Announcements 11/10/2024
- The Sisters of Worth Ministry is asking for your help with our CDC Outerwear Drive to bless the children in the First Rock Child Development Center. We want to give brand new, unused winter, gloves, hats, scarfs, and coats in sizes 2T, 3T, 4T for girls and boys (unisex colors preferred). We are accepting donations from November 3rd through November 30th. Again, we are only accepting new, unused items. You can place your donations in the S.O.W. donation gift box in the back of the sanctuary on the G Street side. If you desire to give money towards this outreach, you can give in-person, but please write “S.O.W. Outreach” on your offering envelope and check memo; you can give electronically through the Givelify app and select “S.O.W. Outreach”; or you can mail to the church. For more information, see First Lady Wanda. Thank you in advance for your support.
- Leadership Meeting: 3rd Saturday, November 16th at 11 am in the JWK Fellowship Hall.
- Women’s Day is Sunday November 17 at 10a.m. service; the theme is “Transforming into the Image of Christ” based on 2 Corinthians 3:18.
- The guest preacher is Reverend Dr. Ernestine Battle, Pastor of New Hope Free Will Baptist Church located on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
- The color of the day is purple.
- The next women’s day choir rehearsal will be this Saturday, November 16th at 1 PM.
- Our Thanksgiving Outreach will be on Saturday November 23. Donations are being accepted, if giving through envelope, please write “thanksgiving outreach” on the memo line. If giving through Givelify, please click “thanksgiving outreach”
- Volunteers are needed. If you would like to volunteer, please sign up through the sign up sheet on the church website, or call the administrative office.
- No need to sign up to receive a turkey dinner, they will be given out on a first come, first serve basis. More details on time to come
- Our joint Thanksgiving Day service will take place on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 28th, at 10 am, here at First Rock
- Mark your calendars for:
- Ushers’ Anniversary Service: Sunday, December 8th, 10 am service
- Sunday School Christmas Program: Sunday, December 15th, 10 am service
- Church Wide Christmas Fellowship: Directly following the Christmas Program, downstairs in the Joseph W. King Fellowship Hall
- Happy Birthday Jesus Party for our children and youth, brought to you by our Sunday School Department: Saturday, December 21, at 12:30 pm in the JWK Fellowship Hall
- Thank you for your generous giving, which can be done by going to our website FirstRockBaptistChurch.org, or by downloading the Givelify app from the Apple App Store or Google Play store, by mailing your contributions in to 4630 Alabama Avenue SE Washington DC 20019, by dropping them in our mail slot on the G street side of the church, or by dropping them into the baskets to your right, if you are here with us in person.