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Weekly Connections: Updated 11-24-22
Weekly Connections: Updated 11-24-22
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Please note that the church office will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday, November 23 and 24, for the Thanksgiving holiday. We will be back in the office on Monday, November 28.
BLOOD DRIVE – 11/25
We are hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive sponsored by Oasis Physical Therapy.
Join this blood drive on Friday, November 25, from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM in the MPR.
You may click here to register online for a time to donate. Donating blood is safe, quick and easy, and you can save up to 3 lives with just 1 blood donation! Giving blood saves 4.5 million lives each year in the US, yet fewer than 1 out of 10 people in the US donate.
Let’s roll up our sleeves and do our part!
EX^LT – FRIDAYS
EX^LT is a college age ministry at FBC designed for high school seniors through young adults. EX^LT is a weekly time of fellowship, connection, accountability, worship, and scripture discussion. Our purpose is to provide a safe space for a college age community to gather, worship, learn, and share life together. We meet on Fridays at FBC, in Room 302. Arrive at 6:30 PM for refreshments before we kick things off at 7:00 PM. Bring a friend and we hope to see you there. Click here to sign up!
**NOTE: We may or may not meet on November 25 (day after Thanksgiving), but we will decide for sure this week. Please contact Alan or Tara for details.
LIBRARY BOOK CLUB – 11/26
The FBC Library, The Cross Reference, has a Book Club and it is for everyone who reads and loves books – all are invited! In fact, bring your book-loving friends too. Sign up to join the Book Club Group in the App: Home>Connect>Groups or click here
We meet on the last Saturday of the month from 9:30 – 11:00 AM. This month we will meet in the Fraters’ Library.
The Cross Reference Book Club book for November is “No Longer Strangers: Transforming Evangelism with Immigrant Communities”, edited by Eugene Cho and Samira Ismadi Page. Below is the summary from the Amazon page.
What does evangelism look like at its best?
Evangelism can hurt sometimes. Well-meaning Christians who welcome immigrants and refugees and share the gospel with them will often alienate the very people they are trying to serve through cultural misconceptions or insensitivity to their life experiences. In No Longer Strangers, diverse voices lay out a vision for a healthier evangelism that can honor the most vulnerable—many of whom have lived through trauma, oppression, persecution, and the effects of colonialism—while foregrounding the message of the gospel.
With perspectives from immigrants and refugees, and pastors and theologians (some of whom are immigrants themselves), this book offers guidance for every church, missional institution, and individual Christian in navigating the power dynamics embedded in differences of culture, race, and language. Every contributor wholeheartedly affirms the goodness and importance of evangelism as part of Christian discipleship while guiding the reader away from the kind of evangelism that hurts, toward the kind of evangelism that heals.
We look forward to hearing what you learned from reading this book at our next meeting on Saturday, November 26 at 9:30 AM at the Frater Library.
For more info and to sign up for the group and RSVP so that we know you’re participating, please visit the group on the App: Home>Connect>Groups or click here.
Looking for additional book recommendations? Check out this book list. It will keep growing through the months as we find more to add to it.
We’re excited to see you at the next Cross Reference Book Club!
2GO CAFE – 9:00 AM SUNDAY
Our coffee stand is open on Sunday mornings at 9:00 AM. Stop by and grab some coffee before or after the Main Session. Donations currently benefit the FBC Deacon Assistance Fund.
KIDZONE – 9:30 AM SUNDAY
KidZone for Grades K thru 6 is in the MPR and care for ages 0 thru 4 is in the nursery area. Check your child (and yourself!) in and then join us for the Main Session!
