Connections-January-2018

JANUARY 2018 | www.fbcgso.org | 336.274.3286

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Emphasizing worship, spiritual development, fellowship, and ministry to our city and our world.

Look inside this issue for ways to bring your faith to work at FBC in 2018. You will bless others and help to grow God’s kingdom.

www.fbcgso.org | 336-274-3286 1000 West Friendly Avenue Greensboro, NC 27401

February Connections Deadline: January 15 Email news to gloria@fbcgso.org or bring it to the church office.

Rosemary Kellam, Production Editor Operations Director rosemary@fbcgso.org / x231

Gloria Koster, Managing Editor/Designer Administrative Assistant: Learning gloria@fbcgso.org / x288 Teresa Allen, Media Library Director teresaa@fbcgso.org / x229

Jane Anne Hayber, Administrative Assistant: Music and Worship / janeanne@fbcgso.org / x239

Amy Grizzle Kane, Associate Pastor: Missions and Community / amygkane@fbcgso.org / x295 Marty Kellam, Food Services Director marty@fbcgso.org / x245

Amy Kirkman, Weekday School Director amy@fbcgso.org / x240

Christina McCord, Minister to Children and Families christina@fbcgso.org / x241 Darnysha Nard, Pastoral Resident darnysha@fbcgso.org / x236

Scott North, Church Administrator scott@fbcgso.org / x226

Sarah Parker, Interim Youth Minister sarah@fbcgso.org / x235 Steve Pressley, Associate Pastor stevep@fbcgso.org / x232

Larry Putnam, Financial Assistant larry@fbcgso.org / x222 Alan Sherouse, Senior Pastor pastor@fbcgso.org / x231

Courtney Stamey, Pastoral Resident courtney@fbcgso.org / x223

Tommy Starnes, Recreation Director tstarnes@triad.rr.com / x251 Steve Sumerel, Supervising Editor Associate Pastor: Adult Learning steves@fbcgso.org / x233

January 2018

3 Window Gazing

4-5 Connect with Worship

– High School Youth Choir IME –Middle School Youth Choir Musical

5 Connect with Youth

6 Connect with the FBC Preschool

7 Connect with Missions

8 Connect with Adults

9 Connect with One Another

–FBC Preschool News –Fun Photos from the First Baptist Church Preschool –New Children’s Library Books

–The WE! Shelter for Women –White Flag Drivers –Souper Bowl Lunch –Winter at the Y –Supply Food to the Hungry

–Upward Games begin Saturday, January 6 –New Books in the Main Library –February 5 PrimeTime –Keep Us Updated | Birthdays | Bereaved

10 January Calendar

–FBC’s Winter Weather Policy

11 A Thousand Words…

12 Connect with Business

–December Church Conference Summary –Consider Serving as an FBC Lay Leader –November 2017 Financial Results –Giving at FBC Greensboro

Doug Vancil, Associate Pastor: Music and Worship doug@fbcgso.org / x237 Terri Vancil, Assistant Pastor: Music and Worship terri@fbcgso.org / x238 Alisa Windsor, Ministry Support Associate alisa@fbcgso.org / x225

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Office Hours: 9 am - 5 pm, Monday - Friday Weekends and Holidays: If you have an emergency pastoral care need when the church offices are closed, please leave a message at 338-2438 and someone will return your call.

Window Gazing

By Alan Sherouse

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OR ALL THE ANTICIPATION, preparation and waiting, Christmas seems to end quickly. The days after Christmas can feel like an abrupt shift. We know that the Christmas season lasts for 12 days leading up to Epiphany on January 6, but liturgical technicalities aside, on December 26 there is for many of us some falling action, waning energy, melting candles, disappearing leftovers, and air releasing from our party balloons.

The same must have been true that first Christmas.

The great preacher Peter Gomes once said, “It is very difficult to tear ourselves away from Bethlehem.” But continuing, Gomes reminds, “There is a time to lay down one’s cares and duties and run to Bethlehem and the manger, a time to follow the star…a time to flee for refuge from the troubles of the world. There is also a time to return, to begin where we left off…for we have come from an encounter with the world of the possible in the midst of the impossible. We have seen God and survived to tell the tale, moving about not knowing that our faces shine with the encounter, bearing the mark of the encounter forever and marveling in the darkest night of the soul at that wondrous star-filled night” (In Sermons).

