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Our Wild West Fall Carnival was held on
Friday, October 28, and proved again to be a
great opportunity to have fun while meeting
lots of people from our community. We had a
wide variety of carnival games for the kids
to enjoy and everyone got to have a free hot
dog meal! The Gospel was creatively
presented by "Amazing Truth Ministries"
through a very impressive "magic" show.
Special thanks to all of the volunteers who
worked at the carnival - it couldn't have
happened without YOU!
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GFBC men meet periodically for Saturday
breakfasts. On November 12, they met to
hear guest speaker, Dr. Paul Null. He
gave a very moving testimony of his
salvation and how God has worked in his
live. We will be privileged to have him
as our speaker in March. Stay tuned for
registration coming us soon.
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On November 13, we voted in several new
members. They were Autumn and Terry
Bryant and their two children (not
pictured), Jared and Lucianna Dilsaver
and their four children, Terran Hall and
Greg Lindstrom. We are blessed that they
have chosen to covenant with us in God's
family here at GFBC. Be sure to welcome
them.
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Operation Christmas Child |
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The efforts of our AWANA families, along
with the GFBC families produced a total
of 104 shoeboxes for Operation Christmas
Child, filled with toys, hygiene items,
school supplies and candy. These boxes
will travel all over the world to needy
communities and will be given to
children who attend special gospel
presentations given by the local
churches and Samaritan's Purse
volunteers.
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21 youth from GFBC will be going to
Winter Youth Celebration after
Christmas. In order to raise funds for
this, they once again held a dessert
auction which raised $1,290. Simple
desserts get auctioned off for as much
as $100. Special tables were auctioned
off which provided special food and
drink.
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Women's Christmas Dessert |
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Beautiful tables, wonderful
fellowship, great speaker!
Women's ministry of GFBC hosted the
always elegant Christmas Dessert on
December 2. Pastor's wife Carrie Porter
shared a very special message of God's
love that provided a very clear message
of the Gospel to the 186 ladies that
attended. Many were invited guests who
were unchurched. We pray the seeds of
the Gospel will find their way to good
soil. Thanks to Paula Irvine and cooking
crew, to the youth for their help in
serving and to Tracy Early who
coordinated this effort. Monies were
also raised for the youth and for
mission's work.
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Children's Christmas Program |
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For the Glory of the King
The children of GFBC presented "For the
Glory of the King" on the evening of Sunday,
December 11. Narrators, soloists and all the
traditional characters of the Nativity were
part of this play within a play that truly
was a message of praise to our Savior. The
children sang out joyfully and the costumed
characters were adorable!
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From Heaven to Bethlehem
Jeff Bottemiller conducted our adult
choir in "From Heaven to Bethlehem", a
medley of Christmas favorites and
narration on the Christmas story. Choir
members also came from three neighboring
churches. It was a masterful work of
worship culminating in the Hallelujah
Chorus from Handel's Messiah. Thanks
Jeff for your work and talent at
bringing us this blessing along with our
skilled musicians and choir members!
To hear and see part of the Hallelujah
Chorus,
click here.
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