BREAKOUT SESSIONS – 11 AM SUNDAY
with Pastor Tim – Join this Breakout as we study Askesis: a process that encompasses a lifetime of leveraging our relationship with God against every circumstance of life to deeply enrich our fellowship with Him. Bring your study notes and join us for this week’s discussion. Open to youth and adults
– Meets in Room 101
BREAKOUT SESSIONS FOR KIDS
• Ages 0 thru 4 in Room 310
• Grades K thru 6 in MPR
MEN’S PRAYER OPPORTUNITY – 5 PM SUNDAY
The Sunday evening Men’s Accountability Group is taking a break for November and December, but we are still offering a prayer opportunity for those who would like to attend. We still meet on Sundays at 5 PM in room 303. We will meet for about half an hour.
TEEN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (TLC) – SIGNUPS OPEN
It’s that time of the year again and TLC registration is open! TLC, the Teen Leadership Conference, is a really cool event where Freshmen to college-age students can come together with other churches and hear Christian speakers and be encouraged together. Registration is $175 and open now until November 30 (for a free hoodie) and December 7 is the hard deadline (but no hoodie).
This is a really amazing event and all eligible students are encouraged to apply.
But, this isn’t just for the students. We also need adult leaders (over 21) to help with this trip. This can range from driving vans, to working in the kitchen, to being a leader at the camp, to simply committing to pray for the trip. The fee for adult leaders will be covered, so this is primarily a time commitment from you.
If you have any questions, please come and talk to Rachel Montgomery or Jared Gillespie.
And, as always, the signup is in the ChurchCenter app. Open your app and tap Home> Connect> Events or click here.
CHILDREN’S JOB POSTING
We are excited to announce that we have posted a job opening for a part-time Children’s Ministry Director position. We would love for you to pass this information along to anyone you know who may be interested. More information, the full posting, and contact information is available on our Web site at https://fbcrichland.net/jobs/. You can also find the post on the FBC Richland Facebook page that you can share. Please continue praying with us that God would give us discernment as we seek the person He has already selected for this exciting and vital ministry role.
If you have questions, please contact Brad at b.nelson@fbcrichland.net
CHRISTMAS EVE GIFT GIVING GATHERING
There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord. God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us. A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other. 1 Corinthians 12:4-7, NLT
Bring your gift to the FBC family room (MPR) on December 24 at 6:00 PM.
Ideas for gifts to bring:
Gift of a song Gift of a special memory
Gift a short story Gift of spoken word/poetry
Gift of cookies, candy, cider, cocoa Gift of a skit
Gift of art Gift of encouragement
Sign up in the ChurchCenter app to give your Christmas gift to your extended FBC family.
Please sign up by December 18 so that we can organize our gift giving gathering!
Contact Shelly Gilliland if you have any questions: shellyg418@hotmail.com
CHRISTMAS SERVICE
Christmas morning we will celebrate the birth of Christ in a relaxed atmosphere. Bring the family for a short worship service with stories, singing, and the Word – and also a special Christmas gift. Sunday, December 25, at 11:00 AM in the MPR. If you are interested in helping out with the Christmas morning service, please contact Pastor Brad: b.nelson@fbcrichland.net or call to the office at 509.943.8421.
We hope to see you there!
Sunday Welcome
Welcome to Sunday Worship!