There is no moment at First Baptist Greensboro that I love any more than Christmas Eve in our sanctuary, as each person in the full room lights a small candle and the light is passed until the darkened room fills with the most stunning corporate light. From my vantage point during the closing benediction, I can see what the rest of you can’t – each face is shining. Every face is illuminated, and literally shines from what we have passed amongst ourselves and beheld together.

I raise my hands in blessing, but I am the one who is blessed by what I see – faces shining from our encounter with Christ.

The Bible says that’s what happens when people encounter God: their faces shine. When Moses met God on Mount Sinai and came back down, he even frightened

everyone because of the glow in his face. Whether he could see it or not, his encounter with God made his face shine.

“Arise, shine, your light has come,” the prophet Isaiah wrote to exiled people living amidst the darkness. “God is about to do a new thing. There’s light in the darkness. But you can’t just sit here. Arise. Stand up. Move forward. There is light in your darkness, and it’s time for you to shine.”

That is the message of Epiphany – the time after Christmas. It commemorates the journey of those first star followers – the Magi – who came from afar to see what they had never seen before. They encountered, in Gomes’ words, “the possible amidst the impossible.” It must have been tempting to stay and bask in the light. But at some point, gifts must be left, the child must be entrusted to his parents, and those who have come to see Christ must return. But like those Magi, we don’t return the same way. We return by another road. A road lit by the very light of Christ, which shines in the faces of all who have seen a star.

In these last days of Christmas, leading up to Epiphany on January 6, let us live as those who have seen what is possible, followed what was once far off, and who now shine with the encounter. We have so many opportunities to do just that as a community of faith as this year begins, and this newsletter is full of places for us to make known the light of Christ.

In her book, When the Heart Waits, Sue Monk Kidd shares about how when her daughter was small, she was given the somewhat dubious part of the Bethlehem star in the Christmas pageant. She burst through the door in her costume enthusiastically, with tinsel draped over her like a sandwich board. “What exactly will you be doing in the play?” her mother asked. “Not much. I just stand there and shine,” her daughter answered.

As we return from Bethlehem and that star, let us remember to do the same – Arise, stand, move forward, and shine.

“State of the Church” | January 14 Community Lunch

As we continue forward in the light of Christ as a church, join us for Community Lunch and an annual “State of the Church” conversation after the Worship service on January 14. Pastor Alan will share some observations of the year behind and together we will share hopes for the year ahead.

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CONNECT WITH WORSHIP

High School Youth Choir IME (international mission experience)

Where we’ve been: For over a decade the Youth Choir and the youth department have alternated responsibility for summer mission trips around the country. On two occasions the High School Choir travelled internationally, first to Hungary in 2010 and Romania in 2014. Both trips concentrated on the Roma people through CBF missionaries Ralph and Tammy Stocks. This international mission experience allows a student to experience a deeper witness for Christ in a different culture one time during their high school years. Many of these young people continue to recall these trips as the highlight of their faith journey, and some have made life-long commitments to mission service.

Where we’re going: This summer we will travel to

Thailand to work with Chris and Dora Barbee, music missionaries with TMS Global (a United Methodist Mission organization).

Chris is the son of our member Phil Barbee. The Barbees work with students in several villages in the Roi Et province of Thailand, using music and language as their primary tools for sharing the gospel.

When are we going: June 21 – July 2, 2018 Why we’re going: Thailand has been a peaceful global partner

to the United States for several generations. Although overwhelmingly Buddhist with less than 2% of the population claiming Christianity, the Barbees say that most Thais are very open to talking about faith, and enthusiastic about speaking English. This gives plenty of opportunities to engage with students as we experience cultural immersion from the perspective of a minority faith.

What we’ll be doing: • Presenting our music in Christian worship services and events.

• Presenting our music at a refugee camp on the Burmese-Thai border.

• Working with children in camp settings through English language and music.

• Making new friends with Thai teens.

• Experiencing Thai Culture in both urban and rural settings.

• Encouraging our mission partners, and being inspired by them.

Who is going:

• Doug and Terri Vancil, leaders • Youth Minister • Matt Messick, Catherine Little, parent chaperones • Jamell Strickland, Tia Pennington, music interns • Holly Messick, guest parent

Group Participants: Kate Austin, Graham Bland, Justin Childs, our church, and through students commitment to weekly preparation and Gracie Ellis, Henry Ellis, Adair Garner, Parker Hall, Jake Isom, Roxana Johnson, rehearsals throughout the year. Half of the total cost of $2400 for each Rebecca Little, Samuel Lones, Christopher eligible student is paid by the church from the Missions Endowment Lyle, Kate Messick, Kyleigh Pegram, Fund. The other half is paid by the student. Students are required to Lindsey Pegram, William Petitt, Kaitlyn attend 80% of all rehearsals and services throughout the school year.

