Weekly Bulletin 12-20-20
Welcome
Welcome to our Sunday Worship Service!
• Worship with us in the Auditorium or in the MPR where we will simulcast our livestream.
• We will continue to adhere to safe social distancing practices and wear masks as required for in-person activities.
• If you have children attending KidZone, please pick them up promptly after the service.
• Worship service will also be available via Facebook or YouTube for those who wish to continue to watch at home.
• Please check in – whether you are here in person or watching online – using the ChurchCenter app on your smartphone, or on the ChurchCenter online portal on a computer.
Weekly Activities
Weekly Activities
Connecting Point @ 9:20 AM
Chat with friends and family at FBC
or
online on YouTube or Facebook
(YouTube/Google or Facebook account required)
KidZone Classes
NURSERY-3RD GRADE @ 9:30 AM
Please pick your child up promptly after the Worship Service.
Sunday Worship @ 9:30 AM
Worship Service @ 9:30 AM
In Person in Auditorium
Livestream Simulcast in MPR
Click here for self-screening protocol
or
Join us online on YouTube or Facebook
Weekly Bulletin
Worship through Music ~ Emma Watts
Worship through the Word ~ Pastor Brad
The Cast of Christmas: The Magi
Sunday School Classes @ 11:00 AM
Book of Titus with Paul Eslinger – Room 303/305
Tuesday – Youth Group
Next meeting: January 5
Wednesday – Awana
Next meeting: January 6
Announcements
TODAY:
ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL
Sunday school classes begin at 11:00. We hope you’ll join us after the service:
Book of Titus with Paul Eslinger: An interactive bible study for adults
– Room 303/305
NOTE: Bible Talk with Pastor Isaac is taking a break until January
SATURDAY:
VIDEO CHAT WITH THE CARRS
December 19 • 4:00 PM
FBC will be hosting a Microsoft Teams meeting with our Missionaries of the Month, the Carrs.
Click the link below a few minutes early to make sure you get connected on time. See you there.
Click here to join Microsoft Teams Meeting
KidZone Online – Christmas Lessons
Follow the FBC KidZone page on Facebook and watch every Thursday for a new lesson and activity. This month we will have a fun Christmas theme! Click here, new content will be added each week.
Song Lyrics
Today’s Songs
Click here for printer-friendly lyrics
~tap a title to jump
to the song~
Here I Am To Worship
Stronger
Draw Me Close
Here I Am To Worship
Verse 1
Light of the world
You stepped down into darkness
Opened my eyes let me see
Beauty that made
This heart adore You
Hope of a life spent with You
Chorus
So here I am to worship
Here I am to bow down
Here I am to say that You’re my God
And You’re altogether lovely
Altogether worthy
Altogether wonderful to me
Verse 3
King of all days
Oh so highly exalted
Glorious in heaven above
Humbly You came
To the earth You created
All for love’s sake became poor
Bridge
And I’ll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon that cross
And I’ll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon that cross
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
Draw Me Close
Verse
Draw me close to You never let me go
I lay it all down again
To hear You say that I’m Your friend
You are my desire no one else will do
‘Cause nothing else could take Your place
To feel the warmth of Your embrace
Help me find the way bring me back to You
Chorus
You’re all I want
You’re all I’ve ever needed
You’re all I want
Help me know You are near
Ending
Help me know You are here
Scripture
The Cast of Christmas:
The Magi
Pastor Brad Nelson
2 asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”
3 When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
4 And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.
5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
6 ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah,
for out of you will come a ruler
who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”
7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.
9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the Child was.
Prayer
Giving
You may give in person using the boxes at the back of the Auditorium or the MPR
Financial Information through November 30, 2020
Giving: $200,530 • Expenses: $202,511 • Budget: $285,975
Missionary of the Month
Tom & Paula Carr
Tom and Paula are seconded from ABWE to Tri-M (Mobile Modular Missions) and work training local pastors in remote locations. They are based in the United States (Cedarville, OH) and travel to remote locations in Nepal to help teach training modules.
A full schedule would include two modules a year in each of 6 locations. Due to the pandemic, they have been unable to travel to Nepal but are praying that the government would cancel their quarantine requirements and allow groups to meet.
To make a one-time gift (love offering) to the Carrs, you may choose “missionary of the month” in the drop-down menu of the ChurchCenter app’s giving option. This option is also available online, here.
FBC will be hosting a Microsoft Teams video meeting with the Carrs on December 19th at 4pm PST. We will email a link when it is available.
Prayer Requests:
• Please pray that we might be able to have modules in the locations where we have begun the curriculum and then expand to new locations as well.
• Please pray for the health of our Nepali brothers and sisters and as they struggle to get food and basic necessities in the midst of intermittent lockdowns.
• Please pray for our children in school to stay healthy while adjusting to the college experience in a pandemic.
Resources
Emma has gathered some of her favorite recordings of songs we sing in our services. Click the links to listen to these fabulous playlists!
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