Historic Macedonia AME Church, Fernandina Beach
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The Historic Macedonia AME Church has been a spiritual and community center of Fernandina Beach Florida for close to 150 years. Throughout the 20th century, Macedonia AME Church has provided social and community service programs, including educational opportunities and employment assistance. The church continues to feed the hungry and homeless while working and assisting the Coalition for The Homeless of Nassau County. Providing voter education and registration programs through our Social Action Commission, Bridging The Gap!
To celebrate this magnificent 150th anniversary, we are working with a robust long-range plan to achieve substantial capital improvement and expanded program development to more broadly serve the Fernandina Beach community.
Our rich history, our central city location, and our reputation give us a perfect opportunity to serve our congregation, our neighborhood, and the wider Fernandina Beach community.
Covid-19 has resulted in dramatic losses of services tithing, and most of our revenue-producing programs, We have been prevented from fulfilling our emergency capital repairs and planned improvements to meet the goals of our long-range fund-raising plans.
We are developing a Go Fund Me program to raise funds to do the critical necessary repair to our roof system, to do interior church painting repair and improvements so we can move forward with our long-range plan goals for our 150th anniversary in May 2022.
The funds from a Go Fund Me program will allow us to meet Phase #1 goals of our long-range plan. We are committed to strive forward, even under restrictive Covid-19 precedence.
“The doors of the Church are closed, but the Church is open to serve”
Revenue producing programs of the Macedonia AME church includes a number of annual programs, special programs, and requested community programs development and space-sharing:
Annual Donation Raising Church Gatherings:
Monthly Building Fund Collections, Women’s Day Celebration, Men’s Day Celebration, Pastors’ Appreciation Services, Macedonia AME Church Anniversary Celebration, Friends and Family Day Celebration, Guest Pastor Day Celebration, Mission work, funerals.
Ongoing Fund-Raising Community Gatherings:
· Soul Food BBQ Extravaganza
· Community Black History Month Programs and Events
· Voter Registration and Information Summits,
· Special Citizen Birthdays Meal Celebrations
· “Sharing the Love”, free items giving and receiving an event,
· “Bridging the Gap”, a program bringing together the Church, faith community, and law enforcement.
· “Cracking the Codes”, a faith-based consortium discussion and activity group facilitating the conversation on racism
· “Solutions Sunday, a faith-based group bringing social organizations together to promote the Love of God, to help to love our neighbors and groups in need
· “Stone Soup” an Event with speakers and breaking of bread, and home-made soups to help other non-profit groups fundraise
Ongoing Space-sharing fundraising Events
· $1000 Start-up Small Business Program and Fairs, a training and action program, teaching people how to start, develop and sell products and services
· Postcards to Voters regarding social issues facing our community
To celebrate this magnificent 150th anniversary, we are working with a robust long-range plan to achieve substantial capital improvement and expanded program development to more broadly serve the Fernandina Beach community.
Our rich history, our central city location, and our reputation give us a perfect opportunity to serve our congregation, our neighborhood, and the wider Fernandina Beach community.
Covid-19 has resulted in dramatic losses of services tithing, and most of our revenue-producing programs, We have been prevented from fulfilling our emergency capital repairs and planned improvements to meet the goals of our long-range fund-raising plans.
We are developing a Go Fund Me program to raise funds to do the critical necessary repair to our roof system, to do interior church painting repair and improvements so we can move forward with our long-range plan goals for our 150th anniversary in May 2022.
The funds from a Go Fund Me program will allow us to meet Phase #1 goals of our long-range plan. We are committed to strive forward, even under restrictive Covid-19 precedence.
“The doors of the Church are closed, but the Church is open to serve”
Revenue producing programs of the Macedonia AME church includes a number of annual programs, special programs, and requested community programs development and space-sharing:
Annual Donation Raising Church Gatherings:
Monthly Building Fund Collections, Women’s Day Celebration, Men’s Day Celebration, Pastors’ Appreciation Services, Macedonia AME Church Anniversary Celebration, Friends and Family Day Celebration, Guest Pastor Day Celebration, Mission work, funerals.
Ongoing Fund-Raising Community Gatherings:
· Soul Food BBQ Extravaganza
· Community Black History Month Programs and Events
· Voter Registration and Information Summits,
· Special Citizen Birthdays Meal Celebrations
· “Sharing the Love”, free items giving and receiving an event,
· “Bridging the Gap”, a program bringing together the Church, faith community, and law enforcement.
· “Cracking the Codes”, a faith-based consortium discussion and activity group facilitating the conversation on racism
· “Solutions Sunday, a faith-based group bringing social organizations together to promote the Love of God, to help to love our neighbors and groups in need
· “Stone Soup” an Event with speakers and breaking of bread, and home-made soups to help other non-profit groups fundraise
Ongoing Space-sharing fundraising Events
· $1000 Start-up Small Business Program and Fairs, a training and action program, teaching people how to start, develop and sell products and services
· Postcards to Voters regarding social issues facing our community
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Macedonia AME Church
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Fernandina Beach, FL
