Connections - November 2014 newsletter

NOVEMBER 2014 // www.fbcgso.org // 336.274.3286

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December Connections Deadline: November 17 Email news to kelly@fbcgso.org or bring it to the church office.

Kelly Stephens, Managing Editor Communications Director kelly@fbcgso.org / x223 Gloria Koster, Design Manager Administrative Assistant: Learning gloria@fbcgso.org / x288 Steve Sumerel, Supervising Editor Associate Pastor: Adult Learning steves@fbcgso.org / x233 Teresa Allen, Media Library Director teresaa@fbcgso.org / x229 Ginny Carpenter, Weekday School Director ginny@fbcgso.org / x240 Steve Cothran, Associate Pastor: Students and Family Life / stevec@fbcgso.org / x235 Dolores Donahue, Administrative Assistant: Finance / dolores@fbcgso.org / x226 Ashley Gill Harrington, Interim Minister for Children and Families / ashley@fbcgso.org / x241 Jessica Hartman, Pastoral Administrator jessica@fbcgso.org / x231 Jane Anne Hayber, Administrative Assistant: Music and Worship / janeanne@fbcgso.org / x239 Marty Kellam, Food Services Director marty@fbcgso.org / x245 Rosemary Kellam, Operations Director rosemary@fbcgso.org / x225 Kate Kitchen, Homebound Ministry Director katek@fbcgso.org / 202-5757 Scott North, Church Administrator scott@fbcgso.org / x222 Steve Pressley, Associate Pastor stevep@fbcgso.org / x231 Kim Priddy, Assistant Pastor: Missions kim@fbcgso.org / x295 Alan Sherouse, Senior Pastor pastor@fbcgso.org / x231 Marion Smith, Facilities Supervisor, x243 Doug Vancil, Associate Pastor: Music and Worship doug@fbcgso.org / x237 Terri Vancil, Assistant Pastor: Music and Worship terri@fbcgso.org / x238

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November 2014 3 Insight | by Alan Sherouse –Commitment Season

4-5 Connect with Missions

–A Note from Kim Priddy...

–Missions-Related Books List –Team Ministry @ FBC –Feast of Caring –You Can make Donations and Shop at Encore!

–Gearing Up for the Women’s WE! Shelter –Operation Christmas Child

6 Advent 2014 7 Connect with Worship

–The Longest Night…The Brightest Day Advent Devotion Guide is coming –Advent Schedule –Luminé Service – “It’s Good!”…A musical about the Creation –Christmas Caroling to the Homebound

8 Connect with Adults

– November 3 PrimeTime –Widow Support Group Forming –New Books in the Main Library

Connect with Business

–October Church Conference –September 2014 Financial Update –Special Offerings in November and December

9 Connect with Children and Youth

–Fall Family Fest –Upward is ALL in, are you?

–High School Fall Retreat was held at Blue Ridge Assembly

10 Connect with One Another 11 November Calendar

–FBC Weekday School Soup Lunch

12 Happy Hearts Thanksgiving Dinner Annual Thanksgiving Dinner

By Alan Sherouse

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n Sunday evening, October 19, members of our church and wider community gathered together for the ordination of Kim Priddy.

It was our second ordination service in the last 13 months, following Virginia Reynolds’ ordination in September 2013. It’s one of the most moving things a congregation can do: affirming the call of God to women and men committing themselves to vocational ministry.

1 Samuel 3 – the story of God’s call to Samuel – is one of the best-known biblical call stories. It inspired much of our ordination service. In the account, young Samuel hears a voice call his name, “Samuel, Samuel.” Assuming it is Eli, he approaches the older man multiple times before Eli helps him discern it is the voice of the Lord. At Eli’s urging, Samuel returns to his bed, listens once more, and when he hears his name called, he replies, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.”

In an ordination service, the congregation stands in for Eli, reminding the one being ordained of the voice of God that first called them. This affirmation reaches a climax late in the service during the traditional “laying on of hands.”

