Sunday, August 4, 2019

ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
Barnabas Sunday During the first Sunday of every month, FBC collects food items for the Danville Food Bank. The collection basket is in the Foyer today. August’s need is for Peanut Butter & Saltines.
 
Blood Drive: Red Cross Blood Drive will be here Monday, August 12 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!
 
Keep On Jamming! VBS Music CDs are available at the Info Desk! Grab one for you and a friend!
 
Project Love Committee Member Needed The planning for Project Love (Oct. 19-20) is getting underway and we are looking for an FBC rep to be part of this committee! Good communication and organization skills needed. For more information or to volunteer contact the church office.
 
Gluten Free Communion Wafers – Located on the ushers’ table in the back of the sanctuary. Feel free to pick one up prior the service starting!
 
MISSION TRIP RECAP: Sunday!! New Bern, NC | Chapel | 6PM – Join us to hear about what God did through our team back in May! Dessert Donations would be greatly appreciated! A Love Offering will be collected and given to Samaritan’s Purse.
 
Single Ladies Potluck Lunch – Save the Date! Sunday, October 6 – Wear your apron and bring stories to share! More info to come.
 
Opportunity to serve Jesus in Costa Rica! November 2-9, 2019 – Check out our table in the Main Foyer! We are looking for people to serve on a missions trip to Costa Rica on one of our many teams that we will be putting together: construction, medical (needs to have some physicians, PAs, nurses and pharmacist), eye glasses, women’s ministry  and VBS. Please see or contact Jeanie or Doug Wesner if you would like to join one of the teams or if you have any questions about the trip or the location. Packets of information are also located at the Info Desk.
 
Awana Registration – We are welcoming ages 3yrs to 6th grade!! Visit danvillefirstbaptist.org/awana/ to register. NEW!! Parents of returning clubbers have a much more abbreviated registration AND pre-orders for supplies can be placed at the same time!!!
 
World Hunger Project – Saturday, September 7 – 9am-12pm – Join hundreds of volunteers to pack rice, lentils, beans & seed packets to be sent out world-wide! To register, get more info and/or to donate check out www.danvillefirstbaptist.org/gain/. Event Goals
  • 400 Volunteers
  • $27,000 for meals/seeds
  • Pack 75,000 meals
  • 8,000 seed packets
Donation Update: 29% to goal!
 
School Supplies for Rochester, NY! During the month of August, we’ll be collecting school supplies to help Marv Robinson, an FBC supported missionary, as he ministers to the children of Rochester. Please leave your donations of the following suggested items in the bins outside the kitchen by September 22.
  • Ball Point Pens
  • Boxes of Crayons (24/box preferred)
  • Spiral notebooks, large with 70 pages
  • Wooden Pencils
  • Backpacks
  • Erasers (not a slip-on pencil eraser)
  • Toothbrushes
  • Small tubes of toothpaste
 
If you had fun volunteering at VBS & Family Fun Day, here are more opportunities to bless Children & Youth at FBC: MOPS  2.5hrs per month -Wed. morning – Babies to 5 yrs
 
AWANA   1.5hrs per week-Wed. evenings  – 3 yrs to 6th grade
 
Jr & Sr High  2hrs/week- Wed. evening 6th to 12th grade
 
Children’s Churches 1.5hrs/week – 10:30am service 3 to 5yrs or 1.5hrs/week – 10:30am service K to 2nd grade
 
Sunday School 1.5hrs/week – 9:15am All ages *Child Safe Church Clearances are required for these positions*
 
Or JOIN THE KITCHEN TEAM! Midweek meals begin 9/4 and we are looking for help! Interested? Contact the Church Office.