FBC Raleigh News • October 21, 2019
FIRST FOUNDATIONS
ISSUE THREE

Issue three of our First Foundations magazine is here, and ready for you to read. We hope you enjoy these stories about true belonging from all of our contributors - Jen Foster, Lynn Lingafelt, Carolyn Dickens, Pam Powell, Melissa Guzman, Chris Chapman, Felicia Hoover, Holly Ivel, Hayden James, with art by Hannah Hinson!

Copies of the magazine may be found in the Lewis lobby, the narthex, and Gathering room. If you would like to receive a copy of the magazine in the mail, please email Deborah .

A special thanks for our editorial team for the hard work and heart they put into each publication - Jen Foster, Pam Powell, Anne Bullard, and graphic design by Angie Dickinson.

CHURCH CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Regularly scheduled Church Conferences will be held on the following dates in 2019:
October 30 • November 20 • December 18 
THIS WEEK IN
CENTERPOINT

October 23:
Intergenerational Game Night • How well have you been paying attention in Sunday School? Ready to put your knowledge of the Bible to a test? Wiley Jones and Lin Carter will host a Bible trivia game for all ages, from first grade up. Relax and enjoy the fun because the format will allow you to ask all the questions. 

Menu • Chili, veggie medley, salad bar.
Vegetarian Menu • Vegan chili
Children's Menu • Mac & cheese

Coming soon in Centerpoint...
October 30 • Church Conference

New Wednesday Night Schedule
5:30-6:15pm - Children’s Session 1 (Music)
5:45–6:45pm - Supper  
6:30pm -  Prayer time and announcements
6:45-7:30pm - Children’s Session 2 (Missions) and Centerpoint Electives for adults
WEEK AT A GLANCE • OCTOBER 21-27, 2019
Monday, October 21
11am And Also With 'Cue Soft Open
12:30pm Lunch Crunch (302)
6pm Youth Minister Search Committee Mtg. (CR)
6:15pm Crop Walk Mtg. (301)
7pm Hook & Needle Club (P)

Tuesday, October 22
10am Staff Mtg. (CR)
11am And Also With 'Cue Soft Open
6pm Theology on Tap (Raleigh Times,
14 E Hargett St, Raleigh 27601)
6:30pm HS Bible Study @ Helms’ Home

Wednesday, October 23
11am And Also With 'Cue Soft Open
12:30pm Lunch Crunch (302)
3:45pm Works in Progress (P)
5:30pm Children’s Session 1 (Music)
6pm Centerpoint Meal Served (FH)
6:30pm Prayer Time & Announcements
6:45pm Intergenerational Night: Bible Trivia (FH)
7:30pm Choir Rehearsal (310)

Thursday, October 24
7pm Band of Brothers (CR)
10:30am Thirty-Niners (FH)
11am Clothing Ministry Opens
12:30pm Library Committee (Li)
Friday, October 25
Youth Camp Out/Umstead State Park (to 10/26)
10am JACE Pumpkin Carving (301)

Saturday, October 26
Salt Shakers Dinner

Sunday, October 27
8:45am Prayer Service (S)
9:45am Sunday School
11am Worship/Baby Dedication/
Charles Kimball Preaching/Deacon ballots available (S)
11am Japanese Worship (227)
12:15pm Deacons’ Mtg. (220)
2pm Crop Walk Registration (Pullen Park)
3pm Crop Walk (Pullen Park)
3pm Charles Kimball Book Discussion
(As-Salaam Islamic Center)
4pm Youth Bells (307)
5pm Youth Choir (310)
6pm Youth Group (FH & Blue Rm.)
DEACON ON CALL • OCTOBER 20-27
Sarah Catherine Rhodes (919) 818-6696
PRAYER SERVICE ON OCTOBER 27

At August conference, our congregation voted to continue posting an off-duty police officer on the church property Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings. Last month, a group of members, including persons who voted for as well as those who voted against the action, began to talk with each other, and to pray, with focused attention on concerns of the congregation. Some in that group are heartbroken for the action we took. Some in that group don’t feel as deeply about those matters as they feel about other matters in our congregation. However, within that group we’ve discovered in just a short while a unified and growing desire to bear one another’s sorrows and joys, across the whole congregation, and to take it all into God’s presence.
 