A biblical tradition, the laying on of hands is intended to symbolize the Spirit that rests on an individual, and the mantle of leadership that is being entrusted to them. Participants lay hands on

Our Pastoral Staff at the start of the Laying on of Hands for Kim

a candidate’s shoulders or head, and some whisper prayers, hopes and encouragement. I still recall the prayers and blessings laid on me at my ordination

by First Baptist of Lexington, NC in August, 2005.

Immediately after the service, I filled a legal pad with my recollections of those prayers and I’ve returned to that pad repeatedly over the years to remember the elder deacon who prayed for my family and the children he imagined I’d have, or the youth group member that affirmed me, or the friend who came through the line with a status update (“Just so you know, I’m about the halfway point,” he said.). In each of the voices of my church community, I was hearing an echo of the voice of God. I’ve often felt that every one of us should have the opportunity to be ordained – to feel the weight of those hands and the power of those prayers. For, truly, whatever our specific profession or trade, all of us share a vocation to make known the love of God in the world. That’s why a service of ordination not only affirms the call of an individual, but reminds us of the call of God on all of our lives.

We are, all of us, set a part with unique gifts. It’s a good time to remember that. We have just marked a year together as pastor and congregation, and we look to the year ahead with great excitement at all we are poised to do and be. Additionally, we are approaching our November Commitment season, where each of us considers our particular gifts and how we will commit them to the work of the church in this year ahead. So we do well to remember that God is calling each of us individually, and all of us corporately.

I’m grateful that in our recent service we had the chance to affirm the voice of God calling Kim’s name, as God once called Samuel’s. But I hope we are listening carefully enough to hear our own names called, too. When we hear it, we might not recognize it all at once. We might mistake it for a voice in the other room. Or, we might even lie completely still, fearful of what such a call can mean. But as a church, let’s say once again and with renewed commitment, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.”

Commitment Season

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ovember at First Baptist marks our Commitment Season, where we reflect on the ways we are prepared to commit our finances, gifts, time and energies to the vision and ministry of our church in the year ahead.

This year’s Commitment theme is a continuation of our program year theme: Open Church. We will look at the characteristics of the early church, described in Acts 2, and how the coming of the Spirit inspired such unparalleled commitment from those early followers of Christ. On November 9, 16 and 23, our preaching and worship will focus on this theme, calling us to respond to the same Spirit at work in our church here and now.

Commitment season will culminate on Commitment Sunday, November 23, and families will be receiving Commitment Cards in the mail in the next couple of weeks. Please begin now to prayerfully consider your commitment to our church, as we seek to be Open to the Spirit of God and all that is ahead.

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Connect with Missions A Note from Kim Priddy…

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hank you! I was blessed to have been ordained by this church on Sunday, October 19. It had been long anticipated and well worth the wait.

I appreciate the encouraging words, kind notes, prayerful support, and your presence as I sought to respond to God’s call upon my life. Your support bears witness to how our lives are truly spun by a masterful Artist who faithfully supplies us with people and places that draw us to Christ. My prayer is that this is also a time for our renewed knowledge of God and our own sense of call to reach others.

With the Apostle Paul, I offer my prayers for you: “I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:17-19

Misisons-Related Books List

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uring October and November we are studying the book “What Every Church Member Should Know about Poverty” written by Bill Ehlig and Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D. There are other books about poverty and missions that may interest you and would be perfect to add to your Christmas list!

• Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities by Ruby Payne • Until It’s Gone by Scott C. Miller • Why Don’t They Just Get A Job? by Liane Phillips and Echo Montgomery Garrett

• Crossing the Tracks for Love by Ruby Payne • 30 Days on Minimum Wage – A FX Original Series • People Like Us: Social Class in America – The Center for New American Media (DVD) • Toxic Charity by Robert D. Lupton • When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert

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ur October Newsletter highlighted our ministry partnerships and this month we want to highlight our ministry teams. The ministry teams at FBC allow you to serve those within our faith community. We are called to “go out” but we were also created in community to take care of one another. Take a look at the ministries and see how you can use your talents and gifts. If you are interested in joining one of our ministry teams, contact Kim Priddy for more information – kim@fbcgso.org / 274-3286, x295.

