Fee Fee Baptist Church

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  • Devotional Corner – Vol. 61, No. 17

    Taken from L.B. Cowman’s “Streams in the Desert,” Zondervan Updated Edition

    “Before this faith came, we were held prisoners…, locked up until faith should be revealed,” (Galatians 3:23).

    God, in times past, caused people to be kept subject to His law so they would learn the more excellent way of faith. For it was through the law that they would see God’s holy standard and thereby realize their own utter helplessness. Then they would gladly learn His way of faith.

    God still causes us to be “locked up until faith” is learned. Our own nature, circumstances, trials, and disappointments all serve to keep us submissive and “locked up” until we see that the only way out is His way of faith. Moses attempted the deliverance of his people by using self-effort, his personal influence, and even violence. So God “locked [him] up” for forty years in the wilderness before he was prepared for His work.

    Paul and Silas were called of God to preach the gospel in Europe. In Philippi they were “severely flogged, they were thrown in to prison, and the jailer…fastened their feet in the stocks” (Acts 16:23-24). They were “locked up” to faith. They trusted God and sang praises to Him in their darkest hour, and God brought deliverance and salvation.

    Dear reader, are you in some terrible trouble? Have you experienced distressing disappointment, sorrow, or inexpressible loss? Are you in a difficult situation? You have been “locked up” to faith. Praise Him “that in all things God works for the good of those who love him” (Rom. 8:28) and that He “acts on the behalf of those who wait for him” (Isa. 64:4). God will send you blessings and help, and will reveal truths to you that otherwise would never have come your way. And many others will also receive great insights and blessings because you were “locked up” to learn the way of faith. —C.H.P.

  • Chi Alpha News – Vol. 61, No. 17

    Summer 2022 Mission Trip!

    We have officially booked, planned, and secured our spot for our mission trip in Summer 2022! There’s only problem for you… is we aren’t ready to announce it just yet (mwhahahahahah)! So, for now, here is a little hint to hold you over:

    You won’t be able to take a walk on J in these 68 square miles.

    If you guess it, don’t spoil it! Our location will be revealed soon, so stay tuned until then!

  • Music Musings – Vol. 61, No. 17

    Opportunity to be a Ringer!

    In September we will once again start rehearsing handbells with a performance target date of October 3. We rehearse on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. The rehearsals run no longer than one hour.

    Up to now this group has been made up of adults, but we would love to expand this ensemble to be inclusive of our youth as well. A multigenerational group would be great!

    Please email tara@feefeebc.org if you have an interest in participating in this ensemble. You will find it rewarding to work in tandem with others to create some beautiful music. It is an activity that will stimulate your brain and motor skills – and that’s a good thing! Come give it a go!

     

    Scriptures About Music

    The following is taken from an article by Crystal McDowell – writer, speaker and teacher.

    Music is ministry that ushers in the presence of God. “Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise to the Lord and sang: ‘He is good; His love endures forever,’” (2 Chronicles 5:13).

    Music can be inspired from the Spirit of God. “Speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,” (Ephesians 5:19-20).

    Music can be used for evil purposes. “Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the image I made, very good,” (Daniel 3:15).

    Music is an affront to God when hypocrisy is in the heart. “Away with the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps,” (Amos 5:23).

  • Family Front – Vol. 61, No. 17

    Wednesday Nights

    On Wednesday, September 8 we will begin our new church year for Wednesday night activities, with AWANA for kids at 6:00 p.m. We will have Puggles for ages 0-2; Cubbies for age 3-pre-K; K-3 grades will attend Sparks and TnT; and we have a little something different for our older kids in KiA (Kids in Action), for 4-5 grade LIVEWIRES. If you could give just 30 minutes of your time to listen to kids recite their verses, that would be so helpful for them. You won’t regret investing in our kids!

    Trunk or Treat

    Put Trunk or Treat on your calendar for Sunday, October 31, from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Be thinking about how you want to be involved: have a decorated trunk, help setup and clean up, greet people, or face paint.  Of course, we will be collecting a TON of candy starting October 10. There will be a bin to deposit your candy donations. Let’s meet and serve our community BOOOO-tifully!

    Ministry Opportunity

    We are in need of people who are willing to serve their church! We need loving caring workers for preschool care during worship. Please let me know if God can use you to serve our families in this way.  As always, thank you for your willing heart to serve.

    “Give praise to the only God. He is our Savior. Glory, majesty, power, and authority belong to him. Give praise to him through Jesus Christ our Lord. Give praise to the One who was before all time, who now is, and who will be forever. Amen,” (Jude 1:25).

