February 2020 Connections

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH GREENSBORO

FEBRUARY 2020

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

At

the start of a new year,

many of us find ourselves looking for a fresh start, setting resolutions, and trying to predict what is ahead. A new year in the Youth Ministry is no different.

On our first Sunday night in January, the youth brainstormed a list of words that would be great definitions for their hopes in 2020. Then, they got to choose a word from the list to represent what they hope their year is all about. Ultimately, the youth decorated Prayer Flags with their word for the year.

Traditionally, Prayer Flags are used to promote peace, compassion, strength, and wisdom. When the wind blows, they spread goodwill and compassion to all

around them. Our desire was to display our prayers for 2020 in a tangible way, and we used our Prayer Flags to decorate the youth space. Prayer Flags were even made for the 2019-2020 school year Youth Ministry mission statement, which the Youth Leadership Team came up with at their retreat last August:

“Welcome to Our Connected Family of Love.�

In the end, it was a meaningful night of both reflection and looking forward. The youth picked great words to live into in 2020 and we're excited to see how they come to life.

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FEBRUARY 2020

CONNECT WITH US!

3 Window Gazing 4 Worship & Music

Sacred Threads | New Handbell Choir | Lent Preview

Disaster Relief Trip | CBFNC Special Offering |

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5 Missions

Christian Restoration Fund

OFFICE HOURS

6 Other Opportunities Carter Trust Update | March Primetime

Honest Faith | Trivia Night | Summer Internships

9 Children & Preschool

VBS 2020 | Pathfinders | Enrollment 2020-2021

Birthdays | Bereaved | New Members

FRONT DESK HELP NEEDED

10 Church Life

11 Calendar & Financials 12 Midweek | Explore First | Church Directory

WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS

If you have an emergency pastoral care need when the church offices are closed, please leave a message at 336-338-2438 and someone will return your call.

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F BC STAFF Patrick Cardwell, Homebound Minister patrick@fbcgso.org Ashley Chandler, Ministry Support Associate / ashley@fbcgso.org

Chris Cherry, Assoc. Pastor of Youth and Families / chris@fbcgso.org / x109 Anita Cranford, Media Library Director / anita@fbcgso.org / x104

Autumn Culbreth, Preschool Director autumn@fbcgso.org / x106 Pam Davis, Ministry Support Associate pam@fbcgso.org / x124

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Amy Grizzle Kane, Associate Pastor: Missions and Community / amy@ fbcgso.org / x103

Alan Sherouse, Senior Pastor pastor@fbcgso.org / x101

Marty Kellam, Food Services Director marty@fbcgso.org / x123

Tommy Starnes, Recreation Director tstarnes@triad.rr.com / x117

Rosemary Kellam, Operations Director rosemary@fbcgso.org / x126 Christina McCord, Minister to Children and Families / christina@ fbcgso.org / x110 Scott North, Church Administrator scott@fbcgso.org / x127 Larry Putnam, Financial Assistant larry@fbcgso.org / x120

Tyrone Smith, Maintenance Supervisor

Doug Vancil, Associate Pastor of Music and Worship / doug@fbcgso.org / x116 Terri Vancil, Assistant Pastor of Music and Worship / terri@fbcgso.org / x129 Courtney Willis, Associate Pastor of Faith Formation & Congregational Care courtney@fbcgso.org / x113

Alisa Windsor, Communications Director alisa@fbcgso.org / x102

Window Gazing by Pastor Alan Sherouse

Our church newsletter is formally published on the

first day of the month, February 1. It’s a date that resonates in Greensboro, and more broadly throughout the history of the movement for civil rights and human rights. Today marks 60 years since North Carolina A&T students Ezell Blair, Jr., Frank McCain, Joseph McNeil and David Richmond walked to the Woolworth's in Greensboro, initiating the lunch counter sit-ins. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would later say this single action initiated the “second wind” of the civil rights movement.

Ezell Blair -- who now holds the name Jibreel Khazhan -- was first inspired to join this work in 1958, when he was a 16-year-old student at Dudley High School and part of an overflow crowd listening to a speech by Dr. King on his visit to Bennett College.

