Email: linda@fbcfultnmo.org

December 2015

Ministerial StaffDr. Gary Shultz, Jr., PastorBrad Kerr, Associate PastorMartin Stukenborg, Associate Pastor

+Christian Symbol+Candle

The candle symbolizes Jesus being the light of the world (John 8:12), as well as his call for Christians to be lights (Matthew 5:14). Candles

play a prominent role in the Christmas season. Each candle on an Advent wreath has a special meaning. Many churches have a candlelight worship service on Christmas Eve, often at midnight. 

AdventThe great proclamation “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us” (John 1:14) assures us that God has entered into human history through the incarnation of the Son. The season of Advent, a season of waiting, is designed to cultivate our awareness of God’s actions—past, present, and future. In Advent we hear the prophecies of the Messiah’s coming as addressed to us—people who wait for the second coming. In Advent we heighten our anticipation for the ultimate fulfillment of all Old Testament promises, when the wolf will lie down with the lamb, death will be swallowed up, and every tear will be wiped away. In this way Advent highlights for us the larger story of God’s redemptive plan.A deliberate tension must be built into our practice of the Advent season. Christ has come, and yet not all things have reached completion. While we remember Israel’s waiting and hoping and we give thanks for Christ’s birth, we also anticipate his second coming at the end of time. For this reason Advent began as a penitential season, a time for discipline and intentional repentance in the confident expectation and hope of Christ’s coming again.(Excerpt From: Faith Alive Christian Resources. “The Worship Sourcebook, Second Edition.” iBooks. https://itun.es/us/fL6dN.l)

Senior Adults A Senior Adult Christmas Dinner is being planned for Sunday noon, December 13, so put this date on your

calendar.  We will have special Christmas music by Juanita Heider on the dulcimer, and sing beloved Christmas carols.  Details about the meal will follow later.

Praise Band Jam Christmas Edition

Join us December 13 at 6:30 pm to sing Christmas songs and celebrate the birth of our Savior, everyone is invited.

Christmas FloatFBC is entering a float in this year’s Christmas parade, Saturday, December 5th @ 1pm. Kids up to

grade 6, may ride with parent permission. Adult/youth chaperones to ride needed as well. Those interested in walking and handing out gospel tracts are also needed. Meeting time and location has not

been set by Jaycee’s at this time. Will update via Email & Facebook. . Sign-up sheets are at info desk. Questions contact Ron Kennon:

rkennon@callawaypropane.com or 544-7897

Business MeetingSunday, December 6

6:30 pmWe will be voting to approve our 2016 budget,

committee members and new members.Ladies Cookie Exchange & Soup/Bread

PotluckThursday, December 10, 6 pm meet at the FBC Fellowship Hall. Please bring 5 dozen cookies & recipe for cookie exchange also bring soup, bread or salad for the potluck. Please write your name and what you will be bringing on the sign-up sheet at the Welcome Center.

The Lottie Moon Offering is our yearly special offering for international missions, and all of it goes to the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.  While a significant percentage of our weekly tithes and offerings go to missions, we take a special offering each year because of the importance of getting the gospel to the ends of the earth.  Please pray about what you can give above and beyond your regular giving to the church (a special offering should never replace our regular giving, but be additional to it). Our goal this year is $7500, the week of prayer is November 29 - December 6, and the offering will be on December 13.  

“Celebrate the Light”

December 24, 6:00 pmBring your family and friends as we celebrate the real meaning of Christmas.

6 For unto us a Child is born,Unto us a Son is given;

And the government will be upon His shoulder.

And His name will be calledWonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6 (NKJV)

1  Natalie Downing1 James Jeffries3 Olivia Huff5 Martha Morris9  Duncan Bartley10  Celeine Snyder13 Richard Davis13  Doyle Swiney14  Kim Stukenborg

15  Kolten McDaniel15 Kolten McDaniel

  21 Bailey Garriott23  Bill Vieth25 Alana Baise27 Carol Adams29 Kathy Roderick30  Helen Easley31  Hayden Ballard31 Garett Ballard31 Douglas Heinemeier31 Andrea Vandeloecht

  

Celebrating their

Anniversary 5/1987 Greg & Tracy Royer16/1979 Daryl & Juanita Heider