Fee Fee Baptist Church

Category: Forerunner

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  • Music Musings – Vol. 59, No. 26

    Year-end is a powerful time of celebrating and gathering, a time for reflection, and a time for looking forward. This year at Fee Fee we review our accomplishments with a deep sense of gratitude to so many who have contributed to the mission and ministry of music in our church.

    This year more than ever, we have been able to schedule worship music to make a greater impact on our worship services based on scripture. Advanced planning has increased the excellence of our gifts.

    Our choir prepared a special music presentation, Closer to the Cross, for Palm Sunday.  This piece celebrating the Journey of Christ paved the way for a triumphant Easter Sunday.

    Our Summer Concert series is presented each year as a gift to our community.  It is increasingly well attended, drawing in more than 800 people over the five weeks in July. In 2019, we featured familiar favorites: The Lesters, The Harris Trio, The Assurance Quartet, Timothy Noble, and Erica Lyles. As always, each concert attracts different audiences with varied musical tastes.

    The Friendship Choir attracts members who have a heart for sharing the love of music and the rich message of God’s love, especially with those who are unable to get out. One of the highlights of our season was our trip to the Baptist Home in Ironton. It was delightful to visit with old Fee Fee friends and share our music program.

    Last, but certainly not least was our traditional Singing Tree program. This year our Tree Singers were a multigenerational group ranging in ages from 11 years to Octogenarians. Our music was a little different this year bringing in a unique Celtic style called, Have You Heard. We always love the involvement of children in the Children’s Nativity.  All the characters are represented along with various animals and even an angel and a star! This year more than 1,300 people were in attendance over the three performance times.

    This was just some idea of the activities our music department took part in this past year. Maybe you could find a way to join us in 2020. You would be warmly welcomed!

  • A Word From Pastor Zach – Vol. 59, No. 26

    I can’t believe that 2019 is already coming to a close! I am so excited about what God has in store for our church in 2020. We are going to be launching a new vision and mission statement for Fee Fee Baptist and the first sermon series that I will present will be based around this vision. I pray that you can join us as we look at this new vision.

    Our mission statement is now: Fee Fee Baptist Church exists to make disciples who build their lives on Jesus and pursue the good of our community for the glory of God.

    Every Sunday in January we will unpack what it means to build our lives on Jesus and pursue the good of our community. Additionally, I want to invite you to join a Bible Study class in 2020. Each of our classes, during the eight Sundays of January and February, will be looking at different vision markers that we have established as a church. This will be a great way to get a deeper understanding of what we are going to focus on here at FFBC.

    However, before we unpack exactly what God has for us in 2020, it is important for us to step back and remember what God did in 2019. It can be easy to just focus on what is next, and not spend enough time celebrating what God has done. That is why this issue of The Forerunner is going to be a special “Year in Review” issue. In this final issue of 2019, you will read the many ways that God worked in our midst. I pray that it won’t just bring back fond memories, but it will lead each of us to give glory to God for the great things that He has done!

    There’s a great story in 1 Samuel 7 about an Ebenezer. In this passage, the Israelites are at war with the Philistines, and they go to Samuel for help. He implores them to get rid of their idols and confess their sins and repent to God. They gather together at Mizpah and cry out to God. Meanwhile, the Philistines hear that the Israelites have gathered together and they attack. The Israelites cry out to God and He gives them an incredible victory.

    At that point, Samuel took a stone and named it Ebenezer, saying that “up to here the Lord has helped us.” That Ebenezer was a reminder of God’s faithfulness and the victory he had given the Israelites. Samuel never wanted the Israelites to forget that it was God who won the victory, not them.

    Think of some of the ways that God has worked in our church. We had 492 people worship with us at Easter this year. We gave 455 volunteer hours to the city of Bridgeton during Impact Week in September. We sent 61 different people out from our church to serve on mission trips. And that is just the tip of the iceberg!

    This issue of the Forerunner is going to serve as an Ebenezer for our church. We want to remember God’s faithfulness and give Him credit and glory. As you read these articles, join me in praising God for His goodness and grace. He has been faithful to this church since 1807! And we know His past faithfulness is a great indication of how He will work in the future!

    In Him,

    Pastor Zach

  • Bible Study Corner – Vol. 59, No. 26

    We will kick off our vision lesson series on Sunday, January 5 at 9:45 a.m.  You will not want to miss these lessons teaching us how to put our vision for our church and community into action.

    The Gospel of John Precepts study will start back up at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 5. We will be resuming this 32-week study in Chapter 7. You can pick up your book from Gloria.

    Both Women (WOW) and Men’s Fraternity will resume on Wednesday, January 8 at 6:15 p.m. The men will continue their study of Ephesians and the women will be starting The Patriarchs study by Beth Moore. Hope you can join us!

  • Prime Time – Vol. 59, No. 26

    Another year is about to come to an end. It went by fast, didn’t it? It has been a very good year for the seniors at Fee Fee. God gave us a new pastor, whom we all love, and he brought with him a precious wife and three adorable children for us all to love and grandparent.

    We have been on many memorable outings and eaten some fantastic food. We have seen some great movies, learned a lot of history, seen some great plays, had our eyes opened to the horrors of the holocaust, toured Busch Stadium, took a day trip to Hermann, seen our cities new fountains, and had a lot of laughs and great fellowship.

    In May, we celebrated the seniors at our annual banquet and were entertained by the Queens of Swing. At the end of September, we saw that the seniors were still doing a great deal of ministry as we gave of ourselves during Impact Week. I’m pretty sure that the seniors contributed at least half of those many hours given to our community.

    I know you will continue to be a vital part of the ongoing ministry of this church and I thank God for each and every one of you willing to serve both your church and community.

    Have a great New Year!

    Upcoming – One final thought, on Thursday, January 9, we will watch the movie Overcomer, which has finally been released, and have sandwiches and dessert in the Rafters at 11:30 a.m.  Sign up so we will know how many plan to attend. The cost will be $6.00 for lunch.