Ministry Teams • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Baptism Assistance: Assist candidate in preparation for baptism.

Bereavement: Support grieving families by providing and serving a meal for the family Birthday Calling: Call church members on their birthday on behalf of their FBC family.

Bus Ministry: Transport Friends Home West and Guilford members to and from FBC for Bible study and worship on Sundays.

Children’s Ministry: Vision and enable comprehensive ministries for children and their families.

College Ministry: Reach out to college students and plan events for the students to provide a home away from home for serving, worshipping, and fellowshipping.

First C.A.R.E.: Contact members recently dismissed from the hospital and provide follow-up ministry through phone calls and note cards.

Homebound Ministry: Minister, visit, and keep in contact with those who are unable to attend church often.

Hospital Visitation: Visit church members and their families who are in the hospital.

Prayer Shawl Ministry: Make and deliver dedicated prayer shawls to those with special needs. New knitters welcome.

Pathways: Operated by Greensboro Urban Ministry, Pathways provides emergency, temporary shelter for homeless families with children. Volunteers prepare and serve dinner for the residents. Normally we serve 12 adults and 10 children.

Sound: Provide audio support for Sunday worship, special services, sanctuary weddings and funerals.

Usher: Distribute bulletins, handouts, and usher for Sunday worship and other special worship services.

UPWARD: Volunteers are needed to pass out registration brochures, invite friend and neighbors, coach teams, referee games, sell concessions, pray and sponsor children needing financial assistance to participate.

Visitor Relations: Email, call, or visit each FBC guest/visitor.

Visitor Welcome: Greet, register, and direct visitors to a Bible study class on Sunday mornings.

Visual Arts: Enhance worship and gathering spaces in the church with visual art that leads to contemplation and aides in corporate and private worship.

Worship Welcome: Greet visitors arriving to the Atrium entrance before worship and provide direction for childcare and to the Sanctuary for worship.

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Feast of Caring Thursday, November 20 • 5 - 7 pm, FBC Fellowship Hall

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reensboro Urban Ministry’s 23rd annual Feast of Caring will be held this month. The Feast of Caring is an event which invites the community to help kick-off the ministry’s annual fund-raising campaign.

The gathering is noted for the beautiful pottery donated by local potters.

A minimum donation of $25 or more to Greensboro Urban Ministry allows you to select either five Holiday Honor Cards or a piece of hand-made pottery. All participants are treated to freshly prepared soup and homemade bread. The event marks the introduction of the new Honor Card for the holiday season, based on original artwork by local artist William Mangum. Homelessness is a challenge for every community. The Honor Card program was begun in 1988 and is an annual campaign to raise awareness and funds to meet the needs of the homeless.

You Can Make Donations and Shop at Encore!…StepUp Ministry’s New Thrift Store StepUp Greensboro is accepting gently used fall and winter clothing and shoes for men, women, and children for their new thrift store that is in the Golden Gate Shopping Center between Food Lion and Staples.

Bring your donations to the Atrium on 2nd Sundays.

Volunteers are needed to help out at the store Mondays thru Saturdays, 10 am - 6 pm. Shop there and tell your friends. Store hours: Mondays thru Fridays, 10 am - 8 pm and Saturdays, 10 am to 6 pm.

All proceeds help support StepUp Greensboro which is a non-profit program providing job readiness and life skills training for unemployed people who are striving to find jobs and achieve more stable lives.

Students in the Job Performance class will be given a FREE outfit from Encore! for interviewing purposes.

FBC is one of the faith founding partners of StepUp; First Presbyterian is the primary partner. Contact: Kim Priddy (274-3286, X295) or Shirley Thompson (274-9622).

Gearing Up for the Women’s WE! Shelter Starting December 1, the YWCA and several congregations will open the Winter Emergency! Shelter for women. Our congregation has partnered for the last 5 years with other congregations to provide food, shelter, support, and friendship to women from the Greensboro community who are experiencing homelessness. Once again, we have the opportunity to support this vital ministry.

