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When Third Christian Church planted a Sunday School in Richmond’s Fairmount neighborhood in 1902, no one dreamed where Fairmount Christian Church would be today. In its century of existence, Fairmount moved from Fairmount Avenue to Mechanicsville Turnpike to Creighton Road. In each of those locales, God has been mightily at work through the Fairmount family. Innumerable lives have been changed. Millions of dollars have gone into mission work. Countless worship services have been held. Men and women have entered the ministry. Area ministries have been bolstered. Thousands of children, teens, and adults have been experienced the love of Christ and the truths of the Bible. What started with only a handful of families now has grown into a church family with 1,000 people in worship each week. Always with God in front – leading us forward – leading us onward.
Through the prayers of our church’s leaders and our entire congregation, it is clear that God is leading us forward again. As a congregation that is committed to growth, it is time to expand our church’s ministries and facilities to better meet the needs of our community. For some time now, the Fairmount Forward Team has presented to our church family a multi-phase expansion project that will, eventually, fill our current property to capacity with twice as many Sunday morning worshippers.
Phase 1 of that project involved several things. One was to build a multi-purpose meeting room that would help us better minister to our current congregation and new folks who were coming to us. What we now call Room 132 is a main staple of our church’s ministries – used almost daily in the life of our congregation. Phase 1 also included the widening of our driveway entrance, more parking, the addition of a turning lane on Creighton Road into our property, installation of a camera security system, the building of a covered entrance and additional storage space adjacent to our Family Life Center, and other smaller projects. Several of those are underway right now. The overall cost of Phase 1 is $1,540,000 - and we have paid for or have the money on hand to complete all these projects.
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Read more: Onward!
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 Jesus challenged us to be his witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and to the ends of the earth. Fairmount Christian Church is committed to be community focused and globally minded. How will we have maximum impact from Richmond, VA to the ends of the earth?
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February
January
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- Bah, Humbug! (Rick Raines, Dec 4, 2011, sermon notes)
- A Past of Regret (Rick Raines, Dec 11, 2011, sermon notes)
- A Present of Repentance (Rick Raines, Dec 18, 2011, sermon notes)
- God Bless Us, Everyone (Rick Raines, Dec 25, 2011, sermon notes)
“A Christmas Carol” is one of the greatest stories of redemption that mankind has written outside the Bible. Dickens placement of his epic tale in the midst of Christmas is not accidental. It is in Christ – His advent at Christmas – that mankind has its greatest lesson on redemption.
As Fairmount embarks on “Scrooge”, a theatrical adaptation of “A Christmas Carol”, we will spend Sunday mornings during the month of December drawing a parallel between the life of Ebenezer Scrooge and ourselves. As Scrooge embarks on a journey that begins with sin and selfishness, he will end up in a place of repentance and redemption. Scrooge is confronted like all mankind is: with the past and the way our choices have shaped us – the present and the reality of our poor choices – and the future, which, because of our choices, will end in lonely death – without Christ.
Each of us should consider our own personal journey as we turn to Jesus, the Lord of Christmas, to find true salvation. Invite your family and friends to be here with us as we take this journey together to redemption. |
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To view the Fairmount Forecaster, you must have the free Adobe Reader or the free FoxIt Reader installed on your computer.
December
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Read more: Fairmount Forecaster, 2011
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The Mission and Vision Statements of the
Fairmount Christian Church
The mission of the Fairmount Christian Church is to develop followers of Jesus who love God, love people, and introduce the world to Christ.
Vision Emphasis #1: Fairmount will be a church that is Bible-Centered.
- We see Fairmount as a Bible-Centered church where all activities of the church are grounded in sound, Biblical principles.
- We see Fairmount as a Bible-Centered church with a result of transformed lives. This is accomplished when:
- All teachers are Biblically trained.
- Every person is in Bible Study.
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Read more: Mission & Vision
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