Guest Fruit Cove, Author at Fruit Cove Baptist Church

Our Thanksgiving Weekend Service

Written by Guest Fruit Cove on November 12, 2014. Posted in Uncategorized.

Join us as we celebrate Thanksgiving

We will have our Celebrate! Wednesday morning service at 10am on November 26 in the Worship Center. There will be no other activities on Wednesday and the office will close early.

Sunday, November 30, we will have Sunday School at 9:30am for our preschoolers while we gather as one family in the Worship Center for Sunday School led by Rick Wheeler from the Jacksonville Baptist Association. The Lord’s Supper and Baptism will follow at 11:00am.

The office will be closed Thanksgiving Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28. We will reopen Monday, December 1.

I Stand Sunday – November 2

Written by Guest Fruit Cove on October 30, 2014. Posted in Engage the Culture Stories.

Recently, those of us who are concerned about the encroachment of our culture on religious freedom were alarmed at the move by the mayor of Houston in issuing subpoenas to pastors for their sermons. Though the subpoena was rescinded, it is certainly a warning to the church that we should expect intimidation and persecution to increase in the days ahead.

The Family Research Council and other partners are hosting a live webcast on Sunday, November 2 at 7pm ET with a rebroadcast at 9pm ET. In this event, speakers from across the nation will gather at Grace Community Church in Houston, Texas to focus on the freedom to live out our faith free of government intrusion or monitoring.

You can find out more about “I Stand Sunday” at http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?c=ISTANDSUNDAY or join the webcast here at 7 or 9pm on Sunday evening.

Fruit Cove Ladies on Mission in West Virginia

Written by Guest Fruit Cove on October 24, 2014. Posted in Embrace The World Stories. No Comments on Fruit Cove Ladies on Mission in West Virginia

For a number of years, Fruit Cove ladies have traveled to Greenbrier Birthing Center in West Virginia to serve expectant mothers currently serving sentences in that correctional facility. This year, Dianne Werner participated for the first time and offers this report:

We had a wonderful time ministering to the 13 girls at Greenbrier Birthing Center (GBC). Five women were still expecting so there were 8 babies ranging in age from a few months to almost a year old. We provide lunch each day and Annette Holley had all the meals and cooking planned and got us busy in the kitchen from the time we got there, but we had fun chopping and cooking and washing dishes in the kitchen together.

We had prayed for God to prepare the hearts of the women there and we found out that one of the women there had already heard about “the girls from Fruit Cove” when she first arrived last November and she was the only woman waiting for us when we arrived at GBC on Monday. They told her she would love the team from Fruit Cove and that the food would be great, so there was a positive anticipation among them when we arrived.

Five women from Deer Meadows Baptist Church joined us for our visits to GBC. They were great help to us as they learned what ministry looked like at GBC. The first couple days, we took in lunch, held their babies, ate with them and got to know them a little. We asked lots of questions about their families and what was waiting for them at home. We asked them questions about God, about their faith, and about their childhood when opportunities arose. We encouraged them, shared scriptures with them, and let them know we were there because we cared and because God’s love is so amazing and we wanted them to know how much He loves them! We took them Chocolate Fondue one day, a Keurig with all the ingredients for flavored coffees on another day and we loved on them and shared our hearts with them every day.

When we got ready to leave on Friday, there were many hugs passed out, some tears and prayers said with the whole group holding hands. God blessed us so richly! This was my first time to participate in this mission trip. I loved it and I am ready to do it again!

Thanks, Dianne, for this report and your perspective!

No Other Name in Concert

Written by Guest Fruit Cove on October 22, 2014. Posted in Embrace The World Stories, Engage the Culture Stories. No Comments on No Other Name in Concert

This Sunday, October 26, we have the opportunity to host No Other Name in concert in each of our morning worship services (9:30 and 11).

Comprising brother-sister duo, Sam and Laura Allen, along with their friend Chad Smith, the group is known not only for their musical abilities, but for their heart for sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ around the globe.

