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Church News Church News Church News Pastor’s Lines Dear Church Family, We had a lively business meeting last Wednesday night. Sometimes that statement can make you cringe, but let me assure you that the business meeting was a good thing. Here are a couple of highlights. We are restarting Wednesday night suppers after Labor Day. We are excited that Louise and Terry Lavergne will be cooking great meals, and Mrs. Linda Patterson will be overseeing this ministry of the church. Wednesday night supper has always been about ministry, with a philosophy of providing a nutritious meal to families so that the family can attend Wednesday night activities. We also want to create a place where the church family can conger gate and get to know one another in a casual atmosphere. We look forward to enjoying the food, fellowship, and increased ministry participation on Wednesdays!! We are restarting “Pumpkin Patch”. Noni Sonnier and others are passionate about this Fall Event that attracts over 1000 people to our church property. We will have pumpkins, (duh!), food, snacks, carnival activi- ties, etc. for our church family and for our communi- ty. Ward Elementary students are invited to attend on the weekdays. It will be a great outreach event. We have candidates ready for a New Member Class. The class will start after Labor Day. If you are interested in attending the New Members Class (4 weeks during Sunday School), please let me know. We want you to be a member!! We are starting a Monday Night Visitation Program after Labor Day. I want to ask you to pray about committing an hour a week (on Monday Nights) to assist in visiting our church family, as well as visiting our guests that attend our church. We will be learning how to share our FAITH, and assist in growing our church, by reaching more people. We are glad to welcome Broken Vessels worship and min- istry team to our church today. Broken Vessels has served the church for 20 years, in church services, in camps, and in recorded music. We are thrilled to enjoy their ministry here today. Please be prepared to give a generous love offering to support their work. Enjoy. Blessings, Dr. j PS We are glad to welcome guests to our worship service today. Please let us know how we can serve you. To send a prayer need to the prayer chain, e-mail Liz Bollich at [email protected] text or call @ (337) 580-2896. Student Ministry students.fbcjennings.com Students from 7th - 12th grade are encouraged to join us each Wednesday from 5-7 pm for Bible study. Opportunities to join in Student Ministry: Wednesday Nights: 5-7pm Sunday Mornings: 9:15 - 10:15am Sunday Nights: 5 - 6:30pm FOOD DISTRIBUTION MINISTRY Food Distribution will resume on Monday, August 20 h from 3-5pm. If you are interested in being involved, you are welcome to participate. Thank you for your prayers and service. Plans are being made for our Fall/Annie Armstrong Garage Sale. Items are needed and can be dropped off at the designated garage sale room in the edu- cation building. Date of Garage sale is Saturday, September 29. Wednesday Night Suppers will resume on Wednesday, September 5 from 5-6pm in the FLC Dining Room. Cost : $5.00 Adult $2.00 Child thru Kindergarten Please call the church office (824-3271) to make your reservation. Because of the Labor Day Holiday, we ask that you make this first reservation by 12 noon on Friday, August 31. Menu for September 5 Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce Green Salad Corn Bread Chocolate Éclair Dessert The Wednesday Night Meals have been reinstituted as a Mission project for our church. Many have missed this time of fellowship that we all enjoyed in the past. The following is information to be used in participating in this fellowship/mission event. 1 Reservations must be made by 12noon each Monday by calling the church office at 824-3271. 2. Reservations may be made monthly. 3. A method of paying on-line is being developed and will be announced when operational. 4. Menus will be posted for three months. 5. Linda Patterson will be issuing tickets at the time of each meal. The next session of First Place for Health will begin Monday, September 10 th at 6pm. Anyone interested in signing up can call the church office at 337-824-3271 or text 337-884-3518. Cost of Bible study is $20.00 We are organizing to do Pumpkin Patch again on a smaller scale. If you would like to assist and be a part of a leadership team, please contact Nonie Sonnier. More information forthcoming!
