Fee Fee Baptist Church

Category: Forerunner

This category contains everything pertaining to the Forerunner.

  • Family Front – Vol. 63, No. 1

    We are off and running in the new year! What a great bunch of kids and families this church has allowed me to serve. Looking forward to this new year of endless possibilities!

    Family Nerf Games

    A fun night for all ages, January 27 at 6:30 p.m. is right around the corner! Invite friends and neighbors. Bring your Nerf gun; we will supply foam bullets. Also bring a snack to share. We will provide water and popcorn.

    Parents Night Out

    Parents Night Out will be Friday, February 17, 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. Only $5 per child for the night! Pizza dinner will be provided. Watch for sign-ups in early February. Use this night to plan a date with your sweetheart!

    VBS & Sports Camp

    VBS & Sports Camp is July 17-21. Put it on your calendar and look for registration info in the near future.

  • Chi Alpha News – Vol. 63, No. 1

    Big Chill

    The Big Chill is returning on January 13-14 from 9:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.!! Our annual all-nighter is full of fun, which includes a worship concert, a trip to The Edge 618, dodgeball, video games, movies, 9-square, gaga ball, open gym time, and all the junk food and soda a teenager could want! So, make sure that your student does not miss out on one of our biggest events of the year. This is a perfect event to invite friends too as well. The Big Chill is $15/person plus students need to bring a snack and drink to share! We hope to see you all there!

    Family Nerf Games

    We are so excited to bring back Family Nerf Games on Friday, January 27 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. This event is totally FREE, but you will need to bring your own Nerf equipment (we will supply the ammo). No need to sign up either, just bring your family, and invite some friends too! We hope to see you there!

  • Music Musings – Vol. 63, No. 1

    Hymn of the Month – O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing

    O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing was written by Charles Wesley in 1739 to commemorate the first anniversary of his conversion. The hymn was inspired by a remark from his friend, Peter Bohler: “If I had a thousand tongues, I would praise Christ with them all.” Listen to the following arrangement of this beautiful hymn: https://youtu.be/4umCYumsB0g

    Place Choir in Your Future!
    1. Choir will give you an opportunity to serve.
    2. You will help produce good congregational singing.
    3. You will share the joy of the music.
    4. Be part of diversity. We need all kinds of voices. It is God honoring for multi-cultural fellowship. The choir needs to reflect ALL ages working together.

    Our choir needs laborers. Come and sing in our 8:30 a.m. service. When the choir exits – go have breakfast and return for Bible study and 11:00 a.m. worship. You will be blessed and more importantly you will be a blessing!  Rehearsals are scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Monday evenings. Also, it would be possible to get score copies and rehearsal recordings. There is “a place in the choir” for you. Listen to the following:

    2016 Tour Live – A Place in the Choir – Celtic Thunder – https://youtu.be/FMulhmW4Y7Q

  • Announcements – Vol. 63, No. 1

    Sunday Night Connection

    This month’s connection is Sunday, January 15 at 5:00 p.m. We will have a taco bar and play board games and card games. The children can either join us in games or watch the movie Encanto. All of this will take place in the Dining Room. The church will supply the meat and tortillas and you will supply the toppings and dessert. You can sign up in the Connection Center and mark down what you’re bringing. Wear your best sombrero and come join in the fun and make some new connections!

    Forerunner Frequency

    Due to staffing changes, The Forerunner will now be going to just a monthly publication. It will still be available in the Connection Center and online at:

    feefeebc.org/the-forerunner/

    Lottie Moon

    Our Lottie Moon goal for 2022 was $30,000. As of January 6, 2023, our giving amount total was $26,815, bringing us up a little short of our goal for the year.

    Now Hiring

    Fee Fee Baptist Church is hiring for the following positions:

    – Custodian

    – Full-Time Admin Assistant

    If you or someone you know is interested in either of these positions, contact the church office for more info at (314) 739-1525.

    Sympathy

    Our love through Christian sympathy is extended to

    …The family and friends on the passing of Carol Spink, on December 24.

    Fee Fee Mailboxes

    Don’t forget to pick up your Christmas cards from the Fee Fee Mailboxes!

