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The future of Fair OaksWhat’s Next? | A Message from Senior Pastor Kirk

What’s Next? | A Message from Senior Pastor Kirk

2017 was an amazing year! As you know, this year will be my last as Senior Pastor of our church. I think this is perfect timing for us. I believe the mission God had for me when I came to FOPC has been largely fulfilled: to get the church positioned for the next generation. When I came here nearly 10 years ago, Fair Oaks had a glorious 60-year history and an aging congregation. If this church is going to have a vital future, more than

half of our congregation must be young families. Nine years later, we’re almost there.

Our contemporary service is now half of our worshiping congregation. We also launched a new model for doing small group Bible studies, called Life Groups, which is gathering younger adults into community like Mariners did a generation ago. We have made efforts to seek out and hire younger staff and have made a huge $8 million investment in our Kids and Youth Center – which sends the message to any visiting family: “Your kids matter here.”

It is with enthusiasm I anticipate the next pastor, who will be a whole generation younger and who will give leadership and fresh momentum to Fair Oaks as a spiritually vital, Christ-centered, Bible-preaching, multi-generational, future-leading church. We don’t know just yet who that next pastor is, but God does! He is already leading us to that person right now!

On a more personal note, there is no way I can express the joy and gratitude I feel as I think of my past decade serving this church, the rich friendships I’ve experienced in this church family, and the satisfaction of preaching the gospel of the Lord Jesus to three generations of faithful believers who call Fair Oaks Presbyterian their home.

I typically signed off my weekly blog – “I love you, church. See you on Sunday!” May Sundays continue to find you here at FOPC committed to building a warm gospel-transformed community of faith and love. I love you, Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church.

Sincerely,

Kirk Bottomly | Senior Pastor

V a n d e r b l o e m e n Search Group is a na-tional recruiting firm special-izing in church leadership. Our consultant, Jay Mitchell, has personally conducted over 700 searches nationally. We part-nered with Vanderbloemen because they have a national database and presence which has given us the broadest and most efficient search pos-sible. Initially, Vanderbloemen screens and vets candidates, based on criteria provided by FOPC, via phone and in-person interviews. This saves time and money in the search process and results in a curated list of fi-nal candidates that fit the needs of FOPC. Additionally, Vander-bloemen provides coaching and advice throughout comple-tion of the process.

Seeking God’s Guidance

an update regarding the search process to find

our next senior pastor

candidates contacted by Vanderbloemen

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Tal Jones

Lynn Brown

Dean Bailey

Amy Holmes

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Meet the team...

The team has a great sense of unity and purpose, feeling the Holy Spirit

working through each one of us. We have set personal desires aside to focus on God’s will in this process. We have listened to the congregation in Town Hall and small group meetings. There is honest and open communication. There is also a high degree of trust within the team in that as the Holy

Spirit speaks to each individual, they are 100% comfortable sharing their

thoughts. We are confident that with the Holy Spirit working within and

through the team, seeking God’s will, praying and discerning over each

candidate and how they might lead FOPC, we will be able to recommend the new Senior Pastor unanimously.

JOHN AKINS

This team was formed based on thoughtful nomi-nations made and affirmed by our congregation. Be-ing a multi-generational church, we intentionally selected team members that best represent the de-mographic of our church.

“Worshipping Jesus together may be the single most important thing we do and it plays an indispensable role in rekindling our spiritual fire, and keeping it burning. Corporate worship brings

together God’s word, prayer, fellowship, and makes for the greatest means of God’s on-going grace in our lives.

Alive & Thriving

HOWARD MCMAHONWorship Director

898average weekly attendance for

2016/17

1.3% increase

from last year

51new members

joined this past year

58% increase

from last year

25 Baptisms9 Re-enactments

14 9 11 kids teens adults

“Being baptized gave me the opportunity to show

my personal committment to the Lord.”Tyler Rehrer FOPC website visits:

1,096 per week

FOPC app: 2,004 dowloads

Sermons streamed: 3,258

1,300 average per week

378 followers

Our online audience

Every number has a n a m e . E v e r y name has a story. Every story matters.

