FBC Raleigh News • October 13, 2020
DEACON ELECTIONS
 
We have arrived at the time in FBC’s calendar to elect deacons, spiritual leaders of the church who assist with congregational care. As with so many things in this pandemic, the process this year will be a little different. We will stay as true as we possibly can to the process outlined in the bylaws, while at the same time providing methods for voting that fit with our remote gatherings. Our timing will also be a bit delayed. The process will be as follows.
 
Below is a list of the current deacons, their spouses, and others who are not eligible to be elected as deacons based on the bylaws. If you do not wish to be considered a candidate for election as a deacon, we can add your name to this list. Please email Jennie Herrick or call the church office (919-832-4485) no later than Monday, October 19 if you do not want to be considered for nomination as a deacon. The complete list of ineligible church members will be available in the Rose Window Weekly on Tuesday, October 20.
 
You will then have a month to submit a ballot nominating up to 16 deacons (eight men and eight women). Those ballots can be submitted by printing off the form that will be provided and filling it out, or simply writing out your nominations on a piece of paper marked “Deacon Nominations 2020” and mailing it to the church at 99 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27603, attn Jennie Herrick. The paper forms can also be dropped off in the ballot box that will be located at the doorway under the portico facing McDowell Street. In addition, nominations may be sent electronically by email to Jennie Herrick. That email should show “Deacon Nomination” in the subject line and list the nominees. Jennie will then print the form, cut off the identifying information, and place the nominating form in the deacon ballot box. On Sunday, November 15 (four Sundays after the beginning of the nominating period), the tellers appointed by the Chair will gather in the library (masked and physically distanced, of course) to count the ballots, and the Chair and Vice Chair will then notify those selected.

Current Deacons and spouses:
Bob Bailey (2018)
Carl Bailey (2019)
John Baldwin (2020)
Jay Bissette 
Jennifer Bissette (2022)
Myra Brickell (2018)
Sterling Brickell (2021)
Anne Bullard 
Matt Bullard (2021)
Janie Carothers 
Jay Carothers (2020)
Linda Carothers 
Sam Carothers (2022)
Tonya Carter (2020)
Tom Childrey (2019)
Ann Cobb (2019)
Britt Cobb (2022)
Betty Connors (2017)
Meg Dare 
Mike Dare (2021)
Sarah David (2021)
Carolyn Dickens (2018)
Kent Dickens (2022)
Dennis Ellis (2017)
Diane Ellis (2021)
Sam Ewell (2020)
Marchelle Flowers (2019)
Derek Foster (2017)
Jen Foster (2020)
Dennis Francis 
Wes Fulk (2020)
Nancye Gaj (2019)
Charles Gale (2018)
Amy Galvan (2022)
Jaunffrey Galvan 
Jason Gardner 
Kati Gardner (2021)
Ginger Graves (2022)
Tyson Graves (2019)
Jessica Helms (2020)
Dennis Herman (2018)
John Hite (2021)
Sheila Hite 
Jeff Hobart (2019)
Chris Hoover 
Felicia Gore Hoover (2021)
Nancy Hunter (2020)
Holy Ivel (2020)
Blair Jackson (2019)
Hayden James (2017)
Barry Jones (2021)
Beth Jones (2018)
David Kelley (2021)
Jim Keown (2018)
Bob Kimball (2019)
Divine Kumah (2021)
Erika Kuma 
Sarah Lingafelt (2020)
Rhonda Lowe (2021)
Laura Maness 
Ron Maness (2022)
Alice Marshbanks (2022)
Lynn Marshbanks (2017)
Becky Mercer (2021)
Sonia Moore (2022)
Betsy Neal (2021)            
Chuck Nichols (2017)
Zach Padget (2019)
Anthony Petty (2018)
Charles Petty (2017)
Jeremy Petty (2020)
Nancy Moore Phillips (2019)
Robert Ponton (2017)
Will Poteat (2020)
Pam Powell (2020)
Robbie Puckett (2018)
Dawn Raynor (2019)
Mary Powell Rhodes (2018)
Sarah Catherine Rhodes (2020)
Dan Roberts (2021)
Linda Roberts
Ann Rollins (2019)
Tom Rollins (2022)
John Rusher (2017)
Mary Nash Rusher (2021)
Ebele Saint Louis (2017)
John Shell (2020)
John W. Smith (2018)
Allison Strickland (2022)
Matt Strickland (2017)
Bob Talley 
Jennifer Talley 
Alan Taylor (2022)
Kimberly Taylor (2019)
Randy Tucker (2018)
Chuck Underwood (2022)
Mallory Underwood (2018)
Laura Anne Vick (2017)
Cara Lynn Vogel (2022)
Jamie Vogel (2018)
Dawn Wade (2022)
Robert Wade
Ryan Willis (2019)
Royce Willmschen (2019)
Hollis Yelverton (2018)
Wyatt Yelverton (2022)
Beth Yerxa (2017)
BIBLE VERSES FOR DAILY USE
  • Tuesday, October 13: Psalm 97; Exodus 33:1-6; Philippians 3:13-4:1
  • Wednesday, October 14: Psalm 97; 2 Kings 17:7-20; John 6:25-35
  • Thursday, October 15: Psalm 99; Exodus 33:7-11; 3 John 9-12
  • Friday, October 16: Psalm 99; Exodus 31:1-11; 1 Peter 5:1-5
  • Saturday, October 17: Psalm 99; Exodus 39:32-43; Matthew 14:1-12
  • Sunday, October 18: Exodus 33:12-23 and Psalm 99; Isaiah 45:1-7 and Psalm 96:1-9, (10-13); 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10; Matthew 22:15-22
  • Monday, October 19: Psalm 63:1-8; Exodus 40:34-38; Revelation 18:1-10, 19-20
DEACON ON CALL • OCTOBER 11-17
Sarah Catherine Rhodes (919-818-6696)
WEEK AT A GLANCE • OCTOBER 13-18
Tuesday, October 13
10am Staff Mtg. (Zoom or Library)
6pm Theology on Tap (Zoom/In-person tbd)
6:15pm MS Small Group (Zoom/1107 Marlowe Rd, Raleigh)
6:30pm HS Bible Study (Helms’ Home)
7:30pm Pathfinders Sunday School (Virtual)

