Fee Fee Baptist Church

Category: Kathy Scott, Senior Adults & Care Ministry Director

All of Gloria Fox’s Forerunner articles for Prime Time.

  • Prime Time – Vol. 61, No. 14

    Calendar Change

    Hope you celebrated the great freedoms we have in America and in Christ over the 4th of July. Thanks to all of you who served and who helped secure these freedoms.

    Our next event is a trip to the Churchill Museum. As I was checking their website for costs, I discovered that it was not open yet. When the pandemic shut them down, they took the opportunity to remodel and do some updates.  The grand reopening is the weekend of July 31.

    Consequently, we will switch our trip to the St. Louis Science Center to July 26 and go to the Churchill Museum on August 9. Hopefully this doesn’t mess your schedule up too much. Thank you so much for your flexibility as we get back out and enjoy fellowship together.

    Science Center Details

    On Monday, July 26 we will leave the church at 10:00 a.m. Tickets for the Mummies of the World exhibit are $16.95. The OmniMax theater price is $8.95 to see Into America’s Wild. We will go to Pappy’s for lunch – yum!

    My apologies to those of you who will be serving in Vacation Bible School and will not be able to attend. Thanks for serving our kids! Don’t worry – there will be more Prime Time activities to come!

    Free Market & Backpack Giveaway

    I would encourage you to support our annual Free Market on Saturday, August 7. Bring new or gently used clothes, furniture, appliances, or anything else to be given away to our community from in our parking lot on this Saturday morning.

    We are also collecting backpacks and school supplies to be given out that day to kids in our community. You can drop off your donations at church in the Donation Center, catty-corner from the Connection Center. You can also just donate money for this cause to Kim in our financial office.

    This effort is a great way to “pursue the good of our community.” I hope many of you will sign up to be a part of the Free Market and be a blessing to our neighbors!

  • Prime Time – Vol. 61, No. 13

    We have some great events planned for the next quarter.  Put this list on your fridge, sign up, and don’t forget to show up if you sign up.

    Saturday, July 10 – 6:00-9:00 p.m. Summer Social — Watermelon, homemade ice cream, and table games.
    Monday, July 26 – 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Churchill Museum in Fulton with lunch at Bek’s.
    Monday, August 9 – 10:00 a.m. Mummy exhibit at the Science Center and lunch at Pappy’s.
    Wednesday, August 25 – 10:00 a.m. Guest Speaker from the Department of Aging and lunch with sandwiches and salad.
    Thursday, September 9 – 9:00 a.m. Day trip to Casey Illinois to see “Big Things” and lunch at Whitley’s Whimsies.
    Thursday/Friday, September 30 – October 1 Overnight trip to the Amana Colonies. Price to be determined!

    Hope you can join us for these great activities! Sign-up sheets will be in the Connection Center. If you sign up but cannot attend, please let me know. If this is an in-house event, it effects the amount of food we buy. If it requires the use of a bus, it effects the number of busses and bus drivers. I would really appreciate accurate information so I can plan accordingly.

    It is so encouraging to see more and more of you showing up each week. We were meant for connection with each other and study of Scripture.

  • Prime Time – Vol. 61, No. 12

    Our next event is at the church on Tuesday, June 22 at 11:30 a.m. We will have sandwiches and dessert in the Dining Room followed by the movie, Ruby Bridges. This movie is the “true story of one little girl whose strength and dignity during the racially charged 1960s helped changed history.” The cost for lunch is $6.00.

    The senior council met a few weeks ago and planned activities for July, August, and September. I still need to verify all the dates, but I can promise you a Saturday evening of games, watermelon, and homemade ice cream; a trip to the Churchill Museum in Fulton; guest speakers; a trip to Casey, Illinois; and the Amana Colonies. Details will be in the next Forerunner.  For now, put these two July events on your calendar:

    • Saturday, July 10 at 6:00 p.m. we will enjoy homemade ice cream, watermelon, and games! Bring your favorite game and we will provide the food! Cost is $5.00.
    • Monday, July 26 at 9:00 a.m. we will leave for a day at the Churchill Museum in Fulton. Cost for the Museum is $9.00, $3.00 for bus ride, and buy your own lunch.

