After celebrating Thanksgiving, Christmas is a time to show our thankfulness as we remember God giving the greatest gift ever—His Son, Jesus Christ, to be our Savior. We can share His gift by giving. We all give gifts to our families because we love them, but I want to challenge us all to give so everyone has a chance to receive God’s gift.

The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering is an opportunity to make an impact on our world. 100% of that offering goes to support the missionary presence of 3,515 missionaries around the world who share the gospel. 2023 saw 141,206 new believers and 116,992 were baptized. 

It is exciting to see the growth in our Preschool/Children’s ministry and I am pleased to share that FBC just voted to include the Birth-3 yr old ministry to our Director of Preschool and Children’s Ministry, Abby White.

Monica and I want to wish Merry Christmas to everyone for God’s gift of Jesus!

December is here, which means it’s time for all things Christmas! On Saturday, December 7, we will have a Parents Night Out, where the kids will be able to come to church and watch Christmas movies, play games, make some crafts, and have great fun together! We will even be able to go out on the front porch of Elliott Hall to watch the Somerville Christmas Parade pass by the church. On December 8, the kids will participate in the Christmas Musical. They have been practicing diligently, and I look forward to hearing them sing with the church choir. We will have our kid’s Christmas party in the Hub during Children’s Church on Sunday, December 15, for kids in PreK-6th grade. God has been so good to our Children’s Ministry this year and I look forward to celebrating the birth of our Savior as we prepare to wrap up 2024. Merry Christmas!

The Student Ministry has an exciting month ahead as we celebrate the Christmas season! We will be having a special Christmas Student worship service on Wednesday night, December 4, in the youth room, and we will have a Christmas party on Wednesday night, December 11. The Students will also be going to the Memphis Zoo Lights and Ice Skating Rink on December 14. We are looking forward to celebrating the Christmas season together!

As far as our recreation ministry goes, we are now finishing up basketball sign-ups, and we are looking forward to beginning our practices in a couple of weeks. We are still in need of volunteers, including coaches, assistant coaches, and concession helpers. Please contact Elliot for more details.