Get Connected Get Informed Get Involved CHRISTMAS REACHES - CHRISTMAS MUSICAL

⇒ Brought to us by the Children & Adult Choirs, 160 cast members

⇒ Written & directed by Mike Imboden & Jennifer Schmidt

⇒ Dec 12, 13, 14 & 15 at 7pm; Dec 13, a 3pm matinee

⇒ To ensure seating, tickets are required. Get yours in the main office—

Sundays 8:30-12, or Monday - Friday, 7:30 am - 5 pm

⇒ Suggested donation of $3 per ticket

⇒ Performers: please check your personal schedules for times and dates

of rehearsals

THANKSGIVING DINNER - THIS WED, NOV 18 ⇒ Turkey with all the fixings

⇒ Special music provided by our Spanish Ministry Worship Team

⇒ Regular kids programming and adult classes afterwards

⇒ 4 serving lines open from 5 - 6:30pm

⇒ We’re prepared for 600 FCC family & friends to s

hare together! Plan now to attend

FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY ⇒ Learn more, choose one free preview session to attend:

⇒ Wed, Nov 18, 5:45pm or 7pm room 103A

⇒ OR Wed, Dec 9, 5:45pm or 7pm room 103A

⇒ Facilitated by Susan Knoll

⇒ Contact Heath Schnelle if you’re interested in attending or leading Dave

Ramsey’s course, 722-7202 or hschnelle@fcc-jc.org.

OUR MISSIONARIES ARE COMING TO JOHNSON CITY! ⇒ Displays in the Atrium: Saturday, November 28 -December 20

⇒ Missions Emphasis Day, Sunday, November 29

⇒ Missionaries will take part in Worship services & Sunday School

⇒ 5:30 pm Saturday - Abraham Thomas speaking

*8:30 service - Tony Twist speaking

*9:45 service - Abraham Thomas speaking

*9:45 CLC service - Jair Castillo speaking

*11:05 service - Ziden Nutt speaking

*12:30 Spanish service - Jair Castillo speaking

⇒ Missionaries will be in Atrium to share about their missions

⇒ 11:05 hour KidsTime—Jair & Norma Castillo will be in both Elementary and

Preschool Areas

⇒ Mon, Nov 30-gathering with Castillos for 2005-2009 5th Grade Parent-&-

Child Mission Trip

⇒ Wed, Dec 2—Jair & Norma Castillo will be in Student Ministries

ASSESSING YOUR STRENGTHS (1 SESSION, 4 OPPORTUNITIES) Come on Mon, Nov 30 or Dec 7, OR Tues, Dec 1 or Dec 8. 6:30-8:30pm in room

103A. Discover your gifts, find your place.

Welcome, Members and Guests! Thank you for worshiping with us today. This bulletin is your guide to events that will introduce you to Christ and enable you to grow in your faith, which all of us are commanded to do. Please sign up for events

and information, using your friendship card, which you will find as an

insert, and drop it into the offering plate as it is passed. We want to be

able to serve you better.

WELCOME, NEW MEMBERS! Russell & Norma Nelson (baptisms)

WEDNESDAY MEALS - $5 per person / $15 per family RSVPs will be accepted until noon on Tues, November 17, Team 3

serving. November 18 menu: Thanksgiving Feast! Turkey & Dressing, Mashed

Potatoes & Gravy, Corn, Green Beans, Sweet Potato Casserole,

Cranberry Salad & Pumpkin Pie

LADY CRAFTERS - Please join us for our monthly night of food, fun and

fellowship while we work on our own current crafting projects. We

meet in G20C on Tuesday, November 17, at 6 pm. Be sure to bring a

snack to share and prepare to have fun! (This is our last meeting this

year - we begin again January 19.)

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD - ⇒ Challenging each family to fill one shoebox

⇒ Deadline: November 22 (next week)

⇒ Leftovers? - Fill bins found around the building with extra items

⇒ Monetary donations? - Make checks payable to FCC, memo line

“Operation Christmas Child”

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AT OCC PROCESSING CENTER ⇒ Women’s Ministry, Dec 10, contact Kat Humphries,

kathyhumphries@yahoo.com, or 926-9700.

⇒ Student Ministry, Dec 5 or Dec 12, from 12-9 pm, contact Sarah Korell,

722-7211, skorell@fcc-jc.org.

