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Sunday, December 1, 2013Sunday, December 1, 2013

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Sunday in AdventSunday in Advent

Morning Worship Services, 8:00 AM & 10:45 AM “Christ Was Born to be the Bread of Life”

Pastor David Vilhauer


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Morning Worship Services, 8:00 AM & 10:45 AM “Christ Was Born to Testify to the Truth”

Pastor David Vilhauer

Prelude to Christmas (advanced tickets required), 6:30 PM


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Morning Worship Services, 8:00 AM & 10:45 AM “Christ Was Born to Destroy the Works of the Devil”

Pastor Dana Olson


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Morning Worship Services, 8:00 AM & 10:45 AM “Christ Was Born for This”

Pastor Dana Olson Faith Choir with Children’s Choir

under the direction of Emily Danger & Marlea Anderson

Tuesday, December 24, 2013Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, 5:30 PM “Christ Was Born to Bring Joy to the World”

Pastor Dana Olson

Merry Christmas from the FBF staff

THANK YOU Ben & Sara Whitley have been working as part of our Building Maintenance team for the past year. On December 13th, Ben will finish classes at USF with a degree in Business Administration…. And on December 16th he will begin full-time employment at CitiBank. Sara is continuing her education at USF, working at Luthern Social Services, has recently had her second book “An Open Window” published and is working on book #3 and #4. THANKS Ben & Sara for your service and ministry to Faith Baptist Fellowship!

December 1 Pastor Moe’s Renewal

Leave Concludes December 4 MS/HS Connect Service,

6:30-9 PM (Load bus at Faith) December 6-8 MS PlanetWisdom Student Conference Depart Friday from the church @ 2 PM Return Sunday by 4:30PM December 10 Student Ministries Disci-

pleship Team (SMDT), 6:30 PM

December 11 MS “Close Encounters” Christmas Party, 6:30- 8PM in ’The Loft’ HS Faith Groups, 7-8:30 PM (various homes) December 13 HS Progressive Dinner

6-10 PM December 14 MS/HS Salvation Army

Bell Ringing, 9:30AM-2PM (various locations) December 15 MS/HS UGM Chapel

Service, 7-9 PM December 18 & 25 No Regular Wednesday

Evening Ministries December 24 Christmas Eve Service,

5:30 PM December 25 Christmas Day December 29 No Sunday School December 31 New Year’s Eve

Going Formal High school students will have their an-nual progressive Christmas dinner on Fri-day, December 13th, from 6 to 10 PM. Students will carpool to three different homes, enjoy great food together and conclude the evening with dessert and a gift exchange. Students should plan to dress formal and sign up in Sunday school by December 8th. Bell Ringing Time! It’s that time of year again to serve the Salvation Army through bell ringing ef-forts. Middle and high school students will ring bells at Hobby Lobby and Shopko (41st Street) from 9:30 AM to 2 PM, on Saturday, December 14th. If you are at one of these stores during this time, stop and say hello. HS Summer Mission Trip High school students will have the oppor-tunity to serve in Rapid City, with one of our District’s Church Plants, June 1-7. We will lead a kids’ clubs, do service pro-jects and share the Gospel. Applications will be out in January and due at the be-ginning of February 2014. Students cur-rently in 9th-12th grade are eligible to apply. (This trip fulfills a pre-requisite for students who want to apply to go to Belize in July 2015.) Planning ahead: Jan 5: Sunday School resumes Jan 8: Wednesday Ministries resume Jan 10-12: HS Bethel U. Discipleship Conf. Jan 19: HS “Guess Who’s Coming to Lunch” Jan 21: MS/HS evening with PrimeTime Jan 31-Feb 2: MS Winter Retreat

High School Camp Judson June 15-21

Middle School Camp at Swan Lake July 20-25

PrimeTime PrimeTime (ages 55 and up) will have their Christmas Party, with an ornament exchange, and a musical evening with The Sound Cascade, on Tuesday, December 17th, at 6 PM in the Fellowship Hall. R.S.V.P. to Julie, 334-5303, for the catered meal; cost is $8.50.

Christmas Eve Candlelight Carols Service Join us Christmas eve at 5:30 PM for a special time of worship and inspi-ration. Scripture and carols, words and music, beauty and candlelight designed to focus our love and at-tention on the Savior, Jesus Christ.

October Statistics Average Weekly 1st service attendance 168 Average Weekly 2nd service attendance 200 Average Weekly General Fund Offering 15,361 Current Active Members 299

CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS PRACTICE Preschool age through 5th grade children are invited to join the adult worship choir for BOTH services on Sunday, December 22nd. They will join in singing songs and carols of worship celebrating the glorious coming of Jesus Christ. This will be in lieu of the Children’s Christ-mas Program we have had in the past. Practices for the children are Sunday mornings at 10:45AM (during the second worship service) upstairs in room 209, under the direction of Marlea Anderson. Remaining practice dates: Sunday, Dec 1: No Practice Sunday, Dec 8: 10:45AM-12PM Sunday, Dec 15: 10:45AM-12PM Wednesday, Dec 18: 6:30PM-8PM Please note: We will have a combined practice (with the adult choir) on WEDNESDAY, DEC 18th. Also note: there is NO regular Wednesday night Club activities scheduled that night. We will need some additional adult volunteers to help with prac-tice and snacks on Dec 18th. Please contact Dana Wohlwend at [email protected] or call Pastor David Vilhauer at 331-3800.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22nd Mark your calendars and join us at 9:30 AM on December 22nd for a Christmas / Choir Reception in the fellowship hall. Also, during that hour, Deric & Rebecca Sneller will be sharing about their ministry with Cadence International.

KINGDOM OPPORTUNTIES

PRELUDE TO CHRISTMAS

The Committee is still in need of door prizes for this event. Please contact Dee Peterson, 970‐1194, to con‐

tribute a door prize; deadline is Sunday, December 1st. For those men that have signed up to serve and/or

valet park, please refer to the instructional letters emailed to you last week and be at the church by 5:30 PM

on December 8th. THANKS for your ministry!!

FREE COMMUNITY GIFT WRAPPING

We are looking forward to the Community Gift Wrapping at the church on Saturday, December 21 from 1pm

to 5pm. You may bring wrapping paper, ribbon and bows, and boxes for wrapping gifts and leave them at

the promotion center if you want to bring them before the 21st. We need many hands to make sure that no

one has to wait too long for their gifts to be wrapped. If you have questions, please contact Joyce Swanson

at 359‐0191 or [email protected].

SPECIAL FAITH U. HOUR

On December 22nd we will have a special Faith U. hour with Deric & Rebecca Sneller and their ministry with

Cadence International, following the fellowship Christmas / Choir reception in the fellowship hall at 9:30 AM.

THE BELIZE TEAM NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!

Faith Baptist is sending a Missions Team to Punta Gorda, Belize in January 2014. The team has been asked to

ring some items along for the people of the church we are serving, so we are asking for your help! Below is a

list of items requested, so we are asking for donations of the items or money donations so we can purchase

the items. Donations can be left with a team member at the Mission Table on Sundays or at the office during

the week. If you have any questions, please call Lynne Williams, 310‐1688. Thank you for your help and we

appreciate your prayers!

Toothbrushes and Toothpaste—the toothpaste can be either the large tubes or travel size

Shampoo, Body Wash, Lotions, etc.—because of weight for suitcases we would prefer travel size.

Check your closets for unused ones from past travels.

Study Bibles and Devotionals—Do you have any study Bibles at home that are not being used? We ask

that they be in good shape. We would like to take Jesus Calling devotionals, so we would appreciate

money donations towards those and extra Study Bibles we might need.

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