Wednesday, October 14
5:30pm 1st-5th Grade Girls Music & Mission (Wade Yard)
6:15pm Centerpoint Presentation; “Post Exilic Community” (Zoom)
8pm Youth Parent/Caretaker Mtg. (Zoom)
Thursday, October 15
7am Band of Brothers (Zoom)

Saturday, October 17
8am Toy Joy Packaging/Prep (1st & 2nd Floors)

Sunday, October 18
10am 6th Grade SS (Go To)
10am 7th/8th Grade SS (Zoom)
10am HS SS (Zoom/In-person tbd)
11am Virtual Worship (YouTube)
4pm 3’s-K SS (Zoom)
4pm 1st-5th Grade SS (Yard TBD)
5:30pm Youth Group (PL/Zoom)
CENTERPOINT

Wednesday, October 14th (6-7:30pm):  Campbell Divinity School Professor of Old Testament, Dr. Tony Cartledge, will lead us via Zoom sharing his thoughts on the Old Testament’s biggest identity push – how Ezra, Nehemiah, and supportive priests sought to redefine Jewish identity in the postexilic period, emphasizing purity and pedigree to the point that they excluded most Hebrews who had not gone into exile while creating strict requirements for what it meant to be considered an ethnic Jew in good standing. While we may find their strategy to be overly exclusive, the stress on ethnic identity and conformity is one of the reasons diaspora Jews have survived despite centuries of persecution. Join us here! 

Wednesday, October 21 (6-7:15pm): Leah Reed and Brian Crisp will lead a Zoom session on their new joint financial assistance program, the Housing All-Fund. Brian is the Minister of Mission and Adult Education at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church. Brian joined the staff at Pullen after a long career in education and business. Together, they'll talk about community engagement, collaboration, partnership with government agencies, and the vision for the future of this new endeavor. Join us here!

