What's Happening
What's Happening
Friday October 30, 2026
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Sunday, November 1st, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Get ready for a memorable day fostering a spirit of Giving and Gratitude during the Thanksgiving season!
Bring the whole family to celebrate the season with your children at our Harvest Festival—worship and enjoy lunch together—perfect for the whole family!
The KIDZone team has planned a special event for kids—with games, balloon art, face painting, a petting zoo, and kids' activities! We can’t wait to celebrate the Harvest Festival with you!
To learn more, connect with our Family Life and Discipleship Pastor at margareth@scfbc.org
Bethlehem Work Day
Every Saturday from November 7th, 9 AM - 3 PM
Experience the magic of Bethlehem, a captivating FREE live outdoor drama hosted by Santa Clara First Baptist Church. Step back in time to the biblical era of Jesus Christ's birth as you stroll through a meticulously re-created nativity story, blending drama, music, costumes, live animals, an interactive marketplace, and life-sized sets.
To make this all possible, we need your help -- building sets, crafting props, and maintaining costumes. Please join us every Saturday from 9 AM to 3 PM (lunch provided) from November 7 until December. We welcome all willing hearts and hands.
Jerry Cintas
Alpha: Is There More To Life Than This?
Wednesday, 6:30 PM
Alpha is designed for people who have questions about life, faith, and meaning.
Alpha is a space where you can BRING and INVITE YOUR ONE. It is a judgment-free space to ask hard questions and share opinions.
We meet in the Gym every Wednesday at 6:30 PM for dinner, a video, and group discussion, continuing through December 2nd.
For more information, contact margareth@scfbc.org
November Sermon Series: GROWING - A Journey Toward Mature Faith
A Journey Through 1 & 2 Thessalonians
Paul writes to a relatively young church whose faith is already visible, but still needs to grow, deepen, endure, and mature. Thessalonians is an excellent book for moving the church from simply believing in Jesus to becoming mature disciples of Jesus.
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Growing in Faith | Nov 1 | 1 Thess. 1:1–10
Sunday, November 1st: Pastor Valui
GROWING SERIES: A Journey Toward Mature Faith • 1 & 2 Thessalonians
Growing faith is not merely something we believe; it becomes visible in our faithfulness, love, perseverance, example, witness, and transformed lives.
A JOURNEY TOWARD MATURE FAITH. This Sunday, we begin our new series, GROWING: A Journey Toward Mature Faith, through 1 and 2 Thessalonians. The question behind this series is simple: Are we merely believing in Jesus, or are we growing as mature disciples of Jesus? Thessalonica was a major city in Macedonia. Paul and Silas preached Jesus there, and some people believed (Acts 17:1–4). This was a young congregation, facing pressure and opposition. Yet something remarkable was happening. Their faith was already visible. Their love was active. Their hope was enduring. People outside the city were hearing about them.
Paul wrote to encourage this church and strengthen its faith. He was grateful for their growth, but he also knew that disciples must keep growing, deepening, enduring, and maturing. A church can be young in years and still be strong in witness. And a person can have attended church for many years yet still need to grow in Christ.
A growing faith becomes a visible faith.
KIDZone this Sunday!
Heroes Who Followed God: Ordinary people, Extraordinary faith!
God wants us to put God first!
Key verse: “Do to others as you would have them do to you.”
-Luke 6:31
At KIDZone (Kids in Discipleship Zone), we create an environment where learning, active participation, and enjoyment come together seamlessly.
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