Back to School Event
Posted on August 6th, 2011
Farmville Baptist partnered with FACES (our local food pantry), the Youth Empowerment Center, and Minister Pamela LaRue to sponsor a Back-to-School event this morning to feed a hot breakfast to over fifty students and then escort them to the Youth Empowerment Center for a anti-bullying program. Afterwards, all the students received school supplies to help them with the beginning of school this Wednesday. This was truly a community effort! The following churches and businesses contributed school supplies and back packs to this event: Apostolic Faith Church of All Nations, College Presbyterian Church, Farmville Baptist Church, Farmville United Methodist Church, Farmville Presbyterian Church, Hampden-Sydney College, Heritage Baptist Church, Mt. Pleasant/Beulah/Mt. Harmony United Methodist Churches, Reclaiming Our Lives Ministry, St. James Orthodox Church and Wal-Mart. We are so thankful that these churches and businesses partnered together to make this event possible!
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Tags: Back to School, breakfast, children, food pantry, school supplies
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Passport Kids Camp Info
Posted on April 6th, 2011
Here’s updated information about our Passport Kids! Camp this summer.
Passport Kids! Camp
Eagle Eyrie Conference Center, Lynchburg, VA
June 16-19, 2011 (Thurs – Sun)
Theme: “Treasure”
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be open to you.” Matthew 7:7 (TNIV)
Total Cost: $240 (minus $60 deposit and fundraising amount credited to camper’s account)
Payment Deadline: Tuesday, April 26, 2011.
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3/20 – Children’s Mission Workshop
Posted on March 17th, 2011
Your family is invited to a Children’s Missions Workshop for hands-on helping activities.
Sunday, March 20 at 4:30 (pizza served at 5:30) at Farmville Baptist Church Fellowship Hall
Families will rotate through four stations during an hour, during which time they will…
- prepare an entrée for our own church members who have had an illness
- make warm hats for people in our community (distributed during the winter at FACES)
- create greeting cards for Centra Hospice
- fill shoeboxes with school supplies for children in Liberia (distributed by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship)
There is no charge, but donations for pizza and the postage for the school-supply kits are gladly accepted. If you’d like to bring school supplies for the shoeboxes or if you have other questions, please email or call Beth Cheuk (b_cheuk [at] yahoo.com or 391-3616).
RSVPs (to Beth Cheuk) are wonderful but not required.
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Souper Bowl of Caring
Posted on February 6th, 2011
On February 6, our youth and children collected our “Souper Bowl of Caring” donations that will help FACES, our local food pantry. Afterwards, our youth and children and their parents hosted a soup lunch to help raise funds for camp. For more pictures . . . Read the rest of this entry »
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Children’s Hayride 2010
Posted on October 19th, 2010
Farmville Baptist Church will be hosting a Children’s Hayride on Sunday, October 24, from 3:30 p.m. to around 5:30 p.m. at 952 Lockett Rd. There will be “fall festival” games for children to play.
Please bring a covered dish to share and please bring lawn chairs!
Please contact Sara Thompson to RSVP!
For directions to the hayride . . .
Directions to the Hayride:
From Farmville take 460 East, go past Trinity Memorial Gardens on your right
Turn LEFT on County Road 600 (if you get to Rt. 307 you have gone too far).
The road will fork.
Veer LEFT on County Road 619 (Lockett Rd.)
Look for a hayfield on your right at 952 Lockett Rd.
If you get lost, contact Wayne Wallace for directions 390-7818 (cell).
UPDATE: We had a wonderful time at the hayride! Many thanks to Wayne Wallace for hosting it! For pictures . . . Read the rest of this entry »
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VBS 2010
Posted on July 2nd, 2010
This week 38 children joined FBC in taking a journey through Egypt with Joseph. We enjoyed time in the market place, spending time in the Jewelry shop, where we made Egyptian jewelry, the Barbershop, where we became clean-shaven citizens of Egypt, and the Brick-making shop, where we made bricks in the same way that the Egyptians made them. Other shops included a Salon, the Food shop, and a Hieroglyphics shop. We also had a linen shop, where the kids spent time completing 5 warm fleece blankets to send to Africa via Operation Kid to Kid.
In bible time, we got to see Joseph’s life change as he went from being a prisoner on day one to being an assistant to the Pharaoh. Joseph taught us important lessons, such as God gives us hope, and God gives us forgiveness.
We would like to thank Cindy Cave and Sara Thompson for working together to create a fun week for everyone involved!
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6-27 VBS!
Posted on May 30th, 2010
June 27 to July 1, 2010
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
For ages 3 to completed 5th grade
Cost: Free
Register now by contacting the church office at 392-5041 or online.
Participants: Parents and older siblings are welcome to participate in our Egyptian families, too. So pass the word to children and all parents with children.
Volunteers: We need adult & teenage musicians, teachers, helpers, shopkeepers (i.e. crafts & food) to lead a variety of Bible-times activities.
Donations/Loan: We need the following to accomplish the Egyptian theme: baskets, costume jewelry, small tents, white sheets, blankets, terra cotta pots, urns, men’s large white T-shirts, burlap sacks, glue, ink pads. Of course, financial donations are also appreciated.
Prayers: Last, but not least, we need you to pray that God will direct this viable mission for the advancement of his kingdom!
If you can help, please contact Cindy Cave, 392-4422, or Sara Thompson for more information.
PS – in 2007, we did a similar VBS called “Galilee by the Sea.” You can see pictures of that VBS by visiting here.
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Passport Kids! Camp Info
Posted on April 7th, 2010
Here’s updated information about Passport Kids! Camp for summer 2010!
Passport Kids! Camp
Eagle Eyrie, Lynchburg, VA
June 19-22, 2010 (Sat – Tues)
Theme: “Barefoot”
How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!
Total Cost: $235 (minus $60 deposit and fundraising amount credited to camper’s account)
Children who have completed 3rd grade through 6th grade are eligible for Passport Kids.
Payment Deadline: Sunday, April 25, 2010. (Parents and youth will receive a notification by April 18 letting them know exactly how much each camper still owes for camp.)
For more information and to download information and medical release forms . . .
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2/21 – Camp Fundraiser – Soup Lunch
Posted on February 11th, 2010
On Sunday February 21, our children and youth will sponsor a soup lunch after the worship service to raise money to help them go to summer camp.
We encourage you to attend and ask that you donate an amount to this cause that you would normally spend for a restaurant lunch.
Please contact the church office (392-5041) if you plan on coming to this fundraiser.
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Dedication Service: Mason Swanberg
Posted on December 14th, 2009
This Sunday, we had a Dedication Service for Bobby and Ann Swanberg and their son, Mason William Swanberg born August 7, 2009.
We were honored that many family members were at the service, including siblings Abigail and Carter; grandparents Jack and Edith Ann Austin, and Jerry and Carolyn Swanberg; aunts Katherine Austin and Heather Swanberg; and uncle Chris Swanberg.
We give thanks to God for bringing Mason safely into the world, and we pray God’s blessings on Bobby and Ann as they raise Mason, Carter and Abigail!
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