Children's Music & Missions:
We are having a great time outside together, enjoying Missions and non-singing Music stations with our children! We have the best, most flexible leaders and children ever. We wear masks, stay socially distanced, and provide individual supplies for our children. With days getting shorter, our new time will be an hour earlier, from 5:30–6:30pm. This Wednesday, October 14, our 1st – 5th grade girls will enjoy music and missions in Dawn Wade’s yard at 5:30pm! If you haven’t already, email Lynn if you can come!
FIRST FOUNDATIONS
ISSUE SIX

Our newest edition of First Foundations is ready for you to enjoy! In early January, the editing team sat in a living room at the beach and planned the entire slate of 2020 themes. In our wildest imagination, we never could have prepared for what would come only a few weeks later. These days, each of our lives revolve around navigating change. We hope some part of this publication resonates with your journey in 2020 thus far. Read issue six here.

We are grateful for all of the contributors for issue six: Jen Foster, Claire Willmshen, Sarah David, Andy Archer, Nancye Gaj, Pam Powell, and Mary Alice Seals. A huge thank you to our editorial team that labors over each publication: Jen Foster, Anne Bullard, and Pam Powell.

Since most folks are not coming to the church building, we decided to mail out as many copies of this issue as possible. If you would like a copy of the magazine and have not already received one in the mail, please email Deborah and we'll make sure to get your family a copy. Have an idea or feedback for a future publication? Email Leah.
POSTLUDE PICTURES NEEDED

We have really enjoyed seeing pictures of your family during our virtual worship each week! We want to continue using your pictures in the postlude, so we’re asking for more of them. If you have pictures of yourself or your family that you’d like to share, please email them to Lynn Lingafelt. These can be selfies or pictures of your family doing fall activities -- whatever you’d like! We just want to remind ourselves of the wonderful congregation we have at FBC.
TOY JOY UPDATE

Our first shopping day is this Saturday and we need people willing to shop for our clients this week. See the sign up link below for this week and other shopping dates. Please wear your masks when you come to help! Saturday Sign-Up

We are also creating prayer circles to pray for the families we are serving. For this task, we are looking for 30 coordinators to help us assemble these prayer circles. A circle can be as small as a family unit or as large as a Sunday School class or other group. You can choose to meet virtually or in a socially distant, in-person setting -- whatever works for your group. If you are interested in assembling and leading one of these circles, please click on this link to sign up! Prayer Circle Sign-Up

Because of COVID-19, items and toys must be new this year. You can use the Amazon wish list or the Walmart event registry to find needed gifts. We especially need batteries for remote control cars and other toys. Amazon Wishlist. To get to the Walmart event registry, go to walmart.com, click on the menu button at the top left of the page, and scroll down to "Registry." Click on "Events" and type in First Baptist Church Raleigh, select the state, and go. You can also type the word "registry" in the search bar at the top of the page.

This Friday, October 16, from 12-1:30pm several of us will be in the parking lot to accept toy drop-offs. Come grab lunch from And Also With 'Cue and drop off your items. You can ship toys directly to the church as well. Please get your items to the church sooner rather than later but no later than November 4th. Other drop off dates will be posted soon. Thank you! You are an important part of the village that makes Toy Joy successful as we do church.
MEAL PACKAGING SUCCESS

Thank you to the 22 brave souls who came to the RISE warehouse on Sunday to package meals to help stop world hunger. Some of the volunteers were there for the first time while others were old hands, but all had a fun and productive time. Our group included past GAs and RAs, family units, singles and even 39ers. We were few in numbers, but in an hour and a half we packaged 4,320 meal bags. It was great to be in the same room with members of our FBC family even though our interactions were from safe distances. Come join us next year when we can safely gather in larger numbers as we follow the teachings of Jesus and do our part to feed the hungry. - Nancy Moore Phillips
GREATER TRIANGLE AREA VIRTUAL
CROP WALK