The Shelter will be housed in the YWCA central office where it was located last year. The address is 1807 E. Wendover Ave. (east of Hwy. 29 before English St.). FBC will provide dinner, lunch bags, volunteers to greet guests, hospitality volunteers, and supplies for the shelter. Sign-up information will be available around mid-November. Contact Geneva Metzger (288-1877) or Catherine Little (856-0623) for further information.

Operation Christmas Child The real miracle is what goes beyond the shoebox!

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id you know that Operation Christmas Child is about more than filling your shoeboxes with coloring books, toys, and toothbrushes? Your gifts enable Samaritan’s Purse to share the Good News of God’s greatest gift – His Son, Jesus Christ – with boys and girls who need to know how much Jesus loves them.

Start packing your shoeboxes now. Along with each box, please include $7 to pay shipping (checks payable to Samaritan’s Purse). If you do not have time to shop and would like help with a shoebox, we have volunteers who will shop for you! Just bring a check for $27 (made out to FBC with OCC in the memo).

Mark your calendars for our churchwide “Dedication Day” on Sunday, November 23. Bring your shoeboxes to the Atrium before Sunday School and Worship and plan to join us for the dedication prayer in the Atrium immediately following Worship.

Questions: Operation Christ Child coordinator Carolyn Clontz ( jwcqclontz@gmail.com / 288-3216 ).

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ADVENT 2014

The Longest Night . . . The Brightest Day Stand still and wait for the night to pass over under cover of darkness the morning will rise.

From the east comes the hope and it’s wrapped up in sunlight, so rest, close your eyes, and wait one more hour.

Our joy has come in through the sky.

Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes in the morning. —Psalm 30.5

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orship planners have been thinking about the holiday season almost as long as retailers, but for very different reasons. At our best we are creating times and spaces where the gathered congregation can be still enough to HEAR a word from the Lord and to RESPOND in real gratitude and joy. Our Advent journey together will be marked by this sacred rhythm of hearing and responding to word of the Lord.

Morning worship will proclaim the good news of Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love in Christ. Afterwards, response to that good news will be in the form of showing hospitality to several groups of people who live outside the walls of our church.

One Lighted Window by Ric Daly

HOPE |november 30

Advent begins the Sunday following Thanksgiving. The Sanctuary will be dressed in royal blue and the Advent Candles will be in place, all symbolizing Hope and anticipation of the coming of Christ. We will be reminded this day that the month-long journey to the manger will require time, patience, seeking, listening, following, and anticipation. The celebration comes at the end!

PEACE |december 7

On the Second Sunday of Advent our youth will lead us in worship. We will hear their unique perspective through music, witness, and scripture of the Peace that Christ brings. We will share communion, served by our High School Senior class of 2015. An Advent Workshop with lunch and Advent learning stations for children and families will follow worship. That afternoon, the North Carolina A & T University Choir will present a concert in our Sanctuary, and we will be host to the A & T community.

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The Third Sunday will focus on Joy, appropriately led by our children and preschoolers. Later in the day our Sunday School classes will spread throughout the community to carol for our homebound members and friends.

Following caroling, the Sherouses are hosting an Open House.

On Saturday before the Fourth Sunday of Advent an army of volunteers coordinated by the Visual Arts team will prepare the Sanctuary for the celebration of the coming of our Lord at Christmas. That afternoon we will host preschool families from our weekday school, our church, and the wider community for a blessing of the family, with a light supper, a live nativity and a candlelight service in the Sanctuary.

LOVE |december 21

On the following Sunday, our combined choirs will lead a service of lessons and carols emphasizing the Love of Christ. Later in the day a quiet service will be held in the Sanctuary for those who are grieving this holiday season. December 21 is the longest night of the year, from which we draw our theme, and for those who have lost loved ones, jobs, or relationships these really can be the longest of nights.

You are invited now to look ahead and carve out time for your family to observe this sacred season where the Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love of Christ can grow in your life and be extended to a world that is often too noisy and distracted to Hear and Respond.

Christmas Eve will be celebrated by the longstanding tradition of Carols and Communion by Candlelight.

