FBC Raleigh News • February 1, 2022
SOUPER BOWL 2022
While the Bengals and the Rams give it their all on the gridiron on February 13, won’t you join us in giving our best efforts in our own SOUPER BOWL SUNDAY? We invite you to bring in cans of soup as you come to Sunday School and worship that day. There will be collection sites in the Lewis Lobby by the Welcome Desk and also in the Narthex at the front doors of the church. Simply place your cans of soup in the labeled bins, and we will donate them to Urban Ministries' food pantry which provides fresh produce and canned goods for families in need throughout our community. The collection bin in the Lewis Lobby will be out the Wednesday before Souper Bowl Sunday in case you want to make two trips!  GO TEAM FBC!   
PLACE YOUR ORDER FOR FREE AT-HOME COVID-19 TESTS

Residential households in the US can order one set of 4 free at-home tests from USPS.com. Here’s what you need to know about your order:
  • Limit of one order per residential address
  • One order includes 4 individual rapid antigen COVID-19 tests
  • Orders will ship free starting in late January

Fill in this form at the USPS website with your contact and shipping information to order your tests.
INCLEMENT WEATHER

Cancellation information about scheduled activities will be noted on a recorded greeting obtained by calling the office at 919-832-4485. Information will also be supplied to: WRAL-TV (1st Baptist, Salisbury St), WTVD-TV (First Baptist Church–Salisbury St.), and posted on our home page and on social media (Twitter and Facebook). 
HONDURAS 2022

For nearly twenty years, FBC has been sending mission teams to Honduras as part of Baptists on Missions Honduran ministry. After a year hiatus, FBC looks to continue its rich tradition of serving in southern Honduras. This year's trip is approaching quickly and is scheduled for March 14–21. The cost is $500 per person -- which covers food, lodging and ground transportation -- plus airfare. Our project is house construction. Picture a large pile of sand, bags of cement, two metal windows and two metal doors, tin roofing sheets, and 800 concrete blocks. Then imagine five days later presenting keys to a family so they now have a place to call home. If you are interested in going, or have an interest in future mission trips to Honduras, please contact Steve Brown at 919-349-4984 or John Baldwin at 919-600-9124.    
2022 CHURCH CONFERENCE DATES
Mark your calendar for the following 2022 dates for Church Conference:
February 23, March 30, May 25, August 24, September 28,
October 26, November 16, and December 14.
CENTERPOINT (IN-PERSON AND ZOOM)

On February 2, we begin week a three-week program extending support to our Jewish friends in response to the recent attack on a synagogue in Texas. This first week, we will hear from Rabbi Eric Solomon from Beth Meyer Synagogue in Raleigh about how the Jewish community has responded to this latest in a long line of anti-Semitic attacks and how we might help as Christians. The following week, we will view and discuss a powerful presentation Imam Abdullah Antepli from Duke University gave to Beth Meyer Synagogue and Beth El Synagogue in Durham on January 22. The final week, we will ponder appropriate Christian responses in more detail.

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 646-558-8656 , Meeting ID: 842 9426 6630 Passcode: 478112

Wednesday night Children's Missions & Music schedule:
6-6:40pm • Mission Friends/ RAs/GAs
6:40-6:50pm • Transition time/bathroom break for grade-schoolers; outside play for preschoolers
6:50-7:30pm • Music for children
**Childcare provided from 5:45-7:30pm for babies to two-year-olds
For questions about our Wednesday night program offerings for children, please email Lynn Lingafelt.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT SUPPER
 
Each week, dinner will continue to be from 5-6pm, tailgating style, in the parking lot. If it rains or is too cold, your family may come inside the building and we'll all spread out between the Fellowship Hall, Lewis lobby, and 301/302. We have returned to requiring reservations for Wednesday night dinners; reserve your spot at this link to the page on the church website or by calling the church office. 

The menus for Wednesday night suppers are as follows:
February 2: Pasta primavera, garlic bread
February 9: Pork chops, apple sauce, and macaroni and cheese
February 16: Broccoli cheddar soup with chicken salad sandwich
February 23: Meatball Night! (served with rice)
CHURCHWIDE RETREAT IN APRIL IS BACK!
 
Though we’ve had to miss our churchwide retreat the last two years, we’re hopeful that THIS IS OUR YEAR to return to the fun and togetherness of this time away. Mark your calendars now for April 22-24 at Fort Caswell! 
 
As in years past, we’ll enjoy small groups, worship, individual prayer time, free time, meals together, and a myriad of craft and recreation electives from which to choose!  We have reserved Redwine, Yaupon, Yucca, and Riverside Cottages as well as ten rooms in the Smith Conference Center (which has ramp access as well as elevators inside). We have made reservations for up to 130 people; sleeping arrangements in the houses range from single-gender bunk rooms to private rooms with double beds to a few rooms with a double bed and bunk; sleeping arrangements in the Smith Conference Center are rooms with two double beds and cost a bit more. It will be communal living, but that’s part of the fun of getting to know each another! Youth and third through fifth graders can attend without their parents as long as we have individuals who are dedicated to help chaperone during free times and transitions. 
 
The cost of the weekend (two nights lodging + four meals + supplies) will be:
  • Housing in one of the cottages: $80/person with a family cap of $350;   
  • Double occupancy in the Smith Conference Center: $86/person (max of four per room);
  • Single occupancy in the Smith Conference Center: $120/person;
  • For those wishing to stay off-campus: $25/person to cover visitor fee plus food/supplies.    
 
