Saturday
Our Yarn Crafts Group invites you to the SoCal Fiber Fair in Pomona tomorrow afternoon, November 23rd. Tickets are $15 per person (buy online) and we can arrange to carpool. Kids 11 and under are free! Email Whitney or Justine to RSVP or if you have any questions.
Sunday
TRAFFIC ALERT: We advise arriving to our parking structure on Holly St. before 10:30am this week to secure a parking spot before the attendants open up FBCP spots to the Pasadena community for the annual Doo-Dah parade. When you enter the driving structure, drive straight to the area with orange cones reserved for us this week. Tell the parking attendants that you are with First Baptist, and you will not be charged the $20 special event fee.
Join us at 10:30am for worship in the Sanctuary! Our scripture this week is Revelation 1:4-8. 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.
Our Yarn Craft Group welcomes any crafty knitters or crocheters (or any type of crafting) to work on your projects this Sunday, November 24th, after worship in the Parlor. Bring snacks to share (optional) and a water bottle.
Gratitude Night is this Sunday, November 24th, at 6pm in the Gym! Please enter through the gate on Union St. 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!
The Friends In Deed food pantry item this week is cereal.
Advent Schedule
Check out our December calendar here. We hope you can join us for these special weeks leading up to Christmas. An invitation to our 81st Candlelight Carol Service can be found here.
Meal Train
Friends, we love the way our community comes around others when they are in need by offering meals or practical help. Please consider joining our Meal Ministry team by letting Pastor Lindsay know that you’d like to get links to Meal Trains whenever they arise (like this one for John S)!
Friends In Deed Gift Drive
We are excited to partner once again with Friends In Deed for their annual Christmas for the Kids gift drive, a reminder of God’s generous gift of Jesus to our world. Last week, our community took home about 45 gift tags for specific kids of all ages, and we have about 35 names left. On your way out, we invite you to pick up a child's name and gift information. Unwrapped gifts should be dropped off at the church no later than Sunday, December 8th, and they should include the child's name and family number. Email the office to arrange a time to stop by, or bring the gifts to worship and drop off at the Connections Desk. Email Shawn with any questions.
Coming Up
Join us for our annual Hanging of the Greens on Sunday, December 1st, immediately following service. We would love your help to decorate the Sanctuary for Christmas—everything from unwrapping candles to setting up trees in our baptismal. We’ll have lunch first before turning up the Christmas music and getting to work.
Advent Sunday School, taught by Nancy Stiles, will meet in the Parlor from 9-10am for the four Sundays preceding Christmas. Text “advent” to 626.727.9498 to sign up today!
Our Passive-Aggressive Pickleball group will play next on Sunday, December 1st, at 7pm in the Gym off Union St. Text “pickle” to 626.727.9498 to join the text updates for this group. Email Tim with questions. We have paddles and balls available; bring your parking ticket for validation and a bottle of water.
81st Candlelight Carol Service
Join us for our 81st Annual Candlelight Carol Service on Sunday, December 8th, at 6pm in the Sanctuary! Help us celebrate the Christmas season as we sing together and are reminded of hope made real in the birth of Jesus. Childcare for toddlers and infants (4 years and under) will be provided, and there will be a cookie reception after the service. Feel free to pass along an invitation to friends using this link.
Call for Cookies—We need your help with providing the cookies for the reception after the Candlelight Service! If you’re able, please bring 1-2 dozen cookies to share with all our guests, family, and friends. You can drop them off at the Connections Desk on Sunday, December 8th, before morning worship.
Opportunities to Love Our Pasadena Neighbors
Consider volunteering with one of our local partners, Union Station Homeless Services, at their annual Dinner in the Park that is quickly approaching! There are a variety of volunteer opportunities to make each of their Dinner in the Park programs possible, including food sorting, preparation, cooking, packaging, and serving. The next Pasadena dinner will be on Wednesday, November 27th. To sign up to volunteer or learn about urgent needs, visit their website here.
Pasadena Partnership is the primary planning entity coordinating resources to end homelessness in our community. Every January they do a headcount on the streets to plan for what they need more accurately, a critical step in securing funding. Anyone wishing to help can register here asap so you can plan your online training before January 22-23. Let the office know if you register so we can coordinate zones!
Regular-ish Happenings
Yarn Crafts Group | 11/24 after worship | Parlor
Advent Sunday School | Starts 12/1 at 9am | Parlor
Passive-Aggressive Pickleball | 12/1 at 7pm | Gym
Six Weeks at a Glance
11/24 - Gratitude Night
11/28-11/29 - Happy Thanksgiving | Office Closed
12/1 - Advent Sunday School Begins
12/1 - Hanging of the Greens
12/8 - Candlelight Carol Service
12/22 - Advent Sunday School Ends
12/24 - Christmas Eve Service
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
P.S. First Baptist Church of Pasadena has weekly worship services on Sundays at 10:30am at 75 N. Marengo Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101. If you’re driving in, we invite you to park at 150 E Holly St and bring in your ticket to the lobby for validation. We are also a block away from the Memorial Park Station on the A Line. Contact the office with questions.
