2/14 – Souper Bowl of Caring
Posted on January 2nd, 2010
On Sunday, February 14, our youth will participate in the Souper Bowl of Caring. It is an opportunity for our youth to help fight hunger and poverty in our community. At the end of the worship service, our youth will station themselves at the exits of the sanctuary holding pots to collect canned and boxed food for our church’s emergency food pantry, and money for FACES, our community food pantry.
Please plan to bring cans or monetary donations to support this effort!!
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Ruth Patteson Day
Posted on September 22nd, 2009
Ruth Patteson was honored last Sunday, September 20, at Farmville Baptist Church for her service as Chair of Farmville Baptist’s Social Committee for the last twenty-five years. A pot-luck luncheon was held in her honor after worship, and she was presented a book of letters of appreciation.
Farmville Baptist is so grateful to Ruth for her many years of service!
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Community Food Pantry
Posted on August 18th, 2009
On the third Saturday of every month, a group from Farmville Baptist has been helping out at FACES (Farmville Area Community Emergency Services), our local food pantry, in packing bags of food for our neighbors. Last Saturday, we bagged over 800 bags of food. FACES is located at 416 N. South St. (the address sign on the picture is wrong!). We try to get to FACES by 7:30 am, and we’re usually finished by 10:30 a.m.
FACES appreciates ANYTHING you can give, but your monetary donations go farther than your food donations. If you give FACES a $10.00 donation, they can buy up to 67 pounds of food! For every 15¢ you donate, they can buy one pound of food from the Virginia Food Bank! All of the money you donate goes to purchasing food and making FACES run, as all workers are volunteers.
To donate, write a check payable to “FACES” to:
P.O. Box 644
Farmville, VA 23901
For more information, visit the FACES website.
Tags: community service, food pantry
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VBS 2009
Posted on June 18th, 2009
On June 14-18, we held our “Crocodile Dock” Vacation Bible School. Over fifty children attended and learned about how God is with us, how God is powerful, how God does what he says he’ll do, how God gives us life, and God cares for us. The refrain for the week was “Fear Not!” We also collected canned goods and $140.95 for FACES, our local food pantry.
Many thanks to Crystal Cupp and Sandy East for directing VBS this year. And once again, a word of appreciation also goes to all our adult and youth volunteers!
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Serving at Farmville Baptist
Posted on April 22nd, 2009
At our quarterly business meeting last Sunday (April 19), church members in attendance approved the following members to serve on our Nominating Committee for 2009-2010: Mc Amoss, Peggy Cave, Don Kyper, Cecil Yeatts and Sandy Yeatts. This committee has the responsibility for connecting people in our church community to different ways of supporting the work and ministry of Farmville Baptist through our committee structure.
The following are the committees of Farmville Baptist. If you feel that God may be leading you to serve in any of these committees or positions of service, please contact Michael or Kathy at the church office to let them know. They will pass that on to the Nominating Committee, which will take into account your desire to serve during their deliberation process.
Tags: committees, ministry, Service
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6/27 – Roadside Cleanup
Posted on March 19th, 2009
We invite our youth and adults to help with our Adopt-a-Highway Roadside Cleanup on June 27 at 8:00 am. We will meet at Tom’s Country Store near Dowdy’s Corner on Rt. 15/Rt. 460. For more information, call Elizabeth Whiley at 315-1060.
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6/20 – FACES Food Distribution
Posted on March 19th, 2009
On Saturday June 20, volunteers of all ages are needed at FACES from 8 to 10 a.m. to help with food distribution. Meet at the church at 7:45 a.m. and walk over to FACES located at 314 N. South St. Patti Trent will serve as our point person that morning.
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Souper Bowl of Caring
Posted on February 2nd, 2009
This past Sunday, February 1, our youth once again participated in the Souper Bowl of Caring. It was an opportunity for our youth to help fight hunger and poverty in our community.
At the end of the worship service, our youth stationed themselves at the exits of the sanctuary holding pots to collect canned and boxed food for our emergency food pantry. They also collected over $330.00 for F.A.C.E.S., our local food pantry. Many thanks to those who gave to this worthy cause!
Afterwards, the congregation enjoyed a soup lunch in the Fellowship Hall. For more pictures . . . Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: donation, hunger, poverty, souper bowl
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Jail Ministry
Posted on September 8th, 2008
On the first Sunday of each month from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m., a small team from Farmville Baptist visits the Piedmont Regional Jail to lead the female inmates in a time of singing, devotion and prayer. This ministry requires no specialized talents, just an open and flexible spirit. Please contact Anita Lynn, 391-3751, for more information and to participate. Please pray for the inmates as they serve their sentence and be released to rejoin their families and the society.
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Bike Rodeo
Posted on May 21st, 2008
Last Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m., we sponsored a community-wide bike rodeo at the STEPS parking lot here in Farmville. About thirteen children brought their bikes to be inspected and serviced by Rodney Dunning and Jordan Whiley. After a bike safety presentation, the kids enjoyed riding around the course set up on the parking lot. And when they got hot from riding, they also cooled off with snow cones!
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