Posts from September 2021

Weekly Update – September 30th, 2021 When it comes to the topic that we considered last Sunday, the topic, “Why Preach?”, not only should we understand why it is that we value preaching as the central part of our service, but then, how do we actually listen and benefit from preaching. I wrote and posted this a few years ago, but in light of last week’s message, it seemed appropriate to post it again. Consider the following article: “Many times…

Weekly Update – September 30th, 2021 In the book of Ephesians, the apostle Paul is clear to say that God redeems us, as fallen sinners, into a family (Eph. 2:13-22).  There is no lone Christianity.  This is not a “Jesus and Me” type of salvation only.  Instead, we are made alive and re-made for corporate worship.  Then, as we gather together, we do so as a picture of what heaven will one day look like.  Revelation 7:9-10 gives us a glimpse:  “A…

Weekly Update – September 6th, 2021 Last Sunday, we began our series titled, “Why Church?” by looking at the vision and mission of First Baptist Church. We stated that our vision is see our families, community and world transformed by the power of God.  That is a lofty vision that may perhaps leave us with a sense of vagueness in how we ought to fulfill it.  Well, that is where our mission comes into play.  Our mission provides a bit of…

Weekly Update – September 9th, 2021 After a year and 1/2 of scaled back services and activities due to Covid-19, September 12th will almost seem like a new day for our church. On this Sunday we will kick off all of our fall ministries. Then the next week, our Ladies Bible Study will begin, along with a Thursday Men’s Prayer morning, then Awana and our Sunday night Bible study will begin the following week. To kick off this new day,…

Weekly Update – September 1st, 2021 What an interesting weekend! On Friday morning I woke up feeling incredibly sick, so I went and took three tests that day to see if it was Covid. I didn’t really need three, but I wanted to confirm, just in case one was off. Well, all three came back positive. Then, due to the fact that I had been around a number of people from church on Thursday, we decided that it was best…