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 3. 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 10 bulletin 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 1. 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.

BABY SHOWER

FOR BABY HOOD

Come help us celebrate expectant parents Sara and Michael Hood at a baby shower on Sunday, December 10, from 2–4pm in the fellowship hall! There will be refreshments, and you'll have a chance to write words of wisdom and well wishes to Sara and Michael, whose baby boy is due mid-January.

The Hoods are registered at babylist.com and Target.

Your hosts,

Jennifer Bissette, Janie Carothers, Renee Fulk, Jess Helms, Holly Ivel, Lacey Pegram, Rebecca Sasser, Hollis Yelverton, and the High School Youth Group Girls



HONORING OUR VETERANS

The church maintains a list of members who are military service veterans and those on active duty having connections to First Baptist. If you know of eligible individuals whose names have not previously been on these lists, please email Jennie Herrick by Wednesday, November 8.

REINDEER AND SHEPHERDS

NEEDED FOR TOY JOY!

Toy Joy 2023 is fast approaching this Saturday, November 11, and we are in need of more volunteers for the morning session. There are openings for reindeer and shepherds from 9–12pm, to help guide families through their shopping experience. There are jobs for every age—anyone from middle school students on up can help in the building that day.

Click here to volunteer! Email Lynn Lingafelt directly if you're interested in helping with the hospitality area. Email Anne Cooke or any member of the Toy Joy team with questions.

RALEIGH CHRISTMAS PARADE 

We’re looking forward to the annual Raleigh Christmas parade on Saturday, November 18, from 9am–12pm. This year, we’ll be offering free hot chocolate and a free biscuit from And Also With ‘Cue!  This is always a wonderful way to offer hospitality to our neighbors, and the perfect seat for watching the parade.  Volunteers are needed to make all of this happen, so please email Leah if you’re available to be on the hot chocolate and biscuit crew! 

CLOTHING MINISTRY THANKS

On behalf of the clothing ministry, we want to express our gratitude for your quick response to our call for help. We were pleasantly inundated with donations this past week and because of that were able to reopen our men's department with adequate supplies. Please keep your fall and winter donations coming—especially coats for all genders and sizes. Thanks for all you do to support our clothing ministry!

2024 STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN

Thank you for your thoughtful consideration and participation in our 2024 stewardship campaign. Pledge cards were mailed out last week, and they contain three thoughts from your stewardship committee concerning our campaign. We ask that you consider these thoughts and give generously with gratitude.

1.  “This is the day which the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118: 24. Your participation in our stewardship campaign is an opportunity to acknowledge dependence on God through his son, Jesus Christ, for everything we have and rejoice each day.
2. Our stewardship campaign is an opportunity to reaffirm our relationship with God through Jesus Christ and to demonstrate how thankful we are for this Church where we serve him.
3. This stewardship campaign is truly “ours.” The campaign is neither the Stewardship Committee’s campaign nor any individual’s campaign. Each of us is an important part of this process and each of us can positively impact our church’s ability to fund the 2024 budget. Your contribution, cheerfully given, is important. Please prayerfully consider how you will respond. Thank you.

Your Stewardship Committee,

Jessica Helms, David Kelley, Robert Ponton, Jane Weathers, and Robin Willis

THANKSGIVING PRE-ORDERS

FROM AAWC

It's time again to place your pre-orders for your Thanksgiving feast. Please click here to place an order. For 2023, we've added some new and delicious items for your Thanksgiving spread.  Pick-up information included on the ordering site. Thank you for continuing to support us and our mission!