Rainey, Joel Reynolds, Melissa Sample, In addition two church-wide fundraisers will help offset costs for the trip: Grayson Smith, Cassie Starnes, Garrison • Sunday, February 11: Church-wide Love Feast following morning Trotter, Megan Webb, Virginia Wells, worship.

Lauren Worsley • Saturday, April 14: Church-wide yard sale.

How will we do it: Through the prayerful and generous support of

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Godspell Jr. May 5 & 6, 2018 Presented by Middle School Choir Assisted by Older Children’s Choir

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AVE THE DATES OF May 5 & 6, 2018 as our talented Middle School Choir and Children’s Choir present this classic by Stephen Schwartz. Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew, Godspell Jr. draws from various theatrical traditions such as clowning, pantomime, charades, acrobatics and vaudeville.

Come and be a part of this groundbreaking and unique reflection on the life of Jesus, with a message of kindness, tolerance and love.

Save the dates for these upcoming church-wide fundraisers to help offset costs for the youth trip to Thailand. Look for more details to come…

Sunday, February 11: Church-wide Love Feast following morning worship Saturday, April 14: Church-wide yard sale CONNECT WITH YOUTH Advent 2017 activities for FBC youth included giving a special concert at Friends Homes West and having a Christmas party with a White Elephant gift exchange.

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CONNECT WITH THE FBC PRESCHOOL

FBC Preschool News

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HE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH PRESCHOOL is undergoing new changes for 2018! We are revamping our website to make it more accessible to the community as well as user friendly for parents. Please bear with us as our website evolves throughout the month of January. Parents can now register and pay tuition online.

The new 2018-2019 school calendar will be available soon, but in the meantime, registration is open for the 2018-2019 school year and is completely digital. Those interested in registering their child can start the process by going to the link below: www.secure.headmasteronline.com/hmolweb/newstudentinfo.aspx?site=161232

We would love to set up a tour with interested parents! Those interested may contact Amy Kirkman via email at amy@fbcgso.org or via telephone at 274.3286, x240 or x241.

>>>THE PRESCHOOL BOARD HAS ALSO DECIDED that moving forward, we will consistently refer to the school as the First Baptist Church Preschool. We feel that this term best describes our school as a whole. We will be working toward changing our communications and signage to reflect this. >>>THE PRESCHOOL TEAM IS RESEARCHING new curriculum options for the upcoming school year. We want to make sure that we choose a developmentally appropriate, research-based, and faith-based curriculum that is easy to use and is informative to parents. We want to make sure that we are engaging in relevant and meaningful instruction in our classrooms that reflects current methodologies and research in the field of child development and early education. The teachers are ready and excited for this growth opportunity as we begin planning for next year! >>>LINK YOUR HARRIS TEETER VIC CARD to the FBC Weekday Preschool (8564). Link it at your favorite HT store or online at bit.ly/vic-link Here is some recent fun at the FBC Preschool that included a letter hunt and building a snowman…

Check out these new books in FBC’s Children’s Library: • Farm Animals by Laaren Brown • I’m a Frog by Mo Willems • Little Kids First Big Book of Weather

by Karen De Seve • Math Fables by Greg Tang

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CONNECT WITH MISSIONS

Winter Missions Opportunities…

Each winter FBC helps with these community missions opportunities

WE! SHELTER FOR WOMEN NEEDS VOLUNTEERS

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HE SHELTER IS LOCATED AT 2505 Fairview Street in Greensboro and provides meals, a place to sleep and other support for approx. 20 women who are experiencing homelessness. FBC provides volunteers on Monday nights thru March 26). Sign-up to volunteer: www.fbcgso.org/ winter-emergency-womens-shelter. For more info contact: Catherine Little CatherineScottLittle@gmail.com

Volunteers are needed to drive the FBC bus mornings to transport women from the Shelter to downtown. This involves driving the bus to the shelter, picking-up the women, driving them downtown, and returning the bus and key to the church. Volunteer drivers serve from 7-8 am (approx.) For more info: Gayle Wiley gayle@richardlwiley.com | 392-6341.