The group shot music videos for “Lead You to the Cross” in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and “Let It Start With Me” in Bangkok, Thailand, emphasizing the group’s aim to spread the gospel worldwide. No Other Name is a strong proponent of international missions and has partnered with the International Mission Board to help recruit missionaries while joining the organization on recent trips to Nicaragua as well as Brazil.

No Other Name contributed the song “More than Moved” to the Insanity of God CD project. Don’t miss hearing the gospel through music on Sunday!

Operation Christmas Child

Written by Guest Fruit Cove on October 13, 2014. Posted in Embrace The World Stories. No Comments on Operation Christmas Child

It’s time to pack the shoeboxes! For the next two weeks (October 19 and 26), shoeboxes will be available at the Welcome Center Patio for you to pack for a child who needs to hear the love of Christ through you.

How do you pack a shoebox, you ask? Well, take a few minutes and let Uncle Si help you out.

Remember, you can make a difference in the life of a child. Invest a few minutes and a few dollars, and share the Gospel with a child.

Boxes can be dropped off at Fruit Cove Baptist Church in the church office.

Drop Off Times:

Tuesday, November 18: 9 am – 5 pm
Wednesday. November 19: 9 am – 5 pm & before & after Wednesday night activities (outside the worship center)
Thursday, November 20: 9 am – 5 pm
Friday, November 21: 9 am – 12 Noon
Saturday, November 22: 10 am – 2 pm
Sunday , November 23: Before and after each morning worship service (outside the worship center)

Tedashii @ Fruit Cove

Written by Guest Fruit Cove on September 21, 2014. Posted in Engage the Culture Stories, Students.

If you missed it, we ran a video in worship this morning flashing back to Friday, September 12 when we hosted Tedashii in concert. 600 students in our community heard the gospel and this clip gives you an idea of the energy and passion in the presentation.

It may not be your idea of worship music, but it’s a genre embraced by our teens and offers a message of Real Hope in a Real World. That’s the hope found in Jesus.

Here’s a sample of the message Tedashii delivers with the lyrics from “Need it Daily.”

“Need It Daily”
(feat. PRo)

Don’t get confused baby
Don’t get confused [x4]

[Verse 1: Tedashii]
The gospel got me so good, I call it super straight
Was lame till He came, I know that you relate
Was dead to Him but lead to Him, He rejuvenates
Still can’t believe He caught me up, yea elevated
That’s how I know He got me, His love is never endin’
And that’s just like the Gospel
It’s for sure is never pending
Not just from my beginning,
Keeps me until I’m finished
Takes me way beyond the grave. I’m saved, eternal livin’

This goes beyond conversion, this gift just keeps on giving
Iad it makes no sense to start and stop. Now pop that clutch and shift it’
I’m hoping you don’t miss it, this here is target practice.
I’m asking, “What good are Beats By Dre if you can’t grasp this? ”
(Hah, uh-uh) That ain’t even right man
Play it to the left of lust, mental pics, tight frame
You crop it like a close-up, then chop it like the chorus
I’m tryna take you deep, call it Blacklight, mayne

[Chorus:]
Aye this that good news music,
We call it Gospel [x3]
Don’t get confused baby
It’s what He used to save me
It’s what He used to keep me
(I, I, I) I need it daily
(You, You, You) You need it daily
(We, we, we) We need it daily
(They, they, they) They need it daily
(I) Yeah I need it daily
(They, they they) Yeah I need it daily
(You, you, you) You need it daily
(We, we, we) We need it daily
They need it daily

[Verse 2: PRo]
Boy let’s get it clear, from the Lord’s wrath I’m saved
Yeah I’m gucci mayne, no Waka Flocka Flame
So secure in the Lord, no frontin’ for people
Cause you can die stuntin’ (Die stuntin’)
Evil Kenevil
In this New Jack City hold the world loosely
His Word keep callin’ me, I’m itchin for it, call me Pookie
Satan try to trap us like “Go pursue sin”
I’m like “Silly rabbit, Trixs are for kids.”
I know only in Christ we gon’ be free
Through His blood we’ve been redeemed
Them chains no longer holdin’ me (Soooo)
Clique for the squad, for the love of God, boy we rollin’ 40 Deep (and)
When I want to run the love of the son through the Helper, get a hold of me (see)
Christ died for us, we’ll say He’s a church fan
I’m talkin’ Gospel, minus the church fan
I’d be a fool minus the Lord’s hand
So I’m wrapped around His finger like a wedding band