    Are you having a great start to the summer? Hope you are getting back into the habit of coming to church and Bible Study each week. It is so good to be connected in corporate worship and studying together. In keeping with our mission of building our lives on Jesus and pursuing the good of your community, I hope your class is finding ways to minister in our church and community.

  • Prime Time – Vol. 61, No. 11

    I hope you will join us on Friday, June 11 for our trip to the Missouri National Veterans Museum and Memorial. The bus will leave at 10:00 a.m. First, we will eat at Stonie’s Sausage Shop and then head over to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the museum. We should be back at church about 4:30 or 5:00 p.m.

    The next event in June is lunch and the movie, Ruby Bridges. This is the story of one family’s bravery in the face of desegregation in the south in 1960. Ruby was 6 years old when she entered an all-white school accompanied by her mother and armed Federal Marshals. Our lunch will include sandwiches and dessert. The cost is $6 for lunch. The movie is free!!

    The council has some great events planned for the next quarter! We will go to the Arch; Casey, Illinois; the Churchill Museum; and do an overnight trip to the Amana Colonies. Details and dates will be in the next issue of the Forerunner.

    Hope you all are challenging yourself to build your life on Jesus by reading through the book of Isaiah with us. There is a lot of God’s judgement, but it always promises the hope of the coming Messiah.

  • Prime Time – Vol. 61, No. 10

    I just got off the bus from our zoo trip. We had a beautiful day, great fellowship and delicious food. Take your grandkids to see the dinosaur exhibit. It is very good! Huck and Finn, the grizzlies, were putting on quite a water show. Nothing compares to the free St. Louis zoo. If you haven’t gone yet this year, make a plan!

    Our next trip is on Friday, June 11. We will be heading to Perryville, Missouri at 10:00 a.m. We will visit several historic sites, including a miniature Vietnam War wall and the new military museum. Lunch will be at Stonie’s Sausage Shop. After you eat, I’m sure you will want to bring something home with you. Yum!

    Seems like our reading pace has slowed a whole bunch as we are only reading a chapter a day in Isaiah. I don’t know about you, but I read the chapter and then get out my commentary. Hope you are joining the church in continuing to read the Bible together.

  • Prime Time – Vol. 61, No. 9

    We had a great response to our first two activities since we resumed bimonthly events. A group of 24 went to Kimmswick, and 19 to Zia’s with a quick stop at the Art Museum. I had several of you complain about still being hungry when we left…just kidding!

    Our next trip to the zoo on May 12 will be slightly more physically demanding, although we will make it as short of a distance as possible. The bus will drop you off in front of the north entrance; the dinosaur exhibit is where the Children’s Zoo was previously located. That is neither a difficult nor long walk. For those who want to visit the reptile and insect exhibit, it is nearby, as are the polar bear, grizzlies, puffins and penguins. The zoo does require you to wear a mask at all times. The cost of this exhibit is $5.95. The exhibit has 16 different groupings of animatronic and stationary dinosaurs. After the zoo, we will head down to the Spaghetti Factory on the Landing for lunch.

    Please sign up for all Prime Time events at the Connection Center located through the doorway between the Media Center and Coffee Café.

    A sign up sheet for the banquet for Legacy weekend is available in the Connection Center. The deadline is May 17, so that the food can be ordered. It’s going to be a fun night with music from the 40s, 50s, and 60s, along with an intro from our speaker on Sunday morning who will challenge us to “Have a Blast While We Last!”

  • Prime Time – Vol. 61, No. 8

    I am so enjoying the spring weather and the sunshine! It’s nice to sit outside and absorb that heavenly sunlight. It’s also nice to be able to be active again. Our next activity is a trip to the Science Center to view the mummy exhibit. Alternatively, you can visit the OmniMax theater to watch Back From The Brink about animals species saved from extinction. The Mummies of the World exhibit is the largest collection of real mummies and related artifacts. It is senior day, but prices are not currently listed on the website. Lunch will be at Zia’s! As always, the bus will leave at 10:00 a.m. unless otherwise noted.