In response to that, the group proposed a prayer meeting to our pastor and to the chair and vice chair of deacons, and asked their advice. Our congregation is a praying congregation. 
 
As we talked with each other, we recognized that our congregation is addressing lots of changes and uncertainties these days, in addition to posting a police officer regularly on the church property for the first time. We are mindful of the still early-stage plans for our education building and whether we’ll repair or replace it, our search for a new youth minister, our new food truck ministry, and hiring a new organist after a beautiful third of a century with Donna Jolly at the console. We know there are others. We also saw that even within that small group, the priorities each of us assigns to the topics we discussed ranged widely. All in the group want an occasion to gather with the wider congregation, to affirm God’s calling of us together, to affirm each other and each other’s hopes and fears for our congregation, and to seek God’s guidance in all that we do. We see these as matters to be “bathed in prayer,” as John Lewis said of one of our congregation’s endeavors years ago.
 
Our youth are in the habit of drawing together, gathering together, and checking in on each other. In that and other ways they are staying close to one another in the Spirit. They are preparing spiritually for what comes next. Let’s emulate them in that.  Please, let’s come together to a prayer meeting like we’ve done so many times before. Let’s take the risk of what God might do. 
 
Please, let’s gather Sunday morning, October 27, at 8:45am in our sanctuary to pray together, sisters and brothers.  
 
  • Matt Bullard, Tom Childrey, Meg Dare, Jen Foster, Dennis Herman, Holly Ivel, Robbie Puckett, Rebecca Sasser, Kimberly Taylor, Ryan Willis, and Royce Willmschen
TOY JOY DONATIONS

We are officially accepting donations for Toy Joy! Bring your donations to room 112 and sort them into the baskets provided. The Toy Joy team will happily assist you. Also, now is the time to think about what you might do with those Halloween candy leftovers! Starting the Sunday after Halloween, November 3 , the Toy Joy candy buckets will be in front of the preschool suite. If you have Halloween candy you would like to donate, we would love to have it for stockings. Please only donate candy that is not Halloween colors/themes. We are grateful for your support and donations in these weeks leading up to the big event! Joyfully, the Toy Joy Team
CHARLES KIMBALL PREACHING & BOOK EVENT

We welcome Dr. Charles Kimball to our pulpit on Sunday, October 27, as he leads us in worship. That afternoon, As-Salaam Islamic Center and Yavneh: A Jewish Renewal Community invite you to a discussion with him about his book, from 3-4:30pm at 1214 East Lenoir Street, Raleigh. RSVP to the event here.

Dr. Kimball is a renowned Christian scholar of Islam and longtime leader in Christian-Muslim engagement. He will provide an overview of Muslim beliefs and practices as he guides us in moving beyond dialogue to shared ministry and community building. Join us as we begin a multi-faith journey of spiritual discovery and plan a follow-up study group based on his book. Copies of the book are available for purchase in the church office for $10.

Co-sponsoring congregations include: First Baptist Church, Salisbury Street;
As-Salaam Islamic Center; White Memorial Presbyterian Church;
Yavneh: A Jewish Renewal Community
AND ALSO WITH 'CUE UPDATES​

October 21-23 - Soft Opening Week​ We'll be open Monday-Wednesday, 11am-2pm. This is a "soft opening" so the staff can get the kinks worked out before our grand opening! Please note, we will be closed on Thursday & Friday (October 24 & 25) to get the food truck wrapped with our logo.