Our time together will begin after supper on Friday and will end after worship on Sunday morning. There is no charge for children two and under.  
 
Space is limited, so please contact Lynn Lingafelt and make your payment no later than February 13 to reserve your spot and indicate your sleeping preferences. Private bedrooms will be assigned on a first-come/first-served basis. We will operate under the most current CDC and NC COVID guidelines. With current realities, we would require vaccination or a negative COVID for all participants, but we will finalize these plans closer to the retreat.

When you register with Lynn, she’ll confirm your total amount owed, which can be paid via check to FBC (put "Churchwide Retreat" in the memo line), by following this PayPal link, or by following this Give+ link. 
 
Since we know that not everyone will be able to attend, we will also have Sunday School and worship in our sanctuary on Sunday morning, April 24.  
SANCTUARY CHOIR UPDATE

As we work through the current Omicron wave of the pandemic, the format of the Sanctuary Choir will remain as smaller ensembles for a few weeks in both Wednesday evening rehearsals and Sunday morning worship services. We anticipate resuming normal activities soon. Interested in joining the choir? Have questions? Contact Warren Howell. Vaccination against COVID-19 is a requirement.
BIBLE VERSES FOR DAILY USE
  • Tuesday, February 1: Psalm 56; 2 Kings 5:1-14; 1 Corinthians 14:13-25
  • Wednesday, February 2: Psalm 56; Jeremiah 1:11-19; Luke 19:41-44
  • Thursday, February 3: Psalm 138; Numbers 20:22-29; Acts 9:19b-25
  • Friday, February 4: Psalm 138; Numbers 27:12-23; Acts 9:26-31
  • Saturday, February 5: Psalm 138; Judges 3:7-11; Luke 4:42-44
  • Sunday, February 6:Isaiah 6:1-8, (9-13); Psalm 138; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11
  • Monday, February 7: Psalm 115; Judges 5:1-11; 1 Corinthians 14:26-40
DEACON ON CALL
January 30-February 5 • Alice Marshbanks (919-247-6489)
WEEK AT A GLANCE • FEBRUARY 1-7
Tuesday, February 1
10am Staff meeting (CR)
10:45am WMU Group 2 (Springmoor)
6:30pm HS Bible Study (Wade home)
7pm Properties Committee Mtg (301)
7:30pm Pathfinders SS (Zoom)

Wednesday, February 2
5pm Meal/Centerpoint (PL/FH)
6pm Handbell Rehearsal (S balcony)
6:30pm MS Small Group (Blue Rm)
7:30pm Ensemble (Choir Rm/S)

Thursday, February 3
7am Band of Brothers (Zoom)
Sunday, February 6
9:45am Sunday School
11am Worship/Communion (S/YouTube)
11am Japanese Worship (226)
5pm Youth Choir (302)
6pm Youth Supper (FH)
6:30pm Youth Program (FH/Blue Rm)

Monday, February 7
10:00am Clothing Ministry
MATERNITY LEAVE DETAILS

We celebrate with Chad and Leah on the December 2 birth of Jennings Jett Reed. During her maternity leave, Leah will be checking email only sporadically, so please contact the following lay leaders, ministers, and staff who are taking over her ministerial duties with your questions or concerns:

Clothing Ministry - Sabrina Tyndall
Rose Window Weekly - Jennie Herrick
Housing All - Anne Bullard and Courtney Selna
Mike Morris Fellowship Fund - Chris Chapman
First Foundations magazine - Jen Foster
Social Media (Facebook & Instagram) - Michael Hood
Mass emails to the church body - Jennie Herrick or Wayne Hager
Website - Wayne Hager
And Also With 'Cue - Rebecca Sasser, Ashley Prather, or David With
Centerpoint Zoom - Wayne Hager
Habitat for Humanity - Chris Chapman
DO YOU NEED OFFERING ENVELOPES?

If you have requested them, you will find contribution envelopes for 2022 on the first floor corridor leading to the Clothing Ministry. Please help us reduce mailing expenses by picking up your envelopes by January 23 or by having someone pick them up for you. After January 23, we will mail them to you. If you would like some but haven’t gotten any in the past, contact Wayne Hager and he will go over options with you. Giving patterns have changed so much during COVID and we want to be sure we meet the expectations you have for offering envelopes.
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,
February 1-4!

• Lunch •
church parking lot (11am – 1:30pm, Tuesday-Friday)
• Dinner •
Thursday, February 3: Oak Park, 101 Edmer Ln, Garner 27529 (5:30-7:30pm)
Friday, February 4: Village Lakes, 5201 Turf Grass Ct, Raleigh 27610 (4:30-7pm)
AMONG OUR FAMILY

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

THE RECORD WE WROTE
As of January 27, 2022:
Current Week Revenue: $24,020.82 
Month-to-Date Revenue: $131,430.22 
Year-to-Date Revenue: $131,430.22
Month-to-Date Expenses: $108,173.02
Year-to-Date Expenses: $108,173.02
Global Missions: $5,448
SUBMIT A ROSE WINDOW WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENT

Do you have an announcement that you would like to include in the Rose Window Weekly? All information must be submitted by Thursday at noon, to be included in the following Tuesday's edition. Just fill out the Google form in the link below, and we'll make sure to include it in next week's publication. For any questions concerning the Rose Window Weekly, contact Jennie Herrick. Email Jennie here.