Next Friday Night Thing - March 28th 7PM-11PM

March 15, 2008 – 11:11 pm

The next Friday Night Thing is set for Friday, March 28th at our regular haunt, the Greenbrier Ridge Apts. Clubhouse from 7PM-11PM. The evening will be a combination Game Night & Potluck Dinner, so start dusting off your best recipes and bring enough to share with your Soul Purpose friends, and any fun board or interactive games you might wish to bring. Stay tuned to soulpurpose.fefc.com for further details as they develop or on the Facebook group page at Facebook.com.  If you are not a part of Soul Purpose on Facebook, you can click on the “Get Connected” tab on this website to find out how to join our group on Facebook.

The Greebrier Ridge Clubhouse is at 3290 Lonas Road.  The recommended way to get there is to travel down Middlebrook towards Western Avenue and when you get to the intersection of Middlebrook and Ed Shouse, stay on Middlebrook and go to the next light, which is Lonas Road. Turn Right onto Lonas and then you will pass the South College campus on the left. After you pass South College, the entrance to Greenbrier Ridge is the next left. Turn into the complex and then take the first right and it will take you towards the clubhouse.

We hope to see everyone on the 28th! Don’t forget, this is also a good way to introduce your friends to Soul Purpose as well!

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2008 Mexico Trip: Important Dates

March 9, 2008 – 8:37 am

The young adults of Fellowship Church will be traveling to Tijuana, Mexico for a mission trip from July 19 through July 26. This trip will include members of the Soul Purpose and the 2B1 community groups plus any other interested persons at Fellowship Church in their 20’s and 30’s.

The purpose and goals of our trip will be shaped by the as yet to be determined make-up of our team; however, our initial plans are for our trip to focus on these two areas:

  • working with kids, staff and families at the women’s shelter and the children’s home from a developmental perspective (i.e. a professional social worker on our team will be training us to help train the staff and families on how to best help and serve victims of abuse)
  • construction projects

Important Dates

Please remember these important dates:

  • Interest Meeting: Sunday, March 30, 12:30pm - 2pm @ Mancino’s on Middlebrook Pike
  • Application Deadline: Sunday, April 6 (turn your applications in to John Winters)
  • Missions Yard Sale: April 12, 1:30pm - tentative plans are for team members to report at 1:30pm to help with clean-up
  • Pre-Trip Training/Team Building Meetings - TBA - expect us to have 3 to 6 pre-trip training/team building meetings
  • Trip Dates: July 19 - July 26

Application Packets

If you are interested in going, you will need to apply to go on this trip. Here are some important documents that you will need:

  1. Application Packet Checklist
  2. Short Term Trip Application
  3. Adult Liability Release Agreement

Be advised, you will need a passport. If you are thinking of going on this trip, go ahead and apply for your passport now!

Our leaders for this trip are Michael Wender, Beth Wender and Laura Straka. For more information, please speak with one of them or use the contact form on this website.

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New Sunday Hub Series - “Jesus’ Guide to Romantic Relationships”

March 7, 2008 – 11:44 pm

This month our discussion series on Sunday mornings will explore the teachings of Jesus to uncover His principles for understanding and developing romantic relationships. Join us as we study together Jesus’ theology of romance . . . How does He want us as single adults to think about romance? . . . When and why does He ask us to live without it? . . . When and how does He want us to pursue romance? . . . And how does He want us to serve him through our romantic relationships? We will wrestle with all of these questions and more.

Please be sure and join us Sundays in March for this important series, Jesus’ Guide to Romantic Relationships

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Spring Singles Conference March 7-8!

February 9, 2008 – 3:06 pm

Fellowship’s first Spring Singles Conference happens Friday/Saturday, March 7-8!  The featured topic of the weekend is CONNECTING: “It’s All About Relationships”, featuring Author & Speaker, Georgia Shaffer. Instinctively we long to have significant connections with others. Yet, if we were to list the #1 struggle in our lives, for most of us it would be the challenge to build meaningful, authentic relationships. This conference will focus on building these connections with God, ourselves, and others. Join other singles for this weekend opportunity as Georgia equips us to be more authentically connected to God and one another. Tickets are $20. (Find out more about Ms. Shaffer at www.georgiashaffer.com)

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Church-wide Singles’ Dance @ Academy Ballroom Studio, Saturday, Feb. 16th!

February 9, 2008 – 2:57 pm

Fellowship’s second-ever Singles dance is Saturday,Feb. 16th! Our own Robert Mitchell, an esteemed instructor at Academy Ballroom, is going to be giving free lessons to beginners from 8PM-9PM. (A free advanced class for those who have had 5-10 private lessons will meet from 7PM-8PM.) The dance takes place from 8PM-10PM and the cost is $5 per person. Tickets are on sale in the church lobby Sunday, Feb. 10th and will be available at the door. The Academy Studio is located at 1537 Downtown West Blvd. (see Academyb.com for directions or details about the studio, or see the posting for the event on the Soul Purpose Group page at Facebook.com for more info.)