KIDSTIME (INFANT THRU 5TH GRADE)

TONIGHT - Star Polisher Gathering - If you have signed up to participate

in Star Polishers as either a 5th grader or as a Star Polisher, join us for

a special night of getting to know one another in room G20A from 5

-6 pm. If you are a 5th grader participating in Star Polishers, please

make every effort to attend...this is when you’ll meet your Star

Polisher!

Gathering with Castillos - Mon, Nov 30 - If you were part of the 5th

grade Parent-&-Child Mission Trip in 2005-2009, join Ms. Nikki for a

special evening with Jair & Norma Castillo from Vido Nueva.

Please bring a dessert to share. Room G20A - 6:30 - 8 pm. RSVP

to Nikki at 722-7207.

Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser - Mon, Dec 14, in the Round Room from

5-6:30 pm. Your ticket donations will help to support our 5th

grade Parent-&-Child Mission Trip. Tickets available beginning

Dec 2 for a suggested donation of $6. Stop by the KidsTime

Welcome Center to get yours! (This is also one of the musical

nights. You could enjoy dinner & then catch the performance!)

Take-out boxes will be available.

HIGH SCHOOL (9TH - 12TH GRADES) Tennessee Christian Teen Convention is Jan 8-10, 2010. You don’t want

to miss this life-changing event! It is an amazing opportunity to

spend time with friends & meet God in a powerful way. Early Bird

Registration ends this Wed for the discounted price of $145 (cost will

be $165 after that). Turn in your $50 deposit & a registration form to

lock in your rate. Forms are available online or from the youth office.

COLLEGE College students and High school seniors: Come with us to Atlanta,

Jan 2-5, 2010 for the Passion Conference. You have never seen

anything like this before! 20,000 plus students will converge to

worship with Tomlin, Crowder, Fee, Redman and more! The cost is

$225 due 12/1/09. Drop off your registration at the church office

today!

Join us next week for a caving adventure! Meet at FCC in the CLC

at noon. From there we’ll grab lunch and go caving. Be sure to

bring old clothing and shoes, a flashlight and money for

lunch. See you there!

Get Involved

SATURDAY NIGHT SERVICE—We are looking for 50 more faithful

adults who will make the Saturday Service THEIR service. If you

have not committed by signing your friendship card, please do so

today.

Would you like to clean God’s House? We need people willing to

volunteer each week to help clean our building: wash windows, walls &

glass doors; vacuum the Worship Center, hallways & classrooms and dust.

If you can help, please contact Danny VanDyke at 232-5700 and he will

get you connected.

November 14 & 15, 2009

Service Times Saturday, 5:30 pm Contemporary (Christian Life Center)

Sunday, 8:30am, 11:05am Blended Services (Worship Center)

9:45am Contemporary Services (Worship Center & Christian

Life Center)

12:30pm Spanish Service (Worship Center)

Senior Minister, Tim Wallingford

NEWS

Today’s flowers are given by Harry Young

in memory of his wife, Dorothy.

HOSPITALIZED Anthony Gibbons - JCMC NICU

Laura Sue Sheets - JCMC 2221

Katie Flanary - JCMC 6208

Last Week’s Attendance & Offering

General attendance 1485

Sunday school attendance 626

Sunday’s offering $ 42,673 .92 Building Fund

Balance on debt $ 1,349,000

Building fund gifts last week $ 7,353

Building fund gifts year to date $ 105,401

Our sympathy is extended to

Sherry & Wayne Williams in the passing of

Sherry’s father, Rolland Seward; and

Tom & Julie Mackorell in the passing of

her uncle, Jack Danner.

Dear FCC Family,

Thank you for all your prayers and cards

during my mom’s illness and passing. I

would read her the cards and she would

comment on what a special church

family I had. Love in Christ, Tim and Patty

Please join us for a baby shower for

Rachel and Jason Miller, Sunday, Nov 22

from 3-5 in the Atrium at FCC.

Rachel & Jason are registered at Babies-

R-Us and Target.

Salvation Army Bell Ringers needed!

We are ringing the bells again this year at

Wal-Mart on Brown’s Mills Rd on Dec 5

from 9 am - 8 pm, both doors, in one-hour

shifts. Sign-up in the Atrium or call

Gordon Sutton, 282-2468.