    Mobile Market

    Our partnership with the St. Louis Area Foodbank will continue into 2023 with more Mobile Markets. Upcoming dates are:

    • January 9
    • February 13
    • March 13
    • April 10

    Anyone is welcome to come get groceries on the second Monday of each month, at 10:00 a.m. (until the food runs out).

    If you would like to volunteer for this ministry, talk to Kathy Webber and she will make sure you have a spot to serve!

     

  • Prime Time – Vol. 63, No. 1

    It’s a new year and a new beginning. I hope you have made a commitment to be “all in” serving the Lord this year.  As always, the seniors have some fun activities planned for this year, plus a service project for the quarter. January will be filled with movies!

    First, we are going to the Science Center OmniMax on Thursday, January 12 at 10:00 a.m. We will watch the movie, Born to be Wild. This is the true story of two individuals who have dedicated their lives to helping orphaned animals return to the wild. Cost for seniors is $9. We will have lunch afterwards at Zia’s on the Hill with an opportunity to visit the Missouri Bakery. Remember, the bakery only takes cash so be prepared. Don’t forget to sign up in the Connection Center.

    On Monday, January 30, we will be watching a movie in our Dining Room. Join us at 11:00 a.m. and have a lunch of sandwiches, chips and dessert for $7. If it is available, we will watch the movie I Heard the Bells. The film tells the story of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and the tragic and inspirational events that led him to write the poem, “Christmas Bells,” which would later become the Christmas carol, “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.” Sign up so that we can plan for lunch.

    I pray that your New Year is off to a great start and that this will be a year of great spiritual growth for you and your family.

  • Heart of Worship – Vol. 63, No. 1

    I love the beginning of a new year! It brings with it a grace to renew promises to ourselves or even start new ones. At the kick off to any new year, there seems to be an abundance of new dreams, new opportunities, and the hope to accomplish something you never have before. Unfortunately, life gets busy. It’s hard to keep up with everything, and sometimes our new goals for ourselves somehow get lost or forgotten. If you have ever experienced this, like I do, I want to encourage you today!

    Galatians chapter 6 talks about reaping what we sow. Looking a little deeper, Galatians 6:9 says, “Let us not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up.” James 1:2-4 says, “Consider it a great joy whenever you experience various trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance, and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.”

    Friends, God wants us to persevere! He designed us to rely on Him and push through, even when it’s hard. I challenge you this year to go after the dreams God has given you. The ones that lay dormant. The ones you haven’t visited in a while. The life changing ideas you’ve been sitting on. And after a few weeks or months in when it gets challenging, push into God and lean on the Faithful One who gave you that idea in the first place. Remember, He is the author and finisher of our faith. I am praying and believing with you that the gifts He’s given you to bring forth His glory – WILL happen through you this year!

  • Family Front – Vol. 62, No. 25

    It’s Winter!

    I hope you are keeping safe and warm in this winter weather! Spend some good family time together and thank God for his blessing of life and love during this season.

    New Year!

    We are beginning a new year—can you believe we are starting 2023?! Do you ever make New Year’s resolutions? I used to in the past then never kept them, so I don’t make resolutions. I do ask the Father always to help me be the person He desires and has made me to be. This is a daily prayer. Make it a priority to see what God would have you do and live by His plan rather than your own. This is a verse I have hanging in my office that is a good reminder:

    “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me; Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me,” (Psalm 51:10-12).

    This is my prayer for the new year. What is yours?

    What to look for in January

    Regular Wednesday nights resume January 4 at 6:00 p.m. That first AWANA of the new year will be “bring a friend night” and store, so get ready!

    Family Nerf Games

    Get ready for a FUN night for all ages, Friday, January 27 at 6:30 p.m. – it’s right around the corner! Invite friends and neighbors. Bring your own Nerf gun; we will supply foam bullets. Also bring a snack to share. We will provide water and popcorn.

    “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace,” (Numbers 6:24-26).

  • Chi Alpha News – Vol. 62, No. 25

    Big Chill 2023

    Woah…. how in the world did we end up here already? It feels like we just wrapped up DNOW. So now you’re trying to convince me that Big Chill 2023 is only days away— January 13 & 14 (you should sign you and your friends up btw)?! This has definitely been a whirlwind of a year! But who’s ready for some fun?!