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Connect with Worship The Longest Night…

The Brightest Day Advent Devotion Guide is Coming

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his is our very own devotion guide that contains over 20 devotions written by FBC members and mission partners. In addition, member produced art, photos, and reflections can be found throughout the book. The Longest Night…The Brightest Day Devotion Guide will be available to pick up at the church the week before Advent and will also be available online.

Each week provides five devotions: Day One focuses on weekly theme as it is reflected in a work of art. Day Two focuses on the week’s biblical passage.

Day Three provides a devotional thought that centers on a key events of the Christmas story. Day Four provides a personal Christmas story or reflection. Day Five is a personal experience that brings to life the “Longest Night…Brightest Day” theme.

November 30 | Advent I Hope December 7 | Advent II Peace Middle/High School worship leaders Advent Workshop - 12 noon NC A&T University Choir - 4 pm December 14 | Advent III Joy

Children/Preschool worship leaders Caroling to the Homebound - 3-5 pm & Open House at Sherouse home

December 20

Blessing of the Family, 5 pm (for Preschool families)

December 21 | Advent IV Love Lesson and Carols – All Choirs Longest Night Service - 5 pm

December 24

Carols and Communion

by Candlelight - 5 pm

December 28

Christmas Sunday

January 4

College Day at Christmas Epiphany Service (7:00 pm)

Sunday, November 2 5 pm Sanctuary Prayers of the Congregation in Word and Song

It’s Good!

A musical about the Creation | Presented by the Young Musicians Choir

Wednesday, November 19 at 7 pm, Sanctuary And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.

Gen. 1.31

Adult Access classes will dismiss by 6:45 pm.

Christmas Caroling to the Homebound Sunday, December 14, 3 - 5 pm

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o you remember the feeling you get when confined to your home for a few days? The world continues at its ultrafast pace, but without you! That is the constant reality for many of our aged and homebound church family. Gone are days of being out and about, enjoying friends and daily work, active in church life and service to the community. The holidays might be the most difficult time for those who find themselves so dependent upon the graciousness of “others,” especially when the “others” are busier than ever.

As we look for ways to “Hear” and “Respond” this Advent season, perhaps the easiest and most joyous opportunity is Christmas Caroling to our Homebound. Save this date and signup in Sunday School classes or online. Caroling visits and routes will be pre-arranged by Homebound Ministry Director, Kate Kitchen. We will start out in the Atrium and each caroling group will determine their carpool needs and head out with song sheet and food bag in hand! In order to see all of our Homebound and to honor the request of our nursing facilities caroling groups are limited to 12-14 people.

Thank you for Responding this Advent season to those who might otherwise feel forgotten!

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Connect with Adults Widow Support Group Forming

November 3: Dr. Michael Blackwell President of the Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina

“The Good Ship PrimeTime” PrimeTime includes–

9 am: Ceramics, Gym 9:30 am: Prayer Shawl Knitting, 108-A 11 am: Bible Study, 218 12 noon: Lunch, 108 Reservation deadline: October 30.

Sign up online: www.fbcgso.org/seniors or contact Rosemary Kellam - 274-3286, x225 or rosemary@fbcgso.org

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here is no map for the journey of grief that follows the death of a spouse. Certainly, there are predictable feelings of loss, sorrow, and loneliness; however, the highs and lows, the twists and turns of the days, weeks, and years that follow such a loss are as variable as are the people who face them.

The common thread that holds all these grief experiences in concert is the need for fellow travelers to walk this journey together. Our church is now reaching out to the widows of our community to offer this ministry of mutual support. Meeting first and third Tuesdays in the afternoon from 2:00 until 3:30, the Widow’s Support Group will meet each participant wherever they may be in the moment. Each session will include information sharing about grief and practical tips for living alone. And always the majority of time will be spent listening, praying, and sharing the sorrows and joys that are experienced each week.

There are paths toward healing the deep wounds inflicted by the death of a spouse; widows need not walk this journey alone.

