Children’s Christmas Musical Sunday

December 16 5 PM

First Bapti s t Church’s “Where CHRIST Is the Center”

November 29, 2018 December Newsletter

Adult Christmas Musical Sunday

December 16 10:30 AM

Family Christmas Dinner

Wednesday, December 19 5:00 PM

Cost: Adults $6.00 Children $4.00

The Deacons are taking reservations for the

Family Christmas Dinner.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23 Family Christmas Breakfast

9 AM

No Sunday School

Morning Worship Service

10:30 AM

Monday, December 24

5 PM

SUNDAY

DECEMBER 2 Caroling at Church

on the Go at 4 PM

Youth and Children and Families will leave the

church at 3:45 to go on a hayride caroling

through Geneva and return to the church for

cookies and hot chocolate.

Children and Youth News Dec. 2nd - We will leave the church at 3:45 to go on a hayride caroling through Geneva with cookies and Hot Chocolate to follow. Don't let your family miss it! Dec. 12th - The Youth will be traveling to Maple Avenue to be a part of our second Youth United event. We will leave the church at 5:45 and will be back at 7:15. Dec. 12th - Our kids will be watching a Christmas movie with Popcorn and Hot Apple Cider from 5:30-7:00. No Youth or Kids Services Dec. 19th, 26th, or Jan. 2nd.

If you are interested in helping to sponsor a college or high school student go to either Passion or the Strength to Stand Conference, let Lee know over the next few weeks. We have several students that could use some financial help to go. Thank you!

Nichols Mission Building

If you would be interested in working at the Mission

Building, please contact Cornelia Faulk or the

Church Office.

December Dates to Remember Sunday, December 2: Church on the Go, 4 PM Thursday, December 6: Senior Adult Outing to Mom and Dads in Defuniak Springs and to see the Christmas

lights. Leave Church at 4 PM Sunday, December 9: Lottie Moon Emphasis Sunday, December 16: Sunday School, 9:30 AM Adult Musical, 10:30 AM Children’s Musical, 5 PM Wednesday, December 19: Family Christmas Dinner at 5 PM. You will need to have reservations. Sunday, December 23: No Sunday School Family Breakfast, 9 AM Morning Worship, 10:30 AM Monday, December 24: Christmas Eve Service at 5 PM No Services: Wednesday, Dec. 26 and Jan. 2

Office Hours will vary during the holiday season.

Week of Prayer for International Missions

December: The Church will be decorated for Christmas.

January 6, 2019 In Memory of James W. Knowles

by Madelyn Knowles, Kim and Sid McNeill and Lee and Jane Knowles

January 13, 2019

January 20, 2019

In Memory of Ayla Perez by Teresa, Ivan, Avery and Addyson Perez, Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Spence,

Mr. & Mrs. Darryl Spence, Mr. & Mrs. Ernie Roney and Mr. & Mrs. Keith Owen

January 27, 2019

In Memory of Fred M. and Dot K. Byrd by Elise, Chris, Patsy and Jana

Brown Bag Ministry

$65 will provide a bag of groceries for a senior adult

each month for a year.

Wednesday Total Attendance October 24 136 31 137 November 7 No Count 14 No Count 21 No Service 28 159 Sunday Attendance Sunday School Morning Worship October 28 118 191 November 4 152 201 11 122 189 18 101 161 25 114 193

Budgeted Weekly $7,277.49 Budgeted YTD $349,319.52 Tithes and Offering YTD $353,118.63 Other Budget Receipts YTD 48.82 Total Receipts YTD $353,167.45

Quarterly Missions Offering To Date $6,056.75

Brown Bag Calendar Dec. 2 - Canned Veggies,Fruit Dec. 9 - Christmas Themed Food December 11 - Brown Bag Delivery Dec. 16 - Canned Veggies/Fruit Dec. 23 - Bags of Rice Dec 30 - Any Canned Meat Jan. 6- Toilet Paper, Paper Towels, & Tissues January 8 - Brown Bag Delivery Jan. 13 - Condiments, Spices, or Crackers Jan. 20 - Peanut Butter & Cookies Jan 27 - Canned Veggies/Fruit Feb. 3 - Any Canned Meat

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Welcome to our New Members!

Kevin and Emily Ammons

by Letter

Menus

Wednesday, December 5 Soup, Grilled Cheese

Wednesday, December 12 Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, Butterbeans, Dessert

Wednesday, December 19 Family Christmas Dinner

Wednesday, December 26 No Wednesday Service Wednesday, January 2 No Wednesday Service

Please sign up if you plan to eat.

