Weekly Bulletin 10-25-20
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.
Announcements
ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES
Sunday school classes begin at 11:00. We hope you’ll join us after the service in one of these classes:
Current topic: What it means to be the Church
This week: How did God design and call us as the Church to live?
• Book of Titus with Paul Eslinger: An interactive bible study for adults
This week: Read Titus 1:1-9 and come share your thoughts
MONDAY:
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, October 26
- 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
TUESDAY:
YOUTH GROUP
October 27 • 6 PM
In person at FBC with Pastor Isaac
Meeting in the MPR
WEDNESDAY:
AWANA
October 28 • 6:30 PM
Some clubs still have space available!
Register on the ChurchCenter app under Events or click here to register.
Space is limited!
THURSDAY:
KIDZONE ONLINE CONTENT – brite*
Watch the KidZone Facebook Page each Thursday afternoon for a new lesson and activity. 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
Click here to see what you can learn in these online Bible lessons, powered by Awana.
MORE EVENTS:
TRUNK OR TREAT IS COMING!
We Need More Trunks!
Trunk or Treat will be taking place on Saturday, October 31 from 6-8 PM and we need more trunks to make this a great outreach event.
Mark your calendar and start planning your trunk! We are gearing up for a great event with decorated trunks only. We want to make it memorable with lots and lots of trunks for the community to come and visit.
If you are planning to decorate a trunk or if you would like to donate candy, you may sign up here.
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 31. For more information and location details, please contact Dana Mortimer or Melany Bickford.
You may designate a donation to OCC.
Song Lyrics
Today’s Songs
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I Will Stand
Draw Me Close
It Is Well
I Will Stand
Verse 1
You saved me from my destruction
You turned my feet from death
You lifted me with Your kindness
You filled me with Your breath
How can I thank You
What can I bring
Chorus
I will stand and worship You
For ev’rything You are to me
I will lift my voice in praise
For all the wonders You display
(I will stand I will stand and worship You)
Verse 2
You draw me with tender mercies
You hold me in Your grace
So I will fall down in rev’rence
At the myst’ry of Your ways
So how can I thank You
What can I bring
Bridge
In the middle of the congregation
I will lift my voice to say that You are good
And in the midst of ev’ry situation
I will make this declaration
You are good yeah yeah
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
It Is Well
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
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
Chorus
It is well with my soul
It is well
It is well with 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
Scripture & Sermon Notes
What it Means to be the Church
Pastor Isaac Terry
14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many.
21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
Prayer
Giving
Financial Information through September 30, 2020
Giving: $135,096 • Expenses: $138,228 • Budget: $190,650
Missionary of the Month
Jim & Alene Latzko
The Latzkos utilize their 30 years of missionary experience in the Philippines to motivate and assist churches in the US to evangelize, disciple, and plant churches among new immigrants. They lead International Bible Studies, English Classes, and youth groups.
Jim was saved and discipled in the 1960’s through the ministry of First Baptist Church. Allene grew up in the Philippines, a child of missionary parents. They are sent by First Baptist with the assistance of ABWE-North America.
To make a one-time gift (love offering) to the Latzkos, 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.
Alternatively, you may visit their ABWE giving page.
Praises
- On September 6, our International Fellowship at the Chinese Church held its first in-person meeting since the COVID-19 crisis began.
- Our English classes have built close friendships with Internationals in Richland and their families.
- We currently have people attending our classes from both the US East Coast and Asia.
- We have the privilege of caring for Allene’s mother, Fern, at our home.
Prayer Requests
- In March, our Bridge Seminar, focusing on helping churches disciple internationals, was cancelled due to COVID-19. Pray that we will be able to teach the Bridge Seminar within the next 6 months.
- Pray for us to have a growing ministry to our English students, and that they will continue to attend online, even after they return to their home countries.
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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