King spoke of voter rights and nonviolent resistance, and shared his own call to ministry and the work of justice. Then, ever the Baptist preacher, Dr. King issued an invitation. As Khazhan describes, “He said: ‘Who amongst you will join us?’ I couldn’t see him, but it was like thunder when he spoke. He reached a crescendo. He reached our consciousness. I said to myself: ‘I’m going to join you!’” (“Martin Luther King, Jr. Speech…” in News & Record, Aug 27, 2013).

If we’re listening, such invitations crescendo throughout the course of our lives. I recalled one such call recently. On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day I reread his inspired “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” written in 1963 amidst the Birmingham Campaign, with its coordinated sit-ins and marches against racism and segregation. King and other leaders were arrested on April 12, Good Friday, for marching after an injunction forbidding “parading, demonstrating, boycotting, trespassing and picketing.” He spent Holy Weekend in jail and on Monday, April 16, he sent his letter.

As I read, this time I especially noticed a passing reference to a “Reverend Stallings.” I learned the name, Rev. Earl Stallings, over the summer. After referencing my experience of worshipping at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham in a sermon, our own Esther Matthews said to me, “You know, my cousin, Earl, was right in the middle of all of that!” Earl Stallings was the pastor of the First Baptist Church

of Birmingham in 1963. He was one of the eight downtown white pastors who sent the “Call for Unity” to Dr. King, urging him to steer clear of Birmingham, encouraging him to accept gradual change, and telling him to let them handle things. These eight pastors were the initial “white moderate” audience to whom Dr. King was writing.

However, after King’s arrest, Rev. Stallings felt regret about his letter and his hesitation to join the work.

So the following Sunday -- Easter Sunday -- he was the only of those pastors to follow through on a pledge to open the church to black worshippers.

This action prompted a dramatic walkout of half the white worshippers and led to threats from community members. It also led Dr. King to reference him in his letter from jail: “I commend you, Reverend Stallings, for your Christian stand this past Sunday, in welcoming Negroes to your worship service on a nonsegregated basis.” I’ve long known that the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is written to those who resisted extremes and preferred middle ground; those who, in King’s terms, preferred a “negative peace” that is the absence of conflict rather than a positive peace that is the presence of justice; those who were leaders of a Church and churches that disappointed him. But the letter was also written to those he calls “notable exceptions” -- people of faith and goodwill, who found the ability to change, to leave the safety and status quo and join more fully the work of justice and transformation.

Reverend Stallings’ action on Easter Sunday 1963 ultimately initiated tension in his church that led him to resign within the next couple of years. But tension can also be a creative force in the hands of God who makes things new. In 1970, Winifred and Twila Bryant -- a mother and daughter who were black -asked to join First Baptist Birmingham. When their membership was voted down, 250 people left First Baptist and started Baptist Church of the Covenant, which today, celebrates 50 years as one of the leading multiracial and justice-oriented churches in our denomination and throughout the Southern U.S. “Who will join?” We Christians recognize the question. We first heard it crescendoing from a lakeshore in Galilee: “Who will follow me?”

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WO R S H I P & M U S I C

SACRED THREADS ART EXHIBIT We are privileged to host the Sacred Threads Quilt Exhibit--a collection of 36 quilts expressing life's journeys of joy, spirituality, inspiration, grief, healing and peace, brother- and sister-hood.

Founded in 1999, Sacred Threads was formed for quilters who saw their works as a connection to the sacred and as an expression of their own spiritual journeys.

RETURN OF CHAPEL HYMN SING Chapel Hymn Sing will return on Wednesday, February 5 at 5:15pm before Midweek. Come sing old hymns for 30 minutes in the Chapel.

It’s a wonderful time singing together and hearing the story behind the hymn. We end our time each week with calling and singing to one of our homebound members!

The artwork themes provide thought-provoking insights, encouragement, inspiration and healing responses to grief and human hardships. The exhibit has attracted a wide array of visitors from young teens to seniors and has been described as a positive influence on the human spirit, giving joy as well as addressing concerns of the soul and mind.

Ash Wednesday Service

February 26 at 6:15 pm in the Sanctuary

We hope you will take the opportunity for some quiet, mid-winter moments of reflection in this beautiful exhibit in the FBC gallery this February.

