Today
Keep the Oaxaca Missions Team in your prayers today as most of them fly out today and gather in Mexico to start their work. Here’s the sheet with specific prayer requests for each person. Thanks so much!
Sunday
Fall Sunday School has four weeks left, and it meets Sundays at 9am. Rene’s class, Spiritual Values in Literature: The Ninth Hour, meets in the Parlor. Jeannette’s class, Paul Pastors from Prison, meets in Room 211. Chris and Jessica’s class, Pattern, Symbol, and Form: Exploring Faith Through Design, meets in the Southside Room. Email Pastor Chip with any questions.
Join us at 10:30am for worship in the sanctuary! The nursery will be open as usual for our toddlers and babies. Our kids five years old and up can join us for the first part of worship and then will be dismissed to their classrooms with their leaders. They can sit with their parents or join us in the front rows at the start of service. Our youth are invited to join us for our regular lunch and fellowship after service. The Prayer team will be available at the front of the sanctuary toward the end of the service to pray with those who would like to receive prayer.
We invite you to join the LGBTQ+ community, parents and allies for our FBCPride Group monthly gathering this Sunday, October 22nd, at 5pm in the Southside Room. This month, we will hear the story of Steve Scauzillo and learn what God has taught him through his faith and life experience. Join us for a potluck meal, and if you are able to bring an item (no pressure), check out what we need at our Potluck Sign-up. Text “pride” to 626.727.9498 if you’re new to the group and want to receive our emails!
This week the Friends In Deed food pantry item is peanut butter or any kind of nut butter.
Check out the next Genesis scripture audio on our Listen page if you missed the Thursday text.
Next Week
All women and girls are invited to our Women’s Brunch on Saturday, October 28th, at 10am in the Southside Room! It will be a time to share a delicious meal, get to know some awesome ladies, and hear a personal story of faith from Staa, a beautiful woman in our community. Text “brunch” to 626.727.9498 to sign up. If you have any questions, please email Pastor Lindsay.
All Souls Sunday
On All Saints Sunday, October 29th, we will pause to remember those in or connected to our community who have died in the past year by saying their names out loud. It is our tradition to hold our loss and grief together as the body of Christ in this sacred practice. Please use the form link below to share their names with us.
Town Hall + Gratitude Night
Immediately after Sunday service on November 5th, there will be a Town Hall meeting in the sanctuary to present the 2024 budget proposal and board nominees to the congregation for consideration as we prepare to vote on them at our Gratitude Night potluck on Sunday, November 19th. Mark your calendars for these important dates as we give thanks and remember God’s faithfulness this past year while also looking toward what God has for us in the months ahead. We will share some supporting materials ahead of these meetings so you can pray and prepare.
Gratitude Night will be another time for potluck (yum, yum)! We’ll meet in the gym at 6pm on Sunday, November 19th. Based on your last name, as you’re able, please bring a salad/side (A-G), dessert (H-M), or main dish (N-Z) of about 10 servings to share with your FBCP friends and family. We hope you join us for a wonderful time of fellowship at our pre-Thanksgiving feast!
Invitations
The Yarn Crafts Group has two exciting invitations for all of you! First, you are welcome to attend the Fiber Fair with them in Pomona on Sunday, November 19th. Tickets are $15 online or $20 at the door. Participants will be able to explore amazing yarns at the fair while getting to know one another! Also, they invite you to help make blankets ahead of Christmas. They are putting together square kits and invite anyone interested to help knit one square that will be joined with other squares to create blankets for donation. Email Justine and Whitney if you are interested in this project or the Fiber Fair (or to arrange a carpool to the fair)!
As an American Baptist Church, we share in the long history of global servants who have been called to work cross-culturally to show people the love of Christ and proclaim God’s reign of justice, peace and abundant life for all creation. This month you can give to the World Mission Offering (WMO) in support of International Ministries (IM), the organization that sends and supports the American Baptist global servants. We hope you will step into the flow of generosity as you consider how you might give above and beyond your regular offering to support God’s work around the world through the WMO. Click here to give online (select WMO from the drop down menu), or make your offering during Sunday worship.
Weekly + Biweekly Happenings
Fall Sunday School | Parlor | Southside Room | Room 211
Thursday Bible Study | Weekly at Noon | Parlor
Yarn Crafts Group | Biweekly at 12pm | 10/22 in the Southside Room
Six Weeks at a Glance
10/22 - FBCPride Group Meeting
10/28 - Women’s Brunch
10/29 - All Saints’ Day
11/5 - Town Hall
11/12 - Last Day of Fall Sunday School
11/12 - Public Theology Meeting
11/12 - FBCPride Group Meeting
11/19 - Prayer for Global Servants
11/19 - Fiber Fair with Yarn Crafts Group
11/19 - Gratitude Night
11/23-11/24 - Thanksgiving Break | Office Closed
11/26 - Hanging of the Greens
12/3 - Advent Sunday School Begins
Grace and peace to you as we head into the weekend. We can’t wait to worship with you in our sanctuary on Sunday!
Less without you,
The FBCP Community
