BIRTHDAYS November 16

Melanie Brothers, Connor

McCormick, Clint Mohr, Donna

Stallings

November 17

Ronald Dameron

November 18

Caleb Bice, Laura Jones

November 20

Sandy Phipps, Keith Richey, Harold

Violett

November 21

Julie Barnaby, Kevin Ewell, Carolyn

McPherson, Michaela Reel

November 22

Roni Lamp

November 23

Sue Glasco, Adam Zwick

November 24

Don DeMichele, Heather Jett

November 26

Donald Kinstler, Moriah Zwick

November 27

Jeanie Blue, Duncan McCormick

November 28

Carter Bradley, Donna Samples

November 29

Faith Marsack

November 30

David Aldridge, Luke Belobraydic,

Sheila Berlin, Laren Evetts December 1

Bob Dickerson

December 2

Daniel Gundlach, Austin Wilson,

Andi Wilson

December 3

James Troxel

December 4

Bob Forbes, Timothy Schuzer, Greg

Slater, Mike Wiemken

December 5

Andrea Clayton

December 6

Levi Lopez

December 7

George Callahan, Joshua Feth

December 8

Mike Middleton

December 9

Jessica Evans

December 10

Sharon Vaughn

Church Staff Senior Pastor .............. Dr. Bob Dickerson Church Administrator ........ Mike Malone Minister of Music.... Rev. Brian Summers Children’s Coordinator ............ Carol Rix Youth Minister Rev. Madison Presswood Church Office Hours Monday-Thursday .....8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Friday ........................8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Closed for lunch ... 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Web Page - www.fbmarion.org Television Broadcast - Sundays at 11:00 a.m. on The Heartland CW (WQWQ) DirecTV and Dish Network (Ch. 9), Mediacom (Ch. 88.1), Digital Receiver (Ch. 12.2). Church Office - (618)997-9386

First Baptist Church 401 West Union Street Marion, IL 62959

First Baptist Church, Marion, Illinois

LOVING GOD, LOVING OTHERS

LIVING THE LIFE

Volume 75, NO. 11 THE LINK - Linking Church and Home November 2019

BIRTHDAYS December 11 Rae Lynn Allen, Thelma Edmondson, Pilar Munneke, Margie Simmons, Bonnie Snyder December 12 Corey Eaves, Paislee Teeling, Sophia Vanderbilt December 13 Jim Boozer, Robert Boyd, Marcia Harris, Evans Ohms December 14 Shirley Henson, Austin Martin, Charles Murphy December 15 Aidyn Finney, Jennifer McPhail

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“Blessed are you who hunger now for you will be satisfied.

Blessed are you who weep now for you will laugh.

(Luke 6:21)

Cost: Adults - $12; Children through 6th Grade - Free

Also, please bring a dessert.

Sign up in the foyer or call the church office by Sunday, November 17.

Sunday, November 24, Following the Morning Service

Dinner will be catered by Crystal’s Catering and will include: Roast turkey, dressing,

mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, sweet potato casserole, Crystal’s salad,

cranberry relish salad, and yeast rolls.

The JOY Singers will be presenting a

musical in the sanctuary that

afternoon at 2:00 p.m. Plan to stay

and enjoy this special program.

No regular service or activities

that evening.

No evening worship service or

activities Sunday, November 10.

Church office closed Veterans’ Day

Monday, November 11.

FBC CHRISTMAS CARD

POST OFFICE The Church Christmas Card Post

Office will be available beginning

December 1. Christmas cards for

church members may be left in the

appropriate alphabet box. Donations

for using the post office will go to

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for

International Missions.

ANGEL

ORNAMENTS

NEEDED We are working

on building a tree

with angel ornaments for the

Christmas season. If you have an

angel ornament that you would like

to contribute, there will be a

collection box in the foyer. All

colors, sizes, and shapes are

welcome. For more information,

contact Robin Dickerson at 694-

3165.

September 2019 Average Morning Worship

Attendance 392

September 2019 Offering Total Budget Requirements $78,108.30

Budget Receipts 73,864.94

Building Fund 8,174.00

Designated 9,008.03

VETERANS’ DAY SERVICE

JOY Singers will be singing at the

Veterans’ Trail of Heroes Celebration.

Tuesday, November 5, 10:00 a.m.

At Heartland Regional Medical Center

The Quarterly Business

Meeting

has been rescheduled for

Sunday, November 3,

at 6:00 p.m.