Lent 2020

Ash Wednesday, February 26 to Easter Sunday, April 12

St. John Passion

by Bob Chilcott

Presented by Sanctuary Choir on Palm Sunday morning, April 5

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MISSIONS DISASTER RESPONSE TRIP CBF Disaster Response, in consultation with the Baptist World Alliance Forum for Aid and Development (BFAD), continues to work closely with CBF Bahamas and CBF Florida to organize an appropriate response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Dorian (Sept. 1-2, 2019) on Grand Bahama and North Abaco. The Category 5 hurricane resulted in at least 65 deaths in The Bahamas, with 282 missing and 70,000 left homeless.

FBC will send a team April 19-25 to serve alongside four CBF Bahamas church communities on North Abaco impacted by Hurricane Dorian.

Although electricity and water utilities have been restored over much of the island, post-disaster conditions are still challenging and will require volunteer teams comprised of healthy, mature and adequately skilled individuals. Work may include roof repair, interior/drywall repair and clean-up. We already have 10 people committed for this trip, and we are excited about the level of interest.

If you would like more information, contact Phil Barbee, mpbarbee@gmail.com or Amy Grizzle Kane, amy@fbcgso.org

FEBRUARY SPECIAL OFFERING: CBFNC MISSIONS & MINISTRY Consider giving above and beyond budget giving to further support the mission and ministries of CBFNC.When you give to CBFNC, you enable mission initiatives uniquely relevant to our own state, assist new church starts in NC, provide scholarships for students at partner divinity schools, with a special emphasis on North Carolina institutions, and support leadership development conferences, retreats and events for NC clergy and lay leaders.

THE CHRISTIAN RESTORATION FUND The Christian Restoration Fund (CRF) works in partnership with the Interactive Resource Center (IRC), an agency that serves as Guilford County’s only day resource center for people currently facing, experiencing, or emerging from homelessness.The CRF provides support for financial needs such as housing insecurity, inability to afford transportation or car maintenance, and regular child-care.

The goal of the CRF is to provide recipients with financial and social assistance as needed to aid in moving participants towards living a financially sustainable, independent life with income above the poverty line.

Unlike other funds, the CRF is available to recipients over a longer period of time agreed upon by them, the IRC liaison, and the Christian Restoration Fund Committee (CRFC). Through the CRF we were able to partner with Willie Lee and the IRC in his move toward financial independence by assisting with funds needed for a drivers license, a safe place to stay and shower while he was job interviewing and initial apartment deposits. In September, Willie Lee was the recipient of the IRC's Dignity Award in recognition of his accomplishments. Willie Lee thanked First Baptist and this program, saying, "I'm really appreciative.

This program helped me a lot."

Your gifts and offerings to First Baptist Greensboro support this work, but if you'd like to make a special gift to this ministry you can designate funds to the FBC Christian Restoration Fund at anytime throughout the year. FBC members serving on the Christian Restoration Fund Committee include Norma Adams, Phyllis Conway, Shaun Martin, Chuck Sample, Joe White and Parker White. The committee meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month.

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OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WE LOVE TO GIVE AWAY MONEY! Now that we have your attention, we’d love to share with you the work that is happening through the Carter Trust Fund. What is the Carter Trust Fund? In 1957, First Baptist Greensboro was entrusted

by Mr. W.L. Carter, an First Baptist Greensboro member, to manage funds from a portion of the income from the W.L. Carter Charitable Trust to support Baptist churches in Guilford County. The Carter Trust Fund (CTF) Committee serves as an ad-hoc committee of the Deacons, and makes recommendations to them for disbursement of these funds.

In the past, money was primarily used for new churches and new church buildings. Over time, other opportunities have arisen. In 2017 the CTF Committee created a formal process for churches to request funds including standard guidelines, an application, evaluation, and follow-up reports from grantees. Requests are reviewed on a quarterly basis.

In 2019, the CTF disbursed more than $70,000 to the following Guilford County churches:

• Emerywood Baptist Church, to fund a camp that provides care and meals for children whose families need support during summer months.

• First Indo-Pak Church, for operations and outreach ministry of this new church.

• New Light Missionary Baptist Church, for mold remediation in their facility following the 2018 tornadoes.

• Southeast Baptist Church, to expand growing community recreation ministry with a playground for area children.

• Providence Baptist Church, to start the Freedom School, a 6 week literacy and enrichment program for area children.

