Prayers and Announcements

Announcements

  • Church Directory:  The church directory is now available!  A table will be set up in the commons area following the service this morning for our church family to drop by and pick up a copy.

  • Homecoming Video:  You’re invited to appear in a video we’re preparing for our Homecoming celebration.  Simply stand before the camera and complete this sentence:  “What I love most about Fairfield is . . . .”  Please see Lindsey or Matthew McIntosh today for your brief recording.

  • Children’s Ministry Volunteers:  Anyone interested in volunteering to work with a new children’s ministry is invited to join us for a discussion session this afternoon at 3:00pm.

  • Weekly Prayer Meeting:  Join us for a weekly prayer meeting in the sanctuary beginning at 10:00am on Mondays.  We’ll pray for the church, our community, our nation and the world.

  • Pinto Bean Supper:  Join us this Tuesday for our last community-wide Pinto Bean Supper until the Fall.  The supper will begin at 5:30pm.  Please invite a friend to join us!

  • Men’s Chorus:  The Men’s Chorus will practice this Wednesday at 6:00pm.

  • Choir:  The choir will practice this Wednesday at 7:00pm.

  • Prayer Teams:  The Prayer Teams will meet this Thursday, May 23, at 6:00pm.

  • Church T-Shirts:  Signup sheets are available on the table in the hallway for anyone interested in ordering a T-Shirt with the church logo.  The cost is $18/ea.  Payment will be collected when the shirts are distributed.

  • Homecoming:  Join us on Sunday, June 2, for a grand Homecoming celebration at Fairfield!  We’ll celebrate with one service–held outside–beginning at 10:00am.  We will also have a covered-dish meal on the grounds following the service.  Invite your family and friends to help us celebrate what God is doing among us!

  • VBS:  Vacation Bible School at Fairfield will be held June 3-7.  Our VBS will run Monday-Thursday with lessons, crafts, singing, games and experiments each night.  We will also offer dinner every evening for the kids and volunteers who participate in VBS.  We will cap off the week with a special cookout and evening of fun and games for all the families who attended VBS and the entire church family.  Be sure to encourage your family and friends to register online if possible so we can plan accordingly as much as possible.  Same day registration will still be available for those who were unable to register online in advance.  Online registration is available at www.fairfieldmethodist.org/vbs.   

  • Online Giving Now Available:  For those who wish to give to the church electronically, you may visit our website (fairfieldmethodist.org) and click on the “Online Giving” tab to give online.  Thank you for your prayerful and generous support to Fairfield as we seek to share the good news of Jesus Christ with a lost and hurting world.

  • Prayer Schedule:  A new Prayer Schedule for this week is available on the table in the hallway.  Prayer Schedules are produced by our Prayer Teams and provided to help us broaden our prayer focus and unite the church in praying for specific causes.  Please pick up a copy today and join us in united prayer.

  • Ushers:  Anyone interested in volunteering as an usher (in either service) is invited to contact Greg Sunday to sign up.

 

 

                               LET’S PRAY                           MAY 19-25, 2024

 

SCRIPTURE 

New Living Translation

Prayer Starter

SUN

Ephesians 6:1a - Children obey your parents.

Pray for parents and children.

MON

Rev 2:29 - Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the spirit.

Pray that you listen to the spirit’s call.

TUES

Rev 2:20b (NIV) - You tolerate that Jezebel woman.

Pray that you do not stray from God and his work.

WED

Romans 5:5 - ..For we know how dearly God loves us…..

Thank God for his love.

 

THUR

Romans 1:8 - …because your faith in him is being talked about all over the world.

Pray that you remain faithful to God.

 

FRI

Hebrews 10:36a - Patient endurance is what you need now…..

Pray that God be with you during your race with him.

 

SAT

James 1:12a - God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation.

Pray for God’s protection and guidance during testing.