Family and Friendship
“All Daughters Celebration” coming on Friday, May 4 starting at 6:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall.
This is a special event for all women from 6th grade and older. There will be a casual dinner. Jackie Lord Kirkpatrick (missionary who grew up in this church) is speaker and our own Liqun Fang will sing. There is childcare for children up to 5th grade.
This event is free but you must sign up before April 29. This event is for women in Church of the Nations as well as University Baptist Church.
We will have Family Fun Day this Sunday March 25 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. on the “front property” of University Baptist Church. There will be traditional Easter egg hunt for children, games, “bouncy” rides, a baking contest, and a fundraiser dinner (for the youth ministry). Church of the Nations is always invited. This activity is especially for families with young children.
From the University Baptist Church newsletter:
The Preschool and Children’s Ministry team invites everyone to come and enjoy this annual event. Ladies, dust off your bonnets, and men and women fire up your ovens. We will have the annual Bonnet Parade, as well as a first annual bake-off. We will have an Easter Egg Hunt for toddlers-kindergarteners and one for 1st-5th graders. There will also be bounce houses, games, and other activities for all the kids.
The Preschool and Children’s Ministry Teams are asking for donations of plastic Easter eggs for Family Fun Day. Please fill the eggs with non-melting candy, small prizes or stickers. We are asking that all children participating donate a dozen plastic eggs for the egg hunt. There will be a donation box in the Preschool Area of the Church and in the fellowship hall. Thank you for your contribution.
There will also be a Youth Hot Dog Fundraiser. Donations will be accepted for our Youth Summer Camp and Mission Trips.
We are going to do something special for children and young people (= elementary and middle school) in our church family this Sunday March 18 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall at University Baptist Church (where we have our fellowship lunches and our Dumpling Party).
We will play games (like Uno, Connect Four, cards), then decorate our new children’s bags, then make and eat ice cream sundaes. If the weather is good maybe we can try flying kites!
Please tell Rick Wright – reply to this email or call – if you would like your child(ren) participate in this afternoon of fun and ice cream. He needs to make sure he has enough for everyone!
This Saturday November 5 is a “church work day” from 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon.
What is a “church work day”? It is a day when we help take care of the wonderful church property that we enjoy using. We might clean, paint, repair. We also need people to help with drinks, snacks, and encouraging volunteer workers. No one has to participate. But if you have time Saturday morning and would like to help you will be very welcome. There will be something to do for everyone. There will be a volunteer supervisor who has a list of things for us to do.
Church of the Nations has been asked to help this Saturday. There will be four other groups from University Baptist Church. If you come make sure you wear “work clothes” – clothes that can get dirty.
This Sunday evening October 23 University Baptist Church will have its “Fall Fest” event. This event is mostly but not only for children. Children can also wear costumes – but please no monsters or scary costumes. It will start on the “front property” of University Baptist Church close to Highland Road.
Directions (from Louisiana State University):
There will not be a church bus for this activity.
Our Fall camping trip is coming very soon! Saturday-Sunday September 24-25 at:
Judson Baptist Retreat Center
10330 Peterson Road
St Francisville, Louisiana 70775
The theme is *Rest and Relationship*. Come and learn more about how to improve our relationships with our family, our friends, and with God through rest. This is a good chance to get away from Baton Rouge to rest, have some fun, spend time with friendly people.
Camp activities include climbing wall, basketball, hiking, hay ride, bonfire, even horse riding.* There will also be three times for Bible study and worship.
Cost is only $30 per person ($20 per child – and children 2 years or younger are free). This includes everything – room, meals, activities. We will stay in hotel rooms – not tents or cabins.
We will leave Baton Rouge around 9:30 a.m.on Saturday and return around 12:00-1:00 p.m. on Sunday.
We hope you can come! But you *must* reserve a place by Tuesday September 20! Please contact Pastor Rick Wright at (225) 766-9474 ext 222 or Rwright@Ubc-br.org for more information and to reserve a place. To reserve a place you need to (1) complete a reservation form and (2) pay for your reservation.
*Note – If you want to do horse riding you need to (a) pay $19 and (b) bring long pants and (c) shoes/sneakers. If you want to ride horses you must register and pay for that before Tuesday September 20. No exceptions. Sorry but the camp must know early how many people are doing this.
Please join us for free lunch this Sunday September 04 starting at 12:15 p.m. after our morning worship! If you can bring something delicious to share. We also have our regular Sunday morning activities including Bible study (in simple English) and worship (in simple English).
The church bus can pick you up at:
“Friends and Family”
Our biggest event of the year! Church of the Nations invites you to our Welcome (Back) Party for Internationals on Friday, August 19 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall at University Baptist Church.
* Food
* Drinks
* Lots of friendly people – internationals and Americans
* Short program
* Great gifts (including our famous Church of the Nations t-shirt with a new design!)
How much? Free. All internationals are welcome!
Transportation is available. The church bus will pick people up from:
Please allow 5-10 minutes for the bus to arrive because of weather or traffic. Contact Rick Wright at Rwright AT Ubc-br DOT com or call him at 225-766-9474 ext 222 for more information or to ask about transportation.
If you wish to drive yourself click here for directions – but turn into the first parking lot on the left at University Baptist Church.
We go back to our normal Sunday morning schedule this week!
This Sunday will be a fun and special day!
First – different schedule
The church bus will pick up people starting at Edward Gay apartments at 8:45 a.m.
Church of the Nations will lead worship for University Baptist Church. We encourage as many internationals as possible to come on this special day.
Second – special activities
There will be a Ministry Fair in the courtyard staring at 10:00 a.m. There will be an information table for all the different activities in the church including Church of the Nations and children and youth activities.
After worship there will be a free lunch for the entire church family. If you can please bring a dish to share. If you cannot – please come anyway!
Third – Family Fun Day
Starting about 1:00 p.m. we will have Family Fun Day. There will be music games and special activities for everyone especially children. This will include the traditional Easter Egg Hunt for younger and older children.
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