• Sharpe Road Baptist Church, for mold remediation in their basement following 2018 flooding (the basement is being used for worship by Cristiana Unida, a Hispanic church).

Mr. Carter’s stated intent aligns with the mission of First Baptist Greensboro to continue to be a leading regional congregation and an encourager to other area ministries. It is the Committee’s joy to interact with Guilford County churches, meet requests, and let them know that we support what they are doing to bring people to Christ.

Carter Trust Fund Committee:

Cheryl Angel (Chair), Phil Barbee, Shaun Martin, Richard Noel & Sharon Starr

PRIMETIME MARCH: "My Favorite Monument" Join us for Primetime on March 2 as we hear from our very own, Dr. Scott Culclasure! Our program title is "My Favorite Monument" based on Scott's book Guide to Monuments: Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Our time together starts at 9am with ceramics, followed by Bible study at 11am. Lunch begins at noon and a program follows. Come for all or just part of the day.

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RSVP to Marty Kellam (marty@fbcgso.org or ext 123)

by Thursday, February 28.

For more information contact Monica Vaughan (edwinv550@aol.com).

A WEEKEND WITH

Rev. Dr. Jonathan Walton Dean, Wake Forest University Divinity School

All are invited to attend this year's Vanguard Series February 15-16 with Dr. Jonathan Walton. The weekend will begin with a soup dinner and presentation by Dr. Walton Saturday evening. Sunday morning, Dr. Walton will lead an Adult Forum during the Bible study hour (9:15-10:15 am) in the Fellowship Hall. He will conclude his time with First Baptist by preaching during the worship service. We look forward to all that Dr. Walton will bring to our community during his time with us. We hope you can attend the events of the weekend.

About Dr. Jonathan Walton Jonathan Walton is the new Dean of the School of Divinity at Wake Forest University where he is also a Presidential Scholar on Religion and Society. An ordained Baptist minister and widely known scholar and preacher, Dr. Walton came to Wake Forest from Harvard, where he served as the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the University’s Memorial Church.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15­­ Dinner and Lecture 5:30 – 7:30 pm | 102 & Chapel

A light soup dinner will be served at 5:30 pm.

Please RSVP in advance.

Following dinner, Dr. Walton will lead a lecture and discussion in the Chapel.

Childcare for Children

will be provided for children 5th grade and under during the lecture portion of the evening.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Sunday Morning Forum 9:15 – 10:15 am | Fellowship Hall

Join us for coffee and pastries, as Dr. Walton teaches a Sunday School class for all adults.

Morning Worship 10:30 am | Sanctuary

Dr. Walton preaching in Worship.

About the Vanguard Series The Vanguard Speaker Series at First Baptist Greensboro is an annual event that invites an influential theologian or biblical scholar to lead the church in conversation, study, and worship, often in the form of a weekend winter Bible study. Made possible by a generous donation, since its inception the series has engaged some of the best scholars in Baptist life and beyond to help the congregation grow deeper in faith and community.

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YO U T H HONEST FAITH Sunday, February 9 | 5 - 7pm You are invited to a special Family Conversation Event sponsored by the FBC Youth and Children’s Ministries, as we explore spiritual identity as a family.

How do you navigate growth and struggles in your spiritual formation? What if faith is complicated for you -- how do you live out your faith honestly while allowing your child to grow honestly in their own?

How do you express your faith while still being honest about your doubts? We'll discuss these questions and more.

Our speaker is Brian Foreman, who works at Campbell University as the Executive Director of Community Engagement and Leadership, as well as the Executive Director of the Center for Church and Community. Brian has more than 20 years of experience in the education ministries of church congregations, and he has written books about social media, family communication, and leadership. Brian is also the father of two teenagers.

Cost is $5 per adult for dinner ($20 family max).

Youth families, RSVP to Ashley (ashley@fbcgso.org).

Families with children 5th grade & younger, sign up at fbcgso.org/children so we can prep children's activities.

SUMMER INTERNSHIPS

YOUTH TRIVIA NIGHT FUNDRAISER Sunday, February 23 | 5-7pm Come help raise money for Youth Summer mission trip and Passport Mission Camp through our churchwide Trivia Night!

