Fee Fee Baptist Church

Category: Liz Bishop, Fee Fee Kids’ Director

All of Kathy Scott’s Forerunner articles.

  • Family Front, Vol. 64, No. 7, July 2024

    Family Front                                                          Joey Stewart, Summer Intern

     VBS/Sports Camp, July 22-26

    SCUBA is the theme of our VBS this year. Kids will dive into friendship with God from 9am-12noon. If you plan to serve and have not contacted either me or Mrs. Kathy, please let us know as we may still have a few spots open. You can pick up info in the Wecome Center or register online at feefeebc.org/freevbs. We will be decorating starting on Tuesday July 16th through Sunday, and would appreciate any help available. Even if you can’t help us through volunteering, you can always help us through prayer. Please pray for the volunteers who will serve that they will serve with love and patience, and please pray for the kids who come that they will hear clearly of God’s love and salvation for them.

    We also plan to have a volleyball camp 1:00-4:00pm in the afternoon of that week. God has provided a Sports Crusaders team to lead this; homes to house them, volunteers to assist. Now we need cash or gift cards for the team to eat that week. Please give those donations to me or Mrs. Kathy, or you can mark clearly on an offering envelope ‘meals for Sports Crusaders’.

    Our Children’s Ministry is still in need of some volunteers to lead KidsZone on the first Sunday of each month and when we have a 5th Sunday. Mrs. Kathy can provide materials, and all you have to do is prepare to lead our kids. We also need hostesses in preschool during worship. Let me or Mrs. Kathy know if you are interested in leading with our preschoolers or children, and we can provide you details.

    Thank you, church!

    Upcoming dates to remember:

    Promotion Sunday for preschoolers, children and youth, Sunday, August 4.

    Free Market, Saturday, August 10, 9am-12noon on our parking lot.

     

  • Prime Time, Vol. 64, No.7, July 2024

    Prime Time                                Gloria Fox, Director of Senior Adults & Bible Study

    On Wednesday, July 10, we will go to the History Museum by Forest Park to see the new additions to the 1904 World’s Fair Exhibit.  While this exhibit has been at the museum for several years, it has been revamped.  The exhibit, artifacts and images will bring to life a more complete picture of the fair showing it from the perspectives of the organizers, the visitors and even the workers.  The bus will leave at 10 am and lunch will be after at Joey B’s.

    Then on Monday, July 29 we will travel to Breeze, IL to the Excel Bottling Company to go on a tour and hear about its exciting origin.  In 1936, Edward, “Lefty” Meier received a reward for catching a bank robber.  He used his reward to purchase a used bottling machine.  Using his wife’s grandmother’s house, they have expanded into a bottling plant.  Excel is one of the few independent family bottlers in the nation. The bus will leave at 10 am. After our tour, we will have lunch at PJ’s Diner.

    Hope you all are having a good summer.  We are asking that if you know of one of our members in the hospital, please let the church office know, so a staff member, a member of their Bible Study class and a deacon can visit.

    Keep up in your Bible Reading program this summer.  We will be reading the letters to the churches at a pace that you can keep up with!  Talk with others inside and outside of the church about what God is showing you through his word.

     

  • Prime Time, June 2024, Vol. 64, No.6

    June is another very busy month for Fee Fee.  We have a trip to the Soda Museum in St. Charles with lunch at Lewis and Clark’s. The cost for the museum is $10.  The bus will leave at 10 am on Friday, June 7.  The museum is the private collection of a local resident, Tom Smith, who has been a soda enthusiast since he was 10 years old.  You’ll see everything from vintage soda dispensers to your favorite soda that got taken off the market!

    On Wednesday, June 26 we will board our busses and head to Springfield, IL.  We will leave at 9 am and return on Thursday early in the evening.  We will stay at a local hotel.  Prices range from $110 to $154.  If you want to share a room, your hotel will cost you half of that amount.  Breakfast is included.  We will spend Wednesday afternoon at the New Salem village and visit other historic sites during the day on Thursday.  This trip will require a lot of walking and will require a deposit.  Please sign up by June 15 so I can plan accordingly.

