Last Weekend

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

1,054 1,428 932 3,414

To know Christ and make Him known in Southwest Florida and beyond.
2012-2013 Operating Revenues July 1, 2012 - Nov 25, 2012 Budget Actual Variance

November 24 & 25
Saturday Night Sunday 9:30 a.m. Sunday 11:00 a.m. Total

Worship Attendance

Financial Stewardship

November 24 & 25
Saturday 5:00 p.m. Saturday 7:30 p.m. Sunday 8:15 a.m. Sunday 9:30 a.m. Sunday 11:00 a.m. Home Groups Total

Bible & Life Attendance

20 695 122 372 588 372 2,169

$2,692,578

$2,558,206 ($134,372)

Debt balance as of Nov 25 $6,727,419 Deacon of the Week December 3 - 9 David Mastrangelo & Ned Kendall
If you need assistance, please call the church deacon hotline at 800-732-9573. For Spanish, call 601-6051.

Next Week
Wednesday Family Meal
Meal for Dec 5 (4:45 p.m.-6 p.m. in the Fellowship Recreation-Gym) Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Salad, Veggie, and Dessert
Tickets may be purchased at the ` Lighthouse Cafe during regular business hours or at the door for $6 each or $25 for a family (immediate family residing in home). Alternate choices include grilled chicken breast, hamburger, pizza, or a grilled hot dog.

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering - Southern Baptist churches all over America collect this offering during the month of December for the sole purpose of supporting international missions. Every penny of this offering goes to the International Mission Boards overseas budget, thus supporting our missionaries and their work. Please use the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering envelope in the chair backs and make your check payable to First Baptist Church Naples (put Lottie Moon in the memo section). National Goal: $175 million

Saturday, December 1
5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m.

Weekly Schedule

Touch Points
There is a guest reception in the Commons following the Saturday night and Sunday morning 11am service. Come meet Pastor Wicker.

Guest Reception

Bible and Life Groups: Various Rooms on Campus Worship Service: Worship Center Bible and Life Groups: Various Rooms on Campus Bible and Life Groups: Various Rooms on Campus Worship Service: Worship Center Bible and Life Groups: Various Rooms on Campus Worship Service: Worship Center Bible and Life Groups: Various Rooms on Campus Family Meal: Fellowship Recreation-Gym AWANA: Education Building Band of Brothers Mens Ministry: Chapel RefresHer Womens Ministry: Worship Center (east side) High School Ministry: Student Center Middle School Ministry: Family Life Center-Gym

Sunday, December 2
8:15 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 4:45 p.m. 6:20 p.m. 6:25 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m.

For more information about any of our ministries, please visit our church website at and like us on Facebook at

www.fbcn.org

Wednesday, December 5

www.facebook.com/FirstBaptistChurchNaples.
3000 Orange Blossom Drive, Naples, FL 34109 Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Church Receptionist ............................................................. 597-6057 Enter ext. # for direct connection .......................................... 596-8600 Lighthouse Bookstore ........................................................... 449-4488 First Baptist Academy Naples .............................................. 597-2233 24-Hour Prayer Line ................................................597-PRAY (7729) Church Email .............................................................FBCN@fbcn.org

First Baptist Church Naples

Other events this week include: Resonate, MOPS, Prayer for our Pastors, Celebrate Recovery, and Living Christmas Trees Performance #1. Please see our weekly schedule at www.fbcn.org/weeklyschedule.

Living Trees of Praise

A Baby Changes Everything. That is the theme of this years 30th celebration of the Living Christmas Trees. Laura Ingalls Wilder (remember Little House on the Prairie?) wrote, We are better throughout the year for having in spirit become a child again at Christmas time. We have child-like wonder as we remember how God became flesh and thus sing, Joy to the world the Lord has come! But we are not to be childish in our worship or responsibility; praising Him and proclaiming how He can change hearts and homes. Helen Keller, that remarkable woman who overcame tremendous adversity, said: The only real blind person at Christmas time is he who has not Christmas in his heart. But we also have Christmas on our lips. The premier word for praise in the Bible is Hallelujah! Hallelujah comes from the Hebrew word, hallal, used 99 times in the Old Testament, more than any other major word translated praise. As a high school and college student, I sang in The Messiah at Christmas, with my favorite song being The Hallelujah Chorus. It is good to remember in our current study, Trusting and Thanking God in Tough Times, that we can shout, Hallelujah! He shall reign forever and ever. No wonder hallal means to boast, to celebrate, and to be clamorously foolish. Our Living Christmas Trees Choir and Orchestra will be singing and playing His extravagant praises. Another Hebrew word translated as praise meant to pluck the strings of an instrument or to sing (zamar). It is used 40 times, particularly in 1 Chronicles 16:9, which is in one of the greatest chapters of worship in the Bible: Sing praise to Him. Tell of all His wonderful acts. Thousands will come to the seven performances and hear the life-changing gospel. During the Thanksgiving evening worship service, I taught from Psalm 100:4. Enter His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise. We enter His presence by the will in sheer faith. We dont feel like doing it. Our visible hopes have dimmed, yet we start with thanksgiving (todah), a Hebrew word which means to see that which is not yet visible, knowing that God will bring deliverance. In Psalm 50:23, He who sacrifices thank offerings (todah) honors Me and he prepares the way so that I may show him the salvation of God. Then we stand in the mid-court of praise with song (tehillah). We joyfully are engaged in worship and finally in blessing the Lord (barak) and telling others of His works. You can share Christmas joy and bring peace on earth to someone by inviting him or her to the Living Trees. Pray for the Spirit to speak to them through the dialogue and music and as they hear me present the plan of salvation at the end of the program. Pray for God to use every actor, greeter, costume designer, usher, parking lot attendant, media person, singer, instrumentalist, and dozens of others that work behind the scenes.
Dr. Hayes Wicker Senior Pastor

