Fee Fee Baptist Church

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  • Prime Time – Vol. 61, No. 23

    Thanks to those of you who went with me to serve at the St. Louis Area Food Bank last week. It was great to serve alongside you as we pursued the good of our community. I am planning on having the Prime Timers serve at least two times a year. I hope you will join us next time! I would also like to hear from you if you know of any other service opportunities that we might participate in. There is no mention of retirement in the Bible and we need to continue to serve the LORD until we go to see Him face to face!

    We have a good group signed up to go to Old Town St. Charles for Christmas on December 4. Please sign up if you are going. Lunch will be at Lewis and Clark’s, followed by watching the parade and meeting a Santa representing every nation. There are bonfires, freshly baked cookies at Grandma’s Cookies, carolers, carriage rides, and a variety of shops to visit. The bus will leave church at 10:30 a.m. for lunch at 11:00 a.m. at Lewis and Clark’s. It will certainly put you in the Christmas spirit!

    Speaking of Christmas spirit – we need to remember the greatest gift the world has ever received. We give gifts to others because God gave us the gift of Jesus. Our annual Angel Tree is a great way to share the love of Jesus (see details below)!

  • Community Connection – Vol. 61, No. 23

    Blood Drive

    You can save a life by signing up to donate blood at our next Blood Drive on Friday, December 3 from 1:00 to 6:00 pm. You can go to www.feefeebc.org/blooddrive or go to the Red Cross’ website (www.redcrossblood.org) and use the Sponsor Code “FeeFeeBaptistBridgeton” to find our drive and schedule your donation; or call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767). The drive will be held in the Family Life Center. On the blood drive page on the church website you can find some helpful and important info about donating blood. If you have any questions about this please contact Andrew (andrew@feefeebc.org).

    Dominican Republic Trip Informational Meeting

    We are hopeful and excited about finally going back to serve alongside our partner church in the Dominican Republic in the summer of 2022! There is an informational meeting for that trip on Sunday, December 5 immediately following the 2nd service in the Dining Hall. If you feel led to be a part of this mission trip, join us at the meeting to find out more information.

    Upcoming Mobile Market Dates

    Anyone in the community is welcome to drive through our Mobile Markets on the following Mondays from 10:00 a.m. till noon (or whenever we run out of food) to have FREE groceries put in their car!

    • December 6
    • December 20

    Once again, thank you so much for the overabundance of generosity you have bestowed upon the kids in our community and taking part in showing the love of Jesus!

  • Chi Alpha News – Vol. 61, No. 22

    Youth Paintball

    Our paintball event is coming up on Saturday, November 13. We will be heading to Wacky Warriors in Wentzville for a day of fun! We will leave church at 9:00 a.m. and should return around 2:00 p.m. Cost to play is $20. Students will need to bring extra money for a fast-food lunch afterwards, and if they want to purchase additional paintball rounds on top of what is already covered in the cost. Sign up today in the Rafters!

    No Youth November 24

    We won’t be meeting for youth group on Wednesday, November 24, so you can mentally prepare to eat tons of turkey and pie and enjoy some family time on Thanksgiving Day! Stay home, get some rest, and just enjoy the season of thankfulness.

  • A Word From Pastor Zach – Vol. 61, No. 22

    Church Family,

    I wanted to take the opportunity to share with you a few events that we have coming up in the month of November. Prayerfully, you can be a part of some of these events as we look to build our lives on Jesus and pursue the good of our community.

    First of all, we will be having our annual Trivia Night Fundraiser for our Youth Ministry on Saturday, November 6. This is a major way that our students raise support for their annual mission trip. In the summer of 2022, our students are going to be serving in our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. I want to encourage you to be a part of this Trivia Night. There will also be a silent auction in conjunction to trivia. It is a great way to have a lot of fun and support missions at the same time!