October 28 - Grand Opening Celebration
​Come celebrate with us, 11am-2pm!​​

Until we open, here are some ways you can help:
• Share our story by liking our F acebook page , follow us on I nstagram , and T witter .
The more likes and follows we get, the quicker word spreads around our community!​

• Volunteer with us - If you are available to volunteer on Tuesdays or Thursdays, please e mail Leah.​ Come eat, and bring your friends!​

HURRICANE DORIAN
RELIEF OFFERING

Hurricane Dorian has presented itself as a situation that requires help and assistance in the Bahamas, Florida, South Carolina, and along the coast our own state. After a storm like this, people and families are searching for help and answers. God cares deeply about the hurting, and as God's followers, we should as well. NC Disaster Relief volunteers are prepared to serve by providing food, recovery, chainsaws, showers, chaplains, temporary roofing, child care, and laundry teams, but they need our prayers and support. Autumn is when we collect for the NC Mission Offering, which has historically gone to Baptist Children’s Homes, Baptist Hospital in Winston- Salem, Baptist Retirement Homes, WMU of NC, Baptists on Mission (Baptist Men) and CBF of North Carolina. This year the state mission offering will go to  Baptists On Mission and CBF of North Carolina Disaster Response Teams  to help our neighbors, both near and far. Coincidentally, the theme for the Wednesday night mission materials for our children in Missions Friends, GAs, and RAs this month is ”Who is my Neighbor?”

Pray for comfort for those who experienced this storm. Pray for wisdom, strength and sensitivity on the part of those who respond after the storm, and be prayerful in your decision to give to this offering. - Nancy Moore Phillips, WMU President 
HONORING OUR VETERANS:
NOVEMBER 10

Each year around Veterans Day, we honor those in our congregation who have served our county in the military and those currently serving. If you are a veteran and your name has not appeared on a list from previous years, or you have relatives who are currently serving in the military, please email Jennie Herrick in the church office to update the list. We want to be as accurate as possible and appreciate your cooperation.
CROP WALK

The 2019 Greater Triangle Area Crop Hunger Walk is on Sunday, October 27. Onsite check-in begins at 2pm, and the walk starts at 3pm in Historic Pullen Park on Ashe Street. The walk includes the choice of a 1.4-mile or 3-mile route. You are invited to be a part of the FBC team! Participate by being a walker, a donor, or both.

Register to walk :
Visit  this link  to register as a walker. If you walked last year, you can log in to your existing Crop Walk account. Once you register online, you will have access to a full range of fundraising tools. We will also have a registration table in the Lewis Lobby where you can sign up and we'll do the registration for you.

Donate:
You may donate to the FBC Raleigh team here, by using any of our FBC electronic options, or by writing a check made out to FBC with "Crop Walk" in the memo line. Money raised supports five local hunger relief agencies and the global work of Church World Service. You will be supplied with a tax receipt you can give to those who donate if they do not donate to our team online.

Join the FBC CROP Hunger Walk Team and help us address food insecurity in the Triangle Area and the world.
NEW SUNDAY HOURS
Beginning Sunday, October 13 , all doors to the Sanctuary and Lewis Building will remain locked until 9am . If you need access to the building before that time, please make prior arrangements by contacting the church office to get a key.
DR. JONAS PRESENTATION AVAILABLE
This past May, Dr. Glenn Jonas, author of  Nurturing the Vision: First Baptist Church Raleigh, 1812 – 2012 , presented at our church to the joint meeting of three academic groups an address titled Two Roads Diverged: The Civil Rights Movement Comes to FBC Raleigh . It is a part of our history we might prefer to forget, but it is important that we remember and learn from every part of our past. This address has been included in the Summer 2019 edition of  Baptist History and Heritage;  with the permission of the author and publisher, we have made some copies available in the church library. 
THE RECORD WE WROTE
Week of October 14, 2019
Current Week Revenue: $20,573.66
Month-to-Date Revenue: $60,528.79
Year-to-Date Revenue: $1,104,689.11
Month-to-Date Expenses: $68,884.62
Year-to-Date Expenses: $1,242,538.29
Heck Jones Mission Offering: $9,422.35
NC Missions Offering: $3,970.27
SUBMIT A ROSE WINDOW WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENT

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For any questions concerning the Rose Window Weekly , contact Leah Reed. Email Leah here!