FBC Raleigh News • September 21, 2021 |
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COMMUNITY LEADERS PANEL TOMORROW NIGHT
As the Dream Team continues working with the Center for Congregational Health, we have invited several Raleigh community leaders to join us for a panel discussion on the needs of downtown. Tomorrow night, September 22, we'll kick off this discussion at 6:15pm in the Fellowship Hall. Join us as we hear from these voices that are pivotal to the flourishing of our community, and listen as they respond to how our church might meet the needs of our growing downtown community.
If you are not able to join us in person, we hope you can attend virtually via Zoom with this link! To view the speaker throughout the presentation, click the three dots on the right portion of the screen and choose "pin this video." If you would prefer to call in, use 301-715-8592, Meeting ID: 898 5713 6473, Passcode: 390190.
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Carly Jones, CEO of ArtSpace
Jones is a cultural arts leader, performing artist and arts executive who seeks to elevate social consciousness through the arts and cultivate authentic partnerships within communities. Prior to this new role with Artspace, Jones worked with several regional arts nonprofits and most recently as the Senior Program Director for Artists & Organizations at the North Carolina Arts Council, within the N.C. Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. In this role, she oversaw the statewide organization grants and individual artist resources for artists across all disciplines throughout the state. Jones officially started in the new CEO role on Aug. 2. (ArtSpace website)
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Judge Ashleigh Dunston, Wake County District Court Judge
Judge Ashleigh has been a North Carolina licensed attorney since 2012. Immediately upon graduating law school, she was hired by long-time Wake County District Attorney, Colon Willoughby to work as an Assistant District Attorney. In 2014, Judge Ashleigh served as an Assistant Attorney General, where she litigated cases in Superior Court in all 100 counties regarding motor vehicle law. On November 3, 2017, she was appointed by Governor Cooper to serve as a District Court Judge in the Tenth Judicial District which encompasses Wake County and was sworn in on November 17, 2017. At the age of 30, Judge Ashleigh was only the third and youngest African American female District Court Judge in Wake County history since the courts were established over 50 years ago. (Judge Ashleigh Dunston website)
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Lorena McDowell, Wake County Director of Affordable Housing and Community Revitalization
In late 2018, McDowell came to Wake County to raise and lead the County’s new Department of Housing Affordability & Community Revitalization. In this role, she and her team are responsible for efforts across the spectrum of affordable housing. From running the largest men’s shelter in North Carolina, to multimillion-dollar investments in affordable housing development and much more in between.
Before coming to Wake County, McDowell served as Vice President of Programs for Northern Virginia Family Service. The largest human service agency in Northern Virginia, NVFS works to empower Northern Virginians to achieve self-sufficiency through a multitude of resources and services. There, she worked to de-silo programs, create more robust services and improve agency outcomes. McDowell has consulted nationally as the Principle Consultant for Balance Community Solutions – a firm dedicated to helping government and nonprofit organizations with strategic planning, best practice program development and financial stability. (WCAH website)
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Bill King, Downtown Raleigh Alliance President and CEO
King is the lead of a nonprofit dedicated to advancing vitality for everyone in Downtown Raleigh. As the leader of this group, Bill oversees Downtown Raleigh Alliance's economic development and urban planning initiatives, including retail recruitment, State of Downtown report, tracking data on economic development, real estate activity and market trends, and serving as liaison to the city on issues affecting downtown's planning and business community. King provides data, tours, connections with landlords, business planning assistance, and help navigating city permitting. He also authors the annual State of Downtown report, quarterly economic development reports, which track business and development activity, market trends, projections, data, tax revenue, etc. He serves on the Dix Park Advisory Committee, Moore Square Renovation Project Team, Downtown Parking Study Team, and the Downtown Plan 2025 implementation team. (LinkedIn)
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BIBLE VERSES FOR DAILY USE
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Tuesday, September 21 - Psalm 128; Ecclesiastes 4:9-16; James 5:1-6
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Wednesday, September 22 - Psalm 128; Ecclesiastes 5:1-20; John 8:21-38
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Thursday, September 23 - Psalm 124; Esther 1:1-21; Acts 4:13-31
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Friday, September 24 - Psalm 124; Esther 2:1-23; Acts 12:20-25
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Saturday, September 25 - Psalm 124; Esther 3:1-15; Matthew 5:13-20
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Sunday, September 26 - Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 and Psalm 124; Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 and Psalm 19:7-14; James 5:13-20; Mark 9:38-50
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Monday, September 27 - Psalm 140; Esther 4:1-17; 1 Peter 1:3-9
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DEACON ON CALL
September 19-25 • Mike Dare (919-772-7384)
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WEEK AT A GLANCE • SEPTEMBER 21-27, 2021 |
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Tuesday, September 21
10am Staff Mtg. (CR)
10:45am WMU Group 2 (Springmoor)
7:30pm Pathfinders SS (Zoom)
Wednesday, September 22
5pm Meal/Centerpoint
6:45pm Handbell Rehearsal (S Balcony)
7:30pm Adult Choir Rehearsal (Choir Rm.)
