PRAYER REQUESTS
OUR FIRST ASSEMBLY FAMILY WILL JOIN
WITH YOU IN PRAYER
FOR ANY NEED YOU HAVE
Click the black button to email us firstprayerrequest@gmail.com
and we will add your request to our prayer list.
Christmas Servolution
Three Opportunities
1. Christmas Toy Drive
Bring an unwrapped toy to the church foyer for a
young boy or girl.
OR Donate money – Choose offering and Designate money “Christmas Toy Drive”
2. Pleasant Hills Children’s Home
Donate funds to help provide a cottage home a Christmas party or fund one child’s Christmas gifts.
Cottage Christmas Party – $400.00
Christmas gifts for one child – $50.00
Choose offering and Designate money “PHCH”
3. Salvation Army
Donate Money to provide holiday meals for the community.
Choose offering and Designate money “Salvation Army”
You can give here on this website. Scroll up to the blue button marked “give”. Click and then fill out the form. Choose “offering”, then designate your offering by typing in the correct designation. Thank you!
The Thanksgiving Hymn Sing
can be viewed on our Facebook page
and on our YouTube channel
DECEMBER EVENTS
M1:11 Prayer
Devotional and Intercessory Prayer
Special Speaker, Bryan Burr
Director of Convoy of Hope, Kenya
Wednesday, December 1
7-8 in the Sanctuary
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Kids Christmas Party
K5-5th Grade
Sunday, December 5th
10:30-12:00
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The Williamsons in ConcertSunday, December 12th
10:30 am
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Christmas at First
Carols, Communion, Special Music, Christmas Message
Sunday, December 19th
10:30 am
ESTHER’S HOUSE HOUSEWARMING
AFTERCARE HOME FOR EXPLOITED WOMEN
FIRST ASSEMBLY AND HEART AND HOME MINISTRIES
IS FURNISHING A HOME FOR WOMEN.
YOU CAN HELP BY GOING TO OUR REGISTRIES AT
TARGET AND AMAZON AND PURCHASING A GIFT.
Thank you to everyone who donated to our Housewarming. The Amazon registry was totally purchased and the Target registry only had a few things left on it! And we got a lot of suitcases donated to pack all the things for traveling! Great job, First Assembly!
First Assembly Youth Ministries
FAYM
meets in-person
on Wednesday Nights at 7 pm
in the gym.
Check out the Instagram account
“faym_gram “
for ways to connect!
Kids Church ~ K-5 – 5th Grade
Nursery ~ Birth to 4 years old
10:30 – 12:00
Check In: All children birth-5th Grade check in at the Kids Church Room to receive their name tag and check out ticket.
From the lobby, turn to the right hallway. The kids church room is the last door on the left. The nursery is on the right.
When you pick up your kids, you will return to the door with your check in ticket.
Current Series:
“Blessings!”
PARENTING ON PURPOSE SERIES
Speaker: Dr. Darren Daugherty
15 Sessions on being a better parent or grandparent
Scan the QR Code with the camera on your phone or go to our YouTube page ( http://youtube.com/c/firstwaxahachie )
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CALL TO PRAYER
Prayer List
1. Pray for the church. (Staff, leadership, unity)
2. Pray for those who are hurting. (sick, unemployed, personal struggles)
3. Pray for the community. (To love them and work through First Family)
4. Pray for missionaries. (safety, health, success)
5. Pray for first responders. (safety, health & families)
6. Pray for those who need God. (acknowledgement, salvation)
7. Pray for the education system. (teachers, students, administration, SAGU)
8. Pray for the nation. (guidance, leadership, election)
SERVOLUTION
AT FIRST ASSEMBLY
First Assembly is always looking for ways to connect with, support, and serve in our local community. We call these opportunities SERVOLUTION.
ESTHER’S HOUSE HOUSEWARMING – (October 2021) For the opening of Esther’s House, an Aftercare Home for exploited women in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, we will be providing a housewarming, blessing them with many necessary items to complete the homes’ operations.
COUNTRY TEXAS REPORTER FESTIVAL– (October 2021) This year we will be volunteering at a booth at this festival in Waxahachie. Look for us if you visit the festival. We will have on green shirts that say “First Waxahachie” in white!
