The Haiti Team is collecting chewable children’s vitamins for their upcoming trip to Port Au Prince in February. No Gummy Vitamins please! Place vitamins in the collection basket in the narthex just inside the doors.
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Live the Questions: Animate Bible Study
Sundays, Jan. 10-31. Faulkner Hall. To ask questions is to open ourselves up to new insights. In each of four upcoming Adult Education sessions, we will watch a short video and discuss the questions the segments pose of the Bible and our relationship to it.
One speaker explores the questions theologians wrestle with reconciling God’s love in the midst of dark and violent stories. Another has us ponder the fact that the gospel stories about Jesus were meant to be game changers for the audience. The third session ask the question: “what’s really going on here?” and how that might shift our interpretation. The last session we will discuss how the Bible is used as a weapon, a fortune cookie and a fairy tale. Please join us with your coffee and your questions! Facilitated by Melanie Clore.
Baking and Cocoa Mix Fundraiser Success
Our third, fourth and fifth and sixth graders decided to “make straight the Way of the Lord” by having a hot cocoa mix and ‘brownies in a jar’ sale to raise money to help our world be a better place. The children and their teachers planned our ingredients, accepted donations and measured out all cups of flour. Every one of us involved would like to give a huge THANK YOU to all who supported the children by purchasing or donating to the children’s work, allowing them to raise over $300 for the Fredericksburg SPCA and St. Jude’s Hospital for Children.
Cold Shelter Seeks Volunteers
Micah Ministries is establishing an “Extreme Team.” The Extreme Team are people who live within walking distance of downtown or who have four-wheel drive and can bring a pot of chili or other simple meal to Fredericksburg Baptist Church on nights snowy nights to feed guests of the Cold Night Shelter. Email Carey Chirico, director of outreach, to join the team!
End-of-Year Donation and Reimbursement Information
With the new year approaching, here is important information about end-of-year deadlines for donations and reimbursements.
Church Reimbursement Forms must be received no later than noon on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015.
Any charitable contributions to be considered for tax year 2015 must be received by the church or postmarked on or before Dec. 31.
- Checks: Please note that the date on the check is immaterial.
- Securities: A stock donation to St. George’s through a broker must show a contribution date of Dec. 31, 2015 or before. The broker should send us the usual donor’s letter confirming the date and the appropriate stock values.
If you have questions, please contact Ben Hicks, business manager.