  • Prime Time – Vol. 61, No. 17

    Summer is speeding by. Soon our days will be filled with school schedules, football, and the Cardinals in the World Series. Hope you have enjoyed summer as much as I have!

    In the meantime, I’ve been working on our fall activities. We have had to change our date for the Amana Colonies because of a date conflict for our bus driver/guide. The dates are now a Thursday and Friday, October 21-22. While there we will attend a play, Ole and Lena at Cafe Chaos, a musical comedy. We will also visit antique shops, restaurants, and museums that will be within walking distance of our hotel. It looks like show tickets are $32.50, transportation will be $40 and your hotel room with be $50-$60 based on double occupancy. In other words, the trip will cost you less than $150 if you have a roommate, plus whatever you purchase and eat. The hotel I’m looking at does have a fridge in each room for snacks and drinks. There will be a sign-up sheet so I can purchase show tickets and reserve rooms. Please indicate if you want your own room or if you will have a roommate.

    Cancelling our original date gives us an open date at the end of September for another event, so I’m looking at Aires and Pere Marquette as possibilities. More of that in the next Forerunner.

  • Community Connection – Vol. 61, No. 17

    Blood Drive, September 10

    We need you to save some lives by signing up to donate at our next Blood Drive on Friday, September 10 from 1:00–6:00 p.m. 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, as well as find some helpful info about donating, including who can donate and how to donate. You can also call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767). The drive will be held in the Family Life Center. If you have any questions about this please contact Andrew (andrew@feefeebc.org).

    Impact Week, September 12-18

    How are you going to be a blessing to your community during Impact Week?  Our goal during Impact Week is doing as much good for the community as we can. And we need you to make that happen! Look for our sign-ups at church or on our website (www.feefeebc.org/impactweek) to be a part of this great week. We’re also encouraging every Bible study group to organize their own service opportunity. So, get your group together and talk about what you’re passionate about or how you’d like to help someone around you.  It could be volunteering with a local food pantry or homeless shelter. It could be doing yardwork for a neighbor or shut in. Brainstorm in your Bible Study this week about how you could make an impact.  Whatever work you do make sure to let Andrew (andrew@feefeebc.org) know so that we can keep track of all our work that week.

    Impact Week Celebration, September 19

    At the end of Impact Week we want to celebrate! So, we’re going to have a unique Impact Week Celebration on Sunday, September 19. We will have one worship service at Redemption Ranch (77 Redemption Rd., Winfield, MO 63389) at 11:00 a.m. Then we will have a free lunch followed by an afternoon of fun! Some fun things to do there include hiking, canoeing, swimming, volleyball, yard games, board games, and more! This will be a great day of fellowship and celebration of all that God has done in the past week. Sign up for lunch in the Connection Center at church or by contacting the church office (314) 739-1525.

    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. until noon (or whenever we run out of food) to have FREE groceries put in their car!

    • September 13
    • September 27
    • October 11
    • October 25

  • Announcements – Vol. 61, No. 16

    Sympathy

    Our love through Christian sympathy is extended to

    … Family and friends of Shirley Turner, who passed on July 31.

    Loaves and Fishes

    Want to serve your community in an amazing way? Sign up as a group (Bible Study group, T-Group, small group, etc.) to feed the residents of Loaves and Fishes and serve together and pursue the good of the community! There are a maximum of 29 residents. We have faithfully fed the people there for almost two years on the third Tuesday of the month. Our next date is August 17 and right now, we do not have any volunteers. ☹ Thanks for your consideration and your willingness to serve. Let Gloria or Andrew know if you would like to provide this meal for August.

    Pickleball

    Pickleball is still happening in the Gym every Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. Adults of all ages are welcome! If you are interested in joining in a game of Pickleball, contact Carol Gollaher at (314) 620-4036.

     

  • A Word From Pastor Zach – Vol. 61, No. 16

    Church Family,

    If you haven’t heard, we have some big things happening in the lives of a some of our ministry team who serve here at Fee Fee. First, Kyle Baldwin, our Director of Student Ministries, is going to be ordained by our church on Sunday evening, August 15.

    Second, our ministry interns, Kyle and Scarlet Kalkbrenner, have accepted a call to Freeport, IL. Kyle will be the Senior Pastor of Bible Community Church up there.

    I think it is pretty remarkable what God is doing in and through our church. Here are two young men, one who was raised in the church and the other who got plugged in while here at college, who have been discipled and trained in our church and are living out the calling that God has placed on them.

