by FAITH ENOCH was taken up so he would not see death and he was not found because GOD took him up for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to GOD Hebrews 11:6 FIRST BAPTIST FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 216 Sunset Road Willingboro New Jersey 08046 (609) 871-2015 www.fbcwillingboro.org
THE LORD S DAY DECEMBER 4, 2016 Prelude Text of Meditation Isaiah 9:1-7 (At 10:55 let s quiet our hearts and meditate on Who God is and what He has taught you this week from His Word.) Worship Medley: O Come, All Ye Faithful #145 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel #123 Emmanuel #134 Recognition of Visitors Announcements Prayer Worship in Giving: For To Us a Child Is Born Choir Scripture Reading Hebrews 10:26-39 Song of Salvation: By Faith Message The Hall of Faith By Faith Pastor Gary Tum Suden Hebrews 11:1-39 Song of Response: Prayer Find Us Faithful with Take My Life/Holiness EVENING WORSHIP SERVICE Hymns Message Dr. Chip Phillips Association of Baptists for World Evangelism Missionary to Brazil 2
December 4, 2016 - AM Better The Hall of Faith By Faith Hebrews 11:1-39 Eternal Truth: Jesus is Better He is my faithful and perfect High Priest. Seeing His Faithfulness to His People, I will walk by faith. I. Faith Simplified (Heb. 11:1-18) A. The Setting (Heb. 10:26-39) B. The Substance (Heb. 11:1-3; 2 Cor. 4:16-18) II. Faith Exemplified (Heb. 11:4-38) A. Abel (Heb. 11:4; Gen. 4:1-16) B. Enoch (Heb. 11:5-6; Gen. 5:18-24) C. Noah (Heb. 11:7; Gen. 6:5-8:22) D. Abraham (Heb. 11:8-10, 17-19; Gen. 12-25:6) E. Sarah (Heb. 11:11-12; Gen. 12:1-23:20) F. Isaac (Heb. 11:20; Gen. 27:1-46) G. Jacob (Heb. 11:21; Gen.48:1-49:33) H. Joseph (Heb. 11:22; Gen. 50:19-26) I. Moses (Heb. 11:23-29) J. Many More (Heb. 11:30-38) III. Faith Clarified A. Its Requirement (Heb. 11:6) B. Its Reality (Embracing Promises, Assurance, Endurance, Eternity) (Heb. 11:13-16) C. Its Realization (Heb. 11:40) 3
December 4, 2016 - PM Dr. Chip Phillips ABWE Missionary to Brazil 4
WOMEN S SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDY Wednesday, December 14 th - 9:30 11:30 a.m. This is a study of Grace by author Jerry Bridges An Adult New Membership Class will start on January 8, 2017 at 9:45 a.m. in the class room opposite the Library (the green room). Please sign up on the bulletin board in the foyer if you would like to attend. ABBA Certificates If you shop at Shop Rite or Acme, please consider buying a gift card from either store, in denominations from $5 to $100. It is an exact exchange of money, with no surcharge, and five cents of every dollar benefits ABBA Pregnancy Crisis Center. Please stop at the Welcome Center before or after every morning service to make your purchase. It s an easy way to show you are prolife! ABBA Sales for November $,4025.00 HOLIDAY PLANS Christmas Morning, Sunday, December 25th. We will be serving continental breakfast (breads, muffins, bagels, Danish, fruit) coffee and juices at 10 AM followed by a Celebration Service at 11 AM. Please sign up and list what you could share with us that day of celebration. New Year s Day, Sunday, January 1 st, 2017. We will be serving an Agape Feast Breakfast on New Year s Day at 10 AM. We will be developing the menu shortly. The Celebration Communion Service is at 11 AM. 5
YOUTH GROUP ANNOUNCEMENTS Friday Nights - 8:00 10:00 p.m. Please join us each Friday at 8:00 p.m. for an exciting time of learning God s Word, exciting games, sports and spending time with friends with food and fellowship. Please bring your friends! KENSINGTON CHRISTMAS December 22 nd MEET AT THE CHURCH at 2 PM SPECIAL YOUTH NIGHT December 30 th, 7 10 PM SNOW CAMP Our Parent Orientation Meeting for Snow Camp will be Sunday, January 15 th at 12:45 PM; February 5 th at 12:45 PM will be the final date for having all info and payments in. February 17 th 19 th is Snow Camp Date Cost $125.00; down payment of $30.00 due by December 15th See Pastor Keith for more information and sign up TEENs FOR HIRE: If anyone here would like to have a teen to come and rake leaves, shovel snow, odd jobs, etc. This will allow them to earn money for Snow Camp. AWANA ANNOUNCEMENTS Friday Nights 7:25 9:30 p.m. Please join us each Friday at 7:25 p.m. for our children s AWANA ministry for grades K-6 th. We will learn the Word of God, experience an exciting Game Time and enjoy Music and Teaching. Please bring your friends! AWANA Store An incentive for children to hide God s Word in their heart. TODAY we will be collecting donations of money to stock the AWANA store with various prizes and awards to incent our children to learn their verses and display proper behavior. Please place these donations in a blue envelope marked AWANA. We will also distribute a list of items if you would like to purchase them yourself. 6
