Beyond The Bulletin. December Welcome to December! Church Events. FBK Mission Statement

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1 Beyond The Bulletin December 2017 FBK Mission Statement We are committed to becoming fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ and encouraging others to do the same Welcome to December! We begin the season of Advent which is the time given to us to prepare for the coming of Christ. This season reminds us of God s unending love for us. May we use these weeks of Advent as an opportunity to prepare for Christmas, making time for prayer & opening our hearts. It is a time of hope when we trust that the coming of Christ will bring us peace, joy & love. FIRST BAPTIST KINGSVILLE 58 Division St. N., Kingsville, ON N9Y 2E8 (519) Pastor: Rev. Jim Bagley Christian Ed. Co-ordinator: Tracey Bagley kingsvillebaptistjim@cogeco.net kingsvillebaptisttracey@cogeco.net Office fbkingsville@gmail.com Website: Church Events FAMILY NIGHT AT FBK: Dec. 1 st COMMUNITY DINNER: Dec. 13 th SHUFFLEBOARD: Dec. 6 th, 13 th & 20 th IMPACT: Dec. 6 th, 13 th & 20 th MOMENTS FOR MOMS: Dec. 1 st, 8 th & 15 th KNITTING & CROCHETING: Dec. 14 th (Potluck Luncheon) BREAKFAST CLUB: Every Tues., Wed. & 8:30am MEN S PRAYER: 7am LADIES PRAYER: 7am FOR ALL: 9am

2 ADVENT CALENDER DATES December 3 First Sunday of Advent December 10 Second Sunday of Advent December 17 Third Sunday of Advent December 24 Fourth Sunday of Advent If you are looking for Advent resources, please sign up at for The Canadian Baptist Advent Reader to receive the daily Advent Devotions. (Note: printed Advent devotionals & calendars will be available in December on the table in the lobby from CBOQ Children & Family). The star of Bethlehem shone when Christ was born in the darkest nights. Christ s love still shines the brightest. Have a Blessed & Joyous Christmas. ANNOUNCEMENTS SYMPATHY: Prayerfully remember Bob Patterson s family after his passing on November 23 rd. ADOPT A CHRISTMAS CHILD: Please have gifts back by December 10 th. You can also donate through your offering envelope marked Child on a Christmas List. DECEMBER 24 TH : there will be two services: 11am 4 TH Advent Sunday 7pm Christmas Eve Service NO SUNDAY SCHOOL on December 24 th & 31 st and January 7 th. Resumes on January 14 th, NO JUNIOR CHURCH on December 31 st NEW BCM ADDRESS (Sally Klassen) 70 Melvin Avenue Hamilton, ON L8H 2J5 Phone: / Fax: NEW ADDRESS: Tim & Ruth Anne Setterington 3 Leonard St., Kingsville, ON N9Y 4G4 LIBRARY FILE FOLDERS: There are individualized file folders in the library for you to use and receive correspondence from the office. OFFERING ENVELOPES: Please note that for the month of December, offering envelopes will be available for pick up on the table in the lobby. If you would like offering envelopes, please contact the office. DECEMBER FOOD BANK 3 rd cookies 10 th pudding cups 17 th granola bars 24 th feminine hygiene products 31 st toilet paper MATTHEW HOUSE NEEDS Postage stamps Pillows Blankets & comforters (new) Laundry soap & Laundry baskets Cleaning supplies Mops, brooms & buckets Matthew House seeks to provide comfort & security for newly arrived refugee claimants in Windsor by providing transitional accommodation & settlement assistance.