- 9:30 AM Main Session – live in the Auditorium or view the simulcast in Room 106C (Parents’ Lounge)
- 9:30 AM KidZone – Nursery and KidZone available for ages 0 – 6th grade
- Main Session will also be available on YouTube for those who wish to watch online
- Breakout Sessions begin at 11:00 AM, locations vary
- Please check in – whether you are here in person or watching online – using the ChurchCenter app on your smartphone, or on the ChurchCenter App Portal on a computer (choose “in person” or “online” when you check in)
- Click here for hearing assistance information
Regular Weekly Gatherings
Week Beginning November 27
SUNDAY
2Go Cafe Open @ 9:00 AM
Main Session @ 9:30 AM
KidZone @ 9:30 AM
(Ages 0 thru 4 – Nursery; Grades K thru 6 – MPR)
In Person @ FBC: Auditorium & Simulcast in Room 106C (Parents’ Lounge)
or
Online Livestream: YouTube
Worship through Music ~ Emma Watts
Worship through the Word ~ Pastor Tim Walker
Humanity New (Week Nine)
Breakout Sessions @ 11:00 AM
Book of Genesis – Room 303
Questions About Life: How to Read the Bible – Room 302
Live a Praying Life for Ladies – Room 307
Askesis – Room 101
Men’s Prayer Opportunity @ 5:00 PM
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MONDAY
MOPS & MOMSnext @ 6:30 PM
(Meets 2nd & 4th Mondays)
-Dec. 12 only for the holiday season-
Moms of kids up to age 18
TUESDAY
Youth Group @ 6:00 PM
Grades 7-12
WEDNESDAY
Awana @ 6:30 PM
Kids clubs for age 3 – 6th grade
FRIDAY
EX^LT @ 6:30 PM
H.S. Seniors – Young Adults
Song Lyrics 11-27-22
Today’s Songs 11-27-22
Click here for printer-friendly lyrics
Made Alive
It Is Well With My Soul
Lead Me To The Cross
Living Hope
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
It Is Well With My Soul
Verse 1
When peace like a river
Attendeth my way
When sorrows like sea billows roll
Whatever my lot
Thou hast taught me to say
It is well
It is well with my soul
Chorus
It is well with my soul
It is well
It is well with my soul
Verse 2
Tho’ Satan should buffet
Tho’ trials should come
Let this blest assurance control
That Christ hath regarded
My helpless estate
And hath shed His own blood
For my soul
Verse 3
My sin O the bliss
Of this glorious tho’t
My sin not in part but the whole
Is nailed to the cross
And I bear it no more
Praise the Lord
Praise the Lord O my soul
Verse 4
And Lord haste the day
When the faith shall be sight
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll
The trump shall resound
And the Lord shall descend
Even so it is well
With my soul
Lead Me To The Cross
Verse 1
Saviour I come quiet my soul
Remember redemption’s hill
Where Your blood was spilled
For my ransom
Pre-Chorus
Ev’rything I once held dear
I count it all as loss
Chorus
Lead me to the cross
Where Your love poured out
Bring me to my knees
Lord I lay me down
Rid me of myself
I belong to You
Oh lead me lead me to the cross
Verse 2
You were as I tempted and tried human
The word became flesh
Bore my sin in death
Now You’re risen
Bridge
To Your heart
To Your heart
Lead me to Your heart
Lead me to Your heart
Living Hope
Verse 1
How great the chasm that lay between us
How high the mountain I could not climb
In desperation I turned to heaven
And spoke Your name into the night
Then through the darkness Your loving-kindness
Tore through the shadows of my soul
The work is finished the end is written
Jesus Christ my living hope
Verse 2
Who could imagine so great a mercy
What heart could fathom such boundless grace
The God of ages stepped down from glory
To wear my sin and bear my shame
The cross has spoken I am forgiven
The King of kings calls me His own
Beautiful Savior I’m Yours forever
Jesus Christ my living hope
Chorus
Hallelujah praise the One who set me free
Hallelujah death has lost its grip on me
You have broken every chain
There’s salvation in Your name
Jesus Christ my living hope
Verse 3
Then came the morning that sealed the promise
Your buried body began to breathe
Out of the silence the Roaring Lion
Declared the grave has no claim on me
(REPEAT)
Jesus Yours is the victory whoa
Ending
Jesus Christ my living hope
Oh God You are my living hope
Sermon Study Guide
Colossians-Philemon Resource Guide
More Colossians Resources
Memorized Reading Resources
Printable Study Guide
Humanity New (Week Nine)
Pastor Tim Walker
For today’s scriptures and interactive notes, click here: YouVersion Study Guide
To continue the conversation, email Pastor Tim: t.walker@fbcrichland.net
Prayer & Giving
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Prayer Requests are posted in the ChurchCenter app under ‘Pray’.
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Financial Information through October 31, 2022
• Planned Budget $231,994 • Giving $190,447 • Expenses $184,626 •