Announcements

1. This Sunday, December 19 – Fourth Sunday of Advent
Regular Morning Worship Schedule at 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.
Caring Center’s Give Back Sunday at 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
No other PM Activities

2. Please join us this Sunday afternoon for our Caring Center’s “Give Back Sunday”, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. Every adult, student, and child is invited to the Caring Center for this event. We will be serving food and giving gifts to the needy as our way of showing the love of Christ during the Holiday Season. There will be service opportunities for all ages. This is a great opportunity for those who work and go to school during regular Caring Center hours to come and serve during the neediest time of the year.

3. The 2011 Offering Envelopes will be available in the Detroit Lobby the last week of December.

4. We have given $137,745 towards our World Mission Offering goal of $210,000. We only have $72,255 more to go in order to reach our goal. Pray about your gift to world missions and give.

5. 2010 Holiday Schedule for FBCT:
Sunday, December 19 Caring Center ’s “Give Back Sunday” at 2:00-3:30
No other PM Activities
December 20 – January 3 Caring Center Closed
Tuesday, December 21 No Men’s Prayer Breakfast
December 21 – December 30 First Steps Program Closed
Wednesday, December 22: No PM Activities
Thursday & Friday, December 23 & 24: Church Offices Closed
Friday, December 24: The Springs Candlelight Service & Communion at 4:30 p.m., and FBC’s Candlelight Service & Communion at 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 25: Christmas Day
Sunday, December 26: Regular Sunday Morning Schedule and No PM Activities
Tuesday, December 28: No Men’s Prayer Breakfast and No Added Dimension
Wednesday, December 29: No PM Activities
Thursday, December 30: Students’ New Year’s Eve’ Eve Lock-In
Saturday, January 1: New Year’s Day
Sunday, January 2: Regular Sunday Morning Schedule and No PM Activities
Monday, January 3: Church Offices & Caring Center Closed
Wednesday, January 5: Regular Wednesday Night Schedule Resumes
Sunday, January 9: Regular Sunday Night Schedule Resumes & All Church Fellowship

6. Coming up in January: Our January Bible Study 2011, beginning Sunday, January 9, will be on Women in Leadership: What is leadership supposed to look like within the church? And what place, if any, do women have in leading and serving the community that follows Jesus? This year’s January Bible Study, led by Deron Spoo and Eric Costanzo, will make an honest examination of these questions in light of Scripture, church history, and current needs of the church. Join us on the 9th, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., in the Fellowship Hall. The study on the 9th will be followed by an All Church Fellowship. The study will continue on Sunday evenings, January 16, 23 & 30.

7. There is still time for you to help with our December Mission Action Project. You can do just that by bringing all sizes of mittens, gloves, caps, and warm scarves to decorate the Christmas trees (mitten trees). The trees, assembled by our Royal Ambassadors, are outside the Preschool Suite and in the South Education Building Foyer. These items will be delivered to the John 3:16 Mission and to our Caring Center by our Girls in Action during their Christmas vacation. If you have any questions, please call Maribeth Dean at 481-5834.

8. Women’s Ministry. The following four Bible & Book Studies are being offered in January, 2011. The studies vary in price from $9 to $15 and scholarships are available. Please contact the study leaders for further information:
a) Lord Change My Attitude by James MacDonald & Barb Peil, starts Tuesday, January 11, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., for 11 weeks at 71st & 129th East Avenue in Broken Arrow, and is led by Susan Jacobs – jsjacobs53@msn.com. This study reveals that attitudes can affect whether someone stays in the Wilderness or enjoys the blessings of the Promised Land, by changing complaining to thankfulness, coveting to contentment, criticism to love, doubt to faith, and rebellion to submission.
b) Here & Now-There & Then: A Study on Revelation by Beth Moore, starts Wednesday, January 12, 9:30-11:30 a.m., for 11 weeks, and is led by Jill Willey – jilwilley@aol.com. The study presents many points of view on Revelation and allows women to decide for themselves when interpretation varies among scholars. Childcare is available by calling 594-5028.
c) When Life is Hard: Turning Trials to Gold by James MacDonald, starts Wednesday, January 12, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., for 7 weeks, and is led by Pam Rader and Cheryl Baber – pkrader@tulsaconnect.com. This study, based on MacDonald's book, shows how his teachings came out of his own personal struggles during a long season of trials. Childcare is available by calling 594-5028.
d) Faithful, Abundant, True: Three Lives Going Deeper Still by Kay Arthur, Priscilla Shirer & Beth Moore, starts Thursday, January 13, 12:00 Noon, for 7 weeks, in Room 410 North, and is led by Terri Moore - tessamoore27@hotmail.com. This study examines the book of Hebrews, revealing both God's faithfulness and a challenge to be faithful in difficult times; the book of Ephesians, on God's abundance’; and trusting the Holy Spirit to enable us to see what is true and what is false.