December 15, 2022 Newsletter – First Southern Baptist Church

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Our Christmas series, “All I Want For Christmas” will go through Christmas day, December 25th. Please make plans to join us every Sunday as we take time to remember and celebrate the very first Christmas!

In order to receive credit on your 2022 giving record, all contributions must be into the church office or postmarked on or before Dec. 31, 2022.

If you have any questions about your 2022 giving record, see Brandie Winter our FSBC financial secretary.

Everyone meet at the church – 6 PM
Wednesday, December 21st
Hot drinks at the church afterwards

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

God’s reach through healthcare

Word spread quickly in this North African town. A medical clinic arrived, and anyone is welcome. Setting up in a local church gave some people pause, but free healthcare is hard to turn down.

Security guards sent by the local government wander close by. They are used to keeping a close watch on activities hosted by Christians. The medical needs in the area are numerous and most people have very few opportunities to see a doctor or nurse or even get needed medicines. This time police choose not to deny people entry. The clinics don’t seem to cause trouble in the community.

International Mission Board missionaries Patrick and Anne Stein work with ministry partners to facilitate medical clinics all over the country. Healthcare strategies offer access to people they wouldn’t even have a chance to meet, let alone engage in gospel conversation. By meeting physical needs, believers can also bring the cure to their greatest spiritual need — separation from Jesus.

People come ready for help, but they also come ready to talk. They bring their ailments, their concerns and even their spiritual questions. One patient seeks care for an infection. Another had a dream last night and wonders if someone in the church can help them understand it.

Healthcare professionals are ready to receive them, but so are Christians trained in evangelism, discipleship and church planting. The Steins train several hundred people each year in gospel-sharing strategies; many are used alongside the medical clinics. They see countless relationships built as contact information is traded and follow-up visits in homes are added to calendars.

It’s usually after the clinic has closed that church members find those who are ready to accept Christ. People come for the free medicine, but some find eternal life. The Steins hear reports from their partnering churches about those who have come to faith. After one clinic in the fall of 2021, more than 60 people made professions of faith as a result of the relationships started.

In one town, the good will formed by a church clinic was so strong that local police and religious leaders allowed a pastor to hold prayer meetings. People of different faiths were invited to ask the pastor to pray for them in Jesus’ name. This exposure to the gospel is unprecedented in most countries where the growth of Christianity is strictly guarded.

Pray for the Steins and their work among the lost of Northern Africa. Ask God to bring boldness and wisdom to the believers in these areas. Pray for continued access to the lost through healthcare strategies around the world.

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Please join us in sacrificially giving to meet our $2,000 goal for this offering.

We are excited to worship with you and your family at each of these services. There are a few things to be aware of as you plan to join us:

Christmas Eve Services Dec. 23rd & 24th
- The two services will be identical.
- We will partake in communion together and light candles.
- There will be no childcare provided during these services. Please bring your whole family to worship together.
Christmas Day
- There will be no other activities on this day. The only thing taking place will be our worship service at 11:00 AM.
- There will be no childcare provided during this service. Please bring your whole family to worship together.
New Years Day
- There will be no other activities on this day. The only thing taking place will be our worship service at 11:00 AM.
- Nursery will be provided, but no children’s church for this service.

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621 N Western
Liberal, Kansas 67901
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Offering required weekly $10,706.58

Offering received for Sunday, December 11, 2022 – $10,5748.17

Year to date budgeted $535,329.00 Year to date received $445,204.42

Christian Light Foundation YTD – $3,466.00
Lottie Moon Christmas Mission Offering YTD – $2,099.50

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In order to receive credit on your 2022 giving record, all contributions must be into the church office or postmarked on or before Dec. 31, 2022.

If you have any questions about your 2022 giving record, see
Brandie Winter our FSBC financial secretary.