    I know many of you have been following along in the Grounded reading plan, which we will complete on May 7. Several of you have even participated in Marco Polo groups. Congrats to all who have accepted and met this challenge. Several of you have expressed the desire to continue, and while our plans are not quite finalized, I can share basic info with you. After our completion of the New Testament, for two weeks we will go back and revisit ten significant scriptures that we would like to spend a little more time studying. Next, Pastor Zach will be preaching from the book of Isaiah during the summer, so we will read the book of Isaiah, one chapter a day, starting May 24. In September, we will begin the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Old Testament, which we will complete by reading two chapters a day Monday-Friday until the end of the year. There will not be a formal sign-up, but I am hoping that many of you will continue the habit of reading scripture daily. Getting the Word into us is exactly what God commands us to do to equip us to face the world with love each day.

    Finally, mark your calendars for Saturday, May 22 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. We are going to kick off Legacy Weekend with a party! We will eat a yummy catered dinner, hear a short devotional from Dr. Ross, and be entertained by a group performing music from the 40s, 50s and 60s. Don’t miss out on the fun!

  • Prime Time – Vol. 61, No. 7

    Please sign up in the new Connection Center for our April 16 outing. We have a brand new area for our members where the sign-up sheets will be. Walk towards the media center through the coffee Café and it is on your left, before entering the Café Annex. The Fee Fee mailboxes have also been moved there.

    On Friday, April 16 we will leave at 10:00 a.m. for Kimmswick. Lunch will be at the Blue Owl and there will be time for some shopping afterward. I hope you will be able to join me! It’s been a long time and I personally am looking forward to some great food, much-needed fellowship, a lot of laughs, and a little shopping.

    I also have one correction from the last issue. The date for the Perryville trip is Friday, June 11 (not July). Good catch, Prime Timers. I think most of you called me to tell me!

    I know that many of you have been reading along in our Grounded Reading Plan through the New Testament. I would be interested in knowing your thoughts about what to do next. Do you want to continue the momentum by reading though the Old Testament at a slower rate (perhaps 2 chapters a day, Monday – Friday, with catch-up on the weekend)? Or do you need a break? Do you have other suggestions? You can email me at gloria@feefeebc.org, or text me at (314) 604-6071, or call me at the church office (314) 739-1525, but remember, I am not in the office every day and this is not the best way to reach me.

    Hope you are all enjoying God’s handiwork as He is changing the seasons for us. Don’t sneeze too much and I look forward to being with you on our upcoming event on April 16!

  • Prime Time – Vol. 61, No. 6

    The Senior Council met recently and planned events for the next quarter. I think you will be very excited about the fun activities we came up with! Our first event will be April 16, and we feel very confident that most of us will have had their second dose of the vaccine and be two weeks beyond the second dose. Below is a schedule you can add to your calendar:

    • April 16, Friday – Blue Owl in Kimswick for lunch and shopping. The bus will leave at 9:00 a.m.
    • April 27 – Science Center Mummies exhibit at 10:00 a.m. Lunch will follow at Zia’s.
    • May 12, Wednesday – Dinosaur exhibit at the Zoo, along with penguins, puffins, grizzlies, polar bears, and an assortment of other animals. The bus will leave at 10:00 a.m. and lunch will be at the Old Spaghetti Factory following.
    • May 22, Saturday – Kickoff for our Legacy Weekend! We will have a catered dinner and entertainment on Saturday night. You won’t want to miss this.
    • Friday, July 11 – Perryville historic sites with lunch at Stones. The bus will leave at 10:00 a.m.
    • Tuesday, June 22 – Soup, Salad and Movie Day. At 11:30 a.m. we will eat and watch Ruby Bridges, in our dining room.

    So many fun events coming up! I’m pretty excited! Hope you are, too. It will be good to go on adventures again!

  • Prime Time – Vol. 61, No. 5

    As more and more of you get your vaccinations, I feel confident that we will soon be enjoying some trips and lunches together. I’m really looking forward to that time. God made us for relationship with Him and others. It’s been a year and we might just have to learn all over again. I know I’ve learned some lessons about the value of relationship.

    I am hoping some of you will join me on Facebook live for about 30 minutes every Wednesday morning beginning March 10 at 9:00 a.m. I will choose some passages from that week’s readings in the Grounded reading plan and talk about them. You can make comments, ask questions, or share an insight. Go to our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FeeFeeBC/ or click the Facebook link at the bottom of our homepage. You can also follow Fee Fee on Facebook and it will notify you when it begins. You can watch it live and interact or watch it later at your convenience.

    I’m still looking for suggestions for activities. You should have good immunity to the virus 31 days after your first shot so the countdown to fun has begun.