CHICK-FIL A LUNCH BOXES-In September 2021 we provided Chick-Fil A lunches for the staff and faculty of Advantage Academy in Waxahachie. We received a thank you from a teacher, noting, “Thank you so much for providing us with this delicious lunch this past Thursday! It really buoyed my spirits and made my day!”
BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE-This year, 2021, we adopted Marvin Elementary and set a goal to equip each classroom with the supplies it needed for the beginning of school. We were able to deliver paper, erasers, scissors, glue, crayons, markers, pencils, and folders along with other needed items that were all donated by members of our church. We were also able to donate gift cards with money that was donated. Thank you First Assembly for giving so generously to bless the students and educators at Marvin.
BLESSINGS GIVEAWAY-First Assembly joined with several other ministries and businesses in Waxahachie to bless people with food and goody bags for their family and kids during the Holiday Season 2020. The event was a drive through where volunteers loaded up cars with bread, produce, milk, meat, and games and activities for the family. Thank you to all who supported the event and volunteered.
SAGU OUTREACH– First Assembly joined with Chick-Fil-A to provide lunch for 300 SAGU students in October 2020. We enjoyed our visit to campus and our connection with the SAGU community!
BACK TO SCHOOL BACKPACK GIVEAWAY-(2020) First Assembly joined with Canales Furniture Store, Heart and Home Ministries and others to buy supplies, stuff backpacks and hand them out to students in Waxahachie.
PLEASANT HILLS CHILDREN’S HOME – (2020) First Assembly was able to provide a generous love offering to the home for ongoing expenses. Mike and Eulessya Miller, the owners of Ennis Janitorial blessed PHCH by donating and delivering a full palette of much needed paper goods and cleaning supplies! Thank you to the Millers and to everyone who gave to make this servolution possible.
RESPIRATORY THERAPIST APPRECIATION-BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE, WAXAHACHIE- (2020) First Assembly was able to give each therapist a gift box and provide pizza for every shift as our way of saying thanks to all the health care workers who are on the front lines keeping us safe. Thanks to Jordan E.’s Popcorn and Candy Company for helping us make the gift boxes extra special!
FOSTER FAMILY GAME NIGHT BAGS – (2020) In an effort to provide a much needed break from the strain of the current restrictions we were privileged to put together a fun filled Game Night Bag for the Ellis County Division of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. Your faithful giving made this possible. Special thanks to Heidi Dollar for organizing and facilitating this outreach!
SALVATION ARMY FOOD PANTRY -(2020) Because of the generous donations of our church family we were able to provide much needed food items as well as a cash offering to help the Salvation Army with their operating budget. The Salvation army is feeding many more people due to the pandemic and is doing an incredible work in our community.
MISSIONARY BLESSING – (2020) We had a unique opportunity to bless our missionaries to Belgium, Blair and Dina Bonin. They traveled to Waxahachie to spend time with family during the pandemic and we were able to prepare their apartment that they will live in for the next few weeks that they are here. Thank you to the volunteers that made all of this possible.
WAXAHACHIE POLICE DEPARTMENT-(2020) We were honored to bless some of our heroes during this crisis and show appreciation for their service and sacrifice. We committed our church to pray for them and gave them hand sanitizer that was donated by Brandon Gazaway.
Click the button to see more details and pictures on our facebook page: facebook.com/firstwaxahachie/
COVID GUIDELINES
While the threat of Covid is now not as serious as it once was you can still observe the covid guidelines as you feel necessary.
1. OBSERVE SOCIAL DISTANCING
2. SELF-SCREEN FOR SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESS BEFORE ATTENDING- YOU ARE WELCOME TO WEAR A FACE COVERING, BUT IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE THE HAND-SANITIZING STATIONS.
3. WAVES AND SMILES ARE WELCOME. IT’S BEST TO REFRAIN FROM SHAKING HANDS, HUGGING, OR HIGH-FIVING.
4. THE NURSERY IS NOW OPEN WITH ATTENDANTS. PLEASE OBSERVE YOUR CHILD’S HEALTH AND MAKE SURE THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESS.
5. KIDS CHURCH IS IN THE KIDS CHURCH ROOM BEGINNING AT 10:30 AM. PLEASE OBSERVE YOUR CHILD’S HEALTH AND MAKE SURE THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESS.