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Rick Beall - Continue to pray for the Beall family. Rick will need to continue to follow up with doctors as they seek answers regarding the stroke like symptoms and as they navigate future decision.
Download our Church App for prayer requests in real time at this link: https://tithely.app.link/fbc- |
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Family/Vision Meeting |
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Our next Family Meeting will be unlike those we've done in the past as the bulk of our time together will be vision casting! Please plan on joining us Sunday, August 31st. More details to follow. |
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FBC Youth Resumes Sunday, September 7th and will be meeting at the Sands Residence! All youth grades 6th-12th are invited! Mark your calendars and plan on joining us Sunday evenings from 5:30-7:30 p.m. |
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Applefest Float |
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We will meet and discuss things during the Family Meal following the Family Meeting!!
We have been kicking around the idea of entering an FBC Weston Float in the Applefest Parade for a couple of years now. Here is what we need: an open trailer, volunteers to help construct a vision for it, float riders, folks to walk with the float to hand out information about the church and our upcoming Outdoor Movie Night/Carnival, lots of candy donated, someone who would like to pull the trailer with a tractor or truck, etc. We will have a short planning/informational meeting following our Worship Service on Sunday, September 7th. If you would like to take part please plan on joining us then! |
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Monday Evening Women's Bible Study |
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A new Women's Bible Study will begin Monday, September 22nd. The church will be ordering the books for the group at a discounted price of $10. Sign-up here! Contact Angie Wahlenmaier with questions. |
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Wednesday Morning Women's Bible Study |
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Women's Daytime Bible Study will begin our Fall Study on Wednesday, September 24, at 9:30 AM. All ladies are welcome, and your toddlers are as well. (Even though we do not offer child care, we encourage you to bring your little ones along.) We will be studying the life of Joseph in the Old Testament, following lessons from Finding God Faithful. You can purchase a book on your own here Finding God Faithful - Bible Study Book with Video Access | Lifeway https://share.google/ or here
Contact Becky Henkel with questions. |
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FBC Weston Chili & Soup Cook-off |
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If you didn't know, Rod Slump, keeps his Chili Cook-off Trophy on the mantel. Word has it he intends to keep it there. I know many of you would like for it to adorn your mantle instead so we're giving you the opportunity! Dust off the old cookbook and bust out your best chili & soup recipes! This cook off has quickly became an annual tradition here at FBC Weston and this year we're adding a bonus category: desserts! Join us on September 27th at Nathan & Ashley's for a night of good fun, fellowship, food.. and friendly cooperation! |
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Applefest Sunday 2025 |
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REMINDER: The weekend of Applefest we will not have Sunday School and will have our regular worship service at 9:00 a.m. to allow for everyone to beat the traffic home! |
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Outdoor Movie Night/Fall Carnival |
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Mark your calendars for October 25th! This is a guaranteed good time!! |
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FBC Fellowship Lunch Connection |
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This Sunday is the Family Meeting & Meal. Plan on joining us there!! |
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Historical Facts at First Baptist |
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Pastor's Pen |
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Brothers & Sisters,
This picture of a culmination of things. First, just the undying faithfulness of a Mom who has, in the midst of many hardships in life, clung to Jesus as He has held on to her. Just knowing the Woods family has grown my faith tremendously. To see this young girl using her gifts to serve the Lord and leading the church to the throne of grace is truly a blessing. Which leads to the second thing. Secondly, she approached me several months ago about the possibility of singing a song in church as a special. After discussing things over with the Elders we determined that we weren't sure it would be the appropriate time and place for something like that. I had to break the news and I could feel the let down. However, this led to a deeper discussion with Pastor Daniel & I's friend, Adam, who is a Pastor in Iowa. We met for lunch a few months ago and he encouraged us to find appropriate ways to involve children. This IS something we've wanted to figure out for some time. Third, as we were having this discussion Daniel was rehearsing for Sunday morning worship with another member of our team whose daughter stood on the platform and sang with her Mom. The light bulb went off. Why can't we have our baptized believing children involved in leading with our Worship Team if they have the gift to do so? Not having a good answer for this question lead to what we all benefited from yesterday!
Mark 10:14 says, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.” -Mark 10:14 ESV As we continue to learn and grow together I look forward to how this continues to manifest itself in the life of our church. Our children are not the future of the church! If they are born again believers they are the church of today and frankly, we can learn from their simple faith!
I love what God is doing in our church and I am so thankful to have a seat on the ride! |
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