A Final Word From Vance
Fee Fee Family, Cindy and I want to thank you for all the well wishes and gifts that were given on our last Sunday at Fee Fee. It truly means a lot. We thank you for your friendship over the past years and your prayers as we move forward in what we believe is God’s will for our lives. As I have told many of you already, you truly are like a family to Cindy and me. We have shared many laughs, a few tears and even fought covid together. But we made it through it all because as believers in Christ, we have a focus beyond this world.(2 Cor. 4:18) While we don’t want to live in waiting for the return of Christ, instead we want to tell everyone we meet that the reason we are not afraid of the events of this world, is because we know the one that is truly in charge, he is using and orchestrating everything in this world to work for His good.
I joined Cindy at Fee Fee in 1996 after we were married, then I started working as an employee in 2014. After 10 plus years at Fee Fee I have worked under three different Pastors and seen many co-workers and ministers come and go. Each one of those changes could have spelled the end to Fee Fee as we know it, but here we stand, after 217 years of pastors and leaders coming and going, Fee Fee still stands in Bridgeton as a beacon, a place where God can be proclaimed and a place where the news of salvation can spread into the community surrounding the four walls of the church building. This truly means that no one man, woman, or child is the glue that keeps a ministry going. If it were, then we were not focused on the right man. God will use all our skills in the right time and right place to carry out His plan. (Romans 12:3-8)
I am excited to see where God is leading Fee Fee. He is truly moving in this church; I have seen the sense of excitement growing and hear the conversations shifting. This can be a new rebirth of Fee Fee if we continue to look toward Jesus by prioritizing seeking God’s will in prayer.
Thank you again, Fee Fee Family, for your prayers and well wishes as we start our new journey in a new ministry area. I am excited to see what God has in store for us here in Florida and will be watching Fee Fee with excitement. May God bless Fee Fee Baptist Church.
Angel Tree
Our Angel Tree will be up on December 1 for you to choose an ornament or two to buy a gift for someone in our church or our Pattonville community.
You will select an ornament from the tree (for example, boy age 4 size 4T athletic pants). Buy the gift on your ornament. Wrap the gift and attach the ornament to the front of the gift. Return it by December 15 and the gifts will be delivered to the appropriate families before Christmas. Thank you for serving through this ministry.
December Schedule Reminders
There will be minimal office coverage during Christmas week and the offices will be closed Tuesday, December 24 and Wednesday, December 25.
Lottie Moon Ingathering
Our annual Lottie Moon ingathering offering will be taken Sunday, December 8. This year’s goal is $30,000.00.
Joy Has Dawned
Fee Fee’s yearly Christmas program will take place Friday, December 20 at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, December 21 at 3:00 p.m. and Sunday December 22 at 3:00 p.m.
Christmas Eve Service
We will have a Christmas Eve candlelight service and Lord’s Supper Tuesday, December 24 at 4:00 p.m. in the worship center.
Congratulations
to Sue and Bill Hunter on their 60th wedding anniversary on November 29th
Sympathy
To Alan Rice at the passing of his sister Karen Tolbert on 10/30/2024
To Teresa McKeever and Mary Lou Townsend at the passing of Ralph McKeever on 10/31/24
International Food Pantry
Food items needed for December include
boxed cornbread mix
canned beans
canned fruit
pasta sauce
spaghetti noodles
granola bars
Coffee With a Cause
Our Coffee With a Cause this month will go toward our annual Angel Tree
12/1/24-12/8/24 Week of Prayer for International Missions.