New Books in the Main Library • Making All Things New by Henri J. M. Nouwen • #Connect: Reaching Youth Across the Digital Divide

by Brian Foreman

• Help! I Teach Youth Sunday School by Brian Foreman, Bo Prosser & David Woody

• Taking People with You by David Novak • Kids These Days by Drew Perry

• This Is Just Exactly Like You by Drew Perry • Rich In Years: Finding Peace and Purpose in a Long Life

by Johann Christoph Arnold

• The Civil War (3-book set): The Fighting Men of the Civil War, The Battlefields of the Civil War, The Commanders of the Civil War by William C. Davis • Frank Porter Graham: A Southern Liberal by Warren Ashby • George S. Patton: A Biography by David Andrew Smith

Connect with Business October Church Conference The monthly Church Conference took place on Sunday afternoon, October 12, 2014 in the Fellowship Hall.

Church Moderator, Hazel Fisher presided. The following actions were taken– Blake Absher made the following motion: • Motion: On behalf of the Building and Grounds Committee, the Finance Committee and the Deacons, I move that an expenditure of $1,820 be approved to refurbish Dr. Pressley’s office, monies to come from Major Maintenance/ Capital Improvement Account #310276. Items to be included are painting, new desk and chair, new blinds, and accessories.

Robb Wells, Clerk of Ordination Council made the following motion: • Motion: After the expressed wish of Kim Knowles Priddy to be ordained to the Gospel Ministry, the recommendation of the Pastor and Deacons who satisfied themselves as to her fitness, and upon the joyful, enthusiastic and unanimous recommendation of the appointment of an Examining Council called to examine her Christian experience, call to the ministry and view of Biblical doctrine, it is hereby moved that Kim Knowles Priddy be properly set apart and ordained with prayer and laying on of hands.

Financial Update The September financial summary is below. Thank you for your generous giving.

Receipts & Distributions

Actual

Budget

Last Year

Monthly Budget Receipts $ 126,442 $ 177,537 $ 151,298 YTD Budget Receipts $ 1,188,928 $ 1,279,986 $ 1,179,583 YTD Budget Disbursements $ 1,352,291 $ 1,343,178 $ 1,306,145 YTD Differential $ (163,363) $ (63,192) $ (126,562) 8 | Connections

Special Offerings November:

Baptist Children’s Homes of NC

December:

CBF Global Offering

Connect with Children and Youth

Fall Family Fest Saturday, November 1 • 3 - 5 pm, FBC Front Lawn

Carnival Games and Treats

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n a crisp, clear fall day, hundreds of people are introduced to FBC at our Fall Family Fest. You can help us reach out to our community friends by volunteering to help with inflatables, pumpkin and face painting, a dunking booth, carnival games and food, greeting visitors, or helping set up beforehand or cleaning up afterwards.

Volunteer/Sign up online: bit.ly/fbcgso-fallfest Contacts: Steve Cothran - stevec@fbcgso.org Ashley Gill Harrington - ashley@fbcgso.org Jenny Sherouse - jennysherouse@gmail.com

Upward is ALL in, are you?

• Upward Evaluations: We need several volunteers

(between 6 - 8 pm) to meet, greet, size uniforms, and score the evaluation nights on November 11 & 13.

• Scholarship Opportunities: An important part of the Upward ministry is providing scholarships to those who, otherwise, could not afford to participate.

For $75, consider sponsoring a child for cheerleading or basketball this year.

• Upward Ministry Prayer Breakfast: Join us on Sunday, November 16 at 8:30 am for a FREE pancake breakfast and pick up your 100 days of Upward prayer sheet.

Together we will commit to pray for Upward.

• We Need Volunteers: You are a much needed part of this ministry whether you are praying or coaching or just coming to watch the games. Your support is an integral part of Upward’s success!

• Upward Questions:

Tommy Starnes, Upward Director tstarnes@triad.rr.com 274-3286, x251 www.fbcgso.org/upward

The High School Fall Retreat at Blue Ridge Assembly provided High Schoolers a time of reflection and encouragement in their walk with Christ and each other.

