Breakfast Sunday

Tomorrow is breakfast Sunday! Please bring a dish or drink to share.

Pastor Henry's Retirement Celebration

This Sunday is Pastor Henry's retirement celebration, immediately following morning worship. Andrew's and Jenny's classes are asked to bring salads; Cliff's class is asked to bring vegetables. You can drop off food at the ROC beginning at 8:30.

Christmas Party December 13

Mark your calendars for the Home Builders Christmas party and memorable White Elephant Gift Exchange.

The Annett's are hosting a Festive Potluck beginning at 6:00 pm. Sign ups for food will be later in November. Child care is available.

White Elephant gifts should be the weirdest, ugliest, regifted thing in your home. Bring one per couple.

We hope to see you there!

Operation Christmas Child

The church is collecting presents for Operation Christmas Child. Please have your package and $7 (for shipping) to church before November 16.

For more information on Packing a Shoebox, see the website Samaritan's Purse.

Thanksgiving Baskets

The youth are collecting items for Thanksgiving baskets for members of our community. You can donate $30 or buy the following:
1 box of instant rice
1 lb box of spaghetti
2 lb bag of dried beans
3 cans of green beans
2 boxes of macaroni and cheese
8 pkgs ramen noodle soup
1 box stuffing mix
1 box of instant potatoes
2 can of corn
2 cans of canned meat
2 pkgs of gravy mix
1 jar of peanut butter
1 lb box of oatmeal
2 3oz. boxes of jello
3 cans of peas
1 jar of spaghetti sauce

Over 120 families have already request baskets. Donations are also need for turkeys. Thanks for your help. See Joe Delph with any questions. People to deliver will also be needed at a later date.

Breakfast Sunday

Don't forget it is breakfast Sunday this week!

Bible Study THIS WEEK!

Bible Study this Saturday at Heath and Amy Braswell's

50's Diner Theme

Milkshakes and Floats Provided

Childcare available
Contact Becky if you need childcare

Moms Night Out

Moms Together is hosting a Mom's Night out October 30 beginning at 6:00. Child care is available. We will be going out together for some relaxation and fellowship! Hope to see you there!

Fall Harvest Celebration canceled

We are canceling the Fall Harvest Celebration. We will be having a Spring Fling in April. We will be looking forward to it! Thanks for those that volunteered to help.

Bible Study This Week

Bible Study this week is at the Revell's, for soup, salad, sandwiches, and sweets. Child care is available (it opens at 6:00), dinner begins at 6:30, Bible study begins at 7:30.

Hope to see you there!

Upward Information

We had our second Upward meeting tonight and will continue to meet on Mondays @ 6:30 PM @ the ROC. Winfred and Sandra White have agreed to be our Prayer Commissioners and we have decided to have a float in the Christmas Parade. We are also going to use the night of the parade as a community outreach event and a sign-up night for Upward. I know in the past different Sunday School departments have used the parade as opportunities to gather and eat with their families. We want to take it one step further and open up the ROC to the community that night. If you have any thoughts/ideas let me know. Continue to pray and enlist volunteers for this ministry. The sign-up forms are in and are being distributed at every opportunity. I believe the most effective way of reaching families will be face to face so stop by the office and get a handful of forms to distribute throughout your day. We are in need of coaches and refs so continue to pray for these positions. Thank you for your prayers and commitment, Robert

Fall Harvest Celebration Flyer

If you have a place to display the flyer on our Fall Harvest Celebration, click here and print! Thanks!

Upward Basketball To Start Soon!

It's hard to believe that it is that time of year again. We are quickly approaching January which marks the beginning of our Upward season. Last year we had 122 children participate and personally it was one of the most humbling and gratifying experiences of my life. For those who participated last year I am sure that you would agree. Right now I would like for you to begin praying about your role in this year's season. Pray specifically that God will be glorified through this ministry and that you will be obedient to his direction. Maybe it is coaching or refereeing. Maybe it is sponsoring children that need to be loved. Maybe it is praying for the participants and volunteers. Whatever it may be I encourage you to step out on faith and I promise you that you will be blessed. We will be having a meeting on October 13th @ 6:30 p.m. In the ROC @ FBC Sebring. Please prayerfully consider your commitment to this ministry and I hope to see you Monday night. Robert O'Hern the5oherns at yahoo dot com

Tuesday Prayer Time

The church is requesting pray at the church the following times each Tuesday: 8:30 am, 12:30, and 5:30 pm.

The sanctuary will be open for all those that want to pray to come and pray for as long as you feel led.

Please mark this on your schedule and plan to attend one of the times each Tuesday. If you cannot be physically at the church, please choose one of these times to pray.

Bible Study Date Changes

We had a great Bible Study at the Neiberts. The next two Bible Studies are scheduled. We are having to change the dates due to scheduling conflicts.