    Kyle Baldwin has been serving as the interim and then Director of our Student Ministries for three years now. He is getting to pour into our kids and disciple them. This ordination service is our church affirming the call that God has placed on his life and saying that we see how God is working in and through him and Alaina.

    I want to encourage you to be praying for Kyle and Alaina. Be praying as they lead our students to follow Jesus in this post-Christian, post-truth culture that we live in. Pray that Kyle continues to stand firm on God’s Word and boldly shares the Gospel and equips our students to whole-heartedly serve the Lord.

    Kyle and Scarlet have been serving as our ministry interns for the past year. We have been discipling Kyle and equipping him to step into a pastoral role. When we started our ministry residency program, our goal was to disciple college students who were called into ministry and equip them to be able to serve in ministry roles in churches once they graduated. It is exciting to see the fruit of this ministry residency already. It is so encouraging to see God calling Kyle and Scarlet back home to help with a church revitalization in Freeport.

    I want to encourage you to be praying for Kyle and Scarlet. Pray for their family, as they have a baby boy coming in November. Pray for their ministry, as Kyle steps into his first pastorate. Also, pray for Kyle as he is finishing up his degree online through Missouri Baptist University.

    Also, I wanted to take a second to just say thank you to our church. Thank you for investing in the Baldwins and the Kalkbrenners. Thank you for praying for them and encouraging them. I’m so thankful to serve at a place that is committed to investing in the future of the church. Let’s pray that God sends more Kyles our way!

    In Him,

    Pastor Zach

  • Chi Alpha News – Vol. 61, No. 16

    Promotion Sunday/Youth & Family BBQ

    On Sunday, August 22, our incoming 6th graders will be joining us for the first time in youth group! This is always an exciting time in the life of our youth, as new faces come in, but it is also a time where new leaders are formed. After the second service that morning, the youth and their families are invited to join us in the courtyard for a BBQ, games, and a time to enjoy the end of summer, and also get familiar with the new faces of our group. You can sign up in the Rafters or shoot Kyle a message. We hope you will join us!

    Sarah Baker – THANK YOU!!!

    We are quickly approaching a bittersweet time that we all knew was coming. In just a few weeks, our Summer Intern, Sarah Baker, will be leaving to go back to Kirksville, MO and finish her undergrad. Sarah has faithfully served our youth as the Summer Intern for the last 3 years, and this year is unfortunately her last. We will miss having her over the summers, but we are so excited to see where God takes her in her ministry. We are so blessed to have had her building relationships and serving with our students. If you see her, please take time to thank her for all of her hard work she has given to this group of students!

    Chi Alpha Summers end on August 11
    • August 22: Youth & Family BBQ

  • Family Front – Vol. 61, No. 16

    VBS/Sports Camp Recap

    We had a wonderful week at Wilderness Escape VBS and Sports Crusaders basketball camp. The kids had so much fun and learned about the attributes of God. Thank you, Church, for providing the resources so we can host such great events for our families. We had 5 children give their lives over to Jesus! And we raised $344.00 for our alpaca mission project in Ecuador. I can’t say enough good things about our volunteers who gave their time in so many ways by leading the tribes, helping to set up and take down, doing crafts, teaching, and modeling Jesus. They were awesome!

    Welcome Weekend

    Sunday, August 15 is an exciting welcome event as our preschoolers, children, and youth move up to the next grade/department. We invite preschoolers, children, and their parents for a continental breakfast as we give kids an opportunity to see their new classrooms and meet their teachers. Promotion Day is August 22, as the kids and youth move into their new classes.

    Wednesday Night Activities

    On Wednesday, September 8 we will restart our regular activities for the school year. AWANA is where it’s at! We will have Puggles and Cubbies for ages 0 through pre-K; grades K-3 will attend Sparks or TnT; and grades 4-5 (Livewires) will get to take part in CIA (CHILDREN IN ACTION), a little something different for our older kids! You don’t want to miss out on the most fun night of the week!

    Trunk or Treat

    Put Trunk or Treat on your calendar for Sunday, October 31 in the afternoon! Start thinking about how you want to be involved. Oh, and don’t forget to start planning your costume! More info to come later.

    “Give praise to the only God. He is our Savior. Glory, majesty, power, and authority belong to him. Give praise to him through Jesus Christ our Lord. Give praise to the One who was before all time, who now is, and who will be forever. Amen,” (Jude 1:25).