FBC WHITE FLAG DRIVERS NEEDED

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HARE A RIDE, GIVE WARMTH, SAVE A LIFE! FBC will again provide the stand-by drivers for the emergency White Flag warming centers created to provide shelter for the homeless on extremely cold nights (life-threatening temperatures) this winter. It’s an easy commitment simply to be on-call for the night you sign up. You are notified earlier in the day IF you will be needed to drive. FBC drivers can share their experience and know-how with you so if you have any interest in knowing more, please contact Gayle Wiley, 392-6341.

• No special drivers license needed. Drivers will drive the FBC bus to the Interactive Resource Center (407 E. Washington St.) and pick up people to transfer to the YWCA (1807 E. Wendover Ave.) or Greensboro Urban Ministry (side entrance off Eugene St. near West Gate City Blvd. intersection).

• Usually drivers are requested to be at the IRC for the first load at 7 pm.

Drivers will be alerted if times change. Usually White Flag nights are called for by noon on the day needed and publicity is distributed to local media.

• IRC staff will be in charge of assigning riders and managing the process.

• W hen you sign up to this SUG the IRC will be given your phone number and will call you to let you know a driver is needed for that night.

• The key location will be provided once you sign up to drive. It is at a convenient location at the church.

• In the last two years warming centers have usually been open between 10 and 20 nights a winter, so understand that you may sign up for many evenings that you will not need to drive.

Sign-up at www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0a45aaad238-fbcwhite

The Souper Bowl Lunch Supports the Christian Assistance Fund On Sunday, February 4 after Worship in the Fellowship Hall Warm your body and your soul with delicious homemade soups at our annual Souper Bowl Lunch.

The cost for lunch is your donation to the Christian Assistance Fund.

All proceeds will benefit those in our community in need of financial assistance.

Winter at the Y The YWCA Greensboro Family Shelter program provides shelter, food, case management and holistic support for families experiencing homelessness. Each family develops a plan to achieve educational goals, optimal health, financial stability, pay off debts, and save money to move into permanent housing. To learn how you can help contact Cookie Hamilton - cookie8061@aol.com | 676-7213 or Nancy Davis davisndn@aol.com | 674-2884.

Supply Food to the Hungry through the Greensboro Urban Ministry In 2009 the Good News Sunday School Class began the FBC Ministry of collecting food for Greensboro Urban Ministry (GUM).

The Atrium bins provide an easy drop-off place for food donations.

To date 29,808 pounds of food have been delivered over the years.

Help us reach a 30 ton milestone by remembering to bring a few items from your next grocery run. Doing a little for a sustained time can result in a substantial result – so thanks for your sharing with those less fortunate!

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CONNECT WITH ADULTS

FEBRUARY 5 PRIMETIME PRESENTS:

Dr. Steve Sumerel – “London & Beyond”

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TEVE SUMEREL will share with the PrimeTime audience highlights of his recent time in England. Through this program we will share some measure of his delight in stepping into history, toward a time when unquestioned orthodoxy was challenged and the landscape of both faith and science would never be the same.

FEBRUARY 5 PRIMETIME BIBLE STUDY will examine Matthew 19: With man (salvation) is impossible, but with God all things are possible, taught by Dr. Steve Pressley.

Upward Games begin Saturday, January 6

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OLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED to be greeters, serve in the Café, help keep the Gym/Café tidy during games and to sit in the stands and talk with visitors.

Join us Saturdays from 8:45 am - 2 pm in the Gym/Café. For more information: Tommy Starnes, Upward Director tstarnes@triad.rr.com | x251.

Check out these new books in the FBC Main Library: • The Day I Met Jesus: The Revealing Diaries of Five Women from the Gospels

by Frank Viola • In This Moment by Karen Kingsbury • The King of Lies by John Hart • A Lily of the Field by John Lawton • To Be Where You Are by Jan Karon • Twelve Drummers Drumming

by C. C. Beninson

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PrimeTime at FBC includes:

9 am: Ceramics, Gym | 11 am: Bible Study, 101 12 noon: Lunch, 108 – Cost: $6/person – Reservation Deadline: February 1. To sign up for lunch, contact Marty Kellam: marty@fbcgso.org | x245

CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER

Keep us updated! If you’ve had any changes to your contact information (phone, email,

and address) let us know. If your children move, get married, go to college or graduate – we need to know that too! Send all updates to Rosemary Kellam: rosemary@fbcgso.org | x231.