3 OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS FAMILY NIGHT AT FBK Friday, December 1 6pm We are excited to have a Family Night. Come to see Trolls or The Lion, Witch & The Wardrobe. We will have a pizza dinner for $5/family. Please R.S.V.P. to the church office or fbkingsville@gmail.com with the number of people in your family attending. Bring your pillows, blankets and wear your PJs if you want. Great fun for the kids & an evening of friends & fellowship for the adults. COMMUNITY DINNER Wednesday, December 13 5pm-6:30pm Enjoy a free Turkey Meal, sponsored by our Community Policing Team. Invite your friends, families and neighbours for this free dinner. (Note: Dinners will be held the 3 rd Wednesday of each month starting again in January 2018) KNITTING & CROCHETING Thursday, December 14 th at 12:30pm Christmas Potluck Luncheon at Bev Murray s (11 Leonard St., Kingsville). Resumes: Jan. 11 th, 2018 SHUFFLEBOARD Wednesday, December 6 th, 13 th & 20 9:30-11:30am Join other seniors in the basement for socializing & exercise. IMPACT Wednesday, December 6 th, 13 th & 20 7pm Join other senior youth in the basement. Bring your friends to join the fun! MOMENTS FOR MOMS Friday, December 1 st, 8 th & am Join other moms of young children in Herrington Hall as we study Unseen by Sara Hagerty. Childcare is provided. Resumes: Jan. 12 th, 2018 The Klassens (Paraguayan Folk Harp & Keyboard) sponsored by Sunparlour Pregnancy & Resource Centre Saturday, December 2 nd at 7pm Heritage Park Alliance Church Tickets are Free-Love Offering Lights of Life Tree Lighting Ceremony Sunday, December 3 rd at 7pm 194 Talbot Street W., Leamington, ON One Bethlehem Night A Dramatic Musical Friday, December 8 th, 9 th & 10 th at 7pm Parkwood Gospel Temple Free Admission GREETING 2018 SCHEDULE Are you a friendly face that welcomes & extends hospitality to all that enter the church on Sunday for worship? If your Godgiven talent is hospitality, please consider volunteering for this important ministry. Please contact the office.

4 A GIVING OPPORTUNITY! DAYS FOR GIRLS INTERNATIONAL This is a new outreach program for If you enjoy sewing, this is an opportunity for you! This is a global network of individuals and partners committed to helping girls and women around the world feel cared for, seen and loved. Every kit made has the potential to create an amazing chain that can shift a girl s future independence. Visit the website for more details and if you have any questions, please contact Heather Skeates or Ruth Anne Setterington. Note: More information will be provided in the January BTB. We will use our December s Benevolent offering to support this fund A message from our MISSIONS TEAM God Calls Us To Be Faithful... To Follow Him... And To Be Like Jesus In The World! Your Missions Team would like to say Thank You, to each one in our church family, who so willingly and generously supported ministries, missionaries and missions projects, throughout May God continue to bless you and guide you in 2018.

5 From the Library DECEMBER BOOK REVIEW THE BELOVED CHRISTMAS QUILT Three books in one, all written by a Brunstetter. All the Brunstetter fans will find this interesting! Book 1: LUELLA S PROMISE - by Wanda E. Brunstetter Leulla Ebersol has been caregiver for a dying woman and her young son. When Dena Zook gives Luella her favourite quilt, she makes Luella promise to pass it down to her future daughter. But Luella isn t sure she will ever marry if she can t find someone with maturity and faith like Dena s husband, Atlee Zook. Book 2: KAREN S GIFT by daughter, Jean Brunstetter Karen Allgyer and her husband moved to a slow-paced village to raise her children, but Karen longs for the closeness of family to help her through the challenges of managing three girls with one on the way. When life s pressures rise, will Karen cave to her fears? Book 3: ROSEANNA S GROOM by granddaughter, Richelle Brunstetter When the unexpected happens on the day of her wedding, Roseanna Allgyer can t help but blame herself, despite not understanding why. Then an old boyfriend returns to down, and she battles feelings for him while afraid of being hurt again. THE FARMERS MARKET MISHAP by Wanda & Jean Brunstetter Living alone for the first time in her life is lonely for Elma Hochstetler, whose twin sister, Thema, recently married. Though they share the running of a general store, more and more of Thelma s time is taken up by her growing family. Elma has dated some, but she wonders if she is just too picky to find love. Through a mishap at the farmers market, Elma meets Ben Wagler and instantly likes him. But there is a problem. He lives in Grabill 50 miles away! The store needs her. Her sister needs her. Elma feels love will forever remain beyond her grasp. Elma has a habit of putting others before her own needs. Can she learn to take a risk at following the desires of her heart?

6 CBOQ Children & Family - is excited to be an official sponsor of The Star, which opened in theatres in November. In Sony Pictures Animation's The Star, a small but brave donkey named Bo yearns for a life beyond his daily grind at the village mill. One day he finds the courage to break free, and finally goes on the adventure of his dreams. On his journey, he teams up with Ruth, a loveable sheep who has lost her flock and Dave, a dove with lofty aspirations. Along with three wisecracking camels and some eccentric stable animals, Bo and his new friends follow the Star and become accidental heroes in the greatest story ever told the first Christmas. A great family movie to watch at the theatres! A Motion Picture we have the book in our Library! A dangerous, homeless drifter who grew up picking cotton in virtual slavery. An upscale art dealer accustomed to the world of Armani and Chanel. A gutsy woman with a stubborn dream. A story so incredible no novelist would dare dream it.