Group LifeLife Groups are the hub of our community and the pri-mary way to get connected. We believe spiritual growth flows out of a commitment to God and the Bible and a commitment to being in meaningful relationships with those around us. Those relationships not only pro-vide support and encour-agement but also chal-lenge us to learn and grow spiritually together. It can be difficult to connect on a Sunday morning, which is why our small groups are so important! We want to see our congregation function as a connected body on Sundays but also on every other day of the week!

Learning & Growing Together

41 Life Groups 400 members

10 Marinerships 200 members

51 TOTAL GROUPS

22 of these groups started in the last year!

“Through our group, Ihave experienced a deeper

prayer life and greateraccountability to spiritual

disciplines…I’m seeing Godat work in the lives ofmyself and the group

members.”

JON PAUL HUDSON

At FOPC we want volunteering to be more than just filling a need, but an exciting opportunity for spiritual growth. We want our congregation to take ownership of their church and this community by actively par-ticipating and contributing the gifts they have for the benefit of everyone. We believe that serving together is one of the best ways we can grow as disciples of Jesus and become more like Him. In August we held our first Volunteer Rally, empowering and encouraging everyone to serve and grow our volunteer teams. Erwin Mc-Manus says, “the church does not ex-ist for us. We are the church, and we exist for the world.” Rallying around this common goal, we hope hearts are moved to serve and actively in-vite others to serve as well.

When we embrace our role as servants, our church

looks more like Jesus and better represents who He is.

Serving Together Volunteer Teams

130+volunteers serve on Sundays

Campus hosts, tech, worship, parking lot,

kids, youth & Deacons

FOPC Hosts General Assembly

GA is the annual event where the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) leaders, elders, missions workers and guests gather together to worship, retreat, connect, equip each other and address issues for the whole EPC denomination. This year’s theme was Generation to Generation and nearly everyone in our church helped us be incredible hosts! We partnered with four of our sister churches – CenterPoint, Fremont, Hope and Sierra Pine. While the weather was HOT, it was nothing compared to the warm atmosphere of God’s people serving together. WAY TO GO FOPC!

FOPC Hosts General Assembly

57 Deacons

30 Compassion Meals

Deacons Fund Distributed: $79,033

124 Mission

Team Members

Trips to Mexico, Africa, Brazil, China,

Richmond and Sacramento, USA

“Missions work is not a request by

God. It is His call on each of our lives; so we pray, we send, we go-- across the street and around

the world.”

PAULETTE LAMBERTSON Missions Director

Missions Budget $340,404 Easter Offering $13,276 Malawi Sponsorship $98,000 Auction/Dinner $40,000 Women’s Fellowship & Outreach $18,261

TOTAL $505,941

Reaching Out E A CH ONE

REACH ONE

Mission Funds 2016/2017

Supported by FOPC

33

Missionaries

8National Village Pastors

(Eastern Europe)

17Village Outreach

Evangelists (Pakistan)

7International

Organizations/ Orphanages

13Local Organizations

205Malawi Hope Center

Students (Sponsorship Program/

School)

Meet Megan and Brian:While Megan and her family may be missionaries in Mozam-bique, Megan’s roots go back to FOPC. As a church, we watched Megan grow up, go to college, serve in the field, marry Brian, and grow a family of four beautiful daughters. Brian and Megan serve in a country long torn by war, AIDS, and poverty. Megan has a Doctorate from Fuller Theologi-cal Seminary in Missiology Ethnomusicology. She studies the music of the region and, working with local musicians, creates worship music that expresses the culture of the indigenous people. Brian works as a medical doctor at a teaching hos-pital for national students. Brian found that many of the stu-dents were not doing well as they didn’t have adequate food or lodging. He created the “Pay It Forward” program where students receive funding for basic needs and when they finish their education they pay it forward for other students. Brian, with the help of many others, is now building a dorm for the students. He also leads weekly Bible studies and disciples the medical students. We are blessed to support this family and the kingdom work they are doing faithfully.

