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Family Life: Date Your Spouse
(This post was written by Chuck Carringer, Pastor of Family Ministries) One of the best gifts we can give our children is to model a healthy, God honoring marriage. Our kids learn more by watching us than listening to us. Our children’s initial view of married life will come from what they observe from Mom [...]
Valued & Important
(This post was written by Matt Grimes, Middle School Ministry Pastor) This past Wednesday night was a huge night for us in the Middle School Ministry here at FPC. It was our first night back with school being in session. We had a Back 2 Skool Bash for our students with 200 attending. At the [...]
Major Updates to the Faith Promise Website
(This post was written by Kyle Gilbert, Pastor of Communications) Over the past few months, we’ve made plans for a major update to the Faith Promise Church website as we prepare for the launch of our Blount County Campus in October. As Brad Roberts and I worked through the process, here are a few things [...]
Why I Love Puppets
(This post was written by Mia Hannahs, PromiseKids Director) In the world of Children’s Ministry, you will hear varying opinions when it comes to puppets. Many say that using puppets in preschool ministry is a thing of the past. Some say that puppets are as effective as the flannel graph. (By the way, I still [...]
fpKids Parent Connection
Preschool This weekend, our puppet team will present the story of Moses speaking to Pharaoh [Exodus 5:1-6:8] The key question our small group leaders will ask is: “Who is always with you?” The answer is that “God is always with me.” God asked Moses to do an incredibly hard thing. He wanted Moses to go [...]
VIP Experience
(This post was written by Michael Wallace, High School Pastor) Let’s face it, high school students are HIGHLY RELATIONAL. Success for a student is usually viewed as some level of social status or peer admiration as opposed to doing a great job in class or completing an assignment on time. Relationships drive everything about who [...]
High School Parent Connection
Series: “Identity” Focus: A relationship with God gives us purpose as well as puts us in a position of power! Family Discussion: “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.!” Ephesians 2:10 1. Our identity as Christ-followers is defined by God. [...]
New Middle School Series: Frustrated
Remix August 18, 2010: Tonight we will officially kick off the new school year! Students will be welcomed as the celebrities that they are with a red carpet entrance and an entourage of paparazzi! We will kick off a new series called frustrated that will take a closer look at how frustrated it can be [...]
Transitions
(This post was written by Gina McClain, Director of Children’s Ministries) When I consider all the things that come with the fall season, the word that rolls through my mind is transitions. Lots of them. If your kids are in school, then they have new teachers, new classrooms, and possibly a new school. Schedules transition. [...]



