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The last three months of the calendar year appear to be one of the busiest times of the year for Burbank First Baptist. In October we provide a meal for the Northern Oklahoma College Baptist Collegiate Ministry. We are blessed to provide a ministry to the children of the surrounding community with a Fall Festival. Last Monday evening there were well over 100 adults and children gathered in the Burbank Alumni building for a time of food, games, and wonderful fellowship. In November, we participate in the Annual Burbank Community Thanksgiving meal. It is held on the Thursday before Thanksgiving Day at 6 pm. Every year there have been between 80 to 125 people in attendance. Attendance is controlled by the weather pattern. If anyone needs a food basket for Thanksgiving the church family tries to fulfill that need. In December, we hold an annual Children’s Christmas program the Sunday before Christmas. It has always been a well-attended activity each year. This year we may need to have it a week earlier due to Christmas being on Monday. God has blessed our fellowship with loving and caring people. I am sure that we could always do more to inspire others to come and be a part of a vibrant gathering. We are a work-in-progress as we look at additional ways to meet people’s needs. I found a couple of scripture verses that suggest that giving and receiving go hand and hand. The Apostle Paul wrote to his friends at Corinth in 2 Corinthians 8:13-14, “For I do not mean that others should be eased and burdened, but that as a matter of fairness your abundance at the present time should supply their need, so that their abundance may supply your need, that there may be fairness.” As we have the opportunity to bless others, we must remember that they in return may provide a blessing to us. Serve the Lord with gladness my friends.
