PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY / Tues. 11 am, Rm E

This group will be taking a break until after the holidays. They will resume when the Ladies Tuesday Bible Study starts up again in January. Watch the bulletin for those

dates!

FEBRUARY 2021

251 Avenida Los Angelos, The Villages, FL 32162, 352-259-9305

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Growing In the Word

LIFT UP THE WORD. In Hosea 4:6 God made an observation through His prophet; “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…” Preceding this verse, God had pointed out how lying, murder, stealing, committing adultery, wild living and bloodshed (violence, I presume) had become the norm in the land. The reason? There was no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land (Hosea 4:1, 2). He repeated the “lack of knowledge” idea in 4:6. Here’s a historically verifiable truth: when a nation, a people, a culture lets loose of the Word of God as its foundation for morality, law, and life the downward spiral is sure, fast, violent, and depraved. That’s why the church must ever be vigilant in its commitment to the Word of God. If the church let’s go of it, neglects it, or changes it - it’s all over. Nobody else on this planet except God’s people are going to lift up the Word, honor the Word, preach and teach the Word, and attempt to live out the Word as we follow the Living Word! It’s our mandate. If you go back to Hosea 4:6 you will see that God held the religious leaders responsible for misguiding the people through their own example of neglect of God’s Word. “All Scripture”, we’re told by Paul, “is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man (or woman) of God may be complete, equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16-17, ESV).

LEARN THE WORD. With this being said, and in agreement of the importance of being well -grounded in

the Bible, I introduce to you the new teacher training program here at Fairway Christian Church. The Elders

and Ministry staff agree to the need for providing a better process to train our entire church, but especially our

teachers and future leaders with a “base-line” of Bible knowledge, a clear understanding of one’s spiritual gifts

of service, and a strong foundation of basic church theology and doctrine. We are excited to announce a three-

tiered program open to anyone desiring this knowledge, but required for all who desire to teach in any capacity

at Fairway – including classes, small groups, break-out groups, and serving as deacon or elder.

TEACH THE WORD. For teacher and/or leader qualification at Fairway Christian Church you will be

required to complete the Teacher Training Pathway consisting of the following:

Basic Level – A 26 week Basic Bible Overview course with workbook and discussion. Successful course

completion with certification will only be required for all prospective teachers.

Servant Level – This is the P.L.A.C.E. program for spiritual gift discovery we already have in place.

Upon completion the teacher candidate will receive a personal coaching session.

Leadership Level – Requires enrollment and successful completion of the 8 self-paced lessons of the

Christian Restoration Association’s Bible Institute course: Basic Theology. This will include weekly

discussion led by a group leader from Fairway Christian Church ministry staff.

Upon successful completion of the 3-tiered Teacher Training Pathway

an exit interview will finalize the qualification process. As you can see,

we want all our members to grow in the Word. We hope this program will

provide an intentional pathway to help make that happen. For those

currently teaching please call the church office to find out about and sign

up for the Fast Track implementation.

Butch

Ministry Staff PREACHING MINISTER

Butch Gastfield

ASSOCIATE MINISTER Michael Coppock

ASSOCIATE MINISTER Bob Harris

ASSOCIATE MINISTER Gary

CHURCH ADMINISTRATOR Norm Liskey

Office Staff ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR

Allan McClure

FINANCIAL SECRETARY/TREASURER Pat Hudy

OFFICE MANAGER Leigh Ann Johnsey

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Jeanne Chairez

RECEPTIONIST Mary Fancher

MAINTENANCE/GROUNDS SUPERVISOR

Bob Naramore

ELDERS

Charlie Covey (Vice-Chairman) John Hall Harry Harris (Chairman) Norm Liskey Ken Zarse

DEACONS

Richard Cammeron (Chairman) Michael Bolter Dan Lowmaster Mike Ross Jerry Maddox Thomas Glapion Larry Lambert Bill McAlister Tom Ross Bernie Gottozzi

Bring your finished puzzle and swap

it out for a different one!

