Sunday, April 7, 2019

ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
Holy Week & Easter Palm Sunday ~ April 14th
  • Regular Services
  • 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 *Please sign-up in SBS class, ramp bulletin or call the office by April 14. Suggested donation of $3/person or $10/family.
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. April’s need is for Canned Fruit.
 
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. Please call the church office if interested in helping.
 
Blood Drive: Red Cross Blood Drive will be here Monday, 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!
 
Midweek Meal: Wednesday, April 10: Dinner is served 4:45-5:45 PM. This week’s menu is Barbeque, Scalloped Potatoes, Green Beans & the desserts you bring. Please sign up by Monday, 4/8 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.
 
Lovely Ladies Luncheon – May 19 at 12PM – Lunch will be served at noon in the BFLC for all single, divorced and widowed women. Sign up in the main foyer or by calling the church office.
 
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 April 14th 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 will be available in the pew racks next week on Palm Sunday as well as Maundy Thursday and Easter Sunday.
 
Easter Encouragement check out our Tract Rack for Easter devotionals and tracts to help you share the good news!!
 
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 April 21.
 
Welcome Back, Collingsworth Family! Saturday, May 25 ~ 5pm – Tickets go on sale Monday at www.eventbrite.com.
 
Church Clean Up Day – Saturday, April 27 – 8am-12pm – Help keep FBC looking beautiful! Lunch will be provided. Sign up today at the Info Desk, Ramp bulletin board or by contacting the church office.
 
M&M Tubes! Your M&M tube donations will go towards funding aid meals that we’ll be packing on our June 18 trip to the GAiN warehouse in Lancaster. More info to come! Please Return Tubes by June 9.
 
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 Sunday, 4/21.