Dear FPC Family,

Once again, our amazing God showed up and showed out in a HUGE way here at FPC and I stand in awe of all He continues to do for our church family! February was our best month ever, with record attendance for all three weekends of our Tale As Old As Time series. This past weekend not only did we have over 8,200 in total worship attendance and over 900 students participating in Fusion 2017, but most importantly 103 souls followed the Holy Spirit’s leading by being baptized!  We thank you, God, and give YOU all the praise!  Please pray with me that all the seeds sown will be firmly planted and many others will take their next steps with our Lord and Savior.

This weekend, March 4-5, we begin our next series called, March Madness. This timely series on finances will help us learn the secret to eliminating the financial foes that trip, trick, and trap us into falling behind and risking our future and freedom. If you are a basketball fan, you know the meaning of “pump fake,” in which a player simulates taking a shot as a distraction to the opposing team. Money buys distraction, not happiness, and we always think we need more. The Bible clearly tells us in Matthew 6:24 that: “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.” Join us during the next four weekends as we learn from God’s Word how to have financial freedom, contentment, and a heart of generosity!

I would also like to ask you to begin now to pray for all of our upcoming Easter services which are only six weeks away. I truly believe God is going to move and draw souls to each of our campuses like never before. Bring Revival, please, Mighty God!

See you this weekend!

Love,

Pastor Chris

Hello Faith Promise,

All I can say is WOW! What an amazing weekend we just experienced with our Sunday Showdown! Attendance records were broken with almost 8,200 souls worshiping with us at all of our campuses. And here’s an exciting fun fact for all you Twitter followers – #fpShodown was the top trend in Knoxville on Sunday morning! I can’t tell you how grateful I am to everyone who made this super creative weekend a reality. Once again it shows that you CAN have fun in church and learn from God’s Word at the same time! We give God all the Glory for what HE did!

Let’s keep the momentum going on February 11-12 as we begin our new series about relationships called, A Tale As Old As Time. Not only are relationships part of our everyday lives, they are also the key to life. Remember, the first thing Jesus did was to pick His Disciples. We need relationships and their beauty to brighten our lives. But sometimes relationships do not remain happily ever after and can become real beasts. God made us to complete each other, not compete with each other! Over the next three weekends we invite you and your family to be our guests for a series that will enlighten, encourage, and embolden us all to live in and enjoy the beauty, while learning how to battle the beasts, of relationships.

We conclude this series on Fusion weekend, February 25-26, with Baptism Day. Please begin now to pray about whom God would have you invite and bring that could experience life change for all eternity!  I can’t wait!

Looking forward to seeing you this weekend!

Love,

Pastor Chris

Happy New Year, Promisors!

As 2017 begins, I hope you have already joined me and hundreds of your fellow FPC family members in praying, fasting, and using my latest book, Called Out, for your daily devotions with our Lord. As we read and work through this book together during the month of January, I pray and BELIEVE God will use it as an instrument to help each of us grow closer to Him, launching us into our best year yet – personally, spiritually, and as a church body.

If you haven’t already done so, please remember to develop your Personal Growth Plan and commit to reading the Bible through with us this year. Plans to help you accomplish these goals can be found in the back of your Called Out book, and free copies are still available at each of our campuses. If you would like a digital version of the book, you may download a copy here.

On January 7-8, we begin our Called Out sermon series. In the book, we see that an angel showed up at Daniel’s house and gave him a new and wonderful name chosen by God: “Man of High Esteem.” The world wants to put negative labels on us to chain us down and try to defeat us, but God has a different plan! As His children, He doesn’t label us, He names us because through Jesus we are more than overcomers! Wow!

Please don’t miss a single weekend in January as we discover how to change our stinking thinking and become all that God would have us to be. Remember – what God calls you calls you out!

I can’t wait to see what God does and to hear all the life-transforming stories that will occur during this series!  See you this weekend!

Love,

Pastor Chris

Please take note of the holiday campus schedule below. You can also access this same information on the campus location pages on our website.

This weekend, all of our fpKids programming is back in effect, including K-5th grade.