Sunday, December 8, 2019

ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
Family Game Night  – Friday, December 13 6-9PM – Join us for fun, games and snacks in the BFLC! Bring a favorite card or board game to play! ALL AGES WELCOME!
Save the Date! VBS 2020: July 13-17 | 6-8:30pm
 
Red Cross Blood Drive will be here tomorrow in the BFLC from 1:00-6:00pm. Stop and see Jack and Brenda who will be serving food in the kitchen to all donors!
 
Christmas Offering will go toward our Forever Being Changed ministry expansion project! Envelopes are available in the pews.
 
Children’s Church (grades 1-2) will be taking a break after today and will resume 1/19. Junior Children’s Church will meet as regularly scheduled.
 
Attention Greeters: If any of you are willing to help with greeting at either of the services on Christmas Eve, please contact Linda Sue Davies.
Family Meal Wednesday:
Served: 4:45-5:45PM | Suggested Donation is $3/person or $10/family Sign Up by Monday: Ramp Bulletin Board, in SBS class or call the office
Menu: Taco Soup, Tostitos, Cheese Quesadillas & the desserts you bring. Desserts are on a donation basis; feel free to share a dessert any time.
Special Needs: If you know of a shut-in or elderly person you would like to deliver a meal to, please sign them up and indicate “Shut-In”. Meals for special needs are free of charge.
 
Memorial Poinsettias may be ordered in honor or memory of a loved one. The suggested donation is $7.50. If you are interested, please stop by the Info Desk or contact the church office at (570) 275-1511 no later than Next Sunday.
 
Christmas Tree of Love – Christmas is a time of giving! You will find the Tree of Love in the kitchen foyer by the gym entrance. Each ornament represents a person and a gift request or suggestion. As God leads you, please take an ornament from the tree and return it unwrapped in a Christmas-style gift bag to the church office by Next Sunday. Please keep the ornament with the gift so we can get it to the right person. If you are giving a gift card, please attach the receipt and/or the activation slip with the gift card.
 
Christmas Gifts for Truckers! During the Christmas season, FBC has been partnering with Pastor Howard Long for many years in his ministry to truck drivers at the Buckhorn Chapel! This year’s needs are packs of sugar-free gum and cookies! If you would like to participate please bring your gum and cookies (4 per ziplock baggie) to the collection box in the kitchen this Sunday.
Call for Christmas Cookies! We’ll be caroling to our shut-ins on December 15 and we give each of them a plate of assorted Christmas cookies! If you would like to donate some yummy cookies, please bring them to kitchen Next Sunday and note “shut-ins” on them. Carolers will be in the FBC kitchen at 4pm to begin plating them up.
 
SPECIAL BUSINESS MEETING! Sunday, December 29 @ 9AM – Item to discuss: changing the wording in our constitution to allow more flexibility in the timing of our Annual Business meeting.
December’s Events / Mark Your Calendars!
  • December 9 Red Cross Blood Drive ~ 1-6pm/BFLC
  • December 13 Family Game Night ~ 6PM
  • December 15 Christmas Cookies & Caroling to our Shut-ins ~ 4:00PM
  • Jr. & Sr. High Youth Christmas Party ~ 4:30PM
  • December 22 Birthday Party for Jesus ~ 9:15AM
  • December 24 Family Candle Light Christmas Eve Service ~ 5:30PM
  • Traditional Candle Light Christmas Eve Service ~ 7:30PM
  • December 25 Merry Christmas! – No Midweek Meal or Ministries meeting
  • December 31 New Year’s Eve Dinner & Movie! More info to come!