FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Webb City, Missouri CONTACT Phone: 417-673-4655
Published Monthly by the First Baptist Church Homepage: www.fbcwebbcity.com Email:
[email protected] “Taking the Hope of Christ to our community” December 1, 2016 Dr. Shaun Watson, Senior Pastor
201 SHOEBOXES Were Collected This Year!!! Thank you for all your help!
Christmas AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICE |6:00PM
Week of Prayer for International Missions December 4-11
& CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICE |10:00AM
Students will leave at
2:00pm on Tuesday, December 27 and turn of Thursday,
reDe-
cember 29 at 12:00pm
1ST KIDZ WEDNESDAY Nights
December 7th will be the last day until January 2017
Poinsettias are available to purchase to purchase for $10.00 in Memoriam or Honor of a loved one. Please call the
ATTENDANCE Average for the Month of November Sunday School Attendance
137
Worship Attendance
164
church office for more information. You will be able to take your poinsettia home after the Christmas Day Service.
OFFERING for the Month of November Received for General Fund Received for Designated Funds TOTAL FOR THE MONTH
December 4 - Church Wide Catered Breakfast @ 9:00am
$21,277.76 3,488.00 $24,765.76
December 4 - Don’t Double Dip & Christmas Trivia @ 6:00pm December 7 - Deacon’s Meeting @ 7:30pm December 9 - Young at Hearts @12:00pm, Webb City Singers will provided the program December 11 - Kid’s Play with Cookies and Cocoa
If you know of a family that is need of a Christmas Basket, please contact the church by December 9th.
NEW STAFF MEMBER AT FBC Tim Finch has accepted the call to become the Pastor of Worship/Students at First Baptist Church. He will be joining the staff beginning January 3, 2017.
Business Meeting Sunday, December 18 at 6:00pm 2017 Church budget will be presented for approval Anniversaries 25 years & More for the Month of December Richard & Janice Goddard, December 3, 51 years Tom & Sharon Taylor, December 10, 33 years Steve & Cheryll Shull, December 14, 42 years Willis & Jerri Cantrell, December 16, 61 years Larry & Linda Ross, December 27, 47 years
December 11 - Trustees Meeting @ 7:00pm December 12 - Crosslines Volunteers @ 9:50am December 16 - Student’s Christmas Party @ 6:00pm December 18 - Business Meeting @ 6:00pm December 18 - Carol Sing with Cakes & Cobblers after Business Meeting December 24 - Christmas Eve Candlelight Service @ 6:00pm December 25 - Christmas Worship Service @ 10:00pm December 25 - No Evening Service December 26 - Church Office will be Closed December 27 to 29 - Winter Xtreme Conference, Students December 28 - No Evening Service
CHILDREN’S CHURCH December 4: Family Worship December 11: Mark & Stacie Baker, Emilee Baker, Alex Baker, Brandon & Sarah Hasemeier December 18: Lindsey Moore, Lisa Corman, Brenda Moore, Anna Pence, Sheila Shipman
December 25: No Children’s Church
EXTENDED SESSION December 4:
December 11: December 18: December 25:
AM: Lisa Corman Lindsey Moore PM: Joyce Riggs AM: Wanda Jackson PM: Joyce Riggs AM: Mark & Stacie Baker PM: Joyce Riggs AM: PM: No Evening Service
DOOR GREETERS (Before & After Sunday School)
December 4: Welcome Center: Mary Bohnstedt Ashley Harris East Door: Rodger Smith December 11: Welcome Center: Laura Watson Muriel Woody East Door: Hal Simpson December 18: Welcome Center: Connie Belcher Cora O’Daniel East Door : Jim Horn December 25: Welcome Center: Stefanie Simpson Kathy Smith East Door: Jeff Kneeland Are you helping:
We are always need of people to join our team and help us reach out to our church members and the community. We need some people to help join our greeter team, Coffee team, and a few people that would be willing to substitute teach in the kids department, when the need arises.
THE DEACON MINISTRY TEAM FOR THE WEEK December 4: Purple Team Brendan Moore, Travis Starchman, Shaun Watson Captain: Mark Baker (
[email protected]) December 11: Green Team John Reeves, Stan Woodmansee, Steve Shull Captain: Bill Riggs (
[email protected]) December 18: Orange Team Bob Smith, Brent Corman, Ron Woody Captain: Jim Horn (
[email protected]) December 25: Yellow Team Bill Ross, John Harrison, Larry Ross Captain: Jim Dawson (
[email protected])
USHERS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER Ed Wecker, Jim Freeman, David Linder, Selden Carter If you cannot serve please contact: December 4 - Hal Simpson at (417) 434-1528 December 11 - Don Wells at (417) 438-5322 December 18 - Don Wells at (417) 438-5322 December 25 - Howard House at (417) 699-9247