditorium a “Thin Place” because it has been a place where Christians have pushed hard towards the Lord. It’s not an inconvenience; it’s an opportunity!
Also, don’t forget, this Saturday is our TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY Founders’ Day Celebration!
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TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY Founders’ Day Party is Saturday, August 24
Saturday, August 24, is a major milestone in the life of Church of the Messiah. It will be our TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY as Church Body and we will take time out and celebrate our Founders’ Day! The Party will be from 11am until 2:30pm at the Woods Community Clubhouse (Click HERE for a map). The Church is going to provide Bar-b-Que, all you need to bring is a side or a dessert to share. We will need a few people to show up early and help set up and some generous souls to help us clean up, of course. Don’t forget that there is an amazing playground right there by the clubhouse, so it is a great family-friendly environment! Invite your friends and join us in celebrating TWO DECADES as a church body that God has called to worship Him together!
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Youth Group Pasta Pre-Sale This Weekend
This Sunday, after Church, the Youth Group will be taking orders for “Pasta Catarina”–stuffed cheese tortellini with meatballs in a creamy rose sauce! It’s named that because we will be delivering it on August 25, Catherine Looker’s birthday! This pasta sale has a two-fold purpose: first, the Youth Group is raising funds to pay for our September trip to Night of Joy. Secondly, we are raising money to decorate and equip the new youth room in our new church! The cost for each order is $10 and comes with a generous portion of pasta and a piece of garlic bread. The meals will be delivered after Church on August 25. We will take orders this Sunday after Church or you can e-mail Fr. Scott Looker by clicking this LINK. Thank you for supporting Church of the Messiah’s Youth Group!
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The August Ultreya is This Tuesday Night
The August Ultreya is this Tuesday night at the home of Greg and Diane Looker (Click HERE for a map). Dinner is pot-luck and begins at 6pm with the grouping beginning at 7pm. We will conclude with the Holy Eucharist. The Ultreya is open to anyone who has attended Tres Arroyos or any other three-day retreat along the lines of Cursillo, Walk to Emmaus, Awakenings, Lighthouse Via De Christo, etc… Childcare not will be provided because our babysitter has a real job and it is her birthday. Happy birthday, Meghan!
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Praising God as We Tour Our New Home!
As of Thursday, August 8th, Fr. David and the and the leadership of Ft. Caroline Presbyterian Church entered into a lease agreement that will allow Church of the Messiah the full use of FCPC’s education building. Their “education building” allows us to have a sanctuary worship space, conference room, kitchen, youth room, two kids’ church classrooms, a nursery, and two offices all in the same building! This means that very soon Church is leaving Jacksonville University! Starting this Sunday, August 11, after our regular 10:30 service in the Sam R. Marks Chapel at Jacksonville University, we will caravan as a group the 1.2 miles to our new location to pray over the building, get a pre-renovation tour, and thank God for this amazing opportunity! (You can click HERE if you would like to see a map.) Then on Saturday, August 31, we are having a Parish Office Moving Day as we relocate our offices from our old offices on Regency Square Boulevard to our new home! We will need all hands (and trucks) on deck for that day! Renovations to our new sanctuary worship space begin as soon as the city approves the permits and we anticipate, by God’s grace, worshiping in our new church home in early October. We promise to have information to you as quickly as we receive it. For now, join us this Sunday in praying over and thanking God for a new tabernacle while we continue to build God a temple.
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This Tuesday Is Parish Council
On Tuesday night, at 7 pm in the parish office, we will hold our monthly Parish Council meeting. Parish Council is the regular meeting of all of our ministry leaders to coordinate the ministries and activities of Church of the Messiah for the next few months. Ministry leaders please plan on attending or contact Carla at the Parish Office if you are unavailable. Those not attending the meeting, please pray that the Lord’s will be done in all events and projects which Church of the Messiah undertakes.