Thursday, September 23
7am Band of Brothers (Zoom)
6:30pm College Group (tbd)
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Friday, September 24
HS Boys/Girls Retreats begin (return 9/26)
Sunday, September 26
9:45am Sunday School
11am Worship (S/YouTube)
11:15am JBC Worship (Rm. 302)
5pm Youth Choir
5:30pm Deacons' Mtg. (Zoom)
6pm Youth Supper (FH)
6:30pm Youth Program (FH/Blue Rm.)
Monday, September 27
10am Clothing Ministry
6pm MMIH Rehearsal (S Balcony)
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ADULT CENTERPOINT IN-PERSON & ZOOM, AS OF SEPTEMBER 1
The Adult Ministries Council has been working on a set of programs for this fall with the theme Celebrating Our Heritage with a View to the Future. Dinner will continue to be from 5-6pm, tailgating style, in the parking lot. If it rains, your family may come inside the building and we'll all spread out between the Fellowship Hall, Lewis lobby, and 301/302.
On September 8, we returned to requiring reservations for Wednesday night dinners. You may reserve your spot at this link to the page on the church website or by calling the church office. Let's all try to park along the perimeter of the parking lot, so we can leave our middle spaces for chairs/communal tailgating!
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September 22 • Chicken pot pie and fried apples
September 29 • Baked spaghetti with vegetable medley
Centerpoint will meet each week from 6:15-7:15pm in the fellowship hall.
• September 22 - The Dream Team will facilitate a conversation with various community leaders on the needs and hopes of our downtown neighborhood. See the article above for our forum participants.
• September 29 - Church Conference (in person and via Zoom)
• October 6 - Glenn Jonas, author of Nurturing the Vision: First Baptist Church, Raleigh 1812-2012 will revisit some of the highlights of our history.
• October 13 - (tentative) Pastor Emeritus Dan Day will talk about his book, Finding the Gospel: A Pastor’s Disappointment and Discovery, released last fall. Recounting his disappointment with his inherited understanding of the gospel as centered only on the evangelical Plan of Salvation, he explains his discovery of what he terms a "bigger gospel" centered on Jesus’ teaching concerning the Kingdom or Reign of God. The last section of the book is given to some of the changes this new perspective has meant for his thoughts about other topics. Time permitting, Dan may also get into the sequel book, Lively Hope: The Taste of God’s Tomorrow, to be released this fall.
• October 20 - Steve Pressley will talk about his new biography of former FBC pastor Randall Lolley, entitled Randall Lolley: Thanks for the Memories.
• October 27 - Church Conference
Wednesday Night Children's Missions & Music Schedule:
6-6:40pm • Music for children
6:50-7:30pm • Mission Friends/RAs/GAs
JOIN US VIA ZOOM
Join us for a live broadcast of the Centerpoint adult program, every Wednesday night via Zoom with this link! To view the speaker throughout the presentation, click the three dots on the right portion of the screen and choose "pin this video." If you would prefer to call in, use 301-715-8592, Meeting ID: 898 5713 6473, Passcode: 390190. We hope this is a helpful way to keep us all connected as we journey forward with Wednesday night programming!
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RANDALL LOLLEY BIOGRAPHY AVAILABLE
By now, many of you know that Steve Pressley has written a biography of our beloved former pastor and Baptist icon Randall Lolley, and that Steve will be presenting a program on the book at our church Wednesday night, October 20, at 6:15pm. The added good news is that we now have copies of the book available in the church office for $24 (a discount off of the cover price of $30). If you would like a copy of Randall Lolley: Thanks for the Memories, you may purchase one in the office as long as they last (please note “Lolley Biography” on any checks made out to the church). Steve will sign copies when he is with us. We look forward to honoring this beloved saint of our faith, along with his co-laborer Lou!
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SEGREGATED BY DESIGN STUDY
On Sunday, October 17, at 3pm our church will join with the Habitat Downtown Faith Coalition in a "Segregated by Design" study on Zoom. This is a short documentary that examines the often forgotten history of our local, state, and federal governments, and how they segregated cities across our nation through law. We'll watch the film together and then move into smaller Zoom rooms to discuss. We hope you'll make plans to join this important conversation with our downtown sister congregations. To sign-up, please email Leah.
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TOY JOY WISH LISTS
Thank you to everyone who came with Toy Joy donations for our first drop-off on Saturday! We will have one more before the big event, so be looking for that date soon. For those of you who would like to shop online and have items sent directly to the church, we have linked our Amazon & Walmart wish lists below. Please make sure all items are sent to the church by November 1 and put "FBC Toy Joy" on the delivery address (99 N Salisbury Street). We appreciate your continued support of this ministry!
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VANCO MOBILE FAITH APP
The Give+ Mobile app we use for smartphone electronic giving is being replaced by the VANCO Mobile Faith app. After September 30 the Give+ Mobile app will no longer work. You may download and begin using the new app immediately. If you have registered an account for the old Give+ app, that account has been transferred to the new app. Go to Google Play or the Apple Store to download the new app. This change does not affect the Give+ Online option on our website. Visit this link for instructions on how to download.