    Second, Wednesday, November 17, we have a great opportunity to enjoy some good food and fellowship as we will have our annual Wednesday night Family Thanksgiving Dinner. Before our Wednesday night activities take place, we will have a dinner from 5:00-6:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome, but we do need you to sign up in the Connection Center by November 10. The meal does not have a set cost, but donations will be accepted. We are excited to enjoy a meal together as we celebrate Thanksgiving! Sign up for a good meal, and then stick around for our Men’s or Women’s Bible Studies, or AWANA or youth for our kids and students!

    Then, on Sunday, November 21, we are going to have our first Starting Point event. Right after our 11:00 a.m. service, we are going to have a class for new and prospective members in the Dining Room. We will provide lunch and then share a lot of good information about what our church is about for those who are interested in becoming members and getting more involved. I want to encourage you to consider coming to the event if you want to understand what meaningful membership looks like here at Fee Fee. Even if you have been attending for a while, I think it would be great to get connected and learn more about the mission and vision of our church. We want everyone who attends our church to get connected as we serve the Lord together. Sign up in the Connection Center!

    In November, we are often intentional about thanking God for his many blessings. I’m so thankful for this church and the ways that God is working in and through Fee Fee. Please join me in praying for these different events this month. Pray that God will use them to bring us together into deeper fellowship with Him and with one another!

    In Him,

    Pastor Zach

  • Announcements – Vol. 61, No. 22

    Daylight Saving Time Ends

    Don’t forget to Fall Back! Set your clocks back one hour next week, November 7.

    Sympathy

    Our love through Christian sympathy is extended to

    … Bob (Jean) Nowlin and family, on the passing of their grandson, Timothy Austin Stogner, on September 19.

    … The family and friends of Mavis Dorothy Fox, who passed away on October 17.

    Thank You

    The church has received a Thank You card from

    … Bob & Jean Nowlin

    Backpack Ministry

    One of the more rewarding ministries at Fee Fee Baptist Church is our Backpack Ministry. This ministry provides a bag of easy-prep foods for school-aged children in our school district. We want to make it as easy as possible for these kids to eat a nutritious and filling meal when they aren’t at school. But we can’t do this without you, Church! We need donations of granola bars, snack crackers, macaroni & cheese, fruit cups, applesauce cups, canned pasta, rice cups, single-serve snacks or meals, and other easy-prep meals. You may leave these items in the Donation Center in the section marked “Backpack Ministry.” Alternatively, you can have these items shipped from any big box store to the church:

    Fee Fee Baptist Church

    C/O CHURCH OFFICE

    11330 St. Charles Rock Road

    Bridgeton, MO 63044

     

  • Community Connection – Vol. 61, No. 22

    OCC Boxes

    The Operation Christmas Child boxes are available! Every year thousands of these boxes are sent to children all over the world each with special Christmas gifts and Gospel materials for children. Each box has instructions inside for what to buy and how to ship them. Make sure to pick up your box (or 2, or more!), fill it, and bring it back by November 17 to make an impact in our world this Christmas season!

    Starting Point

    For our new or prospective members, we want to invite you to Starting Point on Sunday, November 21.  Immediately following the 2nd service that day we will have lunch and then talk through what it means to be a member of the church and how you can connect here! Contact Andrew at andrew@feefeebc.org or (314) 739-1525, to sign up. The deadline to sign up is Sunday, November 14.

    Upcoming Mobile Market Dates

    Anyone in the community is welcome to drive through our Mobile Markets on the following days from 10:00 a.m. until noon (or whenever we run out of food) to have FREE groceries put in their car!

    • November 8
    • November 22
    • December 6
    • December 20

  • Family Front – Vol. 61, No. 22

    Happy Fall!

    Thank you to all who helped make our Trunk or Treat a success this year! From candy donations to set-up people, decorated trunks, greeters, traffic control and cleanup. We met our community well. Thank you, Church!

    Families

    Watch for a digital survey from me regarding family ministry. I want to hear from you about our children and family ministries and how we can serve you and our community better. Thank you to those that have already taken the survey.

