MERRY CHRISTMAS

I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND WISH YOU ALL A VERY MERRY AND BLESSED CHRISTMAS! I AM TRULY BLESSED TO BE YOUR PASTOR!

THE LORD HAS BEEN VERY GRACIOUS TO FBBC THIS PAST YEAR WITH MANY FOLKS GETTING SAVED AND SEVERAL NEW FOLKS AND FAMILIES JOINING THE CHURCH. NEXT SUNDAY WE WILL BE HAVING SEVERAL FOLKS GETTING BAPTIZED AND ANOTHER FAMILY WILL BE JOINING THE CHURCH. PRAISE THE LORD!

WORK ON THE FELLOWSHIP HALL CONTINUES. BATHROOM TILE HAS BEEN INSTALLED AND GROUTED IN BOTH THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TOILET ROOMS AND A SHOWER WAS ALSO INSTALLED IN BOTH. THE ELECTRICAL WIRING FOR THE LIGHTING IS ALMOST COMPLETED. THE SPRINKLERS AND SMOKE DETECTORS AND FIRE ALARM INDICATORS WERE BEING DONE TODAY AND HOPEFULLY WILL BE COMPLETED BY WEEKS END.

DOORS AND HARDWARE HAVE BEEN HUNG AND THE STAINING PROCESS HAS BEGUN ON ALL THE DOORS AND WOOD ENCLOSED COLUMNS. THE BATHROOM FIXTURES SHOULD BE INSTALLED BY END OF NEXT WEEK. CERAMIC TILE WILL BE DONE THE FOLLOWING WEEK.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THE $9,000.00 NEEDED TO INSTALL THE HVAC SYSTEM AS WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WITHOUT IT. WE ARE HOPING THAT THE KITCHEN MAN AND THE PLUMBER WILL BE ABLE TO COME NEXT WEEK TO FINISH THE KITCHEN SOON TOO.

THANKS FOR YOUR CARE AND PRAYERS!

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FELLOWSHIP HALL IS PROGRESSING!

Work began last week on the new Fellowship Hall in the basement underneath our auditorium. Brother Kaiser, and two other men, Ed Dellorco and Dave Christy came and jumped right in to begin the work. Dave, installed the drop ceiling of a 70' x 80' room and was finished in two days! WOW! He also installed the drop ceiling in the women's toilet room as well as the new kitchen. It looks GREAT! Ed framed in a needed soffit in one section of the main room to facilitate the ceiling being at the highest level possible. He also framed in 2 new rooms that will be used for a pantry and equipment room, and then began cutting all the lumber to size needed to frame in the steel columns. The columns will look like a piece of furniture when done and stained. Amazing workmanship by these two men. Brother Joe Kaiser also ram rodded the work being done by many of our own men and teens and he also installed the floor tile in both the men's and women's toilet rooms. He also worked me to death running for material and ordering whatever was needed. Two of our men also made a run to Maryland to pick up 3 skids of ceramic tile (14 hours roundtrip!!). Thanks Larry Kragiel and Mike Buttery for driving and also Tony Hart for letting us use his car carrier!

Many of our ladies provided meals for the men (lunch and dinner every day) and our teen girls served and cleaned up as well. Thank you Alison Sturgeon and Lisa Anderson as well as Victoria, Sarah, Sarah, and Erin for you hard work every day! Many men and teens have worked long hard days every day...Dean, Brent, and Andrew Burhoe, Adam, Caleb and Luke Graff, Tyler Arthur, Todd & Matt Sturgeon, Tim Benson, Pete Allen, Billy Anderson, Kyle Bechtold, Scott Normand, Brad Schilling, Kevin and Tom Danielson, Mark and Mike Danielson, JB Hillman, Isaac Raymond, Ethan and Seth Sadoian, John Sarra, Garry Saucier, Pastor Sparks and Pastor Getto, Mauro Turissi, Jay Watson, Christopher Bryant, Ed Young and Ed Zak. I am sure I have forgotten some of the men and ladies...please forgive me if I did. I appreciate all of you who have been working such long and hard days. May the Lord bless you all for your giving spirit!

Thanks to all the sacrificial giving by our folks here at FBBC! In the last two weeks our folks have given $20,690.00 of the $34,000.00 needed to complete the entire project!! Glory to God! What a joy it is to pastor folks! I sure do love you all!

FBBC sure does appreciate all the hours of labor being donated by Brother Joe Kaiser and his crew of excellent craftsmen! THANK YOU!