A bookcase is located in the Front

Lobby area where you can

“Leave a Puzzle—

Take a Puzzle”

Join us for Sunday Morning Adult Bible Study in Classroom C-D

9:00 AM & 10:00 AM

Bring your Bible, Pen & Mask

FAIRWAY SCORE CARD January 2021 Averages

New Members since Jan. 2021 = 1

Average Worship Attendance (4 weeks) 344(Avg for January 2020 = 1099)

Offerings Received (4 Week avg.) $ 23,541.51

Welcome to:

Carol Campe

Village of Fernandina

Church Office Hours are:

Monday—Thursday:

8:30 AM—4:30 PM

Friday:

8:30 AM—1:00 PM

FEED MY SHEEP

6 1/2 YEAR REPORT

July 2014—Dec. 2020

4958 MEALS

7,776 SOUPS

4,614 DELIVERIES

862 MEMBERS SERVED

FEB. BIRTHDAYS

2 Jeanne Chairez

Harry Harris

Robert Gall

3 Susan Agnew

4 Avery Creef

Sandie Kime

Donna Tweeton

5 Carol Tomsey

Peggy Ruth

Maureen Ottenlips

Don Liles

Doug Kroh

Michael Coppock

Winnie Hensley

6 Jeannie Venegas

7 Jim Hires

Lori Westlake

Bill Hayes

8 Rick Sutherland

9 Rick Drass

Katherine Baker

10 Jerry Cunningham

Nancy Nase

Kathy McGraw

Dirk Bender

11 Henry Wilhoit, Jr.

12 Janet Stewart

14 Ginny Moffett

D.J. Lindholm

15 Bill Hartog

Myrna Faz

16 Marianne Gregerick

17 Jim Meyer

Lydia Heistand

18 Doris Hoover

19 Rick Gish

20 Jack Selby

21 Hollie Day

Bob Everett

Barb Wilson

Jenna Kolb

22 Thomas Rupley

Lorraine DeGenova

Dave Sellars

Al Heaney

Jeanne Bradford

23 Richard Blythe

24 Rick McKinney

25 Marilyn Cates

Marty Kirtz

26 Don Warren

Michael Fentress

Joe Boisvert

27 Ward Vaughn

28 DeDe LGastfield

Cindy Wolta

Birthdays Cont.

28 Denise Van Winkle

MARCH. BIRTHDAYS (First 7 days) 1 Ann Hodge

Larry Walton

2 David Gassner

Ken Rux

3 Jim Martin

Dave Flynn

Kathy Gay

4 Joey Kanan

Bob Naramore

5 Pat Byrd

6 Bebe Frantz

Butch Gastfield

Liz Karr

7 John Pierce

Deb Eberle

FEB. ANNIVERSARIES 3 Bill & Sarah McAlister

Jerry & Kathy McGraw

5 Rick & Lorraine Gish

Jim & Evie Bain

10 Jeff & Anni Albert

Richard & Virginia Pullen

11 Roger & Janet Casterline

12 Wayne & Tricia Masters

Bob & Judy Patterson

13 George & Shirley Downs

14 Slim & Liza Adkison Tom & Jeannine Armstrong

Tony Schoonover/Judy Hubbuch

Mike* & Lynn Kuschmann

Denny & Janet Wright

Marshall & Sue Ramme

15 Norman & Deanna Brown

18 Ward & Kathy Vaughn

Rob & Linda Garverick

22 John & Martha Johnson

24 Bob & Marlene Stalter

25 Phil & Janice Halscheid

27 John & Suzanne Sears Art & Dee Meyers

28 Rich & Marilyn Barrett

MAR. ANNIVERSARIES (First 7 days) 1 Fred & Linda Meenach

2 Denny & Linda LaFrance

5 Herb & Eleanor Bussa

Chuck & Donna Robinson

7 Sam & Karen Skaggs

Worship

Attendance

Jan 2-3 = 318

Jan 9-10 = 337

Jan 16-17 = 350

Jan 23-24 = 370

WORSHIP SERVICE TIMES Contemporary Worship Saturdays at 6:00 p.m. Sundays at 8:45 a.m. Traditional Worship Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Sunday Adult Bible Study 9:00 & 10:00 am in Classroom C-D

Worshipping from

Home?