TODAY: 9:30 a.m.---men s Sunday School Class 9:45 a.m.---sunday School 11:00 a.m.---morning Worship Service 12:45 p.m.---children s Lunch / Rehearsal 6:00 p.m.---evening Worship Service WEDNESDAY, 12:00 1:30 p.m.---prayer Meeting WEDNESDAY, 7:30 p.m.---choir Rehearsal THURSDAY, 7:30 p.m.---adult Choir Rehearsal SATURDAY, 8:00 9;00 a.m.---men s Bible Study SATURDAY, 9:00 3:00 p.m.---final Dress Rehearsal SATURDAY, 5:30 p.m.---christmas Cantata Banquet SATURDAY, 7:00 p.ml.---christmas Cantata Special Benevolence Offering TODAY, will be our special over and above benevolence offering. We will direct our benevolence offering to help those in need in our congregation first and also our community. Please place these offerings in a blue envelope and mark them Benevolence and place your offering envelope number on it. Deacons Meeting Tuesday, December 13 th at 7:30 p.m. Hospitality Team! Pick up your new shirts from Bill Tate TODAY. Nominations for Deacons and Other Advisory Board Offices Please submit in writing any nominations that you have for Deacons and other Advisory Board Offices to the church office by placing them in the mail box outside the main office. Cookies make the Fellowship Sweet! Please bring some of your delicious cookies or baked goods to share after the Christmas music next Sunday, December 11 th. Please leave them in the kitchen before the Concert. Christmas Caroling - Do you want to brighten the Christmas of our shut-ins and folks in the hospital? Well come with us Sunday, December 18(meet at 6:00 p.m.) to go and spread the joy of Jesus to these dear folks and have a time of sweet fellowship. 7
Nursery Schedule Today: Tiana McMillan, Senia Massaquoi, Madison Jackson Next Week: Gloria Meekins, Debby Beach, Lola Olatubosun Junior Church Teachers Schedule November Ages 2 & 3 Keith & Kayla Tum Suden, April Minott Ages 4 & 5 Bendu Massaquoi, Elaina Devine, Madison Jackson Grades 1-6 Stewart Boyer, Daniel Richards & Helpers Cell Phones and Beepers As we prepare to worship God together we would ask that these be turned off or put in the silent/vibrate mode. Handicap Restrooms - Unless it is an emergency, please use our regular restrooms facilities to allow our people with special needs complete access to the Handicap Accessible Bathroom. Thank you for your cooperation in this area. Parking Spaces Please refrain from parking in the designated handicap spaces unless you have an authorized permit. Please DO NOT PARK in unauthorized or unmarked spaces to allow access for Emergency Service vehicles. If you need assistance in parking, please pull up to the awning at our main entrance and someone will assist you. Health Concerns During the Services If you don t feel well during a service please summon an usher or ask a neighbor in the pew to summon some one so that we can adequately tend to any medical issues. Please do not be concerned about disrupting the service. We care about you! Parents & Children Parents, in an effort to consistently improve our worship services, we ask you to sit with your children and teenagers in the worship service so that all can be edified without great distraction. Phones and tablets can be used too by our young people to access sermon notes and the Bible online, but we ask that they refrain from other uses so that they can grow as well. Robo Call When we call you from FBC with important announcements it will come from the following phone number (866) 681-5599 or it may show up as e-announcement on your caller ID. Tithes & Offerings FBC keeps track of all financial giving by check or cash through an envelope system. If you want a financial tax deduction statement at the end of year, please help us by requesting and using our envelope system. Please put name clearly on your envelope for the first month or two so we can be accurate in recording your giving. Gordon Johnson is our point of contact to request an envelope box. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Glorifying God by Making Faithful Disciples of Jesus Christ 216 Sunset Road, Willingboro, NJ 08046 (609) 871-2015 On the web at www.fbcwillingboro.org Rev. Gary Tum Suden, Senior Pastor - ext. 111 Keith Stepheny, Associate Pastor ext. 115 Cindi Decker, Director of Music & Arts - ext. 113 Carol Bachman, Office Manager ext. 112 8