Dear First Baptist Church Geneva, Thank you for the chicken fingers, prayers, and love shown during this difficult time. Mother loved cooking Wednesday night suppers for ya'll for many years. Love, Tammy Childs Bailey FBC Geneva, Thank you for participating in Operation Christmas Child. 269 boxes! Incredible. I pray God uses your generosity to have an eternal impact in lives around the world. The O.C.C. Team and Mt. Gilead Baptist Church, Dothan

FBC Fellowship Hall

Thursdays at 6 PM

First Baptist Church of Geneva 309 South Commerce Street P.O. Box 579 Geneva, AL 36340 Church Office (334)684-9910 Fax (334)684-8530 Web Site: www.fbcgeneva.org Email: fbc@fbcgeneva.org

Staff Dr. Edwin E. Scott

Senior Pastor Cell: (334) 258-0723

eescott@baptistcollege.edu

Rev. Steve Skidmore Associate Pastor and Minister of Music

Cell: (334) 596-0053 steve@fbcgeneva.org

Rev. Lee Peters Minister to Students Cell: (334) 798-9925 lee@fbcgeneva.org

Martha Herring, Secretary m.herring@fbcgeneva.org

Sunday Schedule Sunday School: 9:30 AM

Morning Worship: 10:30 AM

Wednesday Night Schedule 5 PM: Supper in Fellowship Hall 6 PM: Adult Bible Study 6 PM: Choir Rehearsal in Choir Room

Youth/Kids Wednesday Schedule 5 - 5:30: Drop off, Registration and Game Time in the Gym with Kids 5:30-6: Kids Eat and Youth have Gym Time 6- 7: Kids have Bible Study/ Youth have Youth Service

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Fellowship

Hall

Reserved

2

Deacons

Meeting, 8:30

AM

Church on the

Go (Lord’s

Supper), 4 PM

3 4 5 6

Senior Adult

Outing: Mom

and Dads, 4 PM

Grief Share, 6

PM

7 8

9

Lottie Moon

Emphasis

Choir at Poplar Head BC Clarksville. Leave church at 3. Perform 5

10

Choir Sing at

Wiregrass

Nursing Home

6:30 PM

11

Brown Bag

9:30 AM

Martha Ellis

12

Family Meeting to

Discuss Budget

Youth United

Event Maple Av

BC 6 PM

13

Grief Share, 6

PM

14 15

16

Sunday School,

9:30

Adult Musical,

10:30 AM

Children’s

Musical, 5 PM

17 18 19

Family Christmas

Dinner, 5 PM

No Youth/

Children Service

20

Grief Share, 6

PM

21

Geneva

City

Schools

Out

22

23

Family

Christmas

Breakfast, 9AM

No Sunday

School

10:30 Worship

24

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve

Service and

Lord’s Supper,

5 PM

25 26

No Services

27

Grief Share, 6

PM

28 29

30

Vote on Budget

31

New Year’s

Eve

December 2018

Week of Prayer: International Missions, 2-9

Church Office Closed

Fellowship Hall/Sanctuary Reserved

Office Hours will vary during the holiday season.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

30 31 1 2

No Services

3

Grief Share,

6 PM

4 5

6 7 8

Brown Bag

9

Youth/

Children

Service

Resumes

10

Grief Share,

6 PM

11 12

13 14 15

9:30 AM

Martha Ellis

16

Senior

Adult:

Music/Bible

Study

17

Grief Share,

6 PM

18 19

20 21

Geneva

Schools Out

22 23 24

Grief Share,

6 PM

25 26

27 28 29 30 31

Grief Share,

6 PM

January 2019

Office Closed 2-4: Passion Conference for Students

19-21: Youth

Strength to Stand

Conference

Deacon/Counting Committee Rotation 12/02 Greg Adams, Joey Stephens, Ryan Tidwell 12/09 Freddy Martin, Randal White, Toby Seay 12/16 Ricky Bennett, Adam Commander, Jason Padgett 12/23 Don Chesteen, Rufus Kervin, Larry Sharpe 12/30 Michael Crews, Al Folsom 01/06 Greg Adams, Joey Stephens, Ryan Tidwell 01/13 Freddy Martin, Randal White, Toby Seay 01/20 Ricky Bennett, Adam Commander, Jason Padgett 01/27 Don Chesteen, Rufus Kervin, Larry Sharpe

Usher Rotation 12/02 Delton Grace, Ryan Tidwell, Joe Grant, Sam Sharpe, Donald Ray Wilks 12/09 David Bilbrey, Brad Bynum, Thomas Fain, Toby Seay, Zack Shirah 12/16 Tim Adams, Adam Commander, Kerry McLaney, Bart Wilks, Wayne Wood 12/23 Jack Commander, Patrick Dyess, Keith Owen, Larry Sharpe, Jay Stough 12/30 Max Crews, Michael Crews, Conner Mitchum, Trent Mitchum 01/06 Braden Green, Chandler Green, Wade Green, Brett Stephens, Joey Stephens 01/13 Chris Chesteen, Chad McKnight, Phillip Mixon, Les Sanders, Toby Seay 01/20 Ricky Bennett, Brent Bennett, David Bilbrey, Thomas Fain, Zach Shirah 01/27 Todd Ausley, Don Chesteen, Todd Green, Kenneth Revels, Steve Shirah

Security Rotation 12/02 Christopher Chesteen, Brien Sullivan 12/09 Mike Turner, Clay Smith 12/16 Phillip Mixon, Kenneth Revels 12/23 Todd Ausley, Steve Shirah 12/30 Greg Adams, Ricky Beck 01/06 Brent Johnson, Bart Wilks 01/13 Tim Adams, Kerry McLaney 01/20 Jack Commander, Wayne Wood 01/27 Keith Owen, Pat Dyess