7 Children's Ministry at FBKingsville This month we have included part one of a five-part series all about Children s Ministry! Each month we will answer a different question. This month is all about the Why do we do what we do? International Day of Children's Prayer has caused me to really stop and think more deeply about intentionality in the overall structure of Children's ministry. In short: why? where? who? how? and what are we doing? Just as these questions need to be answered for our adult ministries in order for spiritual growth and transformation to occur, they are no less important for us to answer for our children. I fell in love with the Jesus of the flannel graph. I distinctly remember fuzzy sheep and a smiling Saviour Who embraced little ones like me. Mission Band and sword drills are among my earliest recollections. Thanks for the stroll down memory lane, but why does this matter? Because they ARE my earliest memories! These are the foundations of my faith and although the methodologies may have changed, the WHY of what we do, never does! God's Word stands the test of time and our great WHY must always align itself in order to be effective in leading children toward spiritual health. Matthew 22:37-40 Jesus replied: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all you mind." This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." Matthew 28:19-20 "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely, I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Jesus Himself provides our framework! WORSHIP- "Love the Lord your God with all your heart" BELONG-"Baptize them" GROW-"teach them to obey" SERVE-"Love your neighbor as yourself" SHARE-"Go make followers" This is our WHY?! Intentional ministry to children seeks to fulfill these purposes. As we seek to build a children's ministry that intentionally disciples our children, the biggest puzzle piece will be the workers, those "boots on the ground" people who love and serve our children. We teach best by how we ourselves are living. Often, our actions speak volumes louder than our words with these eager learners and natural questioners. After all, we are their role models. Lack of focus and vision spiritually in ourselves, translates itself well as chaos and lack of spiritual health. Transformational faith and spiritual growth creates a model we need our children so desperately to see and emulate. It fulfills our mission: Becoming fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ and inviting others to do the same.

8 Where Will You be in 2018? With the passing of every Christmas comes the turn of the New Year. A new year is a door to many new opportunities, goals & a fresh start. There are many outreach & spiritual life/ worship programs, bible studies, and events for you at FBK! Upcoming January 2018 Events - Sunday School for all ages, resumes on Sunday, January 14 th, Breakfast Club resumes on Tuesday, January 16 th, Ladies A.M. Bible Study resumes on Tuesday, January 16 th, 2018 (details will be announced) - Ladies P.M. Bible Study please watch your bulletins for dates & details Advance Notice IF:DAY Ladies, mark your calendars: Saturday, March 3, 2018, 8:30am to 5pm

9 FIRST BAPTIST KINGSVILLE DECEMBER 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 8:30AM-Prayer 9:45AM-Sunday School 1 ST ADVENT SUNDAY 11AM-Communion 3PM-PRIVATE FX (BB) 8:30AM-Prayer 9:45AM-Sunday School 11AM-Worship 2 ND ADVENT SUNDAY 8:30AM-Prayer 9:45AM-Sunday School 11AM-Worship 3 RD ADVENT SUNDAY 9AM-Moments for Moms 7pm-Family Fun Night 7AM-Men s Prayer OFFICE CLOSED 6:30PM-Scouts 9:30AM-Green Heart Lunch 6PM-Beavers 7AM-Women s Prayer 9:30AM-Shuffleboard 7PM-IMPACT No Knitting/Crocheting 9AM-Moments for Moms 7AM-Men s Prayer AM-Women s Prayer OFFICE CLOSED 12PM-Kings. Historical Society 6:30PM-Scouts 6PM-Beavers 9:30AM-Shuffleboard 5PM-Community Dinner 7PM-IMPACT 10AM-Quilters 12:30pm Christmas Potluck for Knit/Crochet (11 Leonard St.) 9AM-Moments for Moms 7AM-Men s Prayer AM-Women s Prayer OFFICE CLOSED 6:30PM-Scouts 6PM-Beavers 9:30AM-Shuffleboard 7PM-IMPACT 10AM-noon - Quilters No Moments for Moms 7AM-Men s Prayer CHRISTMAS EVE 24 CHRISTMAS DAY25 BOXING DAY :30AM-Prayer 11AM-Worship 4 TH ADVENT SUNDAY 7PM-Christmas Eve Service NEW YEARS EVE 31 8:30AM-Prayer 11AM-Worship OFFICE CLOSED OFFICE CLOSED OFFICE CLOSED No Moments for Moms 7AM-Men s Prayer SCHOOL CHRISTMAS BREAK: Dec. 25 th Jan. 5 th, 2018 No SUNDAY SCHOOL: Dec. 24 th, 31 st & Jan. 7 th SUNDAY SCHOOL RESUMES: Jan. 14 th

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