Community

Fusion Marriage Seminar

January 22, 2012 By sarah Leave a Comment

Fusion is having a Marriage Seminar. It will be a workshop were we can learn practical skills to communicate and stay connected with our spouses.

Here’s the details:

On both days, the doors open a half hour before the seminar starts. So plan to get there a early to say hi, get some food, and grab a seat.

Dates/Times:
Friday, Feb 3rd: Doors open at 7, Seminar from 7:30-9:30
Thursday, Feb 4th: Doors open at 8, Seminar from 8:30-12:30

Cost:
$50

Where:
Emory UMC

Engaged couples are also welcome.

Childcare:
No childcare provided. Young infants are welcome though.

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: Marriage, Marrieds

Help Portrait Baltimore – December 10th

November 12, 2011 By Karl Leave a Comment

It’s that time of year again – time to help our friends in Baltimore host Help Portrait. Help Portrait is a global movement of photographers who use their time, gear, and expertise to provide portraits to those in need.

In inner-city Baltimore, professional (and well equipped hobbyist) photographers will take quality photos and editors will perform rudimentary touch-ups (training provided) and print the pictures. We would like to have makeup artists on hand. A small army of hosts will be needed to greet, direct, feed, and converse with the guests. The coordinators suspect ~30 volunteers will be needed in addition to the photographers.

Where might you fit in?

We need greeters and hosts, food preparers and servers, and a handful of people just to talk to the guests, if that is your thing. In addition, if you have a laptop, you can be a photo editor. Are you a photographer? A makeup artist? If you are interested in participating, please email missions@fusionfellowship.org. If you’d rather speak to a living person, the following people can help you on Sunday:

Colleen Smith – hosting / hospitality
Tanya Curtis – makeup / hair styling
Aaron Curtis – photo editors / photographers

Details

What: Baltimore Help Portrait
When: December 4th – Tech Team: 10am-4:30pm, All Other Volunteers: 11am-4:30pm, Event: 12-4pm
Who: As many of you as possible
Guests: People who may otherwise not have a nice family Christmas photo

Helpful links:
National Help Portrait web page
Baltmore’s Help Portrait community page

Filed Under: Community, Service

Potluck Food and Fellowship

October 27, 2011 By Fusion Fellowship Leave a Comment

Attention!!! Potluck postponed until the 13th.

Join us Sunday November 13th after church for Potluck food and fellowship! Enjoy some yummy homemade dishes and community time with other members and get to know people if you are new.
Please bring a main dish, side or dessert to share with all. Please remember NO NUTS because of children’s allergy possibilities. And if your dish is vegetarian friendly please mark it with a post it note or notecard.

There are multiple outlets to plug in slow cookers to keep the food warm during service. Drinks, eating utensils and paper products will be provided by the church.

Hope to see you there!

facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=220038931397153

Filed Under: Community

Operation Christmas Child

October 16, 2011 By Fusion Fellowship Leave a Comment

Operation Christmas Child (OCC) – Three Ways to Get Involved!

This year for OCC we have ways people can get involved. The first way is to donate items we can use at our packing party on October 30^th to pack shoeboxes. We need school supplies, personal hygiene items, toys, and hard candy for boys and girls from age 2-14.Bulk items like packs of soap or bags of toys will be opened and split between several boxes. At our packing party the kids and their parents will work together to choose from all the donated items and make a box for a child. It’s a fun time with food and fellowship as the kids serve other kids. We will also accept donations of money to help purchase additional supplies or cover the cost ($7 per box) or shipping and shoeboxes either plastic or cardboard.

The second way to get involved is to attend the packing party. It will be help on October 30^th from 2pm-4pm in the Children’s Education building. We’ll have music, food, and of course items to pack. This event is not limited to families, anyone can attend. We’ll watch a video about OCC to help the kids understand why they are packing the boxes, pack and decorate the boxes, and then pray for the boxes and the kids that they will go to.

