Announcements Sunday, August 2, 2015

This is the week!  The long  anticipated Jason Gray/Saline concert is this Wednesday at FBC. If you have not gotten your free ticket, stop today at the Information Desk. Volunteers are needed for a variety of jobs from greeting/ushering to parking attendants and others. Sign up sheets are next to the information Desk. Please sign up today.

Saturday, September 12 FBC will host the 45 member Mission Music Kiev Orchestra. They will present a classical concert which will be open to the public and free to attend. MMK is committed to proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ to and through Ukrainian musicians to the world. and to members of the emerging Christian church in Ukraine through
evangelism, discipleship and humanitarian outreach to widows and orphans.  Host homes will be needed…more information coming soon. To find out more about the group go to www.musicmissionkiev.org.

Kitchen clean-up.  If you donated food to VBS or any other event recently, please check the kitchen counter to pick up your container. 

Attn Ladies: Ladies Retreat ~ There is still room for you! Be sure to reserve October 2-4 & join us for a great weekend. We will be staying at The Linck Hill Inn in Morris, PA. Check out their website. Total cost is $150 & includes transportation, lodging & 5 meals. For more info contact  the church office at 570-275-1511.

Beth Moore Living Proof Live Simulcast ~ “Audacious”: Lewisburg Alliance Church, September 12. For more information check the ramp bulletin board or go to www.lewisburgalliance.com. Anyone interested in heading up a group from FBC please contact the FBC church office.
 

The next Haiti Mission Trip is scheduled for 12/28/15 – 1/5/16. Applications are available at the Info. Desk. Please contact the office  know right away if you have any interest in going along on this trip as we need to make sure we have enough plane tickets.

During August, the Haiti team is collecting school supplies for the children of Haiti.  We will take these supplies with us and distribute them while we are there in December/January.  Please leave the following items in the Mission Barrel outside of Springer Chapel.Wooden Pencils, Ball Point Pens, Boxes of Crayons, Spiral notebooks, large size with 70 pages, Notebooks of Graph Paper (primary grades use these in Haiti), Erasers (not a slip-on pencil eraser), Small individual pencil sharpeners, Toothbrushes, Small tubes of toothpaste.

Soup Cans to fill with change are still available at the Information Desk in the sanctuary foyer.  This money will be used for glasses and fluoride
treatments in Haiti. Cans are due back to the church by September 13. 

Good Samaritan, a ministry assisting local families, is sponsoring their annual  Back to School Socks & Underwear Drive. If you wish to
participate please place your donation of new socks and/or underwear for boys or girls, size 6-14 in the container near Springer Chapel today.

Gently used books & Bibles for countries where Christian literature is needed may be placed in the designated container near the Chapel.  (Donations accepted through the summer)

New Prayer letters from several missionaries are available in the racks outside of Springer Chapel.  Staying informed helps us pray for the
needs of the missionaries we support.