Hey everyone!
I hope you're enjoying this week before Thanksgiving! We won't have a newsletter next week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. We've got a lot happening at church for the next few months! Here's what's going on:
Family Advent Wreath Making
Family Advent Wreath Making is a special tradition here at First Baptist Roswell. Join us in the gym
Wednesday night, November 30th, at 6:30 PM (come for dinner and then stay!), to make an Advent Wreath with your family. $10 a family, buys all your supplies for 1 wreath. We will be making real wreaths this year, so supplies include an oasis (that's the round green foam thing that you put the evergreen pieces in), evergreen pieces, ribbon, decor, your advent candles, and a weekly advent devotional that walks you through what candles to light when. This is always a very special time! Sign your family up
here!
*We won't have activities for preschoolers or children that night since this is a family event. We will have childcare for children 2 years old and under.
Elf Workshop
Sign your kids up to participate in our Annual Elf Workshop! They will make 3 gifts, watch a Christmas Movie, and have pizza for lunch. Elf Workshop will be
Saturday, December 3rd, from 10 AM- 1 PM in the gym. Elf Workshop is free, but Sign ups are required. It is limited to 30 children, and is open to 4 year olds- 5th graders. Sign your kids up
here!
Have a youth who would like to help? We would love to have a few youth to wrap presents (aka put them into gift bags with tissue paper) and help the kids with their crafts. Email me
here if you have a youth who'd like to help!
Prayer Stations
Our prayer stations are now in your child's Sunday School class! They each have a prayer journal and they get to choose how they want to pray. There will be a crate with their journals- if they arrive early or if they finish something early, they'll be able to go grab their journal and choose the way(s) they wish to pray. This will be for our 1st-5th graders. Instead of only having 3 prayer stations as an option with me, they'll have more than 30 in their journal to choose from!
Story Retreat for 3rd-5th Graders- January 27th-29th
I hope your child will join us for the Story Retreat at Rock Eagle (in Eatonton) January 27th-29th! This retreat is for 3rd-5th graders and will be Friday Night through Sunday morning. $160 a person, includes lodging, t-shirt, snacks, and meals (dinner Friday night, all 3 meals Saturday, breakfast on Sunday). $75 deposit secures your child's spot. Email me
here to sign up!
The kids will have time to do fun things like Gaga Ball (always a hit at camp), a scavenger hunt, etc. We will send chaperones with the kids. I will most likely not be going on this trip, as the baby is due towards the beginning of February. But I will make sure we have great chaperones for it! Registration deadline is TODAY!
Wednesday night Activities: Join us for food and fellowship from 5:00-6:30 in the gym at our Wednesday night supper, and then join us from 6:30-7:30 for the many activities we have happening:
3 year olds- Kindergarten: Mission Friends on the First Floor of the Sanctuary Building
1st-5th Grade: Passport to the World, meet on the Children's Hall in E258
Adult Options
Your Best Us- Wednesday is the last session! Different room due to Family Promise: S201; taught by Romielyn and Sherwin Joson
Virtues and Vices- Taught by Dr. Kevin Head and Dr. Doyle Hamilton; Chapel
Faith and Politics- Wednesday is the last session! Different room due to Family Promise:S210; Taught by Rev. Logan Carpenter
Ladies' Bible Study- Different room due to Family Promise: Parlor; Taught by Ruth Johnson and Lynn Lynch
*Our last Wednesday night will be Wednesday, December 7th. We'll pick back up in January with a New Year's prayer services and new classes!
Missions
Grab an angel from the Angel Tree and enjoy picking out a gift with your child! These gifts go to children in Foster Care and at North Fulton Community Charities. Bring your unwrapped gifts back by Sunday, December 11th.
Advent Schedule:
November 27th: Hanging of the Greens in the Sanctuary during 11 o'clock worship- we'll be decorating the sanctuary and bringing in the poinsettias
December 4th: Children and Youth Choir Presentation at 6 PM, including the singing of "O Holy Night"; Sampler at 7 (for those who are new, everybody brings a treat (sweet or savory) to share down to the gym before the choir presentation and then everyone goes to the gym afterwards to sample yummy Christmas goodies! *childcare provided during the presentation for children 3 and under
*Christmas date night available for pick up starting December 4th
December 11th: Instrumental Christmas during the 11 o'clock worship
December 18th: Christmas At First- Adult Choir Presentation, 6:00; *childcare provided for children kindergarten and under
December 24th: 5 O'clock Family Christmas Eve Service; 11:00 PM Candlelight Service
December 25th: NO Sunday School, Worship at 10:30 AM- casual, 45-50 min service
January 1st: NO Sunday School, Worship at 10:30 AM- casual, 45-50 min service
Children's Camp
I know that next summer seems very far away but it will be here before we know it. We'll be going to Passport Kids Camp at Brevard College in Brevard, NC, Monday-Thursday, June 26th-29th! Children's camp is open to current 3rd-5th graders. It is a 4 day, 3 night camp where the kids have a blast as they play games, bond with one another, and learn more about God. At Brevard College, kids will stay in dorm rooms (2 kids to a room), and either have suite style bathrooms or hall bathrooms. Chaperones will stay next door or across the hall. If you already know your child wants to go, email me here to sign them up!
