Coming to a Close

The end is drawing near. The end of one year and the beginning of another. I am sure some are reflecting on this past year and all the things that occurred. Then there are those who are contemplating this new year and all that it might bring. While we can never know what the future holds, we can be sure of one thing, God's ever abiding love for us, His children. As you contemplate your New Year's Resolutions, remember to put the most important one at the top. Making time for our Lord and Savior. Spending time with Him daily in prayer and devotion, reading His word and knowing that His promises are true. When all else fails, God prevails!

I hope everyone had a blessed Christmas and enjoyed the time with the ones you love. We have so much to be thankful for. The new year brings with it many activities that you will want to be sure to remember. January starts out 2008 with a flurry of activity. Some are the normal things such as Wednesday night suppers, choir practice and such. But I did notice some new things on the agenda. Continue reading for more information:

The Women on Mission have shared some wonderful news with us. We are working to exceed our Lottie Moon Offering of $5,700.00! As of last Sunday's bulletin we have given $2,271.00. Praise the Lord! May His word continue to be spread to those who need to hear the Word of God and the promise He has in store for us! This new year will bring with it many opportunities to continue giving to help our missionaries do the jobs they have been called to do! Allow to God to speak and guide you in giving to these mission needs.

Each month our calendar is full of folks having birthdays or anniversaries. Something new will be taking place for those celebrating a birthday during the current month. There will be a church-wide birthday celebration in conjunction with the Wednesday night supper each 2nd Wednesday of the month. During this special time, folks who have a birthday in the current month will have their birthday remembered and celebrated with his/her church family. There will be a special birthday cake for dessert to commemorate the special occasion. Be sure to be in attendance the second Wednesday (Jan. 9th) during the month of January! Happy birthday to those having a birthday in the month of January!

Here are some highlights for the month of January 2008:

Sunday, Jan. 6th: Lord's Supper during morning worship hour
Wed., Jan. 9th: Church-wide birthday celebration
Sunday, Jan. 13th: Quarterly Church Conference (morning worship hour)
Friday, Jan. 18th: Newsletter deadline
Sunday, Jan. 20th: Baptist Men's Day
Sunday, Jan. 27th: Spaghetti dinner/Youth Fund Raiser

The children and youth have several items on the agenda as well:

Youth:

Lock-in: Dec. 31st-Jan. 1st
Youth Committee Meeting: Sunday, Jan. 6th
Youth Winter Weekend Retreat: Feb. 1-3 (deadline for signing up & turning in half of fee is
Jan. 9th)
WinterJam Concert: Feb. 22nd

Children:

Trip to see the movie: "Veggietales: Pirates Who Don't do Anything", Jan. 12th. (I don't know if you have ever seen a Veggietale movie, but they are quite cute and have a very good message along with it!)

Children's Committee Meeting: Jan. 13th.

Also, parents, youth and children: don't forget to check out the blog especially for our youth and children. This site will help keep you up-to-date on activities taking place for your children/youth. You will also find links for permission slips, etc. there as well. Remember to mark this link (as well as the church-wide blog) as a favorite so you can follow the happenings in and around our church!
The link for the site for youth/children: http://www.fbcnsm.blogspot.com/.

The link for this website (church-wide site): http://www.northfbc.blogspot.com/.

I believe that covers all I have for now. Until next time, take care and God bless!

In Christian Love,

Tina :-)