Weekly Events Snapshot
Sunday, March 26
9:00 am Nominations and
Lay Leadership Committee
9:15 am Children's Committee
10:00 am Sunday School
11:00 am Worship
(Holy Communion)
2:00 pm Worship Committee
4:50 pm Voices of Grace
Tuesday, March 28
10:30 am Sounds of Grace
Sing at Wesley Commons
Wednesday, March 29
12:30 pm Community Lenten Pilgrimage
at Main St. UMC
5:45 pm BYOM
(Bring Your Own Meal and Drink)
6:00 pm Children's Picnic
Playground/Bike Night
6:30 pm Holy Ground for Youth
6:30 pm Building Blocks for Adults
6:30 pm Chancel Choir
Thursday, March 30
Deadline for NGO Meal Reservations
3:00 pm Edgewood Cemetery
and Mausoleum Board Meeting
Friday, March 31
Deadline to Order Lilies
Deadline for Maundy Thursday
Supper Reservations
Sunday, April 2
10:00 am Sunday School
11:00 am Worship - Palm Sunday
"Lenten Meditations and Music"
Stripping of the Sanctuary
2:00 pm Spiritual Formation Committee
3:30 pm Children's Easter Egg Hunt
at the Weavers' Home
(450 Pembroke Rd.)
4:50 pm Voices of Grace
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Worship Video for
Sunday, March 19
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Family Night Meals
Resume on Maundy Thursday!
Somehow it seems appropriate to restart our Family Meal option on April 6, Maundy Thursday. Maundy Thursday is the night we remember Jesus' last meal with his disciples before the crucifixion. Gather for supper, and then stay for the service of remembrance as Communion is shared by intinction.
The meal will be available from 5:30 pm to 6:15 pm in the Fellowship Hall. The Maundy Thursday service will begin at 6:30 pm in the Sanctuary. The menu for Maundy Thursday is oven fried chicken, green beans, mac & cheese, and apple crisp with ice cream for dessert. A salad bar, bread, and beverage is included. The cost is $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for children, and no family pays more than $30.00. Reservations are needed by 5:00 pm Friday, March 31, either online or by calling the church office.
Robby Stevenson, Jeff Rush, Dennis Moore, and Jim Firmin will prepare the Maundy Thursday meal and have agreed to prepare Wednesday night meals on a trial basis from April 12 until the end of May. The cost of the Wednesday night meal will remain the same: $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for children, and no family pays more than $30.00. A new permanent reservation list will be created. To be placed on the permanent reservation list or to make a week by week reservation, call the church office (229-5557) or make a reservation online here by 5:00 pm the Friday before the Wednesday you plan to eat. All meals will include an entrée, sides, a full salad bar, roll/bread, dessert, and beverage.
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Good Friday Service
FBC Chapel
Friday, April 7, Noon
A Good Friday service of reflection will be held in the chapel on Friday, April 7 from Noon to 12:30 pm. This service will include scripture readings, prayer, silent reflection, song, and a recitation of Christ’s last seven phrases from the Cross, as the ministers extinguish candles one by one. Join us for this moving worship experience.
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Heritage Discussion Summary
The Transition Team would like to thank the congregation for celebrating the RICH HERITAGE of First Baptist this past Sunday, March 19. The dialogue around the table in the Fellowship Hall was especially helpful and meaningful to the Transition Team. The results of the discussion will be shared with Sunday School classes this coming Sunday, March 26. Members of the Transition Team will visit all adult classes at the beginning of class for five to ten minutes. Copies of the Heritage Discussion Summary will also be available in the narthex following the morning worship service. Please be sure to pick up your copy this Sunday. As a further reminder, the timeline will stay up in the fellowship hall for a number of weeks. PLEASE continue to add events to it as they come to you!
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Opportunities to Honor
or Remember for Easter
Deadline: March 31
On Easter Sunday, FBC will publish a list of donors and those honored or remembered through a special offering during Lent. This year, honoring and memorial donations may be designated for the purchase of lilies, for the Beverly Greer Offering for State Missions, or for the Ministry Plan. After worship on Easter, lilies may be picked up by the donor or recipient. Flowers not picked up will be given to shut-ins. The cost of lilies is $19.00 and orders must be received no later than March 31. Checks for lilies should be payable to The Floral Case. All other checks should be made payable to First Baptist Church. A form is in the church office for donors to indicate where the donation is to go and who is being honored or remembered. Since cards will be available in the church office for donors to send to recipients, no acknowledgements of these gifts will be sent by the church office.
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The Community Lenten Pilgrimage continues this Wednesday at Main Street United Methodist Church from 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm, preceded and followed by lunch (cost $2.00) at 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm. The April 5 service will be at Morris Chapel Baptist Church. |
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NGO Hosts Sounds of Grace
Tuesday, April 4, 11:45 am
The NGO Fellowship will host the Sounds of Grace on Tuesday, April 4, at 11:45 am. The program, which features songs of grace and assurance, will be followed by lunch. The menu includes hamburgers and all the trimmings, a side, and a dessert (cost: $10.00). If you are not a member, please make your meal reservation no later than Thursday, March 30, by calling the church office. Dues are $5.00. Please come enjoy the fellowship and show your support to both of our hard-working, dedicated senior groups, NGO and SOG.
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Young at Heart
Tuesday, April 11
11:30 am
The Young at Heart group will meet at 11:30 am on Tuesday, April 11 at the Country Club. The meeting will include a program on self defense presented by Vicky Davis.
