Dear Friends
and Members of Fremont Baptist Church,
The Fall colors are starting to
fade. Soon Thanksgiving and the season of Advent will dawn around us. Come to
the “Hanging of the Greens” which will take place on Saturday, November 30th
in the afternoon, to decorate the church for the first Sunday of advent the
following day in preparation and celebration of our Lord’s birth. As we move
through the month of November, may we keep our “Missional Eyes”, wide open. Let
us bring food and socks to church for our neighbors in need. The Food is for
the Union Gospel Missions Men’s Shelter, Annual Thanksgiving meal, that they
serve to thousands of homeless on Thanksgiving Day. Please continue to bring in
food items now through Monday, Nov. 25th. The socks are collected
for Operation Nightwatch’s annual “Sock it to Homelessness” drive giving them out to those who live outside in
the cold. They ask for white athletic socks, but will accept any. We will collect
them into December.
If you need a list of requested
items for the Feast, please read the article inside this newsletter, ask in
church or call the office. Depending on the amount of food donated; I look
forward to making “several” trips down to Pioneer square to drop off a car load
or two, as the food rolls into church.
I tell ya folks, no can of corn,
peas, carrots, Stove Top Stuffing or frozen Turkey hindquarters will go to
waste at the mission! I pray as we
gather with our respective family and friends on Thanksgiving Day, that our
“collective memories” of our church’s faith and commitment to “feeding the
poor” will warm our hearts and spirits as we celebrate Thanksgiving day,
November 28, 2024!
In closing, I pray you will take a
little time before and on “Turkey Day” to read and reflect over Psalm 100, also
known as “The Psalm of Thanksgiving”.
This Holy teaching “ever” seeks to remind us that God’s children and
church are called to love, serve and “feed” our poor fellow brothers and
sisters in need, in Christ’s Holy name. I pray you have a safe and Joyful month
of November, and a happy Thanksgiving Day.
