FBC Raleigh News • November 8, 2022
HOLIDAY SERVICE OF HOPE

After two years of being cancelled because of COVID-19, the Holiday Service of Hope and Remembrance will be held again this year at First Baptist Church, 101 South Wilmington Street on Thursday, November 17 at 7pm. Co-hosted by the downtown churches of Raleigh for over twenty years, this ecumenical endeavor provides space for those who have known loss to openly acknowledge grief, experience the encouragement of fellow believers, and find comfort in the assurances of our faith. We will light candles of hope and remembrance, hear inspiring music, and name the loved ones whose absence we experience. Everyone is invited to attend whether you are in need of healing or willing to offer support to others.

NOVEMBER MISSION PROJECT

For the month of November, we will be collecting food (see list below) for the Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC. We all know how prices have gone up at the grocery store so the problem of food insecurity is becoming more of an issue now than ever before. You may put your donations in the marked drawer in the Lewis Lobby cabinet anytime before the end of the month.
 
Pasta: all types — spaghetti, bow tie, elbow, shells, etc.
Rice: brown, white, wild, instant
Dried beans: pinto, black, chickpeas, split pea, etc.

THANKSGIVING ORDERS

And Also With 'Cue is now accepting Thanksgiving orders! Take a break from the kitchen, and let the food truck prepare your next Thanksgiving meal. All orders can be placed through the AAWC website.

Pick-Up:
Wednesday, November 23, 11am-3pm at the First Baptist Church Raleigh rear parking lot.
FBC SKI RETREAT

The FBC Ski Retreat is coming in January! The retreat will be January 6–8 in West Virginia. We will be staying at Pipestem Resort State Park and skiing at Winterplace. This is churchwide invitation, so if you or your family would like to be a part of the weekend, or if you would like more information, either click here or contact Michael. The recommended cost of this retreat is between $80–$200 per person. This is a “pay-what-you-are-able” event; so you may pay what makes sense for you and your family, and as always, please don't let the cost inhibit you from enjoying time with your church family.

TOY JOY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Toy Joy is coming up this Saturday, November 12, and we are still in need of more volunteers for our afternoon shift! We have over 250 families (around 900 children) registered and appreciate your assistance to make the day go smoothly for them as they shop. We can promise this will jump-start the holiday season for you!
 
Please click on this Sign-up Genius link and volunteer for either the morning (8:30am – 12pm) or the afternoon (1:30 - 5pm) or both. Please note, we are especially needing volunteers and translators for the afternoon shift. Masks will be required for both volunteers and guests. Masks will be required for both volunteers and guests.

Contact Anne Cooke by email or phone (mobile: 919-986-9465 or home: 919-782-7491) if you have questions or need help with using SignUp Genius. 

HONORING OUR VETERANS:
NOVEMBER 13

Each year around Veterans Day, we honor those in our congregation who have served our county in the military as well as those who are 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 assistance.

HOT CHOCOLATE GIVEAWAY

We are thrilled to bring back our annual hot chocolate giveaway for the Raleigh Christmas parade! This is always a great chance to offer our local community hospitality with a simple act of kindness, and this is a great service opportunity for all ages. Join us on Saturday, November 19, from 8:30-11:30am at our Hillsborough Street entrance, as we give away free cups of hot chocolate to our community. All volunteers will be given a parking pass for their windshield for easy access to our back parking lot. Also, there's no better seat for the parade! If you are able to volunteer, please email Crystal Bacon.

HONOR A LOVED ONE
DURING THE HOLIDAYS

Our sanctuary is so lovely during Advent and Christmas when it is decorated with candles, fresh flowers, and greenery. This holiday “dress” transformation will occur as members of our music ministry share special musical offerings during the annual Hanging of the Greens service at 6pm on Sunday, December 4. You are invited to honor a loved one by making a donation toward the decorations for the service. With $15 for each honorific or memorial gift, all monies will help defray the cost of the trees, wreaths, fresh flowers, and greenery for the service. An insert in the December 11 worship order will list the names of all for whom gifts were given. Please submit your request here. Checks or electronic payments should be received no later than Friday, December 2. Forms are also available in Sunday School boxes. Mail checks to: Financial Administrator, 99 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC 27603; please write “Holiday Greenery” on the memo line.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE MISSIONS OFFERING

Our NC Mission Offering helps fund non-profit organizations doing work and providing services primarily in North Carolina. Through the generosity of FBC members, we have already received $3,562 toward our goal of $10,000. The following organizations will receive our offering:
 
Baptists on Mission Disaster Relief is currently serving Hurricane Ian survivors in some of the worst hit parts of Florida. Manna One feeding unit (30,000 meals per day capacity) is set up and providing meals in Cape Coral, Florida. Feeding, recovery, shower/laundry, logistics, safety, Medical Reserve Corp, communications, admin and chaplaincy are all currently working.

Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina (BCH) was born in 1885 with the Thomasville Orphanage and later the Kennedy Home in Kinston in 1914. Today, BCH as a nonprofit in 21 statewide locations has added a variety of services to offer help and hope to children, families, single mothers, college students, intellectually/developmentally disabled adults, and aging adults. 
 
Baptist Retirement Homes is a faith-based, not-for-profit organization with a 70-year legacy of excellence to provide older adults with a second-to-none senior living experience rooted in our core values — honesty, fairness, compassion, cooperation, dependability, humor, kindness, loyalty, patience, and conscientiousness. 
 
Baptist Hospital (Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist) touches the lives of so many from the smallest child to aging adults. As a nonprofit healthcare organization, it provides the highest quality compassionate care, conducts lifesaving research, and offers leading-edge medical education as well as patient assistance with medical bills.
 
Thank you for your gifts and prayers for this offering.
Nancy Moore Phillips, WMU Director 

NOVEMBER CENTERPOINT

The previously announced program to be led by Dr. Bo Prosser has been postponed to a future date in 2023. This week’s program will be led by Dr. Jennifer Garcia Bashaw, associate professor of New Testament and Christian Ministry at Campbell University. Her topic will be “Scapegoats: Reading the Gospels through the Eyes of Victims.” Dr. Bashaw will address the ways that ministry and advocacy for victims were central to Jesus’ public ministry of teaching, preaching, and healing. Dr. Bashaw is an ordained Baptist minister and a graduate of Baylor Unversity (B.A., M.Div.) and Fuller Theological Seminary (Ph.D.). Wednesday, November 16, will be a regularly scheduled Church Conference. Join us virtually through the zoom link below!

ADULT WEDNESDAY NIGHT SCHEDULE:

5:15-6:15pm - Supper line is open
6:15-6:30pm - Prayer time and announcements
6:30-7:15pm - Adult program
(Zoom will be offered every week)

CHILDREN'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT SCHEDULE:

5:15-5:45pm - Supper line is open
5:45-6:30pm - Children's music
6:30-7:15pm - Children's missions
WEDNESDAY NIGHT SUPPERS
 
We invite you to join us for a mid-week fellowship meal Wednesdays at 5:15pm. Reserve your spot at this link to the page on the church website or by calling the church office.

The menus for upcoming Wednesday night suppers are as follows (all meals come with salad and bread):
November 9: sweet and sour meatballs over rice with cabbage, corn, and green beans; non-meat option: no-meat meatballs; kids: chicken tenders
November 16: Early Thanksgiving: turkey and mock-turkey with gravy, stuffing, sweet potatoes, green beans, and cranberry sauce; kids: mac-n-cheese.
November 23: No Wednesday night activities
November 30: Chicken and rice with gravy and a veggie medley; non-meat option: mock chicken and rice; kids: chicken nuggets.
2022 CHURCH CONFERENCE DATES
Mark your calendar for the following 2022 dates for Church Conference:
November 16 and December 14
BIBLE VERSES FOR DAILY USE
  • Tuesday, November 8: Psalm 123; Job 21:1, 17-34; 2 John 1:1-13
  • Wednesday, November 9: Psalm 123; Job 25:1-26:14; John 5:19-29
  • Thursday, November 10: Psalm 98; 1 Samuel 28:3-19; Romans 1:18-25
  • Friday, November 11: Psalm 98; 2 Samuel 21:1-14; 2 Thessalonians 1:3-12
  • Saturday, November 12: Psalm 98; Ezekiel 10:1-19; Luke 17:20-37
  • Sunday, November 13: Isaiah 65:17-25 and Isaiah 12; Malachi 4:1-2a and Psalm 98; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19
  • Monday, November 14: Psalm 141; Ezekiel 11:14-25; Ephesians 4:25-5:2
DEACON ON CALL
November 6–12 • Tom Rollins (919-782-4969 h or 919-604-0302 m)
WEEK AT A GLANCE • November 8–16
Tuesday, November 8
4:30pm Social Committee meeting (CR)

