Christmas Bazaar, Praise Team Christmas Concert, Troy Nelson goes home

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Christmas Bazaar December 3rd 10 AM - 4 PM to benefit Caleb Vance mission fund.  For more information, please call Katrina Bradberry at     540-1960 or email: katrinab74@gamil.com Sunday, 4th at 6 pm Praise Team & J.A.M. Kids Music Sunday, 11th Christmas Love Offering  ½  for Benevolent Fund and  ½  for Caleb Vance Mission Fund Karen & Friends Concert at 6pm Sunday, 18th at 6 pm Christmas Drama             ***Actors and Actresses needed .  Sign-up sheet  is located at the Welcome Center or contact  Sis. Marchita McRoberts (965-7823)   Saturday, 24th Christmas Eve Candlelight Service (6-7pm) No Wednesday service on the 21st Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25th One Service Only at 10:30 am

AROUND FAITH    Deacon on Deck in December: Ron Seabolt and his wife Pat will be serving our church family throughout the month.  If Ron can be of any help please call him at 969-1267 Christmas Bazaar Dec. 3 The church voted on Sunday November 27 to accept the new Article of Faith on Sexuality and Marriage Christmas Eve Hospital Ministry call Michelle 962-7362 The church voted at the Budget Meeting to purchase a used bus with only 60,000 miles on it PRIME TIME is a new ministry starting in 2017 for seniors at Faith, this ministry is being led by Bill White if you have any questions or comments see Bill   We now have hearing assist devices available for all of our services, please see Doug in the sound-room to pick up yours before each service. If you have difficulty hearing the service these devices will allow you to listen on your own individual head set. Ladies Prayer Time Every Sunday at 8:45 a.m. In the Bawl Room (located across the hall from our nursery) Men's Prayer Time Every Sunday 8:45 AM pastor's office Support group forming will meet Monday at 2 PM sign up at Welcome Center Pray for the Ruble family in the death of Baby Samuel The congregation voted to accept the 2017 Budget on Sunday night November 27 The church lost one of its special treasures this week Troy Nelson went to be with the Lord this week.  The service for Troy  will be this Sunday, December 4 in the Worship Center at 3 PM, visitation will precede the service at 1:30 PM. Please continue in prayer for his family. 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 (Click on the above image to go to Faith Baptist Missionary Families Facebook page for the latest concerning our missionaries.) Missionary of the week:  Caleb Vance Please pray for Caleb as he now begins to raise his prayer and financial support. (he is at 25%).  The church voted last Sunday night to have Caleb join our mission family here at Faith, praise the Lord for this young man who grew up in our church.  Christmas Bazaar to help Caleb (click on link for more details) Jamey and Lesley Smith are now on the mission field in Nicaragua.  If you would like to send them a note of encouragement, their email address is:  jamey.smith@emiworld.org   Please be sure to put the “.” In the email address between “Jamey” and “Smith” Sent out Christmas gifts to all of our missionaries Voted at our 2017 budget meeting to increase support for our three homegrown missionaries to 1.33% The church web site is loaded with all kinds of info about our church and many photos of recent events.  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. Click on above image to go to sermon site for our church. All the ideologies, all the Utopian promises that have marked this century have proven utterly bankrupt. Americans have achieved what modernism presented as life's great shining purpose: individual autonomy, the right to do what one chooses. Yet this has not produced the promised freedom; instead it has led to the loss of community and civility, to kids shooting kids in schoolyards, to citizens huddling in gated communities for protection. We have discovered that we cannot live with the chaos that inevitably results from choice divorced from morality. -Charles Colson Teens will meet in the modular building for Impact Student Ministries.  Jeff Riley will be speaking each week to our teens, live praise and worship led by Levi Seay and Jeff has some special surprises up his sleeve.  Please encourage the teens in your life to be a part of this dynamic ministry and pray that God will use this new ministry to  "impact" teens in Alleghany County.   My name is Billy Price and I have been the pastor of Faith Baptist Church for 41 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 41 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.