If you are unable to attend to the packing party we have a third option. We will have shoeboxes and instructions available in the back of church every Sunday that you can take home and pack yourself. Spend some time praying about the child your box could go to and then have fun choosing items that will bring them joy when they open the box. We ask that all boxes packed at home be returned to Fusion by Sunday Nov 6^th.

Once we have collected all the boxes we will deliver them to Chick-Fil-A for their collection event where they give us a coupon for a free sandwich for every box we turn it. We give these coupons to Colleen Smith to use in her ministry in Baltimore. We also get special barcodes for the boxes that give us an update as to what country our boxes went to to allow the kids to follow-up on the project.

We hope that everyone in Fusion is excited about OCC and will get involved in some way, if not all three ways.

Filed Under: Community, Kidz Garden

Fall Retreat

October 4, 2011 By Fusion Fellowship Leave a Comment

Fusion Fellowship will be holding its fall retreat at The Samaritan Women’s (TSW) event center, November 4th (7pm-9:30pm+) and 5th (8am-9pm+). Please set aside this weekend to join your fellow Fusionites, led by Ramon and the Holy Spirit! Information regarding the Retreat Study Topic (Five Things – Five Catalysts – God Uses to Grow Our Faith) can be found below. More information on the planned activities is forthcoming. There is room for ~12 people to sleep at the event center, so first come, first serve. While TSW is close to home, and we could drive to our own beds, those who stay have the opportunity to maintain the “get-away-from-it-all” retreat mentality.

For those who have kids, can’t commit to the evening, or if we pass the 12 person limit, there will still be some additional, but limited, seating in the event center meeting room. If you fall into that category, please submit your reservation early!

Please email karl.leifeste@gmail.com if you are interested in attending, and specify whether or not you want one of the 12 bunks. Guys and gals will have separate sleeping arrangements. Cost: $35

Five Things – Five Catalysts – God Uses to Grow Our Faith

Your faith in God matters to God. In fact, God is most honored through your living, active, death-defying, out-of-the-box faith.

Spiritual growth doesn’t follow a recipe: Add a dash of prayer here; Two tablespoons of Bible knowledge there; Follow that with three quarts of regular church attendance – Voila . . . FAITH! That’s really not how it works. Life is too messy for us to believe that there’s a simple formula for faith.

Then how does our faith grow? How do we get to the point of completely trusting God with every facet of our lives? We all want to grow spiritually, but sometimes we can be at a loss for how that actually happens.

Imagine how different your outlook on life would be if you had absolute confidence that God was with you. Imagine how differently you would respond to difficulties, temptations, and even good things if you knew with certainty that God was in all of it and was planning to leverage it for good. In other words, imagine what it would be like to have PERFECT faith.

What to expect in this study

On this retreat, we will begin to build a biblical case for five things God uses to grow BIG faith. We will use video portions of a sermon series by Andy Stanley to help introduce each element that will then lead into short discussion sessions. The remainder of this, at least, 6-part study will be completed in a Wednesday night Small Group Study (also lead by Ramon) starting in January.

Synopsis

Part One:         “Big Faith” – Matthew 7:24; Matthew 8:5-10
Part Two:         “Practical Teaching” – Matthew 7:24-27
Part Three: ”Providential Relationships” – Proverbs 13:20
Part Four:        “Private Disciplines” – Matthew 6:2-4, Mark 1:35
Part Five:         “Personal Ministry” – Matthew 14:19-21
Part Six:            “Pivotal Circumstances” – James 1:2-4, John 11:1-45

Please e-mail Ramon (ramon.jordan@gmail.com) if you have any questions regarding the study topic.

Filed Under: Community, Small Groups

Work Day at Emory

September 25, 2011 By Karl Leave a Comment

Join Emory and Fusion on Saturday October 8th as Emory hosts a church work day. The fun starts at 9:30AM. Bring work gloves, garden implements, cleaning supplies, and anything else you think might be helpful.