    The council has also planned the next quarter so put these dates on your calendar:

    Wednesday, July 10 – World’s fair exhibit at the history museum with lunch at

    Joey B’s.

    Monday, July 29 – Tour at Excel Bottling Company in Breese, IL.  Lunch at PJ’s Diner

    Wednesday, August 14 – Moses, Sight and Sound Production movie in the Fee Fee Dining Room at 11 with lunch.  Lunch cost is $7.

    Adult VBS – August 26-29 from 9:30-noon.

    Friday, September 13 –  Pere Marquette State park for the fried chicken family style lunch and then go out to the patio to play some card or board games or go for  walk.

    Thursday, September 26 – Rainbow Ranch in Nashville, IL with lunch at Fletcher’s Kitchen.

     

  • Family Front, June 2024, Vol. 64, No. 6

    Please welcome Joey Stewart as our summer intern working primarily in our children’s ministries. I am excited that he is here to serve this summer!

    VBS – SCUBA, Diving Into Friendship with God, is July 22-26, 2024. If you plan to teach or help or just volunteer in whatever area is needed, please let me know. We also plan to have a volleyball camp in the afternoon of that week. Pray that God will send the Sports Crusaders to lead this. Put this week on your calendar and plan to be involved! Pray for God to send leadership to let our kids know they can have a true friendship and eternal life with God.

    Our Children’s Ministry is still in need of some volunteers to lead KidsZone on the first Sunday of each month and when we have a 5th Sunday. I can provide materials. All you have to do is prepare to lead our kids. I can help with that! We also need help to hostess in preschool during worship. That entails getting snacks for the 2 groups, helping out if a worker is out. Let me know if you are interested in leading with our preschoolers or children.

    We are offering “I’m a Christian Now” class for kids who are awaiting baptism and their parents . We will begin in June. It is a 4 week class we will present during the Bible study hour. If you are interested in your child attending this class, please see me and I will confirm dates and times with you.

    Thank you, church!

     

  • Family Front Vol. 64, No. 5

    VBS – SCUBA, Diving Into Friendship with God, is July 22-26, 2024. If you plan to teach, help or just volunteer in whatever area is needed, please let me know. We also plan to have a volleyball camp in the afternoon that week. Pray that God will send the Sports Crusaders to lead this. Put this week on your calendar and plan to be involved! Pray for God to send leadership to let our kids know they can have a true friendship and eternal life with God.

    Our Children’s Ministry is still in need of some volunteers to lead KidsZone on the first Sunday of each month and when we have a 5th Sunday. I can provide materials. All you have to do is prepare to lead our kids. I can help with that! We also need help to hostess in preschool during worship. Let me know if you are interested in leading with our preschoolers or children.

    Thank you, church!

     

  • Prime Time Vol. 64, No.5

    Hope you are enjoying spring. We have some fun activities planned for you in May.

    Sign up for the Legacy Banquet on Saturday night, May 11. It will begin with a fabulous dinner at 6 and transition it to the “Songs of our Life”. I promise you a great time of friends, food and fellowship. The cost is only $15 per person. Hope to see you there. Bring some friends but don’t forget to sign up so we have enough food!

    On Thursday, May 30 we have a change. The previously announced farm visit has been changed to a trip to Kimswick and the Blue Owl for lunch and shopping. The bus will leave church at 10 am. Come eat some mile high pie and other great food and walk off your meal while shopping for a while.

     

  • Family Front Vol. 64, No. 4

    VBS – SCUBA, Diving Into Friendship with God, is July 22-26, 2024. If you plan to teach or help or just volunteer in whatever area is needed, please let me know. We also plan to have a volleyball camp in the afternoon of that week. Pray that God will send the Sports Crusaders to lead this. Put this week on your calendar and plan to be involved! Pray for God to send leadership to let our kids know they can have a true friendship and eternal life with God.

    The next Sunday Night Family Connection is April 7.  These are a fun way to get to know your church family better and have some fun together. We had a blast playing games on March 10! Listen for more info on what will be our fun activity that evening….I think it has something to do with eggs.

