WEEKLY UPDATES

GriefShare - Surviving the Holidays

The holidays are fast approaching, and for people walking through grief, they bring with it elevated levels of anxiety, confusion, and dread. The GriefShare seminar, “Surviving the Holidays” offers a road map to help to navigate this tricky terrain.

Join them THIS SATURDAY (7 December) from 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM in the Fellowship Hall at First Baptist Church. Find out more and register by going on-line at griefshare.org/holidays or you can e-mail Arthurlyn Pedley at alyn.pedley@yahoo.com for more information.

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

This Sunday (8 December) is the final day of the annual Lottie Moon Week of Prayer for International Missions. Click HERE to find the stories of IMB missionaries and join with thousands around the world as they lift them in prayer this week. Click HERE for a prayer guide that goes along with these stories, to help you pray more effectively.

FBC was started by funds from the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, which supported missionaries Rev. Herbert & Jackie Neely for the 15 years they pastored here, as well as six missionary journeymen who served here in youth work.  It was from this fund that the property for our original church building was purchased, and they also matched the local building funds we accumulated ourselves.
 
This year, FBC is aiming to raise $21,000 for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, 100% of which will go directly to support missionaries on the field. You can place donations in the offering plate or send via on-line transfer. Please be sure to indicate clearly what it is for.

Festival of Christmas Praise

The Festival of Christmas Praise is coming up! Invite your friends and family and come on out on Friday, 13th December and Sunday, 15th December in the FBC Sanctuary.

Flyers and posters are available at the front of the sanctuary, so please take some to pass on to friends or put up in your office.

The Festival will be followed by a finger-food fellowship in the breezeway. Feel free to bring a treat to share after either or both concerts. 

Did you miss Emmanuel?

This year's kids' Christmas musical, Emmanuel, was a resounding success!

A huge thanks to everyone who made it possible, including the volunteers who came out weekly to rehearse with the kids, the moms who put the costumes together, the team who did the decorations, the folks who ran the sound, visuals and livestream, the parents who got their kids to rehearsals each week, helped them with their lines and played the songs in the car for weeks so their kids could learn them, and of course, the kids themselves who put so much time and effort into learning, practicing, and performing so well!

If you missed this amazing performance, don't worry, you can still catch it HERE on FBC's YouTube channel.

Save the Date!

  • 7 December 2024 - Surviving the Holidays (GriefShare)*

  • 13 & 15 December 2024 - Festival of Christmas Praise*

  • 25 December - FBC Christmas Day Service

  • 11 January 2025 - Annual Women’s Tea

  • 19-22 January 2025 - Cayman Keswick with Stephen Jennings

  • 20 March 2025 - Women’s Leadership Training

  • 21-22 March 2025 - Women’s Conference with Elizabeth Woodson

    *See above for more info on these events.

Order of Service

For the Order of Service for 8 December 2024, please click below.

Birthdays This Week

India Narcisse-Elliott -- 12/09
Decel Lawler -- 12/09
Carlene Wilson -- 12/11
Mervelyn Gordon -- 12/12
Tonya Adam -- 12/14