Sunday, April 14, 2019

ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
Easter Breakfast Please sign-up in SBS class, ramp bulletin or call the office by 4/14. Suggested donation of $3/person or $10/family.
 
Easter Flowers may be ordered in honor or memory of a loved one. The suggested donation is $9. They will be available to take home on Easter Sunday after the 10:30 AM service. Please contact the church office by TODAY to participate.
 
The Easter Offering will be split between our Forever Being Changed ministry expansion project and Widmy Mervilus, a missionary with Missions Door serving in Haiti. If you would like to participate, Easter Offering Envelopes are available in the pew racks.
 
Holy Week & Easter
  • Palm Sunday – 9:15 AM ~ Special Program for ages Pre-K to 3rd grade in gym
  • Maundy Thursday ~ April 18th – 6:30 PM ~ Living Lord’s Supper – Reenactment of the Last Supper where we will share in communion
  • Easter Sunday ~ April 21st
    • 7:00 AM ~ Indoor “SonRise Service”
    • 8:15 AM ~ Easter Breakfast
    • 9:15 AM ~ Sunday Bible School
    • 10:30 AM ~ Easter Service
Seder or Passover Meal – Sunday, April 28 ~ 6-8pm – Join Rabbi Mottel Baleston, an FBC supported missionary, who will take us through a traditional Seder meal, explaining its symbolism and how our Messiah can clearly be seen. Please Sign up by next Sunday, April 21.
 
The Collingsworth Family – Saturday, May 25 ~ 6pm at FBC! – Tickets are on sale at www.eventbrite.com
 
VBS 2019 – JULY 8-12 – AGES 4 to 6TH GRADE – REGISTRATION BEGINS MAY 1ST – FAMILY FUN DAY JULY 14
 
Lovely Ladies Luncheon – Lunch will be served on Sunday, May 19, at noon in BFLC for all single, divorced, widowed women. Sign up TODAY in the foyer.
 
COLLEGE CARE MINISTRY – Finals will be here before you know it!! The donation box is in the kitchen foyer until April 28. SUGGESTED ITEMS TO DONATE:
  • Easy Mac & Cheese (envelopes)
  • Hot Chocolate
  • Microwave Popcorn
  • Ramen noodles (not cups)
  • Indiv. Packages of crackers
  • Breakfast/Cereal Bars
  • Indiv. Rice Krispie Treats
  • Individual Pkg. of Trail Mix/Nuts
  • Post-It Notes
  • Stamps
  • Glue Sticks
  • Highlighters
  • Treat-sized choc.
  • Candy Hard Candy
  • Tic-Tacs/Mints
  • Gum
  • Lifesavers
  • Chapstick
  • Pencils
  • Black or Blue Pens
  • Tissue Packets
  • Individual boxes of Raisins
Monetary donations are gratefully accepted to help with postage costs as well as buying supplemental items. Please designate “College ministry” and place in the offering.
 
Parents of College Students – Information is due NEXT Sunday, 4/21
 
Zack & Heather Gugenheim with DiscipleMakers – April 14 at 6PM! – Meet Zack & Heather and learn how God is using them in the local college mission fields to impact the lives of college students! Join us in the chapel – Desserts to follow!
 
Blood Drive: Red Cross Blood Drive will be here tomorrow, April 15 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!
 
Church Clean-Up Day! Saturday 4/27 from 8am-12pm we’ll be making FBC beautiful! Lunch will be provided. Sign up by calling the church office. This helps us with how much food to order.
 
Easter Breakfast If you would like to help with this event let us know! They will be serving breakfast at 8:15am on Easter Sunday 4/21. We are also asking for donations of breakfast pastries.
 
Midweek Meal: Wednesday, April 17: Dinner is served 4:45-5:45 PM. This week’s menu is Chili, Cornbread & the desserts you bring. Please sign up by Monday, 4/15 on the Ramp Bulletin Board, in your SBS class or by calling the office. Suggested donation for meals is $3/person or $10/family. If you know of a shut-in or elderly person and would be willing to deliver a meal to them, it is free of charge. Please put their name on the sign up sheet and indicate “Shut-In”. Desserts are on a donation basis, so feel free to share a dessert any time.