Sign up your team of 8 ($80) or sign up as an individual ($12) and help support youth missions. Pay by February 16 to be entered into a prize drawing! There will be concessions, great trivia questions from a variety of categories, and plenty of laughs.

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Want to hang out with Chris Cherry and Christina McCord all summer? Looking for some hands-on ministry experience?

Check out our FBC Summer internships!

Learn more and apply: fbcgso.org/summer-internships

CHILDREN VBS 2020 | July 13-16 | 9 am to Noon At First Baptist VBS, children (ages 4 through 5th grade), will discover the wonders of God's universe. They'll become Voyagers on a journey through space, exploring where God's power can take them.

Children who have completed 4th and 5th grades will be doing mission projects on-site and in the community from 9:30-11:30 am each day. They will be joining the larger group for opening and closing celebrations.

Cost is $20 per child with a $50 family max. This includes activities, daily snacks, a T-shirt, and Thursday evening dinner and celebration. Childcare will be provided for the volunteers' children, 3 years and younger.

We also need LOTS of volunteers to make VBS happen. Email Ashley Chandler at ashley@fbcgso.org, if you are interested in helping with VBS. There are 140 spots and they fill up quickly! Sign up today! fbcgso.org/children

PATHFINDERS CLASS Sunday mornings in February you’ll find children in Christina’s office who are asking questions about baptism! Pathfinders is a class for upper elementary school age kids who are seeking to learn more about being a disciple and who are considering baptism. If your child is asking questions about how to learn more about what following Jesus means, contact Christina McCord. christina@fbcgso.org

FIRST BAPTIST PRESCHOOL NOW ENROLLING! First Baptist Preschool is now enrolling for the 2020-2021 school year! We offer quality part-time childcare for children ages six weeks to five years old. Our program runs from the Tuesday after Labor Day until the Friday before Memorial Day, with extended year options available. Children participate in hands-on learning through play, sensory activities, science experiments, weekly music/movement classes and various family events throughout the school year. We would love to share why FBC Preschool is such a special place. Our classes for next year are quickly reaching capacity.

Schedule your personalized tour today! Contact Autumn Culbreth at autumn@fbcgso.org to schedule a tour or visit fbcgso.org/preschool for more information.

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CHURCH LIFE FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS 1 Bill Crawford, Janice Hix, Tina Stutts, Chris Ripley 2 Diffee Lambert 3 Ernie Ohlson, Monica McDaniel 5 Jan Shore, Levone Scott, Margaret Petty, Susan Steelman, Kent Gilliland 7 Norene Hunt , Phil Hix 8 Lollis Reynolds, Cecil Mills, Ben Miller, Quint Bradford, Rachel Perry

No FBC birthdays February 4, 6, 9, 11, 12,27, & 28 10 Tommy Gurley, Ann Pember, Jan Hill, Paige Kalish, Natalie Smith 13 Gina Waters 14 Claudia Tutterow 15 Stuart Allen 16 Marty Kellam 17 Cliff Lowery, Clay Gooding 18 Elsa Troxler, Joyce English, Kay Laster 19 Lynn Huneycutt, Cooper Harrell

20 Timothy Sitko, Ward Burch, Arlene McCraw, Mark Messick 21 Wesley Thacker 22 Frank Irvin, Brenda Porterfield 23 Caleb Wilson, Kyleigh Pegram 24 Marguerite Miller, Susan Bowers Rob Terrell, Emily Lewis 25 Keyhomic Clack, Courtney Frost 26 Dixie Wimberley, Kevin Pegram, William Hardy 29 David Culclasure

RESPONDING TO THE INVITATION BETTY MILLER JOINED 1-5-20

DANYELLE HICKS JOINED 1-5-20

BEREAVED

NEW BABIES

Brad Wall, in the death of his grandmother, Devonia Purvis, d. 12/6

Paige Catherine Johnson, born 12/20 (Parents, Pete & Keighley Johnson and brothers, Everett & Wright)

Rachel Shackelford, in the death of her brother-in-law, Robert Shackelford, d. 12/11 Martha Robison-Spangler, in the death of her husband, Harold Spangler, d. 12/13 The family of Wink Kirkman, d. 12/16 Clyde Mitchell and family in the death of Evelyn Mitchell, d.

