The Knoxville Nativity Pageant invites you to participate in the Choir Rehearsals will be held in the choir suite at Central Baptist Church of Bearden, 6300 Deane Hill Dr. from 7-9pm on Tuesday Nov. 15th, 29th and Dec. 6th.  Registration is from 6-7pm each rehearsal night in the Welcome Center.

Dress Rehearsal is from 10:30am-2:30pm (lunch provided) on Sat, Dec. 10th at the Civic Coliseum.  Performances are Sunday, Dec. 11th @ 3pm, Dec. 12th & 13th @ 7pm, with choir warm-up before each performance. Please contact Janelle Witt for additional information at 384-4129 or janellewitt@comcast.net

Sunday,  November 13, Trentham Hall ~ 12:00 PM

On Sunday, November 21, we will all gather in the sanctuary at 11:00.  There will be no 8:42 service and the Deaf will meet in the Sanctuary rather than the chapel.  At the 11:00 service, we will vote on our 2011 proposed budget.  Following worship, we’ll travel to Trentham Hall for our annual Love Feast.  Baskets will be on the tables for you to place your payment for the meal.

Please join the family of FBC for our annual Love Feast after the combined morning worship service. The church will prepare our traditional meal of turkey, dressing, vegetables, salads, bread, and beverages. Members are asked to bring a dessert to serve 12 people. A love offering will be taken to cover the cost. This year we will be featuring a video of the many ministries of First Baptist. We hope to see everyone there.

The WordPlayers Presents: Leaving Iowa

Nov. 12, 17, 18, 25, 26 @ 7:30 pm, Nov. 13 & 20 @ 2:30 pm

Tickets: Adults: $12, Seniors(60+)/Students(12+): $10, Groups of 12 or more $8. Purchase tickets online at www.wordplayers.org or at the door with cash or check. Thursday is Pay What You Can Night. For reservations and information, please call: 865-539-2490

Leaving Iowa, by Tim Clue and Spike Manton, is a hilarious, sentimental comedy about family, family relationships, and family vacations. It is the story of a writer who returns home and decides to finally take his father’s ashes to his childhood home, as requested. But when Don discovers Grandma’s house is now a grocery store, he begins traveling across Iowa searching for a proper resting place for his father. This father-and-son road trip shifts smoothly from the present to Don’s memories of the annual, torturous vacations of his childhood. This play is a postcard to anyone who recognizes that we are given an earthly family to teach us that a perfect father/son relationship may never occur this side of Heaven, but these “ties that bind” do give us a glimpse of our Heavenly Father’s love. As Mom says, “Follow your father, sweetheart.” (Recommended for ages 12+)

Support for The WordPlayers’ 2011-2012 season has been provided by Delta-21 Resources Inc. (Gold Sponsor), Cornerstone Foundation and, for this production, by A&W Office Supply. For more information about The WordPlayers, please visit www.wordplayers.org.

Dr. Shiell Publishes Delivering from Memory: the Effect of Performance on the Early Christian Audience
Using analyses of ancient rhetoric, this book shows how an oral reading of the New Testament shapes the character of the audience. Dr. Shiell studies such familiar passages as Jesus’ healing of the man with the withered hand in Mark 5, the disciples on the road to Emmaus in Luke 28, Jesus’ reading in the synagogue in Luke 4, and more. In each one he demonstrates how an oral reading causes the reader and the listener to gaze into the mirror of Christ’s life and reflect how we imitate him as his children. This book will be used as the study book for the 2012 Winter Bible Study.

Book release party November 9, 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Blue Room
Light refreshments will be served.
Books will be available for purchase: $12

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The FBC Fall Golf Outing will be held at Ruggles Ferry on Sunday, Oct. 2, at 1:30. The outing will begin with the regular shot-gun start. Prizes will be awardedfor the first place group only.

There is a fee of $40. There will be no meal afterwards for this outing.

Register by emailing Andy Edmonson at aje@utk.edu.

Sunday, May 1 ~ 4:00 PM ~ Blue Room

What a great concert season we experienced this past year! Are you interested in getting a sneak peek at the upcoming concert season? In anticipation of fall and the beginning of the new season, come to the Blue Room on Sunday afternoon, May 1. Enjoy light desserts and coffee. Hear about concert events for the 2011-2012 season and learn about the different ways to help with the concert series events. Don’t let this coffee pass you by — I think you’ll be pleased!