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Flowers for the "Living Cross
The church family is asked to bring flowers from home to decorate the "Living Cross" on Easter. A cross with greenery will be placed in the narthex prior to service.
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FBC Heritage Timeline
in Fellowship Hall
If you have not been in the fellowship hall lately, you might not know that the Transition Team as added a Heritage Timeline to the rear wall for church family members to add dates of events especially significant to them (weddings, baby dedications, baptisms, etc.). Everyone is encouraged to stop by and spend some time perusing the plethora of notes which others have added, and to contribute your own markers of events that have been especially meaningful to you.
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March 29: 6:00 pm - Picnic/Playground/Bike Night (choirs do not meet)
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April 2: Children Carry Palms in Worship
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April 2: 3:30-5:30 pm - Egg Hunt
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April 5: No Wednesday Night Activities
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April 6: 6:30 pm - Maundy Thursday Service; Childcare
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April 9: Children Ring Alleluia Bells in Worship
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May 3: Last Night for Children's Choirs
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May 4: RSVP Due for Playground Night
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May 5: 5:30-8:00 pm - Playground Night
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May 7: Two Older Choirs Sing in Worship
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May 10: 6:30 pm - M&M Night (all 3 choirs and CIAs; **childcare drop off will start at 6:20 pm)
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May 17: 6:30 pm - CIA Fun Night
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May 21: 9:15 am - Family Potluck Breakfast
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May 24: 6:30 pm - Youth Present "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", **childcare drop off will start at 6:20 pm
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May 31: 6:00 pm - Splash Pad
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July 11-14: Camp Prism
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Egg "Stuffings" Needed
Candy and small surprises are needed to help fill the plastic eggs for the children's April 2 Easter Egg Hunt. Anyone who would like to donate some "stuffings" can drop them off at the church office or give them to Anna. Monetary donations are also welcome. Please make donations by Wednesday, March 29. Thank you for helping make this event special for the children.
Children's Easter Egg Hunt
Sunday, April 2, 3:30-5:30 pm
The Easter Egg Hunt is Sunday, April 2 from 3:30-5:30 pm at the Weavers' home (450 Pembroke Rd). Children should bring their Easter baskets.
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Children's Family Activities on
Wednesday Nights
During District 50 Break
During District 50's intercession week and Spring Break, the March 29 and April 5
Wednesday Nights will look different.
On March 29, we'll start at 6:00 pm with a picnic supper followed by a night of playground, bikes, and kites. Bring your bike, picnic supper, and blanket or chairs. There will also be material to make kites and to decorate cardboard eggs! The lot will be closed for parking this night. There will be no choir or CIAs. This is a family event, and Kelly and Cherry will have the night off for childcare.
On April 5, there will be no Wednesday Night activities. Instead, the church will have a Maundy Thursday service at 6:30 pm in the sanctuary on April 6. Childcare is available.
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Activities for Children
and Families during Holy Week
Palm Sunday
Children will carry palms into worship on April 2 during the first hymn. Children are asked to meet a minister in the narthex before worship to receive their palms and instructions.
Wednesday, April 5
There will be no Wednesday Night Activities. At-home material for Holy Week and Eastertide will be on the table in the carpeted area on Palm Sunday.
Maundy Thursday
A family night meal will be served from 5:30 pm-6:15 pm. Meal reservations must be made by Friday, March 31. We will have a Maundy Thursday worship service April 6 at 6:30 pm in the sanctuary. Childcare will be available in the toddler room.
Easter Sunday
Children will ring *alleluia bells" on Easter Sunday, April 9! Children can pick up their bells from a minister in the narthex before worship and ring them during our first hymn when they hear the word "alleluia."
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April 2: 4:50 pm - Voices of Grace Rehearsal (Note Change!)
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April 16: 8:10 am-1:30 pm - Youth Service Day at Immanuel Soup Kitchen
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April 16: 5:00-7:00 pm - Sunday Night Live (Location TBA)
- April 16: Deadline to Sign Up for Passport
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May 7: 5:00-7:00 pm - Sunday Night Live (Location TBA)
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May 21: Car Wash Fundraiser & Progressive Dinner
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May 24: 6:30 pm - Youth Present "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"
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May 31: 6:00 pm - Parent Information Meeting for Passport
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June 26-July 1: Passport Camp at Converse College
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Snacks and Drinks Needed!
The youth have managed to work their way through the snacks and drinks in the snack room, so they're looking for some donations. They love individually packaged bags of chips, sweets, and the occasional granola bar. All types of non-diet drinks and sodas are welcomed, and they also really like to have water available. Thanks in advance for helping keep the youth energetic!
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Service Project
for the Soup Kitchen
Sunday, April 16
On Sunday, April 16, the youth will meet in the church parking lot at 8:10 am, board the bus, and head over to Immanuel Lutheran Church to help prepare and serve lunch at their soup kitchen. This is a great chance for the group to do some good work in our community--and to see that there is more than one way to go to church than to be in the sanctuary on Sunday morning. The youth will be back to the church around 1:30 pm.
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Sign-Up for Passport
June 26-July 1
Converse College
Sign-up Deadline: April 16
This year, the youth will be going to Passport at Converse College in Spartanburg, SC, from June 26-July 1. This is the most popular week for Passport. It sells out every year, so youth can expect a packed group this year! To sign up, click the button below. The cost will be $150 for the first child from a family and $75 for the second. The deadline to sign up is Sunday, April 16!
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