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Wonder Women:Great Women of the Bible.  Our focus will be the great women in the Bible who have changed their worlds by their faith and trust in God.  Dec. 1 Mary (mother of Jesus pt. 2) This is our final sermon in this series and we will take one more look at Mary the mother of  Jesus.  Last week we learned about the will of God from Mary, this week we will see that Mary has a lot to teach us about worship.  One of the most famous hymns in the Bible is the one Mary sang to the Lord rejoicing in Him for choosing her to be the mother of Jesus.   This Sunday Night at 6 pm Jeff has a very special Christmas Communion planned.  It will combine music, scripture reading and the communion service itself to create a great start to our Christmas season at Faith, hope you can join us this Sunday Evening at 6 PM for our Christmas Communion Service.

IN MY WORLD . . .          Please pray for our church treasurer John Crizer in Roanoke Memorial Hospital Missionary of the Week:Steve and Rhonda Nicholes (Korea, Bible College) Our Christmas offering (Dec. 8) will be divided between the needy in our community and the Steward family missionaries to Ireland (below) to help with their travel expense in getting to the field   Special Thanks to all who helped decorate the church for Christmas Wednesday night class Christmas parties December 18th Deacon on Deck for the month of December: Howard Nicely (969-7377) I am thankful for a giving church, thanks for supporting our Christmas projects Christmas baskets for West Virginia drop off box in copy room beside nursery Please pay close attention there are several schedule changes during December  252 children's ministry every Sunday night (This month's theme is wisdom) Thanks to everyone who came out to the Thanksgiving service in spite of the bad weather Half of the Thanksgiving offering went Weekday Religious Education and the other half went to help those hit by the terrible storm in the Philippines    2014 Budget approved (21.5% going to missions) 13 Thanksgiving baskets given 46 Operation Christmas Child shoe-boxes given Follow your church family on Facebook.  Learn of what is going on in the church family.  Just click on above image to go to our Facebook page Got this note on Pastor Appreciation Day.  I may not be as handsome as Jeff or dance like John but at least I am SuperMan :) Click on the above image to go to Faith Baptist Missionary Families Facebook page for the latest concerning our missionaries "I come to you all this morning with a heavy heart as I ask you to be praying for Lesley and her family today as we got word late last night that her Papa (her mom's dad) passed away yesterday." We got this note from Jamey and Lesley Smith our missionaries in Honduras. Please pray for this young couple who have only been on the field for a few weeks. Our web site has been updated.  Why not check it out, just click on the above image to go to our church site.  Thanks to Albert Harris for his work on our site. A new sermon series begins next Sunday.(Dec. 8)  "Christmas Roller Coaster" will look at the highs and lows of the holiday season.  Jeff and I will share the preaching, hope you will join us as we try to avoid ups and downs of this time of year and find a way to a meaningful Christmas Click on above image to go to sermon site for our church. In spite of the horrible weather, we had a great Thanksgiving service at Faith.  The music from the various churches was great and Howard Merrell brought a great message from Psalm 107, The Church was alive with activity last week as crews of volunteers descended on the church to decorate for the Christmas season.  A special thanks to all who worked so hard to make the church look so nice. WE love our volunteers! Various teams visit the Brian Center each month for ministry.  Howard Nicely, Karen Bradberry, Rachel Kimberlin, Angie Kimberlin, Linda Fox and Elaine Price were at the nursing home last Sunday bringing joy to the residents as they sang about the birth of Jesus. My name is Billy Price and I have been the pastor of Faith Baptist Church for 38 years.  I graduated from Lynchburg Baptist College in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1975.  It is now known as Liberty University.  Upon graduation our little family of three moved to Covington Virginia to begin a new church.  Elaine, my wife; Robbie, my son and myself  started our grand adventure.  I was soon blessed with a daughter, Robin.  People often ask me did I know when I started I would be here 38 years later, I can honestly say no and God hasn't given me a reason leave.  I have enjoyed my ministry in the mountains of Virginia, if it is His will I hope to finish my race here, but that's up to Him. Like Tweet Forward to Friend +1