Lessons, Carols & Candles

Please join us for a special time of worship and celebration as we read Scripture and sing carols about the birth of Jesus Christ. Our choir, instrumentalists, and children's choir have also been working on special Christmas music. The service will also be streamed live on our website: Watch Live.

Please also mark your calendars for our other Christmas Services and activities this December:

  • December 21 - Pastors' Christmas Open Houses at 6:30 p.m.
  • December 23 - Worship Service at 9 a.m. (no Sunday School or evening activities)
  • December 24 - Christmas Eve Service at 6 p.m.
  • December 30 - Worship Service at 9 a.m. (no Sunday School or evening activities)

Please contact us with any questions!


December Services & Activities

Please mark your calendar and join us for our special services and activities this December. Contact us with any questions!

  • December 16 - Lessons, Carols, & Candles at 6 p.m.
  • December 21 - Pastors' Christmas Open Houses at 6:30 p.m.
  • December 23 - Worship Service at 9 a.m. (no Sunday School or evening activities)
  • December 24 - Christmas Eve Service at 6 p.m.
  • December 30 - Worship Service at 9 a.m. (no Sunday School or evening activities)

Pastors' Christmas Open Houses

The pastors would like to say thank you to the church family for allowing them to minister the Word in this way. Everyone is invited to stop by the pastors' homes on Friday, December 21 from 6:30-8:30. This is a drop-by event, so please come when you can, enjoy some snacks, and visit in each pastor's home.

Addresses:


Ladies' Christmas Tea 2018

You are invited to join us for an evening of good food, fellowship, music, and more at our annual Ladies’ Christmas Tea. As we celebrate our Savior’s birth, our guest speaker will be sharing the reason Christ came to earth.

Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m., with the doors opening at 6 p.m. Valet parking is provided. Seating is limited; please contact the church office or your hostess to reserve a place. Reservations are required by Sunday, November 25.


Community Groups

Koinonia - sharing a common life, community, fellowship

The word “Koinonia” shows up over and over in the New Testament. It is a word that is used from the first gathering of the church (Acts 2:42) and all throughout the epistles. “Koinonia” is often translated “fellowship.” This translation isn’t wrong, but our picture of fellowship is often very limited. We think fellowship is any conversation with another Christian that usually involves food, but “Koinonia” means far more than a conversation. When Acts 2:42 says the early church devoted themselves to the apostle’s teaching and the fellowship, it is not simply saying that they had a fellowship meal or that they talked a lot, although neither of those are bad. “Koinonia” is saying that the early Christians shared a common life together, that they had a relationship that flowed out of a shared life in Christ. Their fellowship involved praying together, giving to each other, encouraging each other in the Word, and more. “Koinonia” wasn’t a church service; it was the shared life of the Christians in the church.

Fellowship can develop naturally in a church. Fellowship can happen over some coffee in the foyer. Fellowship can happen as one person befriends another and encourages them in the Word. It can happen when someone finds out about a need and meets that need. No announcement was needed or program started for that fellowship to happen, but fellowship can also easily be missed in a church culture. With ministries to volunteer for and sermons to listen to we can easily have a full church calendar without having true Christian community.

So to help produce true Biblical community (“Koinonia”) we will be forming community groups. Our community groups will be 6-10 families that will gather at different points throughout the week to study to share their life in Christ together. These groups will study God’s Word together, enjoy a meal together, care for individuals who have needs, and reach out to visitors in our community throughout this year. Our community groups shouldn’t be viewed as another service or as simply a Bible study, but a group of individuals that come together to encourage each other and serve together.

If interested in being in a community group, please contact a pastor that is organizing a group in the area you are interested in.

Beginning September 12 at 11am at the church building
AND also beginning September 12 at 6:30pm at the Love's home

Beginning September 12 at 6:30pm at the Tuttle's home

Beginning September 17 at 6pm at the Schrank's home

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First Baptist Teen Group

Teens are invited to a time of fellowship and learning on Sunday nights during the school year. We start September 9 at 6pm!

Sunday Evenings (September-May)
6:00-7:15pm

(NOT meeting: 11/11, 11/24, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30)

Game Time & Spiritual Growth Lessons
Invite your friends!

For more information, please visit our teen page, or you may contact our youth leader, Pastor Dave Hinz.

Upcoming Activities
December

Teen Christmas Party
Saturday, December 8 at 6pm-9pm
@ First Baptist Church
Each person bring a “white elephant” gift and a special Christmas dessert (cookies, cake, kringle, etc.)


Ladies' Fellowship Evening - November 2018

Ladies, you are invited to join us for a fun evening of painting! It's on Tuesday, November 27 from 7-9pm at the church. Don’t be intimidated if art isn’t your thing - we have an excellent teacher coming to help us all create something beautiful! Paint something for a gift or display it in your own home.

To help plan, please see your mail folder for an informational form with designs, sizes, and cost. Forms can be returned to Vicky Hull, Jenny Vickery, or the Church Office by November 25. You can also call Vicky (920-238-7107) with your choices. Questions can be directed to Jenny Vickery.

Below are the options:

Please choose 1 design. Note that colors can be customized to suit tastes & decor. Our guest artist will help with color mixing. :-)

  • Angel of Love

  • Cardinal Lamppost

  • Christmas Joy

  • Nativity Silhouette

  • Rustic Cross

  • Cheer Snowman

Please select a size:

  • 16” x 20” — $25
  • 12” x 12” — $20
  • 10” x 20” — $20
  • 12” x 16” — $20

Sunday School - Fall 2018

Please join us for our Sunday school hour; we would love to have you! Our Bible study groups meet around 11:00 a.m. (following the Sunday Morning Worship Service) and typically last for 45-55 minutes. This fall there will be four Sunday School electives offered for the teens and adults:

  • The Christian and Politics (Pastor Luke Love) - Auditorium (FULL as of 9/7)
  • Technology: Use and Misuse (Pastor Caleb Roth) - Fellowship Hall
  • Christianity and Other Religions (Pastor David Hinz) - Teen Room (FULL as of 9/7)
  • The Christian and the Workplace (James Vickery) - Foyer

Space is limited because of the size of some of the classrooms and to facilitate discussion about these topics. To sign up for a class, please contact Pastor Luke Love.

A Sign Language Class is also starting on September 9. Find more details here.

Age-appropriate classes are also available for children, as well as a staffed nursery.


Thanksgiving Fellowship 2018

We have so much to be thankful for as God has blessed us abundantly. Our annual Church Thanksgiving Meal is a time each year that we take to praise God for His blessings. This year's meal will be on Sunday, November 11 at 12:30 p.m. There will be a sign-up sheet at the welcome desk to sign-up to bring different items for the meal, and each individual in the church is encouraged to fill out a praise card (located in the foyer of the church building) to help us give praise to God for all that He has done for us.


Guys, Guns, 'n Grub

Men and teen guys 13 and older are invited to an afternoon of fellowship, food, and shooting on Saturday, November 3 at 11:00 a.m. The cost is $5 for lunch, and each individual is asked to bring guns and ammo if they would like to enjoy some target practice. Please sign-up at the welcome desk.

Location

Held at the Holda Homestead