Upcoming Events

Holiday Schedule

Ministries
First Family Christmas for Single Parents - Help remove a huge burden from a single parent by purchasing Christmas gifts for their children. Stop by the First Family Christmas table in the Commons this weekend and pick up a gift request card. You will be blessed by participating, and youll definitely be a blessing to the single parents of FBCN. Mens Ministry - Join our Band of Brothers this Wednesday, December 5 as we study The Gift and Gain of the Holy Spirit taught by Tom Rider at 6:25pm in the Chapel. RefresHer Special Series - Wednesdays at 6:30pm in the Worship Center - Books are $10 and are available at the Lighthouse Bookstore. Come hear special speakers Kim Hayes speak on Rahab December 5th, Paula Bulmer talk about Ruth on December 12th, and Shannon Moore speak about Bathsheba on December 19th. Tuesday and Wednesday RefresHer are combined for this special series. These are the stories of unlikely women who changed eternity. Rahab, a woman with a past to whom God gave a future. Ruth, who gave up everything, expecting nothing, and God honored her. Bathsheba, whose beauty stirred the passion of a king, and whose pain moved the heart of God. Mary, who responded in simple obedience to Gods call. Each was faced with extraordinary, even scandalous, challenges. Each woman took great personal risk to fulfill her calling. And each was destined to play a key role in the lineage of Jesus Christ. Single Adult Christmas Dinner Party December 14 at 7-10pm - This exciting evening will be at the Carlton Lakes Clubhouse and will feature a live band, nice dinner, mixer fun, and semi-formal dress. Tickets on sale now at the Lighthouse Bookstore or in the singles area rotunda for $20 until December 2. After that they are $30 each. High School Operation ELF - Saturday, December 15 from 9:00am until 4:30pm (bring $10 for lunch). Sign-up by calling the student ministry office at 449-4480.
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Our annual Christmas Eve Candlelight services will be held on Monday, Dec 24 at 4pm and then again at 6pm in the Worship Center. Childcare will not be provided for either Christmas Eve service. All Worship Services and BLGs will meet as normal throughout the holidays. On Wednesday, January 2, our Mens Ministry and Womens Ministry will gather together for a special movie night in the Worship Center at 6:30pm. DNOW 2013 - DNOW is coming soon! We need families that are willing to open their home to host groups of 8-10 students the weekend of January 18-20. Please contact the Student Ministry office at 449-4480.

Blessing Christ Ministries - Bless a family in Immokalee this Christmas by sponsoring a food box. You can pick up your box this weekend in the Missions Kiosk located in the Commons by the Chapel, and they will give you a list of suggested food items to fill the box. Absolute deadline to return the filled box to the Missions Kiosk is Sunday, December 9 at noon. You can also join us on Saturday, December 15 at 9am at the Collier County Fairgrounds and deliver your box personally! Check out our website at blessingchrist. org. For further information, you can contact Chao at 353-5909 (messages will be returned at night between 6:00-9:30pm). We are also looking for donations of toys (new or used in good condition), food box sponsors ($40 each), jackets (new or used), baby clothes (new or used), blankets (new or used), and boxes of Bibles (English $25 a box; Spanish $75 a box). All donated money goes toward expenses, but is not tax deductible. FBCN Staff Anniversaries for December Shannon Moore Director of Womens Ministry Vada Ehling Ministry Assistant John Weaver Premises Keeper (part time) Michael Colby AVL Manager Sherry Estes Premises Keeper (part time) John Shearer Premises Keeper (part time) covering

Missions Kiosk

Living Christmas Trees Performances Begin This Friday!

Tickets for the 30th anniversary production of The Living Christmas Trees are on sale now in the Commons before and after worship services, online at www.fbcn.org, or by calling 888-795-1559 (Mon-Fri 9am-6pm). You may also call 596-8600 x803 for more information. Performances are: Friday, Dec 7 at 7pm, Sunday, Dec 9 at 4pm & 7pm, Thursday, Dec 13 at 7pm, Friday, Dec 14 at 7pm, and Sunday, Dec 16 at 4pm and 7pm.

News

Looking Ahead to January 2013

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4th Annual FBA High School J-Term January 7-18 January Term, or J-Term, is a time of enrichment set aside for FBA High School students to attend one full day course, two half-day courses, or enroll in a two-week internship (available to 11th and 12th grade students). This special term provides students with the opportunity to focus on a subject area or career of particular interest to them.

January 6 - New seasonal BLG Islam and Bible Prophecy begins, taught by Steve Plaster, at 11am in Room WC117. January 6 - Public Issues Meeting at 4pm in Room WC117. January 6 - Deacon Ordination Service at 6:00pm in the Chapel. January 12 - Parent Dedication Class at 5pm in Room ED164. 596-8600 x360. January 12 & 13 - FBA Day at FBCN. January 15 - New semester of Dave Ramseys Financial Peace University begins at 6:30pm in Room DC108. To sign-up or for info: www.fbcn.org/fpu. January 25 - Southern Gospel Music Concert featuring The Taylors (with our own Lindsey Graham) at 7:00pm in the Worship Center. $20 at the door. January 27 - Blood Drive in the FBCN parking lot 9am-2pm. Sign-up:436-5455 January 28 - Discovering FBCN at 6:30pm in Room DC121. 596-8600 x679. January 31 - Alliance Defending Freedom (formerly Alliance Defense Fund) banquet at 6:30pm in the Worship Center.