FX October 28 Update

It’s getting exciting around here! Tomorrow we expect more than one thousand children, plus their parents, to join us for our first FX. Thanks to all of you who have already registered to help, passed out FX fliers, prayed and contributed all kinds of candy, goods & services. It’s gonna be great! Below is today’s update.

Pray
• That our Lord’s love, joy & grace will fall over our campus on Saturday
• That the skies will be clear on Saturday afternoon/evening
• That our workers will lovingly & genuinely engage all of our participants
• That our e-letter going out to our guests on Saturday night will be well received
• That many of our unchurched guests will join us for services on Sunday morning (Tim will be preaching)
• That the relationships within our church family will sprout, sweeten & be strengthened as we serve together on this ministry project.
• That souls would be saved and that strongholds would be broken during the FAITH FORCE presentations

Needs
• more donations for the Cake Walk - we certainly don’t want to run out!
• another photographer or two
• more vacuum cleaners to speed up the cleanup process
• plenty of clean up help – the last 5+ years we did a great job & were more than 95% complete in less than 45 minutes – YES! Let’s do it again!
• sign board help for the hallways (Saturday afternoon). We use the Preschool's dry erase boards for directions, welcome, etc

Reminders
• If you ordered an FX t-shirt by Monday, we’ll have it labeled & ready for you to pick up in the fellowship hall on Saturday afternoon. We ordered a few extra, so if you don’t have one, contact Amanda Poe (Amanda@apexbaptist.org or 362-6176 x222) to reserve one. First come – first serve.
• If you want to dress up in a non-scary fashion – go for it.
• Please park away from the church campus on Saturday afternoon so we’ll have more room for our guests to park.
• Our final briefing and prayer time for our workers will be at 3:40pm in the fellowship hall.
• We want to be in position & ready to begin by 3:55pm.
• Eat when you can during the evening.
• Rotate in and out of service with your team mates or others who want to spell you
• Around 5:15, we’ll invite the children & parents to go to the Sanctuary for FAITH FORCE. If you can break away to serve as an usher/counselor that would be great. Likewise, we’ll shut all events down at 6:50 and encourage everyone to go to the sanctuary. We’d like our ushers to be in place by 6:40. Both performances will be shown live in the Choir Room.
• After FAITH FORCE, we’re asking each of you to help clean up the area where you served so it is ready for services on Sunday morning. Then please help others clean their areas so we can all go home ASAP.
• Smile all during the FX, especially when your photos are being taken. We’ll post them on our church website on Friday night. You may see yourself on the big screen on Sunday morning, too!
• If you know some others who would like to help, but haven’t “officially” registered, contact me (Chuck@apexbaptist.org or 362-6176 x232 or 602-5677). We’ve got several places to plug folks in to serve.