Notebooks for your sermon outlines are

available at the Information Booth in the

Atrium for $5 each.

Recordings of today’s sermon (and

past sermons) are available in the

Library.

Children’s programming is provided

during each service. New to FCC?

Stop by the KidsTime check-in desk to

register your child.

Youth Programming is provided at

11:05 in the Green Room for Middle

School and in the Blue Room for High

School.

The College Class meets in the CLC

at 11:05.

Check out one of our many Adult Sunday School classes, which are

available during the 9:45 and

11:05am services. It is a great way

to build relationships and grow in your faith!

Questions? Need help? If so, stop by

the Information Booth on the Atrium

level, and there are information

greeters in the Atrium as well. Look

for a person wearing a purple FCC

shirt or apron.

ASL interpreting for the hearing

impaired is available at the 11:05 a.

service.

Television Programming:

Charter Channel 41

Comcast Channel 14

8 -8:30am - “In the Word”

(Today’s lesson)

8:30-9am - “In the Word”

(Next week’s lesson)

9-9:30am - “In the Word”

(Today’s lesson)

9:30-10:30am - Worship Service

(Last week’s service)

10:30-11am “In the Word”

(Next week’s lesson)

11am-noon - Live Worship Service

Website: www.fcc-jc.org will have

the weekly sermon outline and

bulletin available for viewing by

Friday.

This Week

Sunday (11/15/09) ∗ 5 pm - Star Polishers Gathering, G20A

Tuesday (11/17/09) ∗ 6 pm - Women’s Craft night, G20C

Wednesday (11/18/09) ∗ 5 pm - Blood Pressure Clinic, G20

∗ 5:45 pm - Financial Peace Preview,

103A

∗ 7 pm - Financial Peace Preview,

103A

Thursday (11/19/09) ∗ 12 pm - Finance Meeting, G49

∗ 6 pm - Senior Saints’ Birthday Bash,

CLC

Friday (11/20/09) ∗ 6:30pm - Home School Co-Op Open

House, 103A

MICE IN THE KITCHEN? Bears in the

Blue Room? Volcanoes erupting

WHERE??? Have you ever wondered

what exactly the Home-School Co-op

does each week at FCC? Here's your

chance to find out. We are having an open house to show what we've been

studying this semester, and we hope

you'll come take a peek. Please join us

Fri, Nov 20, 6:30 pm, room 103A, for

snacks, a short program, & a chance to

see samples of our work. For more

information, contact Tonya Murphy,

767-6022.

Recurring Events For Your Convenience

Sunday 6 pm - HS Praise Team. CLC

6 pm - HS Outreach Team, Blue Room

Monday 8:30 am - Pilates, G19 10 am - Seniors’ Exercise Class, Round

Room

7 pm - HS Momentum Groups, off-site

(check the website)

Tuesday 9:30 am - Church Prayer Group, G29

6:30 pm - With Hope in Mind, Faulkner, 101A

7 pm - Women’s Bible Study, Esther, 103A

Wednesday 5 pm - Dinner, Round Room

Wednesday Night Classes 6:40 pm- Refuel - Middle School, (gr 6—8),

121 (Green Room)

6:45 pm - 35 and Above Singles,

Wallingford, 105B

6:45 pm - Children’s Programming

6:45 pm - Men’s Bible Study, Way, G30

6:45 pm - I John, Schnelle & Robins, 105D

6:45 pm - Bethel Class, Daniel, 103B

6:47 pm - Pulse, High School (gr 9-12), CLC

7 pm - Starting Point, Montgomery, 101A

7 pm - Men’s Prayer Group, G29

Thursday 10 am - Precept, Blackmore, 103A

10 am - Women’s Bible Study, off-site

11am - Emmaus Prayer Group, G29

5:30pm - Emmaus Reunion Group,

Humphries, G29

7 pm - HS Momentum Groups, Off-site

(check the website)

7 pm - Men’s Small Group, Hearn, G49

Friday 6 am- Women’s Prayer Group, off-site

8:30 am - Pilates, G19

10 am - Seniors’ Exercise Class, Walker,

Round Room

Saturday 5:30pm - Worship Service, CLC