Announcements & Upcoming Events
UPCOMING EVENTS
WEEKLY EVENTS
Sun – 8 & 10 am – Worship Services
Sun – 9 & 11:15 am – Christian Life Education classes for all ages
Tue – 7 pm – Covenant Formation Group – “A People of Grace” – at church
Wed – 5 pm – Ladies’ Bible Fellowship – at church
Thurs – 9:30 am – Ladies’ Bible Study – “Learn about the Character of God through His Names” at Virginia’s home
Thurs – 6:30 pm – Shared Dinner – Bring your meal to share! – at church
Thurs – 7-8 pm – Bible Discussion – at church
APRIL
Sat – 24th – Regional Children’s Quizzing Finals – Atlanta, GA
MAY
Sat – 4th – 8 am – Trustees’ Meeting
Sat – 4th – 11 am – 1 pm – Ladies’ Tea (Bring a dish to share and a teacup or mug to exchange)
Fri – 10th – 4:30 pm – Stewards’ Meeting
Sat – 11th – 8 am – NDI (Sunday School & Discipleship) Board meeting at church
Sat – 11th – 9 am – Church Board Meeting
Sat – 18th – 9 am – Children’s Ministry Meeting
Mon – 20th – 5 pm – NMI (Missions) Council Meeting at church
Sat – 25th – NC District NYI Convention – Elon, NC
Tues – 28th – 5:30 pm VBS Planning Meeting (tentative day/time)
JUNE
Sat – 1st – 8:00 – Trustees Meeting
Fri – 7th – 4:30 pm – Stewards’ Meeting at church
Sat – 8th – 8 am – NDI (Sunday School & Discipleship) Board meeting at church
Sat – 8th – 9 am – Church Board Meeting at church
Mon – 17th – 5 pm – NMI (Missions) Council Meeting at church
ANNOUNCMENTS
Sunday Morning Worship at 8 and 10 a.m. – Please plan to join us for worship!
If you are unable to join us in the church sanctuary, please join us on our Online Services page of this website for the livestream of the service. If you prefer to connect via social media, you can also join our 8 and 10 a.m. services live (the video will also be available later in the saved videos) on our Facebook page (click here) and on YouTube (click here). Please like our page, post a comment, and share the video, or subscribe and click the “church bell” on YouTube to stay connected and to help us spread the good news!
Please also post a comment on our video so that we know that you are joining us online! We want to build an online community for connection and support. Plus, it is very encouraging to us to know that you are with us!
Spiritual Gift Survey
If you would like to take a step toward discovering your spiritual gift, fill out this survey. We will score the survey and email you the results. We encourage you to rate each statement as honestly as you can. Then once you get the results, look at the top three and consider what you could do in the next three months to focus on each one for a month. Then at the end of that time, prayerfully consider where God is calling you to make a difference during this season of your life.
Young Adult Ministry
ENCOUNTER – Our Young Adult ministry has a Sunday School class this coming Sunday, at 11:15 a.m. All young adults are welcome to attend! Join us for our next fellowship event coming up soon and other opportunities to serve others! Call the church office at 910 – 353 – 0221 or contact Pastor Anthony if you have any questions.
Food Pantry Ministry – Our food pantry helps us support families in need in our community with emergency food assistance. When a family encounters a crisis, we would love to be able to offer them a box of food with the love of Christ. Your donations help us to do just that! We depend upon your generosity and our volunteers to be able to assist. Go to our Online Giving page and select Love Offering and put Food Pantry in the Memo line. Let us know if you would like to volunteer to put together food boxes and/or deliver them.
Compassionate Ministries
Nazarene Compassionate Ministry – To support our relief work responding to hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, tornados, and flooding around the world, you can donate HERE. Nazarene churches around the world are tirelessly meeting needs of those around them. The initial response is focused on distributing food, providing needed supplies like blankets, and sheltering people whose homes were destroyed.
Aid recovery of those in Kentucky, Florida & Hawaii who experienced damage of their homes!
If you would like to donate to help those who affected by the recent natural disasters, go to ncm.org to donate to this recovery effort.
If you would like help those affected in Hawaii by the Maui fire, go to ncm.org to donate to this recovery effort.
Educational Ministries
Sunday School Classes – 9:00 and 11:15 a.m. – We have Sunday School classes, starting after each worship service every Sunday. Please plan to join us! We have classes for all ages. If you would like to attend a Bible class for adults on Zoom, CLICK HERE to join our Zoom class on Sundays about 11:15 a.m. Eastern.