You can also update your member information via the private FBC Member website – click the “Sign In” button at the top of the website. All FBC members can create a login/password and have online access to your giving summary, church calendar, online registrations, search information, etc. Go to www.fbcgso.org to get started!

Subscribe to the online version of Connections: FBC produces Connections in a printed format, but also in an online version with “active” links within the document that allow the reader to send an email or to access websites for more information. To subscribe, go to www.fbcgso.org/newsletter Keep up with FBC thru social media: “Like” us on Facebook REMIND Messaging for youth & parents: Sign up to receive one-way REMINDers of youth events via Text or Email – Choose Middle School, High School or Both! You can also join the Youth Choir group. Sign up at: www.fbcgso.org/youth

January Birthdays

(No FBC birthdays 1, 12, 19, 22)

2. Henry Flannagan 3. David Rowe 4. Anna Bland 5. Gracie Ellis, Billy Hedgpeth, Esther Mathews, Grant Petitt, Norma Tutterow 6. Carolyn Gilliland, Hannah Griffin, Clifton Rainey 7. Lily Kesler, Laura Wall 8. Kate Messick, Stephen Willis 9. Danielle Delgado, Daniel Perry, Betty Sharp 10. Danny Barlow 11. Mary Lynn Delany, Gertrude Royal 13. Liza Lewis, Lynn Tutterow, Joe Wooten 14. Nancy Cothran, Suzanne Walke 15. Caroline Austin, Elise Berkley, Frances Bolen 16. Phyllis Anderson, Drew Cornett, Aaron Holmes, Grayson Smith 17. Jim Plyler, Tom Smith 18. Phyllis Conway, Carlos Delgado, Henry Ellis, Dale Singley 20. John Hardy, Kathryn Hewitt, Trisha Hooper 21. Lee Blakely, Elizabeth Bolton, Anna Cushman, Linda Denmark, Lydia Lewis, Laura Lomax, Noah Woodell 23. Randy Bowers, Hunter Hondros, Donna Miller, Lynda Grace Moore, Becky Starnes 24. Sally Alexander, Carolyn Ellis, RuthAnn Lynn Hardy, Sara Pannell 25. Betty Campbell, Sam Johnson 26. Anita Philpott, Pat Wilson

2 7. Ed Morrah, Marie Sumerel 28. Margaret Lafevers 29. Rick Riddleberger, Jim Skidmore 30. Tony Petitt 31. Launi Evenson, Tom Petty, Amy Smith, Ceil Sue

College Birthdays Daniel Perry | January 9

2934 Shady View Drive, High Point, NC 27265 | flyboydvp2@gmail.com Caroline Austin | January 15 503 Kimberly Drive, Greensboro, NC 27408-5021 | caustine5@gmail.com RuthAnn Lynn Hardy | January 24 1500 Rock Creek Dairy Road, Whitsett, NC 27377 hardyr15@students.ecu.edu

Bereaved

• The family of Louis Nipper, on October 24 • The family of Jim Filipski, on November 27 • The family of Lindsay Hill, on November 28 • The Mullins family in the loss of Donya’s brother-in-law, Tom Lane, on December 14 • The Bearden family in the loss of Jim’s father Delmas Bearden, on December 15 • The family of Louise “Porky” Ray, on December 15 • The family of Charles “Lowell” Davis, Jr., on December 17 Please notify Rosemary Kellam if you would like to receive email notification of member deaths and memorials along with the Deacons – rosemary@fbcgso.org | x225 January 2018 | 9

January @FBC

Regular Weekly Schedule SUNDAY AM

•Bible Study | 9:15 am •Worship | 10:30 am

•College Lunch/Bible Study | 12 noon, Café SUNDAY PM

•Youth Bells | 4 pm, 319-D/Sanctuary •Youth Choir | 5 pm, 311 •Adult Bells | 6 pm, Sanctuary •Youth Discipleship | 6:20 pm, 301 •Sanctuary Choir | 7 pm, 311 WEDNESDAY EVENINGS

•Fellowship Meal Reservations

•1 (M): Church offices closed for New Year’s Day holiday.

•2 (Tu): Grace Meal Preparation. Kitchen, 5 pm •2 (Tu): WMU Group 2. 102, 7 pm •3 (W): Grace Meal Pick-Up & Serve. Kitchen, 5 pm •3, 10, 17, 24, 31 (W): Fellowship Meal/Free for College.