12/17 The Jason Knight family in the death of Jason’s father, Tommy Knight, d. 12/25 Harold Messick in the death of his brother-in-law The family of Marie Jones, d. 1/1/2020 *Bereaved memebers from our Prayer list 12/15/19 - 1/15/20 10 | Connections

William Ryder Harris, born 1/7 (Parents, Lindsay Worsley and Quinn Harris

FEBRUARY @FBC

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

1-29 Sacred Threads Exhibit 2 (Su) Pathfinders | 9:15 am Committee Meeting Day | Noon 3 (M) Primetime | 9 am Deacons Meeting | 7 pm 5 (W) Hymn Sing Returns | 5:15 pm 8 (Sa) Upward Games 8 am - 2 pm 9 (Su) Step Up Clothing Ministry | 9 am | Pathfinders | 9:15 am Community Lunch | After Worship | Honest Faith | 5 pm 10 (M) WMU Group #2 | 11 am 11 (Tu) WMU Group #3 | 9:30 am 15 (Sa) Upward Games 8 am - 2 pm | Upward Skate Night 6 pm Vanguard Lecture Series | 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm 16 (Su) Pathfinders | 9:15 am Vanguard Lecture Series | 9:15 am - 10:15 am 17 (M) YWCA Family Shelter Dinner | 6:30 pm 23 (Su) Pathfinders | 9:15 am | Explore First | Noon | Trivia Night 7pm 26 (W) Ash Wednesday Service | 6:15 pm 29 (Sa) Upward Celebration | 6 pm

SUNDAY MORNINGS 9:15 am Sunday School 10:30 am Worship 12 pm College Bible Study

SUNDAY EVENINGS

5 pm 6 pm 6 pm 7 pm

Youth Choir Youth Discipleship Adult Bells Sanctuary Choir

MIDWEEK @FBC 5:30 pm 6 pm 6:15 pm 6:15 pm 7:15 pm

Fellowship Meal FBC Kids Youth Group Adult Classes Sanctuary Choir

Giving at FBC Greensboro

In addition to these good results for 2019, the church contributed over $300,000 in addition to the budget to various mission related causes including the Christian Assistance Fund and Christian Restoration Fund recipients, CBF Global Missions, Church World Service (through the Christmas Eve offering), and the additional funding many of our ministry partners.

MOBILE Use Church Life App or Tithe.ly on your mobile device or text FBCGSO to 73256.

IN PERSON Give via the church envelope in the offering plate on Sunday mornings.

MAIL Mail your offering in an envelope to the church, the office can provide self addressed envelopes.

ONLINE Set up a recurring donation option using your bank’s online bill payment system to send recurring checks or set up a recurring payment using your bank account or credit card at www.fbcgso.org/give If you have questions, contact Scott North at the church office – scott@fbcgso.org | x127.

December 2019 Financial Results Year-to-Date Budget Receipts/Distributions

Receipts Disbursements

Actual Budget Last Year $1,765,923 $1,767,482 $1,667, 221 $1,760,907 $1,767,482 $1,761,581

Net Surplus (Deficit)

$5,016

(Net of program income)

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First Baptist Church Greensboro

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION

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M I DW E E K @ F B C February Menu February 5 | Roast Beef February 19 | Pasta February 12 | Pecan Tilapia February 26 | Chicken Portofino Reservations can be made via Sunday morning Connection cards, our website (fbcgso.org/ calendarevents), email (marty@fbcgo.org) or phone (336-274-3286 | x123). Reservations are due by Monday at noon. Cancellations due by Tuesday at noon.

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A great way to find out what First Baptist Church Greensboro is all about is our Explore First class. You will learn some FBC history, our understanding of what "Baptist" means, and meet others newer to our church.

This class is offered monthly and led by Pastor Alan Sherouse. Our next Explore First is February 23 at noon and includes lunch. If you'd like to attend RSVP to Alisa (alisa@fbgso.org) by February 19.

NEW CHURCH DIRECTORY | MARCH 3-7, 10-14 AND 17-21 We will be updating our Photo Directory in March! You can sign you and your family up TODAY on our website: fbcgso.org/new-church-photo-directory/

We will need some church member help on these days. If you can help volunteer, please let Alisa Windsor (alisa@fbcgso.org) know.