    Parents’ Night Out

    PARENTS’ NIGHT OUT is back again Friday, December 10, from 5:00-9:00 p.m. Bring your kids – ages 2 years old through 5th grade – for a fun night with friends and shopping in our free Christmas store while parents have a night out for only $5 per child. Pizza will be provided for supper for kids and workers. Sign-up sheets will be available next month. Donations for new items to offer in the Christmas store are welcome anytime. Thank you!

    “The Lord has been so good to me!  How can I ever pay him back? … I will worship Him.  In front of all of the Lord’s people, I will do what I promised him,” (Psalm 116:12,14).

  • Devotional Corner – Vol. 61, No. 22

    Taken from Bob Goff’s “Everybody, Always” 

    “I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another,” (John 13:34-35).

    It’s easy to love kind, lovely, humble people. I mean, who wouldn’t? These are the ones I’ve spent much of my life loving. Loving the people who are easy to love made me feel like I was really good at it. Because the people I loved were kind and wonderful, they made sure they told me what a great job I was doing loving them.

    What I’ve come to realize, though, is that I was avoiding the people I didn’t understand and the ones who lived differently than me. Here’s why: some of them creep me out. Sure, I was polite to them, but sadly, I’ve spent my whole life avoiding the people Jesus spent His whole life engaging. God’s idea isn’t that we would just give and receive love but that we could actually become love. The way we do this can be summarized like this:

    His plan is that we would love everybody, always.

    People who are becoming love see the beauty in others even when their off-putting behavior makes for a pretty weird mask. What Jesus told His friends can be summed up in this way: He wants us to love everybody, always—and start with the people who creep us out. The truth is, we probably creep them out as much as they do us.

    Are there people you should give a wide berth to? You bet. There are people in my life and yours who are unsafe, toxic, and delight in sowing discord wherever they go. God gave us discernment, and we should use it as we live our lives. He’s also given us love and understanding and kindness and the ability to forgive, which have power we often leave untapped. There’s a difference between good judgment and living in judgment. The trick is to use lots of the first and to go a little lighter on the second if we want to live the big life Jesus talked about.

  • Bible Study Corner – Vol. 61, No. 22

    Join us each Sunday at 9:45 a.m. for Bible Study – we have classes for everyone. Be sure to build your life on Jesus.

    Both the women and men have Bible Studies on Wednesday night at 6:00 p.m. The women meet in the Dining Room and the men meet in B1. If you don’t know where those places are, please ask someone and you will be directed.

    What do you think of our Pentateuch Bible Reading Plan? There are some inspiring and interesting gems found in these first five books of the Bible. It’s not too late to join the reading plan! Pick up a copy of the reading plan at church, or download a copy from our website: https://feefeebc.org/tgroups/

  • Music Musings – Vol. 61, No. 22

    November Playlist

    Start playing this list right away! You will not find a more diversified list of music that will get you in the mood for Thanksgiving!

    Ronna’s November 2021 Playlist: https://bit.ly/3CuDA0K

    Contemporary Worship

    We Give You Thanks

    All Sons and Daughters

     

    Gospel

    You’ve Been So Good

    The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

     

    Christian Rap

    Thankful

    Flauce feat. Rapper Big Pooh & Blackwell

     

    Contemporary Christian

    Thank You, Lord

    Paul Baloche

     

    Jazz

    Thanksgiving Theme

    Vince Guaraldi Trio

     

    Contemporary Worship

    Goodness of God

    Jenn Johnson & Bethel Music

     

    Contemporary Christian

    Thank You, Lord

    Hillsong Worship

     

    Folk

    Thanksgiving Song

    Mary Chapin Carpenter

    Contemporary

    Thankful

    Josh Groban

     

    Indie Singer-Songwriter

    The Thanksgiving Song

    Ben Rector

     

    Contemporary Christian

    Gobble Gobble

    Matthew West

     

    Gospel

    We Gather Together

    Gospel Souls

     

    Christian Indie/Folk

    My Father’s World

    Gungor

     

    Christian Indie/Folk

    Leave This House Singing

    Will Reagan & United Pursuit

     

    Native American Worship

    We Thank You

    Broken Walls – Created for Worship

    Let me know which of these you connected with the best and then I will tell you my favorite!