FBC Raleigh News • August 3, 2021
FIRST FOUNDATIONS

Issue eight of the First Foundations magazine is hot off the press and ready for you to read! We hope you enjoy each page filled with different interpretations of our theme, "Grow." Copies of the magazine are located at both entrances of the sanctuary, and beside the elevators on the first two floors. Please note that we are not doing a mass mailing of this publication, considering most of our congregation is coming back in the building. However, if you were on the pre-COVID list to receive your copy in the mail, those will be sent out this week. If for some reason you have not received a copy of the magazine and would like one mailed to your home, or you would like to be added to that mailing list, please email Deborah. If you would rather enjoy the magazine online, the PDF version is linked here.

None of this would be possible without the hours of hard work by our editorial team, writers, and artists!  We are so grateful for all of our contributors - Jen Foster, Jeff Mercer, Lin Carter, Emily Hoover, Michael Hood, Anne Bullard, Chuck Nichols, Mary Nash Rusher, Amy Galvan, Mary Hauser, and Lou Anne Liverman. We hope you'll enjoy this beautifully designed publication, which comes to us thanks to the graphic design work of Angie Dickinson. As always, a very special thanks to Jen Foster, Anne Bullard, Lou Anne Liverman, and Leah Reed for their continued vision, and hours of tedious work editing the magazine! We hope you enjoy reading about growing from a wide range of voices from our community of faith. 
BIBLE VERSES FOR DAILY USE
  • Tuesday, August 3: Psalm 50:16-23; 2 Samuel 13:1-19; 1 Corinthians 12:27-31
  • Wednesday, August 4: Psalm 50:16-23; 2 Samuel 13:20-36; Mark 8:1-10
  • Thursday, August 5: Psalm 130; 2 Samuel 13:37-14:24; Romans 15:1-6
  • Friday, August 6: Psalm 130; 2 Samuel 14:25-33; Galatians 6:1-10
  • Saturday, August 7: Psalm 130; 2 Samuel 15:1-13; Matthew 7:7-11
  • Sunday, August 8: 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 and Psalm 130; 1 Kings 19:4-8 and Psalm 34:1-8; Ephesians 4:25-5:2; John 6:35, 41-51
  • Monday, August 9: Psalm 57; 2 Samuel 15:13-31; Ephesians 5:1-14
DEACON ON CALL
August 1-7 • Nick Bradley (919-318-2121)
WEEK AT A GLANCE •August 2-9, 2021
Tuesday, August 3
7pm Properties Committee Mtg. (Rm. 301)

Wednesday, August 4
10am HS Bible Study Breakfast (tba)
11am HS Bible Study (Blue Rm.)
5:30pm Dream Team Mtg. (FH)
7pm Adult Choir Rehearsal (Choir Rm)

Thursday, August 5
7am Band of Brothers (Zoom)
7:30pm College Group (TBD)

Friday, August 6
8am Decorating; Davis/Blanchard Wedding (FH)
5pm Davis/Blanchard Wedding Rehearsal (S)
Saturday, August 7
8am Davis/Blanchard Wedding/Reception
(S/FH/Small Classrooms)

Sunday, August 8
9:45am Sunday School
11am Worship (S/YouTube)
5:30pm Youth Group (FH/Blue Rm.)

Monday, August 9
10am Clothing Ministry
6:15pm Finance Committee Mtg. (Zoom)
RISK MANAGEMENT UPDATE

In response to the surge in COVID cases with the Delta variant, the increase of break-through cases, the lack of access to vaccines for children, and the fact that the first people vaccinated - and thus the most vulnerable - have passed the peak of their immunity, the risk management team has returned us to wearing masks at the church at all times other than for staff members in a workspace alone and anyone speaking at the pulpit. This applies to Sunday School classes, choirs singing, and outside groups. Our hope is that we do not have to curtail activities altogether, but that will depend on how things go over the next few weeks. It has been a long and exhausting journey, but we continue to do everything we can to care for one another and benefit the community in which we live.
THE RETURN OF WEDNESDAY NIGHTS

Churchwide Wednesday night programming will begin on Wednesday, August 29, from 5:30-7:30pm, with an intergenerational kick-off for the fall! Chris Gambill from the Center for Congregational Health will be leading our time together with dinner and a visioning conversation for all ages around the table. Childcare will be provided for babies and children up to two years of age. More details to come next week!

Music/Missions for children (three and older) and programming for youth/adults will begin on Wednesday, September 1. Here's our basic schedule!

Wednesday Night Schedule:
5-5:50pm – Supper in the parking lot 
Since it's pretty impossible to eat with a mask on, we'll be having our very own tailgate party every Wednesday night! Troy will provide the food/drink and you provide the lawn chairs. If it rains, we'll move inside to the Fellowship Hall and distance appropriately. 
6-6:40pm – Music for children/Centerpoint for adults/youth activities
As the semester begins, all music for children will focus on non-singing activities - making music nonetheless!
6:40-6:50pm - Bathroom break for children and outdoor playground time for preschoolers
6:50-7:30pm – Mission Friends, RAs, and GAs for children/Centerpoint for adults/youth activities
CROP WALK

Mark your calendar for Sunday, October 31! Our congregation is thrilled to be involved with the Greater Triangle Area CROP Hunger Walk again this year. We are already beginning to fundraise for this effort, so please visit our team's website to register, give, and walk with us in October!
HECK-JONES OFFERING

In May we returned to in-person church services and now slowly we are adding Sunday School classes. Our congregation has remained faithful in support of our church and its ministries, both for ourselves and for the community. And now it’s time to bring back the Heck-Jones Offering with an emphasis on Habitat for Humanity and RISE Against Hunger. During COVID-19 shutdowns, we realized how important our homes were to us as we “stayed in place” to stay alive and our thoughts turned to efforts to get food when we needed it.
Habitat for Humanity has long been an area of concern and interest for our church. Families build their own homes alongside volunteers, pay an affordable mortgage, and are grateful for our help. We co-built our first house in the 1980s and have continued our involvement with volunteer builders and financial support on many occasions.
Rise Against Hunger is an international hunger relief organization that distributes food and life-changing aid to the world’s most vulnerable. 2.8 million lives were impacted by meals and other aid in 2020 and provided a way for us to do our part to stop world hunger. Our goal is $10,000 with the offering to be split as needed. Let’s all join in to feed the hungry of the world and support the common dream of home ownership. - Nancy Moore Phillips, WMU Director 

Habitat for Humanity Build
Downtown Faith Coalition
(Dates to be determined)

RISE Against Hunger - Stop Hunger Sunday
At Raleigh warehouse on Sunday, October 10
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,
August 3-7

Lunch:
Wednesday-Friday • Church parking lot (11am-1:30pm)

Dinner:
Tuesday • Wood Chapel, Apex (5:30-8pm)
Thursday • Brizo Apartments (5-7:30pm)
Friday • Bent Tree Neighborhood (5:30-7:30pm)

Do you have an idea about how to give away food in our community? Email Leah!
A MESSAGE FROM PITMASTER DAVID

Meet the newest member of the AAWC family, Bertha! She loves whole hogs, turkeys, and plump chickens. She looks forward to your next private event and/or wedding rehearsal, reception, office event, birthday party, or backyard gathering!
A special thanks to BQ Grills of Elm City for custom building this new smoker!
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
Week as of July 29, 2021
Current Week Revenue: $17,437.00
Month-to-Date Revenue: $60,816.21
Year-to-Date Revenue: $823,424.57
Month-to-Date Expenses: $137,425.41
Year-to-Date Expenses: $743,466.55
Heck Jones: $2,210.00
NC Missions: $4,600.00
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