Today’s Community Easter Egg Hunt was a great success. Because of the rain, it was moved indoors: games in the gym and egg hunt in the Apex. About 200 families registered and the kids had a blast. The staff and volunteers were flexible and made the event run as smoothly as possible. See the photographs… Read More »
Easter Invitations
I met a young single mom yesterday while running some errands. She was outgoing, with a ton of personality. She was also excited about her boyfriend and the way he treated her young daughter. She had gotten pregnant during her last year of high school and although she didn’t say so, I imagine there were… Read More »
Snow and Easter
Snow and Easter from First Baptist Church, Rock Hill on Vimeo.
Easter Sunday
“I needed this. I’ve been struggling and knew it was because I wasn’t making time for God. Today it really hit me…I need to come to home to God.” Tears filled her eyes as she shared her story with me. He left a message on my voice mail because he wanted to “thank me for… Read More »
John Elefante
Spoke with John Elefante last night. He’s looking forward to being with us tomorrow and has been encouraged by our focus on praying for him and the worship services. We discussed my interviewing him during the sermon so you can hear about his journey in life to becoming a dedicated follower of Jesus. He was… Read More »
Excitement About Sunday
Just spoke with a man who told me he would be at church Sunday morning. It’s been a long time since he attended FBC. Said he was excited about John Elefante being with us and really looked forward to hearing him. Talked to another man yesterday who said he would be there Sunday morning “no… Read More »
I’m Looking Forward
I’m by nature an optimist. When coupled with my faith in God, I always believe the best is in front of us – which ultimately is true. So I’m looking forward this new year and what God has in store for me personally and for our church family. For instance, I’m looking forward to seeing… Read More »
He Is Not Here
Read the following Bible verse several times: Matthew 28:1-6 “Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave. And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came… Read More »
Celebrating Easter
Finding the lucky egg was the best part of Easter when I was a kid. It was worth a quarter when I was really young but its worth grew to a dollar as I grew older. Eggs were hidden in a four acre field we cut for hay and all the cousins ran all over… Read More »