Recently another pastor wrote that followers of Christ could do something practical that would improve their Sunday church experience. I took a few days to reflect on what he wrote and decided he was correct. Here is what he said: Arrive 15 minutes before Sunday School and worship begin and stay 15 minutes after they… Read More »
Sunday Highlights 11.22.2015
Today was a lot of fun. I know that doesn’t sound very “spiritual” but I consider it fun when God works among us. Here are a few highlights from the day. We observed the Lord’s Supper in both worship services. Five people were baptized. Three of them were adults. Eight more adults joined FBC during… Read More »
Chapter Five
In chapter five of John’s gospel, the animosity toward Jesus on the part of the established religious leaders within Judaism comes into focus. Two key issues are highlighted here. First, they are upset with Jesus because He did not follow all their religious rules regarding the Sabbath. They had taken God’s commandment to honor the… Read More »
Sunday Highlights 6.07.2015
Last week our local high schools held graduation exercises for their senior classes and summer has unofficially started. Everyone is talking about vacations and travel plans…including myself. Yet a lot is happening at FBC. During Sunday’s worship services we commissioned our mission team that will fly to Birmingham, England on Monday. The team will spend… Read More »
Sunday Highlights 5.31.2015
After a night of very good sleep I wanted to say a few words about yesterday @ FBC…I loved it. It was great seeing all the graduates on stage – this is a really fun group. Since I’ve served as Pastor at FBC longer than they’ve been alive, I’ve watched many of them grow up.… Read More »
Sunday Highlights 03.08.2015
Today we kicked off a new sermon series titled “24: Journey to the Cross.” As we prepare for Easter, we’ll look at four scenes from the 24 hours of Jesus life leading up to the cross. This morning we looked at Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane and His submission as the Son of Man… Read More »
Sunday Highlights 2.22.2015
Sunday was an interesting, yet blessed day. As those who attended our 9:10 service know, I locked the keys to my truck inside the truck with it running and my Bible, sermon notes, suit coat, brief case, lap top, etc also inside. I also didn’t have a spare key available. So I drove to the… Read More »
Sunday Recap 02.01.2015
Sunday morning we wrapped up the “Living Life Without Regrets” sermon series and the response has been encouraging. I’ve heard stories about people making efforts to mend relationships, lose weight, exercise, prepare a will, talk to a financial advisor, etc. Of course there have been numerous testimonies from people reading the “Draw the Circle” devotional… Read More »
Sunday Highlights 11.9.2014
Here are some of God’s blessings yesterday at FBC: Six young couples participated in Parent-Child Dedication, one at 9:10 and five at 10:30 (photo below). In keeping with our tradition, each couple wrote their own dedication and it was obvious they had put some thought and prayer into it. It was great to see all… Read More »
A Typical Sunday Unexpectedly Made Special
Today has been a long but good day, and it’s not over yet. It started like most Sundays do for me…up at 5:00 am and drive to the church (after getting coffee at Dunkin’ Donuts – and “no” I did not get a donut – I was good this morning). Preached twice and then went… Read More »