Wednesday, November 9
5:15pm Meal served (FH)
5:45pm Children's music
6:15pm Centerpoint (FH)
6:30pm Children's missions (PS/CS)
6:30pm Handbell rehearsal (302)
7:30pm Adult choir rehearsal (310/S)

Thursday, November 10
7am Band of Brothers (Zoom)
10:30am Thirty-Niners to Southern Supreme Fruitcakes

Thursday, November 10 and Friday, November 11
Toy Joy set-up (FH)

Saturday, November 12
Toy Joy (building-wide)
Salt Shakers
Sunday, November 13
9:45am Sunday School
11am Worship (S/YouTube)
11am JBC worship (226)
12:15pm Deacons' meeting (FH/Zoom)
4pm Youth handbells (302)
5pm Youth choir (Choir room)
6pm Youth supper (FH)
6:30pm Youth program (FH/Blue Rm)

Monday, November 14
10am Clothing ministry
6:15 Finance Committee meeting (Zoom)
6:30pm HS Bible study (Wade home)
6:30pm MMiH rehearsal (302)

Tuesday, November 15
10am Staff meeting (CR)
10:45am WMU Group 2 (Springmoor)

Wednesday, November 16
5:15pm Meal served (FH)
5:45pm Children's music
6:15pm Church Conference (FH)
6:30pm Children's missions (PS/CS)
6:30pm Handbell rehearsal (302)
7:30pm Adult choir rehearsal (310/S)
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,
November 9–11!

LUNCH:
Wednesday-Thursday at 99 N Salisbury Street (FBC Raleigh rear parking lot) 11am–1:15pm

DINNER:
Fern Valley neighborhood Fuquay-Varina (5–7pm)

Be sure to get your THANKSGIVING Order in by Monday, November 21!



AMONG OUR FAMILY

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

REMEMBERING JIMMY THOMPSON

On Sunday, November 6, as a part of our All Saints observance, we recognized the passing of our beloved facility staff member Jimmy Thompson. Following the service we held a reception for his family. At the reception, a card was provided for people to write a message to/share a memory with Jimmy’s family if they wished to so. For the next few weeks in the Lewis Lobby at the Welcome Center we will have cards available, along with a basket to receive them, if you wish to take a few moments and send a note to Jimmy’s family. Each note is very special to his daughter, Vanessa, and the rest of the family. Thanks for your support of his family.

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

Each year, CBF publishes a prayer guide introducing individuals to field personnel, chaplains, pastoral counselors and churches doing incredible work around the world. The 2022 guide includes a weekly prayer focus as well as birthdays of field personnel, chaplains, pastoral counselors and CBF staff so you can pray for them during the week. We hope you will join with CBF churches all across the world in praying for the ways God is at work through this network. Copies are available in the church office, or an online copy may be found here.
SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR CHURCHWIDE SPRING RETREAT!

We are changing locations for our churchwide spring retreat from the beach to the mountains! We hope you will mark your calendar for April 14–16, 2023, and join us at the Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain. Our church has made accommodations to rent the entire Blue Ridge Center, which includes hotel-style accommodations, a dining hall, a gorgeous chapel, and plenty of gathering space. Rooms are handicap accessible and there is elevator access to all floors. In our free time, you’ll be able to enjoy hiking trails, disc golf, basketball, volleyball, tennis, corn hole, and gaga ball! More logistical details on cost, theme, and overall schedule for the weekend are coming soon. 

THE RECORD WE WROTE
As of November 3, 2022:
Current Week Revenue: $28,752.86
Month-to-Date Revenue: $28,752.86
Year-to-Date Revenue: $1,238,524.28
Month-to-Date Expenses: $2,980.71
Year-to-Date Expenses: $1,223,057.76
North Carolina State Missions: $3,562.00

GIVING STATEMENTS

For a number of years, the Financial Administrator sent contribution statements after the first three quarters of the year. A final statement for the fiscal year was sent in January of the next year for tax reporting. What we found was that many people wanted to know their level of giving and/or amount left on their yearly pledge before the end of the year, in order to be at the level they wished to be for that fiscal year. So we have switched to sending a contribution statement after the first two quarters (in April and July) and then holding off until late November/early December to send a third statement in time for decisions about end-of-year giving. An end-of-year statement will be sent in January. Please know that you can have a statement sent to you at any time by contacting Kathryn Rattie, our financial administrator.
To facilitate your giving to FBC, use the QR codes below to link to the website
for our main electronic giving, VANCO Faith, and the page that lists
all our e-giving options and instructions.        
Use this QR code to e-give
to FBC on line.
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Paypal and other options.
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.