ESL Ladies’ Group – Wednesday evenings at 5 – This group began at the request of the ladies attending the ESL class to have time to study Scripture and to support one another. Contact our office if you have any questions ( office @ jaxnaz .org)
Women of Faith – Thursday mornings at 9:30 – The ladies have a time of fellowship and Bible study on Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. Since March 7th, they have been learning about the character of God through the names of God revealed in Scripture. Contact Chrissy (demx3 @ yahoo .com) for meeting location or if you have any questions. The ladies are meeting in person and online on Messenger or FaceTime. Contact Chrissy to connect.
Ladies’ Tea – May 4th
1100-1pm – Jacksonville Faith Church
Please bring a dish to share and a teacup or mug to exchange.
Questions?? Ask Stephanie or Chrissy
Thursday Evening Supper & Sharing at 6:30 p.m. – Our group meets for supper (bring along whatever you would have had for supper; we will all share!), fellowship, Bible Study & prayer. The meal is followed by our session at about 7 p.m. Join us on your phone (1-646-558-8656) or go to Zoom.us on your computer or smart phone and enter the Meeting ID 128 279 535#. If asked for a Participant ID, enter #. Text “Thursday Live” to us at 910 – 545 – 0833 to get the password.
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
We have a free class for those wanting to learn English. Our next semester of classes has just begun. Join us at the church at 4:30 pm each Sunday. If you’d like to be a coach, helping students practice pronunciation and vocabulary, please let us know: office @ jaxnaz.org.
•Clases de inglés gratuitas los domingos a las 4:30 pm
•Cours d’anglais gratuits le dimanche à 16h30
• 日曜日の午後 4 時 30 分からの無料英語クラス
Outreach Projects
– Donations/Support for the “Hope First” Onslow Crisis Pregnancy Resource Center – If you would like to help us support this local ministry, go to our Online Giving portal and select the “Crisis Pregnancy Center” fund. If you would like to donate needed items, download the Donation List below:
– C.H.E.W. Program (Children Healthy Eating on Weekends) MONTHLY HELP IS NEEDED!– Our congregation is providing donations of cans of soup and fruit cups. Please bring in your donations and place them in the box in the foyer.
– Donations/Support for the Teacher Mission Project – If you would like to partner with the Teachers of our congregation to support their students and their families, please pray for Cheryl and Anita and their students and consider donating school supplies for either classroom and/or:
* Cheryl’s class: pencils, highlighters, Fiskars scissors, Ziplock bags: gallon/sandwich, Primary Journal Notebook, 24-pack crayons, 3×5 cards, dry erase markers, snacks, over ear headphones (Northwoods First Grade List)
* Anita’s class: tissues, wipes (Hunters Creek Elementary Fourth Grade List)
If you would like to donate funds for this project go to our Online Giving portal and select the “Teacher Mission Project” fund.
* Layne’s classes: printer paper, expo markers, plus snacks & water for students
* Abi’s class: check back later for info.
* Anthony’s classes: check back later for info.
* Rebekah’s classes: Art supplies.
– Deployed Military Personnel – We ask you to pray for our military personnel and their families! They need our support and encouragement! We are also collecting treats to send in boxes to our deployed military personnel. If you are willing to share your skills (carpentry, car or household repair, etc.), please let us know.
– “Tending to the Harvest” Pledges
Your gifts are making a difference that will last into eternity! Your support has enabled us to call people to faith in Christ, to minister to those facing life-challenging needs, to support and strengthen marriages and families, to engage children in spiritual growth and personal development, to support positive change for those facing addictions, and to offer mentoring and encouragement for those called into full-time Christian ministry.
If you would like to contribute to our church’s mission, planting seeds for a spiritual harvest, visit our online giving page, select one-time or recurring, then select “Preparing for the Harvest” under Fund, then fill out the appropriate information to complete your gift.
Our goal for this campaign is to pay off our mortgage so we can begin fundraising for Phase 2 of our Growth Plan. The current balance on our $165,000 mortgage is $65,439.62 (as of March 1, 2024). Thank you for your generous gifts that have enabled us to reduce the outstanding principal by $99,560.38!
Financial Report
Church Year 2023-2024 (April 2023-March 2024 – 12 months)
| Income | $ 175,162.76 |
| Expenses | – 167,079.26 |
| Difference | $ 8,083.50 |
March 2024
| Income | $ 14,625.80 | ||
| Expenses | |||
| Shares for others | – 2,513.87 | ||
| L0cal Ministry | – 2,825.12 | ||
| Pastors’ Salary/Benefits | – 2,985.25 | ||
| Mortgage + Building Fund | – 5,249.56 | ||
| Utilities, Insurance & Maint. | – 1,803.70 | ||
| Total Expenses | -15,377.50 | ||
| Net | $ -751.70 |