    Our Children’s Ministry is still in need of some volunteers to lead KidsZone on the first Sunday of each month and when we have a 5th Sunday. I can provide materials. All you have to do is prepare to lead our kids. I can help with that! Let me know if you are interested in leading children on 1 Sunday a month.

    Thank you church!

     

  • Prime Time Vol. 64, No.4

    I’m already thinking about the dessert I’m going to order at Josephine’s on Monday, April 8.  The bus will leave church at 10 am.  We will eat lunch and then there will be some time for shopping or sitting on a bench outside in the sunshine!  You can look at their menu online at https://www.josephinesltd.online/menu

    On Thursday, April 25 at 10:30 am, we will go to Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate.  We will eat lunch at Guido’s first and then do the tour of the Chocolate Factory at 1:30 pm.  This may get us back to church a little later than usual because the tour will not be over until 2:30.  The tour will take us down onto the factory floor where we can see, hear, smell and taste chocolates.  We will even get to see the candy makers hand making some of the chocolates.  Then you can buy chocolate in their store.

    I also want to invite you to the Legacy Banquet on Saturday night, May 11 from 6 – 8pm. Join us for a delicious meal, a photo booth, a brief devotional, and our own singers doing some 50’s, 60’s and 70’s music.  The meal will be a little less formal this year since we don’t have a church hostess but I know the cook and it just might be some of the best food you have ever eaten!  The cost for the meal and a night of entertainment is $15.  Encourage your friends who have never been to join us at this fun night.

     

  • Family Front Vol. 64, No. 3

    Super Start was great! We had 2 preteen boys that went. We worshiped, played games, and joined the rest of the 500+ preteens from all over and had a great time. The kids learned the 3E: Everyone, Everywhere and Every time is a good time to share the gospel. Thank you, Church, for supporting our kids’ ministry.

    We will plan to have a Parent’s Night Out in the near future. Watch for more information on date and details.

    VBS – SCUBA, Diving Into Friendship with God, is July 22-26, 2024. If you plan to teach, help or volunteer in whatever area is needed, please let me know. We also plan to have a volleyball camp in the afternoon that week. Pray that God will send the Sports Crusaders to lead this. Put this week on your calendar and plan to be involved! Pray for God to send leadership to let our kids know they can have a true friendship with God.

     

  • Prime Time Vol. 64, No.3

    We have 2 great activities this month.  On Monday, March 4 at 10 am, we will leave for the Lewis and Clark Boat House Museum in St. Charles.  There is a movie about the Lewis and Clark expedition and replicas of the boats they used to explore the Missouri River.  We will have lunch at Magpies on Main Street after.  They feature sandwiches, flat bread pizzas, quiche and homemade desserts.  Yum!

    On Wednesday, March 20 at 10 am, (NOTE:  THIS IS A DATE CHANGE), we will go to the art museum.  You are free to wander the galleries of your choice.  We will then go to lunch at Joey B’s on the Hill.  Joey B’s has  great variety and reasonable prices.

    Below you will find the next quarter’s activities so you can put them on your calendar:

    April 8: Josephine’s in Godfrey, IL 10 am lunch and shopping

    April 25: Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate Tour 10:30 am. Tour will be at 1:30 after lunch at Guido’s

    May 11: Legacy Banquet 6pm dinner and entertainment

    May 30: Baetje Farms and lunch  9 am tour / lunch at Dew Drop Inn

    June 7: Soda Museum10 am museum/Lewis & Clark lunch

    June 26-27: Lincoln sites, Springfield, IL overnight/ details to follow

    *Because the eligibility for driving our buses has changed, we are having difficulty getting bus drivers for our trips.  Consequently, members and regular attenders will be given priority when we can only get 1 driver.

    Hope you are reading along with us in our church-wide Bible reading plan. We are reading only a chapter a day and have started in Matthew and will do the 3 synoptic gospels the first quarter. One thing I have discovered as I have aged, you can never know everything there is to know about God and His Word. We will finish the New Testament in one year and hopefully will have a greater understanding of our Mighty God. We are reading Monday-Friday so you have the weekend to catch up if you fall behind. This is an attainable goal for all of us. There will be a quiz at the end of the year!