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Friday, February 22nd – Next Friday Night Thing Feb. 22nd – Bowling “Down Under” at the U.C.

February 9, 2008 – 1:24 pm

Make plans now to join us for bowling fun at UT’s Down Under Lanes Friday, February 22nd for our next Friday Night Thing! Arrive by 7:30 to be assigned a lane, rent shoes, choose the perfect bowling ball and warm up! Bowling will be from 8:00 - 10:00. Cost is $5 per person, which includes shoes.

If you’re not in to bowling, but would like to join the fun, Down Under has pool tables, tennis tables, air hockey, foosball, video games, darts, board games, and card games. We have the free use of one pool table and one tennis table during our 2 hour time slot. Soda, juice, pastries, chips and candy are available for purchase. If you want to eat before you come, grab a few Soul Purpose friends and dine out on the Strip! (Down Under is a smoke-free environment.)

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Soul Purpose Spring Retreat April 18-20 at Tuckaleechee Retreat Center

February 9, 2008 – 1:18 pm

Please mark your calendars now to join us for the first Soul Purpose Spring Retreat to be held April 18-20 at the Tuckaleechee Retreat Center! More details to come, but the weekend will feature stimulating discussions on the topic of “Decision Making and the Spirit of God”, deepening our friendships in the group and, of course, lots of fun and fellowship! Tickets are $50 for the entire weekend (includes lodging and food) or $15 (includes lunch and dinner) if you just wish to come for Saturday only. Tickets for the entire weekend may be limited to approximately 40, so get your “weekend” ticket ASAP! For more info or tickets, please see Beth Wender, Kerry Greene, or Cade Long. (You can also check out the facility on the web at tuckaleecheeretreatcenter.com.)

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Soul Purpose Hub Meeting is Moving to Room 606, Sunday, Feb. 10th

January 20, 2008 – 4:18 pm

It is official! Our Sunday morning Hub meeting is moving from Room 604 to Room 606 on Sunday, February 10th. This will provide us 20% more room for our rapidly growing group! Our last Sunday in Room 604 is Sunday, January 27th.

On Sunday, February 3rd, no Adult Community groups will meet so that all people can attend one of three Missions Week electives to be offered during both services. We encourage everyone to attend one of these electives on Feb. 3rd!

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Missions’ Week 2008 - February 3-10:

January 20, 2008 – 4:11 pm

Missions’ Week 2008 - February 3-10: We need volunteers for the following 2 events: 1) Our Second Annual Missions’ Dinner, Feb. 9 at 6:30pm. 2) A joint reception for our missionaries from S.E. Asia and Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 3 immediately after 2nd service. If you are interested in helping with any of the above events please contact Joan Whiteside at (865) 470-9800 or jwhiteside@fefc.com or Matt Donovan in Soul Purpose.

Here are some of our scheduled events for Missions Week:

*Community Group Presentations, Feb 3

*Children and Student Ministry Missions Programming - TBA

*Receptions for visiting missionaries, Feb 3 after second service

*24 Hours of Prayer, Feb 8-9 *Missions Dinner, Feb 9

Details for the February 9th Missions Dinner:

*Banquet held in church lobby Saturday, Feb. 9th at 6:30PM

*Tickets: $10 adults, $5 children K-5th grades.

*Food & entertainment from Poland, S.E. Asia, and Mexico provided.

*Purchase Tickets in the church lobby Sunday morning, February 3rd.

Time is Running Out – Don’t forget your Passport! - If you are going on any mission trip in 2008, you must have a passport, regardless of how old you are or where you are going! If you have any questions, contact Joan Whiteside at 470-9800 x 107.

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Church Blitz Day, Saturday, February 2nd

January 20, 2008 – 4:03 pm

Our Next Fellowship Church All Church “Blitz Day” happens Saturday, February 2nd from 8AM - 1PM. All volunteers will meet in the lobby for coffee and donuts then start our efforts to “spruce up the church building”.   All supplies and equipment needed are furnished by the church, so just bring your willing servant heart and come ready to work.

We always have a great time while we work to make our building an inviting place, so come and enjoy helping to beautify God’s house and fellowship with members from throughout our church body.   (Rumor has it that there is not as much to do as some times in the past, so if we get a good crowd, we may be able to knock this out in a couple of hours or so.) Anyone interested can go grab brunch/lunch afterwards.

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