Be sure to stop by the

office and pick up your

communion elements!

FAIRWAY PICKLEBALL

MONDAY:

2-4 pm at Moyer Rec. Center

THURSDAY:

3-5 pm at Pimlico Rec. Center

You are asked to bring your own

drinks. (Water, Gatorade, etc.)

Keep an eye out for Buy One Get

One (BOGO) deals to donate to

Love INC’s food ministry, Centsible

Grocery. Collection tubs are

located behind the HUB.

The meeting was called to order by Harry Harris at 9:00 am on January 18, 2021. In attendance were Harry Harris; John Hall; Rich Cammeron; Charlie Covey; Butch Gastfield; Ken Zarse and Norm Liskey.

John Hall opened the meeting with Titus 1:5-9 and then led the group in prayer.

Deacons Report: Rich stated that he was having trouble keeping people to do the work of the church with so many Deacons having personal problems due to health issues. The Elders will hold a special meeting on Monday, January 25 to interview Deacon candidates. Harry will contact the candidates to set up the interviews.

Financial Report: Norm presented the balance sheet and several questions were raised regarding donations.

We now have about 350 people attending per week. The question was raised, what are we or should we be doing to first, add additional people to church and second, what are we doing as a church to meet the spiritual needs of those who do not attend in person but worship online.

Harry led the group in a discussion on the impact of Covid-19 in the church and the difficulties it is presenting. Changes have been made in the sound booth to make it more Covid compliant.

Harry asked about people to work the doors, serve and clean the sanctuary after the first service. We will continue to do our best .

The meeting with Intentional Churches was discussed and Ken Zarse made a motion to postpone our consulting session, John Hall seconded it and the motion was approved.

The letter being sent to Johnson University was discussed at great length. After much discussion, a motion was made to send the letter to Johnson University.

We then discussed the letter being sent to the Highway Department concerning the road changes in front of our building on CR 466. A motion was made to send the letter to Sumter County. Harry will write the letter. Information will be sent out in the February newsletter to the congregation concerning the highway changes and how they will impact driving to and from our church.

Funding suggestions of $42,000 from the Missions Committee was included in the new budget.

Discussion was held regarding the training needed for all potential Bible Study leaders. We will follow the following outline:

Basic Bible course, which will last 26 weeks.

Better utilization of our PLACE program.

Leadership level CRA Doctrine of Grace, which is a 24-week class.

A motion was made to adopt this procedure for future training. All of this will be implemented by September 2022. However, Butch can expedite it at any point, should we have someone desiring to teach sooner and it is agreed to by Butch.

The meeting was closed in prayer by Norm.

Respectfully submitted by Charlie Covey.

Wednesday Night Bible Study

Wednesday Feb. 3rd I will be on vacation, but Butch will be teaching that night.

On Wednesday the 10th we will start a new study on Matthew 24. We will discuss this chapter in its entirety. If you are not familiar with Matthew 24 it is where Jesus talks about the destruction of Jerusalem and His 2nd Coming. Some people have confused Jesus’ discussion by attributing what He said about Jerusalem’s destruction in 70 AD for His 2nd coming. Looking forward to see you on the 10th as we rightly divide the Word of God. Bring your Bible, pen and face mask! -Gary Serago

GriefShare Wednesdays

January 13 - April 7

2-4 pm in Classroom C-D

If you, a friend or neighbor, have lost a loved one, GriefShare is open to all who are grieving. Information pamphlets are located in the brochure racks next to the Welcome Centers.

Bob Harris, Associate Minister of Pastoral Care, Bev Johnsey, Cecil Tomsey, Sue McFarlin & Sandie Kime facilitating.