October 24th at Jared and Bonny Revell's
Food theme Four S's Soup, Salad, Sandwhiches and Sweets

Saturday November 1st at Heath and Amy Braswell's

If you haven't had the opportunity to attend the Bible Studies it is never to late to come.

Hope you can make it

Bible Study Friday Night

This week is Bible study at the Neibert's home, Friday, October 3. The food theme is southern BBQ.

Dinner starts at 6:30.

Bible study starts at 7:30.

Child care is available ($5 for one, $10 max). It begins at 6:00 at the church.

If you need directions, please contact Rebekah.

Family Harvest Celebration Nov. 8

We will be having a Family Harvest Celebration on Nov. 8 from 11:00 to 2:00 at the ROC. This is a community event and all are welcome.

We need volunteers to set up and man games, serve food, register those that attend, decorate, and clean up. If you are willing, please contact Kimberlee Dion or Rebekah Kogelschatz for more details.

If you can help create decorations beforehand, that would be terrific too! We will be setting up the ROC on Friday, Nov. 7.

We are hoping to get the entire church involved in this event!

Candy donations will be appreciated.

Please invite friends and family. Invitations and flyers will be available soon.

Watch for more information to come!

Moms Together Thursday

Moms Together is a group for moms, step moms, grandmothers, in all ages and stages, and anyone interested in joining a wonderful group of women in fellowship and Bible study. Moms Together is the 1st and 3rd Thursday nights, following the public school calendar.

Each meeting we alternate between Bible study and special activities and events. We do have a light meal for the moms and child care available for children.

There is a $3 fee per meeting to help with the costs of supplies for the fun activities.

Anyone is welcome, you do not have to be a member of our church or have a child in our preschool. We would love to have you!

Third Day In Concert

In case you have not heard, Third Day will be in concert on Nov. 15 in Brandon with Revive and Needtobreathe. Rick and I have bought tickets for general admission. Go to The Joy FM for more details. And let us know if you are going!

Kids need your loving time!

We've been blessed with a great turn out for Wednesday night - the Jesus the One and Only class. So much that we need to split a group - this means we need more helpers. You will not have to be the preparer, or talker, or teacher - unless you want too! We need extra hands to help with activities, provide attention to the kids, even greet the parents at pick up time. This starts at 6:15PM each Wednesday - we typically are setting up from about 5:40 PM to 6:10 PM. This ends at 7:15 PM. If you can only spare a bit of time - I need a departure desk greeter from about 7:00 - 7:20ish. You talk to parents as they arrive to get their kids, invite them to church activities, give handouts to kids as they leave, etc. Contact Lisa Collins if you can help or show up this Wednesday!

Softball Games Every Thursday

Come out and support FBC's softball games at the new adult softball complex every Thursday night at 6:45 PM. Look for the team in the olive green fbc sebring shirts! Come out and cheer them on - great running around space for kids (all fenced in), nice restrooms and a concession stand. usually run about an hour. After the ball game we head to the church front steps to pray. Anyone welcome - come about 7:50 - 8ish if you don't go to the softball game.

Thanks Rebekah

Thanks Rebekah for setting the blog up. It will be fun to post our pictures and happenings coming up.

Becky

Living Free Bible Study

Living Free Bible study, by Beth Moore, begins this Wednesday, October 1, at 6:00 pm. Children's activities begin at 5:30 for ages 4- youth, and nursery is available. Jenny Barrett is the facilitator.

** Supper is available for $3 for children, $4 for adults, $12 per family, beginning at 4:45 pm.

Breakfast Sunday

Sunday is the first Sunday in October, so be sure to bring a dish or drink to share for breakfast. Sunday school starts at 9:15 am.

Clothing Exchange Saturday

Hey Ladies,
I would like to do a clothing/accessory exchange this coming Saturday, at my home, at 2:00 pm. It will last between 1 1/2 to 2 hours, but you should come close to 2 so that all the clothes are here when we everyone gets here.

This is the way it works:
You bring any clean, in good condition, unstained woman's clothing, shoes, purses, and accessories you are ready to be rid of, on a hanger if you can. Bring all sizes.
For each item you bring, you get to take home one item.
It works best with lots of different sizes, so hopefully everyone can find something new.

Accessories work too- jewelry, purses, shoes, belts....

You can try on clothes to make sure you like them.

Any items left over will be donated or you can take them back home.

I would like to have at least 7 people participate, with similar sizes or at least 2 people in similar sizes, so if you would like to participate, please RSVP to me by Thursday with the size of clothes you would be bringing or the types of accessories you are bringing.

The bonus of this is we are recycling clothes and saving money!

Little children would be welcome, but since we are changing clothes, older ones would be hard to manage. I do have a backyard if you need them to come, just let me know.

Hope you can make it! Please invite your friends!

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