Join best-selling author and Baptist Theologian Dr. Donald S. Whitney for a mini conference on the importance of life together in the local church on Saturday morning, Oct. 30, from 9 AM-12 PM in the Fellowship Hall. This mini conference is in partnership with the FSU Baptist College Ministry and is free for the entire […]
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It is that time of year again! We are gearing up for our annual First Love day of service, which will happen on Saturday, Oct. 16, 8 AM-12 PM. Just like last year, we find ourselves in the midst of the pandemic. Nonetheless, we are planning to once again serve other ministries that will allow […]
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We live in a fallen world where sin abounds. We have all either wrestled with the consequences of our own sinfulness or the consequences of the sinfulness of others. Though it is often easier to sweep our hurts under a proverbial rug, the Bible commands us to bear one another’s burdens. Sometimes we disobey this […]
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I am excited to announce that on August 22 we will have a special called business meeting at the end of both of our services to vote on calling an Associate Pastor of Music Ministries. During this meeting, we will hear from our candidate, both his testimony and his call to this position, and then […]
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My dear First Baptist family, It is with a tangled web of both joy and sadness that I announce to you my plans for retirement at the end of September. My last Sunday at First Baptist will be September 27. Serving you has positively been one of the greatest joys of my life – and […]
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Last week I and three others (Terry Delaney, Martha DeWitt, and Wayne DeWitt) attended the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in Nashville, Tenn., as messengers from our church. We joined more than 17,000 other messengers, along with almost 4,000 registered guests. This was an important week in the life and direction of the SBC, and I […]
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For over a year, we have been praying together digitally through the pandemic. I have been encouraged by many of the comments as to how the Lord has used these prayers in the lives of our own church members as well as countless others. I even had a conversation with a lady at a gas […]
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Two weeks ago we announced that we were targeting Sunday, May 30, as the day we would fully relax our social-distancing practices, which included removing the ropes from every other pew and only encouraging masks as optional for those who need or would like to continue wearing them. However, at the end of last week […]
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As I look back over this last year, I’m so thankful for how you, our church, have come together and continued to worship, serve, and be on mission for Jesus in the midst of this pandemic. We’ve had to make adjustments, deal with a lot of uncertainty, get used to virtual options we might otherwise […]
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Have you ever taken a look around our world and wondered what exactly God is doing? Why does God allow the things that happen to happen? After all, we believe that God is all-powerful, all-wise, and all-knowing, perfect and supremely good and righteous. This is how he has revealed himself to us, most of all […]
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