[Chorus]

Gospel,
Grace through faith
Yo pro
They need it daily
It’s the gospel
This why we good (Oh)

[Bridge:]
I’m good, I’m good
Let’s get that understood
The Gospel got me right for life, that’s right that’s what it do
I’m good, I’m good
Let’s get that understood
The Gospel got me right for life, that’s right that’s what it do

I’m good, I’m gucci. Aye, yeah that’s what it do [x4]

Thank you from El Shaddai Ministries

Written by Guest Fruit Cove on September 18, 2014. Posted in Embrace The World Stories.

Dear Pastor Tim,

We pray all is well with you in the Lord. We would like to personally thank you for helping us for the past school year. Many children brought their report cards to say thank you and they were excited that they had the privilege of going to school this past year. We just would like you to know that we could not have sent the children to school without your prayers and financial support. Please extend our gratitude to the church body for us. We would appreciate your continued prayers.

Again thank you very much. We so appreciate what you have done for us. In our prayers, we ask that the Lord help you to realize that your prayers and financial support truly matters to the work of the Lord in El Shaddai. Thank you so much! God bless you!

“The end of the world is coming soon. Therefore; be earnest and disciplined in your prayers.”

—1 Peter 4:7

Please direct donations for El Shaddai Ministries to: http://www.christianlightministries.org/

Marie K. Prinvil & Elizabeth Clackler, Servants of the Lord Jesus-Christ

The Genuineness of Our Profession

Written by Guest Fruit Cove on September 18, 2014. Posted in Embrace The World Stories, Pastor Tim's Blog.

The parable we call the good Samaritan which Jesus told addresses the issue of the genuineness of our profession….the truth of our religious practice. (James 2:15-17) In fact I believe there are three kinds of people talked about in this parable:

1) The thief. What’s yours is mine, and I’m going to take it.

2) The selfish. What’s mine is mine, and I’m going to keep it.

3) The giver. What’s mine is God’s, and I’m going to give it.

Your life orientation is found in one of those scenarios. You are either taking from others what doesn’t belong to you, or you are keeping from others what could be a blessing out of self-preservation, or you are giving to others because God has put someone in your path for which you can make a difference.

Our church is voluntarily affiliated with three mission organizations….one called the Jacksonville Baptist Association, another called the Florida Baptist Convention, and the third is called the Southern Baptist Convention. The Jacksonville Association helps us stayed focused on local ministry needs. The SBC helps us see the nations and send people and go ourselves to the uttermost parts of the earth as Jesus commanded. The Florida Baptist Convention helps us mobilize to meet the needs of our State. Why do we partner with them?

In addition to reaching out to churches through giving low interest loans to rebuild after disaster, the convention also mobilizes Disaster Relief units to areas hit by natural disasters. We reach out to neighboring nations like Cuba and Haiti Brazil and the Cayman Islands to help plant churches and meet needs there. We are engaged in partnerships with unreached states like West Virginia and Nevada and Indiana. The convention’s ministry helps us reach out to migrant families who work the farms and fruit crops here in the State, and provides camps and ministries for their children…including Haitian, Korean, and Hispanic camps.

In recent years, Florida Baptist churches have been called to reach out to the prison population around our state not only by going behind the walls of the prisons but by developing ministries once the inmates are released back into society. The Florida Baptist missions strategy also includes ministries of church-based health care and a mobile dental clinic that targets urban centers and low-income areas.

These are ministries that are driven by one reality: God has put them in your path….and mine. We have to help them. We have the second largest lost population in America …largely centered in Miami and other urban centers across our State. Just a little commercial but a big ASK to request that you to be generous in what you place in the envelope entitled McGuire State Mission offering. It will go to help those bleeding alongside our highways and byways in Florida.

We can’t pass them by and do nothing.

Author: Guest Fruit Cove