Greeter Rotation 12/02 Ryan & Hannah Tidwell 12/09 Brad & Jenny Bynum 12/16 Wayne & Susan Wood 12/23 Keith & Tammy Owen 12/30 Melanie Garner & Mallory Mixon 01/06 Joey & Julia Stephens 01/13 Chad & Loren McKnight 01/20 Renee Clemmons & Michelle Revels 01/27 Gail Hayes & Quinoma Grant

Nursery 12/02 Babies: Jennifer & Logan Adams Toddlers: Jennifer Knowles & Krissy Gilmore 12/09 Babies: Nikki Dyess & Rachel Sullivan Toddlers: Clay & Chelsie Smith 12/16 Babies: Jill Crews & Brook Bynum Toddlers: Ricky & Karol Beck 12/23 Babies: Anna Padgett & Michele Sanders Toddlers: Ryan & Hannah Tidwell 12/30 Babies: Debra Wilks & Jami Seay Toddlers: Cindi & Cameron Mitchum 01/06 Babies: Mandy Precise & Jennifer Adams Toddlers: Renee Clemmons & Sue Earley 01/13 Babies: Ashley Peters & Brandie Green Toddlers: Nikki Dyess & Rachel Sullivan 01/20 Babies: Krissy Gilmore & Amanda Faulk Toddlers: Wilmer & Jill Crews 01/27 Babies: Hannah Tidwell & Jami Seay Toddlers: Brent & Jomanda Johnson Jam Leaders 12/02 Loren & Chad McKnight 12/09 Bridgett & Randal White 12/16 No Kids Services 12/23 Lee Peters & Youth 12/30 Lee Peters & Youth 01/06 Mallory Mixon & Youth 01/13 Lee Peters & Youth 01/20 Dawn & Bart Wilks 01/27 Lee Peters & Youth

Wednesday Night Greeter 12/05 Greg Adams 12/12 Randal White 12/19 Ricky Bennett 12/26 No Supper

01/02 No Supper 01/09 Joey Stephens 01/16 Freddy Martin 01/23 Jason Padgett 01/30 Rufus Kervin

Dec 1 I Peter 3

Dec 2 Sunday

Dec 3 I Peter 4

Dec 4 II Pet 1

Dec 5 II Pet 2-3

Dec 6 I John 1

Dec 7 I John 2

Dec 8 I John 3

Dec 9 Sunday

Dec 10 I John 4

Dec 11 I John 5

Dec 12 II-III John

Dec 13 Jude

Dec 14 Rev 1

Dec 15 Rev 2-3

Dec 16 Sunday

Dec 17 Rev 4-5

Dec 18 Rev 6-7

Dec 19 Rev 8-9

Dec 20 Rev 10-11

Dec 21 Rev 12-13

Dec 22 Rev 14

Dec 23 Sunday

Dec 24 Rev 15-16

Dec 25 Rev 17

Dec 26 Rev 18

Dec 27 Rev 19

Dec 28 Rev 20

Dec 29 Rev 21

Dec 30 Sunday

Dec 31 Rev 22

December Reading Plan

4 Luke Smithart 5 Abby Crews Isabelle Padgett 7 Chris Jones Brooklyn McCollum 8 Zachary Shirah 9 Michael Crews Millie Seay Austin Walden 10 Johnnie Cain Matthew Revels 11 Christopher Chesteen Jackson Cooley 12 Melanie Garner 13 Karlee Coskrey 14 Wanda Dorethy Lea Scott 15 Pam Calhoun Landry Cotton 17 Jenny Bynum Gena Owens Jenera Owens Mandy Precise 18 Rachel Crosby Ana Beth Johnson Clay Smith 19 Rhett Shiver 20 Blakely Crews Pratt Faulk Jamison Roney 23 Ed Scott 24 Sharon Turner 26 Freddy Martin 27 Robert Anderson Braden Green Tony Knowles 28 Kathy Hodges Madison Johnson Dot White 31 William Ammons Joe Grant Susan Wood

1 Delton Grace 2 Nathan Jones 3 Nell Chapman Kara VanNostrand 5 Joel Rogers Lamar Vaughn Jamie Weeks 6 Jaylee Stough 7 Sabrena Kervin Linda Miller 8 Vanessa Folsom Rita McCollum 9 Sibyl Parker 13 Seth Commander Michelle Cooley Ivan Perez Blake Ruddell Tracey Yeomans 15 Jennifer Jones Ronnie Parker 16 Samantha Bilbrey Mary Ann Hayes 17 Kay Clemmons Robert Beck Ellis Tommy Willingham 18 James Alberson 19 Ray Anna Ausley 20 Isaac Green 22 Jeff Cain Chandler Green Paula Salter 23 Linda Spence 24 Steve Skidmore 25 Krissy Gilmore Claude Moore 27 Madelyn Knowles 28 Craig Culverhouse 30 Sophie Gilmore 31 Evie White