Weekly Bulletin 9-27-20
Welcome
Welcome to our worship service!
• If you’re here in person, please practice safe social distancing and wear a mask
• Once you arrive at your chosen indoor venue, please remain in that venue so that we may adhere to our regulatory guidelines
• Remember to check in using the ChurchCenter app on your smartphone, or on the ChurchCenter online portal – whether you are here in person or watching online
• Worship service will also be available via Facebook or YouTube for those who wish to continue to watch at home
Announcements
MOPS – MOTHERS OF PRESCHOOLERS
MOPS has plenty of room for new moms, so if you are a mom of kids up to age five, please join us!
More details:
- Next meeting: Monday, September 28
- 6:30 PM in the MPR at FBC
- We have plenty of room for new moms, so bring a friend, neighbor, etc.!
- Meetings are on the second and fourth Mondays of the month, September-May
- See our Facebook page or the FBC MOPS page for more info
YOUTH GROUP – *NOTE NEW TIME AND LOCATION*
Tuesday, September 29 • *6:00 PM*
*In person at FBC* with Pastor Isaac
Meeting outdoors – dress appropriately
NEW KIDZONE ONLINE CONTENT – brite*
Watch the KidZone Facebook Page each Thursday afternoon to see what this new online Bible learning powered by Awana can teach you!
Because kids who know the Bible can:
- Navigate a changing culture
- Build a strong foundation of faith
- Love Jesus for the rest of their lives
INTERACTIVE PRAYER NIGHT
Our FBC Students are excited to invite you to our first ever Interactive Prayer Night! This in-person event will be Tuesday, October 6 from 6:30 – 8:00 PM at the church. We are planning many different prayer opportunities and encourage each person/family to participate in every station. Separate childcare or children’s programs will not be provided.
Activities include:
- Live worship music
- Corporate and personal prayer opportunities
- Focus on different types of prayer and ways to pray, including personal intercession, repentance, confronting fear, and spiritual warfare
Help us with our planning by letting us know how many in your family plan to come by registering in the ChurchCenter app under Events, or via the ChurchCenter web portal.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
Our faithful Operation Christmas Child enthusiasts have finished another year of prep and are ready to pack some boxes! First Baptist Church’s OCC goal this year is 200 boxes and we need to raise $2,000 to cover shipping and the cost of the boxes themselves.
We will not do a big packing party this year, but will to continue having small monthly gatherings and pack boxes from supplies we have received to date. OCC box items (school supplies, hygiene supplies, etc.) are still welcome!
This year we are packing at Dana Mortimer’s house on October 3, 17, and 31. For more information and location details, please contact Dana Mortimer or Melany Bickford.
You may designate a donation to OCC, and an online option will be coming soon.
AWANA REGISTRATION IS OPEN
We’re excited to offer our program again this year, starting Wednesday, October 7, and we will be meeting IN PERSON!
Register now, because space is currently limited. We look forward to modifying our capacity limits as restrictions lift.
We’re ready to see all your smiling faces again!
Song Lyrics
Today’s Songs
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Made Alive
Stronger
This Is Amazing Grace
Made Alive
Verse 1
I once was dead in sin
alone and hopeless
A child of wrath I walked
condemned in darkness
But Your mercy brought new life
And in Your love and kindness
Raised me up with Christ
and made me righteous
Chorus
You have bought me back
with the riches of
Your amazing grace and relentless love
I’m made alive forever with You
life forever
By Your grace I’m saved
(By Your grace I’m saved)
Verse 2
Lord You are the light
that broke the darkness
You satisfy my soul
when I am heartless
If ever I forget my true identity
Show me who I am
and help me to believe
Bridge
My sin has been erased
I’ll never be the same
(back to top)
Stronger
Verse 1
There is Love that came for us
Humbled to a sinner’s cross
You broke my shame and sinfulness
You rose again victorious
Verse 2
Faithfulness none can deny
Through the storm and through the fire
There is truth that sets me free
Jesus Christ who lives in me
Chorus
You are stronger
You are stronger
Sin is broken
You have saved me
It is written
Christ is risen
Jesus You are Lord of all
Verse 3
No beginning and no end
You’re my hope and my defense
You came to seek and save the lost
You paid it all upon the cross
Bridge
So let Your Name be lifted higher
Be lifted higher
Be lifted higher
(back to top)
This Is Amazing Grace
Verse 1
Who breaks the power
of sin and darkness
Whose love is mighty
and so much stronger
The King of Glory
the King above all kings
Verse 2
Who shakes the whole earth
with holy thunder
And leaves us breathless
in awe and wonder
The King of Glory
the King above all kings
Chorus
This is amazing grace
This is unfailing love
That You would take my place
That You would bear my cross
You laid down Your life
That I would be set free
Oh Jesus I sing for
all that You’ve done for me
Verse 3
Who brings our chaos
back into order
Who makes the orphan
a son and daughter
The King of Glory the King of Glory
Verse 4
Who rules the nations
with truth and justice
Shines like the sun
in all of its brilliance
The King of Glory
the King above all kings
Bridge
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
Worthy is the King
who conquered the grave
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
Worthy is the King
who conquered the grave
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
Worthy is the King
who conquered the grave
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
Worthy worthy worthy
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Scripture & Sermon Notes
Ephesians Chapter Four: Walking 101 – Instructions for a Lifetime
Jeff Stachofsky
7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
“When He ascended on high,
He led captive a host of captives,
And He gave gifts to men.”
9 (Now this expression, “He ascended,” what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth?
17 So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
25 Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
Walking 101
The Challenge ~ Live your life obviously
How ~ Be humble, gentle, patient
Love one another
Why ~ Preserve unity

Prayer
Giving
Financial Information through August 31, 2020
Giving: $102,903 • Expenses: $102,697 • Budget: $142,990
Missionary of the Month
Nathan & Rachel Waldock
Nathan and Rachel have been missionaries with Baptist Mid Missions for the past 13 years.
They served 7 years in India, teaching at Baptist Seminary of South India in Bangalore, and then God sent them to Cambodia in 2016.
They have been working with a church plant in Pursat, Cambodia with 2 other missionary couples. They plan to return to Cambodia in October 2020.
To make a one-time gift (love offering) to the Waldocks, you may choose “missionary of the month” in the drop-down menu of the Church Center app’s giving option. This option is also available online, here.
Current praises:
- They have had a safe furlough for the past several months
- They have even been able to speak at a church camp
- For their church in Pursat, as all of the missionaries are on furlough in the US, and it is ultimately unknown when they will be able to return
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