We hope you are making plans to join the Greater Triangle Area Virtual Crop Walk this year! There will not be a mass gathering on walk day as in the past but we will celebrate all the efforts of our walkers on Sunday, October 25, at 3pm. CROP Walk has been encouraging people to walk “Anywhere, Anytime” to show support of hunger relief. CROP Walk would still like you to register your participation and solicit donations to support your walk. CROP Walk supports five local hunger agencies along with the global work of Church World Service. Go to the GTA CROP Hunger Walk Website to register and donate. At the website you will also find locally produced short videos about each of the five benefitting agencies in the Greater Triangle Area. CROP Walk would love for you to promote the Walk on your own social media, by liking and sharing information from CROP Walk’s Facebook and Instagram accounts. Join us at the following link for a Zoom celebration on Sunday October 25 from 2:30 – 3:05pm. There will be music by DJ John Lewis, a chance to connect with other walkers, a prayer, and report on the top donors thus far. This will also be available on the GTA Facebook page live. CROP Walk extends its thanks to the FBC Day Mission Fund for generous support of the GTA CROP Walk as a major sponsor. Our own Wayne Hager serves as the Co-Coordinator of the Walk. For more information, email Wayne Hager.
AAWC'S WEEKLY SCHEDULE

Each week, we'll start posting And Also With 'Cue's weekly schedule. We post this on our Facebook page, but we want to make sure you all have this information as well. We will let you know our regular lunch schedule and if there will be outside events on the weekend for you to attend!

Come eat with us this week:

October 13 • Closed for private event, South Johnston High School staff lunch
October 14-16 • 11-1:30pm,
church parking lot
October 15 • Dinner at Tryon Apartments

Our Thanksgiving pre-order menu is coming soon!


Have an idea about how to giveaway food in our community? Email Leah!
WAYS TO GIVE

There are several different ways in which you can continue to support the church financially during this time of social distancing. We know many people are facing their own financial challenges right now and have been very generous already, but a number of people have asked how they could support the church while we are unable to gather together physically. Wayne Hager has provided the following answers to this question.

• We continue to receive mail daily. Any gifts mailed to the church will be processed and deposited as soon as possible.
• We will continue to debit bank accounts through auto drafts as we have been instructed by donors.
• If you have set up a recurring donation through one of our electronic options, those donations will continue without interruption unless YOU make a change.
• If you wish to begin electronic giving, please go to this link where each of our options is explained.
• If you are considering a stock gift, please visit this link for instructions. 

If you have any financial or giving-option questions, please email Wayne Hager.
SLIGHT CHANGE OF OFFICE PROCEDURES

While the church office will remain closed to the public for the immediate future, we have someone in the office Monday through Friday, 8:30am-5pm to answer the phone and let people in for pre-approved activities (mail, janitorial, and food deliveries; maintenance work; and a few small meetings). The staff and church council continue to monitor all realities related to COVID-19. In addition, we have formed a risk management team (RMT) made up of John Baldwin, Sam Ewell, Ron Maness (chair), Alice Marshbanks, and Hollis Yelverton to help us make decisions. The RMT has developed a list of guidelines which can be found here... Anyone or any group wanting to schedule an in-person meeting or activity should contact Wayne Hager. We still encourage you to contact any of the ministers if you have a pressing need, using the following email links: Chris Chapman, Lynn Lingafelt, Leah Reed, and Michael Hood.
AMONG OUR FAMILY

A link to the entire prayer list may be found below.
Please use your church directory for mailing addresses.


A WORD OF THANKS

"To my FBC family, I would like to thank you all so much for the thoughtful gift given in celebration and appreciation of my five-year anniversary of employment at First Baptist. I just can’t believe how quickly those five years flew by! When I first started here, I remember wondering if such a large congregation would find it harder to feel the sense of warmth and community that a smaller congregation might not find so difficult. I never had to wonder. I’ve had the privilege of watching the way that church members and staff care for each other, in good times, during hard times, and more recently, during such a strange time when isolation is the norm. Members and staff at First Baptist work very, very hard to make sure to find ways to reach out to each other, especially during the last several months. This place, and the people in it are some of the kindest, and most genuine and caring people I have ever known. I am so fortunate to be here, and I am very proud and happy to work for First Baptist. I look forward to the next five years!" - Deborah Mastrodonato
THE RECORD WE WROTE
Week as of October 6, 2020
Current Week Revenue: $27,917.82
Month-to-Date Revenue: $27,917.82
Year-to-Date Revenue: $1,067,897.41
Month-to-Date Expenses: $7,524.27
Year-to-Date Expenses: $1,040,512.87
NC State Missions: $1,045.00
Heck Jones: $8,393.00
SUBMIT A ROSE WINDOW WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENT

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