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HELEN WRIGHT
CENTER MEALS
We appreciate all of our volunteers who have generously delivered dinner from And Also With 'Cue to the Helen Wright Center over the past year! We have two more opportunities in 2021 to deliver meals, in November and December to finish up the year. This is a simple, no-contact delivery that involves going to pick up the prepared AAWC meals from our church and delivering them to the Helen Wright Center around dinner time. Our final dates for the year are Tuesday, November 9, and Thursday, December 2. If you are available for either of those dates, please email Leah.
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SUPPORTING CROP WALK
For years, FBC has participated in the local CROP Hunger Walk. Funds raised support these local agencies: Catholic Parish Outreach Dorcas Ministries, Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC, North Raleigh Ministries, and Urban Ministries of Wake County. In addition, global efforts are supported through the work of the Church World Service, which has a huge refugee ministry and works locally with the Welcome House. There has ever been a greater need as each of these agencies is stretched beyond belief to address hunger insecurity during this pandemic.
Greater Triangle Area CROP Hunger Walk has been planning a live walk from Pullen Park and back; however, Wayne Hager, FBC staff member and co-coordinator of the walk shares that a live mass walk is increasingly unlikely due to the onset of the Delta variant. While the opportunity to walk together is a wonderful part of the walk each year, the most important part remains the same - the funds raised to address hunger locally and globally.
FBC members are still encouraged to register for the walk and join our FBC team even if your walk turns out to be around your neighborhood or with small groups from FBC on the walk day, Sunday, October 31. Joining the FBC CROP Team is important to show the commitment FBC has to address hunger locally and globally. You may register for CROP and join our team here.
Registering makes it easier for our team leaders to contact you with supportive emails and to distribute information you may share to increase your fundraising for CROP. We also can contact you with our alternative plans to walk together in safety. One very effective fundraising tool is to post a Facebook fundraiser with just a few clicks on your personal page (established when you register). Facebook charges CROP no fees on the money raised through the Facebook platform.
Our children’s ministry and youth ministry have both committed to supporting CROP this year. Both will be using different strategies to participate in a walk and raise funds. The children and youth have both established Facebook fundraisers. Funds raised by each group are counted toward the $3,000 goal for FBC.
Please consider sharing these fundraisers on your own Facebook page by copying and pasting the URL in a post on your page. Donations are accepted through all of the FBC electronic platforms and here. Checks should be made out to CROP Hunger Walk/CWS and given to our financial office and will be delivered to CROP with the checks our team “walkers” receive in support. Thanks for your support of CROP Hunger Walk this year.
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SEPTEMBER MISSION PROJECT
For the month of September, we'll be collecting school supplies for Southeast Raleigh Elementary, which is located about three miles from the church. Please click on this Sign-Up Genius link that will give you a list of the needed supplies and how many of each are requested. We're all happy that children are able to have in-person learning this year and pray that they all stay healthy and have a wonderful year! Your donations may be placed in the marked drawer in the Lewis Building cabinet until the end of September. For questions, please email Anne Cooke.
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RISE AGAINST HUNGER MEAL PACKING
It's that time of year again! We are now seeking volunteers for our annual meal- packing event with Rise Against Hunger on Sunday, October 10, at the Rise warehouse location at 3200 Wellington Court, Suite 111 (near Gresham’s Lake) from 1-3pm. We're asking that everyone wear a mask so that we can do this as safely as possible. Work stations will be set up based on the relationship of our volunteers. Some will work well for family units and others are designed for non-related individuals. There is room for everyone!
We're looking forward to this opportunity to be in the same room with some of our church family as we do our part to stop world hunger. For questions or more information, please email Nancy Phillips.
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AAWC'S WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Each week, we post And Also With 'Cue's weekly schedule here in Rose Window Weekly as well as on our Facebook page to let you know our lunch schedule and if there will be outside events on the weekend for you to attend.
Come eat with us this week,
September 21-25!
Tuesday-Friday • church parking lot (11-1:30 PM)
Sunday dinner • Tradd Ct Neighborhood Raleigh (5:00-7:00 PM)
Do you have an idea about how to give away food in our community? Email Leah!
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AMONG OUR FAMILY
A link to the entire prayer list may be found below.
Please use your church directory for mailing addresses.
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THE RECORD WE WROTE
Week as of September 16, 2021
Current Week Revenue: $13,941.63
Month-to-Date Revenue: $27,389.12
Year-to-Date Revenue: $928,836.08
Month-to-Date Expenses: $59,502.25
Year-to-Date Expenses: $911,399.27
Heck Jones: $6,100.00
NC Missions: $6,210.00
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SUBMIT A ROSE WINDOW WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENT
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First Baptist Church Raleigh| (919) 832-4485 | 99 N Salisbury St, Raleigh NC 27603
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