    2022 Reflections & New Year

    Every year I’m reminded how great the God we serve is, and I see it daily in the lives of our students. This year has been filled with a lot of question marks – personally, for our youth group, and for the church as a whole. Each time I feel like we’re stuck, the life that radiates from our students reminds me we can, and will, move forward. For me, this has been a tough year navigating a lot of challenges, both personally, and with my wife Alaina, as we figure out what our future looks like as a young married couple. But when I feel down, the smiles and high fives from the kids help me realize everything is good. I always want the best for our youth, but this year, they taught me something: the value of quality time. We’ve taken the time to have more meaningful moments together, and we have seen growth not just in relationships, but in numbers too! We sit in the beginning phases of an interim period, and I’ve been worried about what the future of our church looks like. But when I show up on a Wednesday nights, I’m reminded the future of our church in the hearts of these students, and if I can pour everything God has given me into them, then our church will flourish, and our best days truly are ahead of us.

    This has been a weird year, and while I’m thankful for the challenges, lessons, and reminders it gave me, I’m also ready to move on to a better 2023. We’re ready for the challenges that lie ahead, and I know God will be there with us. I’m excited to see where Fee Fee goes this year! Happy New Year Fee Fee Family!

  • A Word From Interim Pastor, Matt Easter – Vol. 62, No. 25

    It’s Christmas!

    At Christmas we celebrate the Incarnation: when God became human. As I mentioned in my sermon on Sunday, there is perhaps no greater mystery of our faith than God becoming one of us. On Sunday we explored the ways the New Testament describes Jesus as fully God and fully human. Here I wanted to dig a bit deeper into the theology of the Incarnation.

    The early Church stressed the central importance of God becoming human. Simply put, if Jesus didn’t become one of us, then none of us will be saved. Jesus had to become one of us in every way (yet without sin). Heretical views wouldn’t cut it. Some heretics were teaching Jesus was not actually a human, but only appeared that way (like a hologram). Others claimed he was only a human who God later adopted as his son. Others believed Jesus was human on the outside and divine on the inside (like a human-divine Reese’s peanut butter cup). None of these answers will do. The Church has insisted that Jesus was completely human and completely God, “unconfusedly, unchangeably, indivisibly, inseparably” (Definition of Chalcedon, AD 451). Jesus was not a human hologram, he was not merely adopted as God’s son, and he was not God in a human shell. No, Jesus had to be the true God-man to save humans. But why? Two theologians from the 4th century (both named Gregory, incidentally!) give us the answer.

    First, Jesus had to become human like us physically. Gregory Nazianzen wrote, “For that which he has not assumed he has not healed.” Gregory explains, “If only half Adam fell, then that which Christ assumes and saves may be half also; but if the whole of his nature fell, it must be united to the whole nature of him that was begotten, and so be saved as a whole” (“Epistle 101”). All of humanity has fallen, and so at Christmas we celebrate the messiah who redeemed our entire fallen human nature.

    Second, Jesus had to experience life like we do. Gregory Nazianzen’s friend, Gregory of Nyssa, explains in his “Address on Religious Instruction” that Jesus united to every phase of human experience to redeem us. He offers the example of washing dirt off garments. A person laundering a garment does not remove only a few stains but tries to clean the whole garment from top to bottom to achieve uniform brightness and cleanliness. In the same way, human life is stained with sin from beginning to end: from birth to death. It would make no sense to cleanse one end while ignoring the other. Therefore, Christ had to assume flesh through birth and be obedient to death in order heal humanity. Jesus experienced an entire human life, and since the incarnate Christ was resurrected, humans who die with him can look forward to their own resurrection in the Last Day.

    Hail the Incarnate Deity!

    Merry Christmas,

    Matt Easter

    Interim Pastor

  • Bible Study Corner – Vol. 62, No. 25

    All Wednesday night activities will resume on January 4. Derald Harris will be leading a Bible Study in Acts in the Dining room for the adults. Youth small groups will also start back up. AWANA will resume, and the women will be doing a study on Jesus and Women. Start your NEW YEAR off right. Sunday morning Bible Study will resume on January 1 at 9:45 a.m. Hope to see you there!