108, 5:30 pm (serving begins at 5 pm) •6, 13, 20, 27 (Sa): Upward Games. Gym/Café, 8:45 am-2 pm •7, 14, 21, 28 (Su): College Lunch/Bible Study. Café, 12 noon •7 (Su): Finance Committee. 108-C, 4 pm •8 (M): Deacon’s Meeting. 102, 7 pm •9 (Tu): WMU Group 3. 102, 9:30 am •10 (W): Missions Committee. 108-E, 5:30 pm •14 (Su): StepUp Ministry Clothing Collection. Atrium, 9 am •14 (Su): “State of the Church” Community Lunch. 108, 11:45 am •17 (W): Building & Grounds Committee. 216, 5:30 pm •19 (F): Mobile Meals. Peace United Church of Christ, 9:30 am •23 (Tu): Senior Adult Council. 216, 2 pm •23 (Tu): Personnel Committee. 216, 7 pm

•Adults •All Ages •Children •College •Seniors •Missions •Weekday School •Worship •Youth

Key:

Reservations due Monday, 12 noon.

Cancellations due Tuesday, 12 noon.

Meal reservation?

Online: www.fbcgso.org/calendarevents OR Marty Kellam – x245 | marty@fbcgso.org Fellowship Hall | 5:30 pm (serving begins at 5 pm) •Kids’ Programming | 6 pm •Youth Forum | 6:15 pm •Sanctuary Choir | 7:15 pm, 311

Wednesday Night Weekly Activities You Belong at the Table…

Meals: 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm Jan. 3: Ham | Jan. 10: Pecan Tilapia Jan. 17: Hamburgers | Jan. 24: Pasta Jan. 31: Fried Chicken

Weekly Children’s Extras: Yogurt, Fresh Fruits & Veggies, Etc. Reservations are encouraged for meals.

FBC’s Winter Weather Policy

What you need to know: In all cases, we encourage our church members to use their best judgment and exercise caution when deciding whether or not to travel to church during winter weather. Any decision to change our normal schedule is made by the Pastor in consultation with other ministers and church leaders. When considering change, we utilize the following guidelines. If no change is posted, the schedule will continue as normal.

Sunday Morning – Given the centrality of our corporate worship, we hardly ever close, and only in cases of the most severe weather. Any change to the church schedule will be posted on the church website, the church Facebook page, and to local news by 7 am on Sunday morning.

Wednesdays and Weekdays – We rarely close, and do not directly follow the Guilford County Schools schedule. Any change to the schedule will be posted to the church website and local news by noon on Wednesday whenever possible.

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A Thousand Words‌

A picture tells a story just as well as, if not better than, a thousand written words.

Enjoy these pictures that tell stories from our FBC family. Share your photos: #fbcgso on Facebook or Instagram.

Looking Back at Advent – 2017

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December Church Conference Summary The monthly Church Conference took place on Sunday, December 10, 2017 in the Fellowship Hall. The budget for the year 2018 was approved.

A copy of the budget is available in the church office.

“State of the Church” Community Lunch

Sunday, January 14 after Worship Cost is $6/person and $20/family maximum. NO reservation is needed.

Consider Serving as an FBC Lay Leader Soon you will be given the opportunity to submit names of those you would like to nominate for deacon and finance committee. We will also be selecting a Church Moderator, Assistant Treasurer, and a Trustee for the Endowment Trust Committee. Nomination forms will soon be in your Sunday School classroom, information kiosks, at our website, and other venues.

November 2017 Financial Results Year-to-Date Budget Receipts/Distributions

Receipts YTD Receipts YTD Disbursements Net YTD Deficit

Actual Budget Last Year $131,231 $153,882 $112,470 $1,494,415 $1,501,762 $1,472,852 $1,600,723 $1,607,613 $1,579,431 ($106,308) ($105,851) ($106,579)

Giving at FBC Greensboro

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IVING FINANCIALLY LETS us honor God with the resources and provisions that He has provided for us.

Practicing generous giving strengthens our relationship with Christ. As we learn to grow in our trust and faith in Christ, it is important to trust in His provision… we give faithfully and generously out of grateful hearts.

If you have giving questions, contact Scott North scott@fbcgso.org | x226.

You can also learn more about giving at FBC Greensboro by going to the giving page on our website: www.fbcgso.org/give – you will find both traditional and online giving options.