October 2019 Average Morning Worship

Attendance 422

October 2019 Offering Total Budget Requirements $62,486.64

Budget Receipts 62,513.62 Building Fund 6,957.00

Designated 2,006.99

CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY To the family of Mary Jones. To Tony and Jessica Belobraydic family in the passing of Tony’s mother, Cheryl. To Justine Dickerson and Bob and Robin Dickerson families in the passing of their husband and father, Clinton Dickerson. To Nancy Williams and Cindy Simmons in the passing of their nephew and cousin, Jackie Boyce. To Clyta and Clifton Lunsford in the passing of Clyta’s uncle, Calvin Carter. To Paul and Jodi Hawkins in the passing of Paul’s Grandmother, Helen Humphreys. To Diana and Les Cranick family in the passing of Diana’s sister, Bernice Coffer.

FOOD & PAPER

GOODS

COLLECTION

The Sanctuary Choir Presents

“Welcome to Bethlehem” Friday, December 20, @ 7:00 p.m.

& Saturday, December 21, @ 2:00 Join us for an exciting evening at the Bethlehem Inn,

where a heart-touching story unfolds through music and

drama. Christmas is a time for joy and bringing hope to a

hurting world—which is exactly what Bethlehem Inn

does every day of the holiday season for its guests!

We are collecting non-perishable food items and

paper goods for our yearly Thanksgiving Food

Drive. Items will be donated to Salvation Army

food pantry. Please leave your donation on the

table in the north foyer.

If you know someone needing help with food, please call the church office

with their name and contact information prior to the week of Thanksgiving.

The church will be providing gift cards for families in need.

Thanksgiving Week Schedule

Sunday, November 24 Wednesday, November 27 8:50 a.m. Sunday School No Wednesday Service or Activities 10:00 Morning Worship 12:00 noon Thanksgiving Dinner Thursday, November 28 2:00 JOY Singers’ Musical Thanksgiving - Office Closed No evening service or activities OCC Shoeboxes due @ Church Friday, November 29 Tuesday, November 26 Office Closed No JOY Singers’ Rehearsal

No monthly luncheon in November due to the church wide

Thanksgiving dinner Sunday, November 24. The next monthly

luncheon will be Tuesday, December 17.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

SHOEBOX DEADLINE - Sunday, November 24 Please plan to have your prepared shoebox at the church by

Sunday, November 24, so all shoeboxes can be delivered to the

regional collection center. Please include your $9 donation per

shoebox gift for shipping expenses.

THANK YOU NOTES Thank you First Baptist Church. The meal was fantastic and we greatly appreciate your willingness to serve our team. Humbled, grateful and blessed! Coach Martin Thank you to everyone who brought food and desserts, and attended the Men’s Wild Game Feast. We had over 60 men attend. It was a wonderful evening and we want to thank everyone who helped put this night together. Kevin Ewell & Men’s Ministry The Children’s Committee would like to thank everyone that donated candy for the Halloween Spooktacular at Rent One Park last Saturday. We were able to give out all of the candy and most of the tracts. We had four trunks that we used to pass out the candy. A special thanks to Jayne and Bret Jennings, Dennis and Cindy Mohr, and Lisa and Tim Darnell, and the college age group for donating their time and talents in decorating the displays. Although it was very wet, cold, and windy it was well worth the time to see all of the thousands of kids!!

New Arrivals Josh and Miranda Malone have a

new baby boy, Trig James Malone,

who was born September 24

weighing six pounds, one ounce, and

was 19.5 inches long. Proud great

grandmother is Ruth Malone and

proud great aunt and uncles are

Jamie and Jerry Keller and Mike

Malone. Congratulations to the

Malone family.

Congratulations to Richard and Myra

Hendrickson who have a new great

granddaughter, Mollie Rae

Palczynski. Mollie was born

October 6 weighing four pounds, 11

ounces, and was 18 inches long. Her

parents are Amanda and Ben

Palczynski.

The JOY Singers Present

A Dottie Rambo Musical Featuring Some of Dottie’s Gospel Classics

Narrated by Dr. Jerry Ford

Sunday, November 24, at 2:00 p.m.

following the Thanksgiving Luncheon

The journey that led Dottie Rambo to become such a prolific songwriter

began in Kentucky where at age eight she learned to play the guitar and

composed her first original song. Two years later she was a fixture on local

country radio broadcasts, but at age 12 she became a born-again Christian,

and ceased performing secular music, though she never denounced it. Dottie

went on to write over 2,500 songs. After receiving numerous awards,

Dottie’s songs live on today.

The Children’s Choir Presents

The Little Drummer Dude Sunday, December 8, at 6:00 p.m.

Join our Children’s Choir on this exciting and fun

journey across the deserts of Persia...all the way to

Bethlehem! We will learn that God can do amazing

things through everyone, even if they are “just a

little dude.”

New Members Larry & Patti Cludray

No evening service or activities Sunday, November 24.