Please invite your friends and family to our annual Christmas Event “Christ the Better” on Saturday, December 16, 2023 from 7:30 pm to 9 pm. It will be a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus and share about the importance of His incarnation. There will be a children’s choir, adult choir, and a time of worship. Pastor Ray will be sharing a Christmas message. It will be a great time to share the Gospel with your loved ones.

For this event’s refreshments, We have serving opportunities for all. Please go to https://go.sfbible.org/Christmas-Program-help to sign up Come celebrate on Christmas Day with us! Come and celebrate God’s goodness together at our annual Thanksgiving meal! This year we will be having dinner together here at church from 5-8pm on Saturday, November 18. Sign ups and cost information can be found at go.sfbible.org/thanksgiving2023. If you have any questions, please reach out to the Events Team (events@sfbible.org). PLEASE SIGN UP BY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12th.

If you are interested in helping out with this event you can signup here: go.sfbible.org/thanksgiving-volunteer Samuel Rodrigues, one of the 2023 Legacy Coalition Summit speakers, will be speaking on the ‘The Faith of the NOW generation will determine the fate of the NEXT generation’. For more info: please contact info@sfbible.org. We will be holding a baptismal service on Sunday November 26th (the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend). If you would like to be baptized on that day, please download our Baptismal Questionnaire PDF: go.sfbible.org/baptism; complete the questionnaire and email the pdf back to: admin@sfbible.org no later than Friday, November 3rd. There will be a meeting of all baptismal candidates with Pastor Ray on November 5th after 2nd Service. Registration is now open for our annual Ladies’ Christmas Luncheon. Please come for fellowship & food. This is a great outreach opportunity, so please invite and bring guests.

When: Saturday, December 2nd (9:30am – 2pm)
Cost: $10 for regular attendees. Guests are free
Registration is Open (Deadline: November 19th)
See https://go.sfbible.org/womens-christmas23 for more info and RSVP
Questions? Email ladiesevent@sfbible.org or Talk to Hannah L, Karen Y or Lenore C.

Invitations are available on the literature table and at https://go.sfbible.org/womens-christmas-invite If you’re new to our church, we’d love to get to know you better! Come join us for lunch (on us!) where you can meet some of our church members and leaders. Feel free to bring any questions you might have or just come and fellowship over food. Our first lunch will be November 19th. Sign up here: https://go.sfbible.org/welcomelunch.

We’re also looking for more SFBC members willing to help pick up or prepare food. If you have questions about the lunch or are interested in helping, please contact info@sfbible.org. We partnering with Vitalant again this year to host another blood drive on Saturday, November 11th. This is one of the ways our church is committed to loving our community. Appointments are available from 10am – 2:15pm. We are aiming to have at least 25 donors. The blood drive is open to the public. So please share this information with your family and friends. If you are interested in donating blood, please sign up at donors.vitalant.org (blood drive code: SF Bible). Saturday October 28, 4-7pm
Fall Fest is a really great outreach opportunity! It’s a way to build relationships with our neighborhood community as well as our friends and families!

Volunteers Needed
We are looking for volunteers to help put this event together. You can sign up at https://go.sfbible.org/fallfest23-volunteer

Prize Donations
You can also bring in donations for the prize room! We are seeking toys (large or small) that are either brand new and/or generally clean or unused. A collection box is available in the worship hall foyer for you to drop off the donations.

Please invite your friends to join us! Flyers are available on the Children’s Ministry sign in table on the 2nd floor. At our next church family meeting on Oct. 15th, we will be affirming our Children’s Director Theo Low as a pastor of SF Bible. Come join us for a lunch and Q&A with him following the 2nd service on Sunday September 24.

If interested in joining us for this Q&A, please signup at: go.sfbible.org/pastorTheo this is needed in order to provide lunch.