Aug 24, 2025 | Church News, Community Engagement
Last spring, some of our youth met with me for a MidWeek brainstorming session about ways to care for our neighbors in the community. After some great questions, suggestions and conversation, what resulted was a plan to collect hygiene items. We would pack them into...
Aug 17, 2025 | Church News, Community Engagement
One of the busiest and most popular events of the year is the churchwide Yard Sale. Church members and friends from the community converge on our Practice Gym to find furniture, office equipment, appliances, books, exercise equipment, silverware, kitchenware, toys,...
Aug 17, 2025 | Church News, Community Engagement
Several volunteers from First Baptist braved the heat to work on the Habitat Juneteenth Build house last month! We have just one workday left: Thursday, August 28, from 8:00am unitl 11:30am. The address is 123 Zora Drive, and the tentative schedule for the day...
Jul 13, 2025 | Church News, Community Engagement
The key to a successful Lunch and Learn series is to consistently provide two essential ingredients: 1. Lunch 2. Learning In addition to being too obvious, too simple and hopefully humorous, it is very true! That’s why developing a series like this has been a topic of...
Jul 13, 2025 | Church News, Community Engagement
If you’re looking for a place to serve in the church or surrounding community, there are plenty of ways to get involved here at First Baptist. You might: • Hear about serving at the soup kitchen from a friend • See an interesting small group on a social media post •...
Jun 22, 2025 | Church News, Community Engagement
The official kickoff for the build was on June 11, and as a member of the steering committee, I was asked to help with the “wall raising.” That’s me with some of the leadership from Habitat for Humanity, Juneteenth GVL and other local nonprofits. So, now that I have...
