Apr 3, 2023 | Church News, Pastoral Care, Pastoral Care Featured
The most underestimated ministry? That’s easy! The ministry of presence is far and away the most essential, most powerful, yet most underestimated of all forms of ministry. Consequently, it’s the most neglected. Too often, I see even friends and family members avoid...
Mar 21, 2022 | Church News, Pastoral Care
What a relief it has been to see faces again and share one another’s company! Life and health flow from togetherness! While we celebrate, we also take stock of the pandemic’s lingering effects. Funerals were postponed or limited in attendance, preventing us from...
Nov 26, 2019 | Media, Pastoral Care, Sermons, Uncategorized, Worship, Worship Arts
Matthew 4:1-11 New International Version (NIV) Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness 4 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a] by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, “If...
Nov 18, 2019 | Church News, Pastoral Care, Spiritual Formation
Some of the best things that happen at First Baptist Greenville happen out of sight. They are the interpersonal, off-campus, or confidential ministries of self-care and caring for others. They are powerful and beautiful! If you only come to worship on Sundays, you...
Oct 7, 2019 | Church News, Pastoral Care
When the church receives word of the death of one of our members, the volunteers on our Bereavement Committee take action. The volunteers on call pick up a small pre-selected, pre-paid meal from Strossner’s Bakery and take it to the family of the recently deceased...
Oct 1, 2019 | Church News, Pastoral Care
Jesus’s best advice was often wordless. As he quietly moved back and forth between the solitude and the multitude, he modeled healthy spirituality for all of us. We belong to the multitude. We were designed for communal life in all its messiness and joy. Social...