Partnering with Missionaries a r o u n d

the world

This year Kids Ministry began us-ing the 3-year Gospel Project cur-riculum on Sunday mornings which helps kids understand the Bible as one, unified story of God’s re-demption. Our Junior High stu-dents continue to benefit from a youth service at 10:30 and our high school students attend the 10:30 contemporary service, sitting to-gether in the student section.

“We are excited for the growth we have seen in the past year and look forward to it

continuing!”

MEGAN BRADY Kids Ministry Director

156+ kids& youthaveragemid-weekprogramattendance

170+ kids& youth

average Sunday

attendance

The Next Generation

“We believe in partnering with parents

to give our teens a place to belong and

an opportunity to become more like

Jesus – learning how to love God and love our

neighbors.”

CHRIS EATOUGH Youth Director

The kids mid-week programs have been growing and we are seeking more volunteers to help! We also launched Life Groups for our youth that meet on various days during the week to accommodate the busy schedules of our teens. We have more than 40 kids involved and have already seen the benefits of “digging deeper” and learning together in community.

350 kidssummer

kids camp(babies – 6th grade)

35 youth summer camp

(jr. high & high school)

We had 70 members in our choir go on tour during spring break. We raised $10K at our first crab feed fundraiser, enabling us to lower the cost of tour by $200 per student. On tour, 30 students recommitted their lives to Jesus, 10 decided to get baptized and 3 received salvation for the first time.

Giving &Generosity

Ministry worship, kids, youth, small groups, spiritual formation, tech, etc.

Missions funds specifically to support missions activities

Ministry Services operations, publicity, facilities, buildings & grounds

Personnel compensation, benefits for full-time/part-time staff

TOTAL: $2,910,084

$129,420

$360,084

$481,195

$1,939,385

2017/2018 BUDGET

Giving has been increasing for the past 3 years!

At the end of our 2017 fiscal year, we had a deficit of $181,550

Expenses increased in 2017 primarily because of the need to address items that have been deferred in prior years.

Missions giving has increased at a greater rate than General Fund giving. FOPC has graciously given 7% more to missions in 2017 than 2016.

Annual Average Giving Per Family:

$3,986

UpdateProgress of Payments

Balance June 30, 2017: $3,376,404

Pledged $2,382,177

Given $1,000,775

Non-Pledged $300,594 Giving

62% have completed or are on track to

complete their pledge & 81 families are

giving that didn’t even pledge!

Keep it up!22 months to go

$1.3 M given $2 M to go

We have already received 42%

of our pledges.

If this consistent giving continues, our loan can be retired ahead of

schedule!

Over the years there have been 117 recipients, totalling $134,500. Started in 1977 by the Moore family, this scholarship has helped with the financial burdens of college students, enabling them to complete their education. This year marks the 40th and final year the scholarship will be offered. The recipients for the 2017-2018 Stan and Ruby Moore Scholarships are: Carl Brockmyer, Emily Crosby, Whitney Mabbutt, and Sarah Zumwalt.

How Are We Doing?

Celebrating 40 Years of Faithful

Generosity:

Stan and Ruby Moore Scholarship

“SPOILER ALERT: 2017-2018

is going to be thrilling!Our campus is an incredible,

beautiful platform for ministry...There’s growth all over our church!

What’s next for us?

TIM DAKIN

People all over Fair Oaks see our church as a community center, playing host to all kinds of events that make FOPC the premier place to gather in town. There’s a contagious faith in our people, too. It reminds me of the report in Acts 2, when believers met together and shared everything they had. They worshiped together, demonstrated generosity, and lived lives connected to one another, and growing in number by the day. This sounds a lot like Fair Oaks Presbyterian!

We’re celebrating a decade of dynamic leadership by our senior pastor, Kirk Bottomly. We’re grateful for his humor, energy and spiritual leadership. On his watch, we’ve seen hundreds of people come to faith in Christ, be baptized, and serve God with enthusiasm! He’s excited about his retirement at this year’s end. Change is challenging, but we’re also anticipating our next senior pastor thanks to a dedicated, prayerful pastor search team.

There’s growth all over our church! It’s no wonder we welcome new guests every week—to every service. I find myself saying to so many people I meet, “You should come to my church!”

Tim DakinTeaching Pastor

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