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Connect with One Another If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. (1st Corinthians 12:26)

Responding to the Invitation

Buddy and Hulda Arant

Natalie Phillips

(on October 12)

By Letter

(on October 19)

By Statement & Baptism

November Birthdays 1. Shirley Brown, CJ Tillotson, Ellis Vaughan 2. Bonnie Morrah, Jack Steelman, Ann Trull 3. Debbie Garner, Jennifer Lewis 4. Teena Hauselman, Howard Hicks, Hubert Johnson, Fred Lewis, Heather Power, Helen Vaughan 5. Carol Jean Miller, Ed Mitchell, Mike Stone 6. John Matthews, Angela Peeler 7. Danny Edwards, Terry Lynn Grant 8. Harry Kalpagian, Bobby Stutts 9. Parker Hall 10. Sara Denmark, Jacob Knight, Fridin Mihindou, Dave Worsley 11. Martha Cox, Matthew Kennedy, Glorine Luper, David Wells 12. Carolyn Clontz, Bob Curlee, Roxana Johnson, Ginny Smith 13. Harold Messick, Declan Stephens, Trent Stockard 14. Maxine Crews, David English, Reba House, Virginia Seagraves, Janey Twigg 15. Doris Edmonds, Tyler Katowitz, Monica Vaughan 16. Ken Brannon 10 | Connections

17. Kendall Gooding, Rebecca Little 18. Elaine McRae, Kenneth Moran 19. Michaela Stutts 20. Arlene Morrison, Dillon Peeler, Betty Sessoms 21. John Thompson 22. Bobby Holmes, Mitchell Lewis, Lilly Morrow 23. Jack Echerd, David Newsom, John Shackelford 24. Juanita Hendrix, Esther Hutcherson, Burr Hutchison, Kay Mills, Dot Rierson, Shelly Worsley 25. Megan Barlow, Hazel Fisher, Myra Hinson, Doug Vancil 26. Louise Burroughs, Connie Carter, Jake Isom, Sam Messick, Hilary Wilder, Anna Woodroof 27. Jeff Bennett, Jim Greene, Anna Hartis, Jan Hensley, Barbara Russell 28. Fred Brown, Sandy Gilliland, Kelly Stephens, Travis Wilder 29. Graeme Bolton 30. Kelsey Peeler

College Birthday: Mitchell Lewis 11/22 –

1526 Tryon Road, Raleigh, NC 27603 mtlewis2@ncsu.edu

Welcome New Baby: Katherine Elizabeth Wall born on October 22

FBC Parents: Laura & Brad Wall Siblings: Caleb (4) & Evy (2)

Bereaved: • Louise Deshaies in the loss of her grandson, Joe Tempesta, on September 23 • Loved ones of Victor Holshouser, on September 25 • Gene Cox in the loss of his brother-in-law, Dr. Clay Ferguson, on October 3 • Loved ones of Eleanor Manning, on October 6 • Toni Lewis in the death of her uncle, Tony Tucker, on October 9 • Delmas Bearden in the loss of his sister, Arlene Salter, on October 10 • Emiley Turner in the death of her father, Tim Gales, on October 11 • Kim Youngdahl in the death of her father, Jerry “Buddy” Blackmon, on October 17