Letter from Sumter County:

Sumter County intends to modify the corridor to improve safety

and traffic flow by adding and extending turn lanes at the C 466

and Morse Boulevard intersection. Modifications to the west-

bound approach of C 466 will alter the existing full access at the

shared driveway on C 466. A second westbound left-turn lane

will be constructed at the intersection to accommodate a large

number of westbound left turns. Based on the design speed of

45 mph, the dual westbound left-turn lanes had to be designed

to a minimum of 710 feet to accommodate the design queue

and deceleration length. By adding and extending the left turn

lanes, the existing full access median opening will be

eliminated. After construction, the joint driveway on C 466 will

be a right-in/right-out driveway. Sumter County appreciates your

support of the improvements, and we look forward to providing a

successful project completion. Please let me know if you or your

team have any questions about the improvements.

Anticipated construction schedule:

· Advertise the project (between Nov 2020 and Jan 2021)

· Construction begins (between June 2021 and Oct 2021)

Summary of proposed improvements at C 466 and Morse

Boulevard

Conversion of all of the left-turn traffic signal phases at the intersection to protected only

°This means a driver will only be able to turn left during a left-turn green arrow phase

Implementing an overlap phase for the northbound right-turn movement

°This means a driver turning right from the northbound right-turn lane will have a protected right-turn green arrow phase during the westbound left-turn phase

Extension of the eastbound left-turn lane to 535 feet

Constructing a second westbound left-turn lane and extending the left-turn lanes to a length of 710 feet

°Conversion of the Church’s shared driveway on CR 466 to a right-in/right-out to allow for the extension of the westbound left-turn lanes

Construction of a 360-foot westbound right-turn lane

Repaving of C 466 beginning approximately 800 feet west of the intersection and ending approximately 350 feet east of the shared driveway connection

Repaint traffic signal mast arms

Install new traffic signals heads

I will keep you updated as the project progresses. Thank you

again for your time.

Sincerely,

Steven Cohoon

Engineer

Public Works

Board of Sumter County Commissioners

Tel: 352-689-4400

One of the excellent missions we at Fairway CC

support is FAME (Fellowship of Associates

of Medical Evangelism). We are now asking for

your help to support this mission. Below you will

find a needs list of items we are asking that you

bring with you when you come to worship.

There will be a FAME container inside the

building where you can place the items on the

weekends. We will have the container by the

mission's sign in the North hallway. (by Library)

Please accept my thanks in advance for

supporting this great ministry. You are literally

saving people's lives.

Gary Serago, Associate Minister

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FAME TOP FIVE NEEDED MEDICATIONS Multi-Vitamins—Adult, Children’s chewable (NO GUMMIES)

Anti-fungal cream (Pro-Ex Antifungal Cream)

Hydrocortisone Cream

Zyrtec (cetirizine) - Adult, Children

Claritin (loratadine) - Adult, Children

Suggested Donation List

New or gently used durable medical equip.

(walkers, crutches, canes & wheelchairs)

Orthopedic supplies—slings; boots; knee,

back & wrist braces.

First-aid supplies—ace bandages, dressings,

gauze pads, band aids.

Hygiene supplies—toothbrushes, toothpaste,

shampoo, soap, deodorant.

Adult disposable briefs and bed pads

OTC medications—(Must be sealed and not

expired) Acetaminophen, Ibuprofen, allergy

tablets and liquid, cough & cold tablets and

liquid, antacid tablets and liquid,

hydrocortisone creams, and antibiotic

ointments.

Medicine bottles—PLEASE amber colored

only, small size, labels removed, cleaned

inside and out.

Note from Pat Hudy, Financial secretary:

Please stop by the Gathering Hall and pick up your 2021 assigned numbered offering envelopes and your 2020 giving statements. If you do not have assigned envelopes and would like please contact the office Monday - Thursday 8:30 am - 4:00 pm, or Friday 8:30 am—1:00 pm.

Want to “Read Through the Bible in a Year”?

Pick up a Bible Reading Calendar for February in the front office.

You can also find the Bible Reading Calendar on

Fairway’s website at www.fairwaycc.org

Hello Everyone From

The Deacons Corner!

"Serving Our Church”

How many volunteers does it

take to run our church? We

don’t know, because we don’t have enough. As simple

as this may sound, it’s true.

Each one of us has a unique gift that can service our

church in different ways. Some of our spiritual gifts

are obvious, but others can be difficult to identify. You

can begin serving our church through volunteering

even before you know your exact gifts as the

experience will provide insight into where you work

best, which in turn will help you identify your gifts.

“Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;

and there are varieties of service, but the same

Lord” (1 Corinthians 12:4–5). So don't be afraid to

simply start volunteering; there is a place for you. As

you serve, trust that God will equip you, guide you, and

give you joy for the work.

We continue to need greeters, ushers, assistance

preparing the sanctuary for worship services,

distributing bulletins, helping to ensuring social

distancing is observed, with building lock up and other

physical needs of our church.

If you feel the need for a deeper connection with our

church and can volunteer in any way please call Bernie

Gattozzi or Tom Ross.

Any questions about volunteering contact Richard

Cammeron or the church office at (352) 259-9305.

FCC Ministry Re-Start Guidelines

In order to safely re-open the church and allow

meetings and events to take place, the Elders have

constructed guidelines that must be followed by ALL.

The first step is to submit your re-start plan to the

Elders for approval. Once approved you can

coordinate with Leigh Ann in the office to get your event

scheduled. (Fill out an Event form.)

Re-Start Guidelines and Safety Plan Guidance forms

can be picked up in the front office or send an email to

fairwayccsecretary@gmail.com and we can email a

copy to you.

Fairway Christian Church Choir Resumes!

It’s been a long time! The Elders have given us the

all-clear to resume choir rehearsals, yet in a little safer

format. Choir will resume Wednesday, January 27 at

4pm in the Worship Center.

We will practice social distancing by rehearsing in the

worship center and by sitting spaced apart. We will

resume work on the Easter Musical we started last year,

“Who Will Call Him King of Kings.” Performance of the

Easter Musical will be March 27 and 28, Palm Sunday

Weekend.

We will also resume leading worship and doing special

music in the Sunday 10:30 am services on January 31.

We will meet by 10:10 each Sunday to run over the

service music.

Please encourage others who may not have sung with us

before to join us.

Looking forward to seeing all of you again! Michael

Need Volunteers to Weed

Bob is in need of some help!

The hours are flexible and the

rewards are “heavenly” - if you would like to

literally “pull some weeds for Jesus”, please

call Bob Naramore here at the church office.

2p-PB-Moyer

6p-Bible Study

2p-PB-Moyer

2p-PB-Moyer

2p-PB-Moyer

3p-PB-Pimlico

3p-PB-Pimlico

3p-PB-Pimlico

3p-PB-Pimlico

Abbreviations:

FMS = Feed My Sheep

PB = Pickleball

10A Easter

Prog. Practice

10A Easter

Prog. Practice

4p-Choir

4p-Choir

4p-Choir

4p-Choir

3p-Band Prac.

3p-Band Prac.

3p-Band Prac.

3p-Band Prac.

Fairway Christian Church P.O. Box 271 Lady Lake, Florida 32158

ISRAEL TRIP UPDATE

Greetings and Blessings in this new year which God has given us. I think we’re all confident that the vaccine becoming available will enable a number of things such as travel, including to that Israel trip we’ve had planned for nearly 2 years! FYI, Israel leads the world in getting the vaccine administered, and they’ll be more than ready for us.

And for this trip, we now have dates (after rescheduling twice), and they are as follows: Departing for Jordan and Israel: Leave Orlando Airport* October 10th Departing for Israel only: Leave Orlando Airport October 14th Depart Tel Aviv and arrive at Orlando October 24th. *(Actually, we depart and arrive back at the Fairway parking lot.) We have a good number of Fairwayers still registered for this trip - more for Jordan + Israel than for Israel alone. This is recommended, for all I’ve ever talked to about their Jordan trip, offered on most of our Israel tours, have loved it. You see sites including world-famous Petra and Mount Nebo, where you get a spectacular view of the entire Holy Land just as Moses did, before he died. New brochures with the new dates and cost (likely less than in 2020, I’m told) and registration information will be available in the church office soon. I’ll plan on having an informational meeting in April or May. If you want information or have questions between now and then, please call or email me or deputed leader Bill Eaton. God bless you and keep you. Shalom! John