Regular Weekly Schedule Sunday AM @FBC

Study - 9:15 am • Bible Worship - 10:30 am •Guest Reception - 11:45 am (209) •

•1 (Sat): Fall Family Fest. 3 - 5 pm, FBC Front Lawn (see page 9) •1, 8, 15, 22, 29 (Sat): Shower Ministry. 3 pm, Gym •2 (Sun): All Saints’ Day. 10:30 am •2 (Sun): Luminé Prayer Service. 5 pm, Sanctuary (see page 7) •3 (Mon): PrimeTime. 9 am - Lunch (see page 8) •3, 10 (Mon): FRONT. 7 pm, 102 •3 (Mon): Youth Lock-In. •4 (Tues): WMU Group 3. 9:30 am •4, 18 (Tues): Widow’s Support Group. 2 pm (see page 8) •4 (Tues): WMU Group 2. 7 pm, 102 •9 (Sun): StepUp Ministry Clothing Collection. 9 am, Atrium •9, 16, 23 (Sun): Stewardship Sundays. 10:30 am •9 (Sun): Via Soup Lunch | Church Conference. 12 pm, 108 •11 (Tues): WMU Group 4. 10:30 am, Café •11 & 13 (Tues) & (Thur): Upward Evaluations. 6 - 8 pm, Gym •16 (Sun): Upward Prayer Breakfast. 8:30 am, 108 (see page 9) •18 (Tues): Upward Evaluations Make-Up Day. 6 - 8 pm, Gym •19 (Wed): “It’s Good!” Musical. 7 pm, Sanctuary •20 (Thur): Feast of Caring. 5 pm, 108 (see page 5) •21 (Fri): Happy Hearts Thanksgiving Dinner. 6 pm, 108 (see page 12) •23 (Sun): Commitment Sunday. 10:30 am, Sanctuary •23 (Sun): Operation Christmas Child Dedication Day. 11:45 am, Atrium •23 (Sun): College Lunch. 12 noon, Café •23 (Sun): Flag Football Game. 2 pm, FBC Front Lawn •25 (Tues): Annual Thanksgiving Dinner. 6 pm, 108. (see page 12) •27 (Thur) & 28 (Fri): Church offices closed | Thanksgiving holiday •30 (Sun): 1st Sunday of Advent.

•Adults •All Ages •Children •Seniors •Weekday School •Worship •Youth

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Sunday PM @FBC

Youth Handbells: Grades 6-12, 4 pm, Sanctuary/319-D Youth Choir: Grades 6-12, 5 pm, 311 Children’s Handbells: Grades 4-5, 5 pm, 319-D Children’s Bible Drill, 6 pm Youth Discipleship, 6:20 pm, 301 Adult Bells I, 6 pm Sanctuary Choir, 7 pm, 311 Instrumental Ensemble (3rd Sundays), 7 pm, Sanctuary

Wednesdays@FBC

Meal - Dinner is •Fellowship served between 5-6:30 pm /

Reservations: Due Tuesday at 12 noon – 274.3286 or www.fbcgso.org/fellowshipmeal Kids’ Access - 6 pm Youth Forum - 6:15 pm Adult Access Classes - 6:15 pm Sanctuary Choir - 7:15 pm, 311

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Fellowship Meal Menus November 5: Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans | Kids: PB&J November 12: Chicken Alfredo & Penne Pasta, Garlic Bread, Salad Bar | Kids: Cheese Pizza November 19: BBQ, Whole White Potatoes, Cole Slaw, Hushpuppies Kids: Naked Hot Dog November 25: Church wide Thanksgiving Dinner

FBC Weekday School Soup Lunch Sunday, November 9 @ 12 noon, Fellowship Hall Benefits the Via Scholarship Fund

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elicious homemade soups, bread, and cookies will be available after worship for a donation. Maybe instead of going out to eat after church, you could bring your family to our Soup Lunch. The donation is your choice, but perhaps you’d like to donate what it would cost you to take your family out to eat. Your donations will help us meet the obligations that we have taken on – in faith – to support our families.

Thank you for your prayers, your service, and your dedication to supporting FBC’s Weekday School. We are so blessed to be in this church and to be able to serve our families through this ministry!

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First Baptist Church Greensboro

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION

1000 West Friendly Avenue Greensboro, NC 27401

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Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind… (Psalm 107.8)

Happy Hearts Thanksgiving Dinner Friday, November 21, 6 pm in 108

Happy Hearts celebrates with family and group home friends for a delicious turkey dinner at FBC.

Annual Thanksgiving Dinner Tuesday, November 25, 6 pm in 108

Enjoy a delicious traditional meal of turkey, ham, cranberry sauce, dressing, rolls, green beans, sweet potato souffle, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and beverages. Reservations ARE NEEDED! The reservation deadline is Sunday, November 23. All “standing” Wednesday night reservations are not valid for the Thanksgiving dinner. To RSVP, contact Rosemary Kellam (274.3286, x225 / rosemary@fbcgso.org ) or sign-up on the FBC website: www.fbcgso.org/calendar_events . Childcare will be available for children 5 years and younger during the brief service that follows dinner. Please make your childcare reservations when making your dinner reservations.