Mar 2, 2025 | Children's Ministry, Spiritual Formation
Every year before Easter, the church calendar guides Christians through a preparatory season called Lent. Observing the season of Lent helps us realign our lives and hearts with Jesus as we remember his journey to the cross. In our Children’s Ministry, we call Lent...
Feb 17, 2025 | Church News, Spiritual Formation
Nearly 450 people braved the weather to attend last week’s book tour with Amanda Tyler on How to End Christian Nationalism. We welcomed hundreds of community members, church members, and other interested parties to learn from Ms. Tyler about what Christian nationalism...
Feb 9, 2025 | Church News, Spiritual Formation
This Wednesday (February 12) is a Breathe Wednesday with no programming other than Sanctuary Choir rehearsal. Beginning next week, a new, limited series of MidWeek classes will begin! These 2-week sessions (February 19 and 26) will be held from 6 to 7pm in various...
Feb 2, 2025 | Church News, Spiritual Formation
Date: Tuesday, February 11, 6:30pm Location: FBG Sanctuary Register: firstbaptistgreenville.com/amanda-tyler Amanda Tyler, Executive Director of the Baptist Joint Committee on Religious Freedom, discusses her 2024 book, How to End Christian Nationalism, the essential...
Jan 20, 2025 | Church News, Spiritual Formation
In our last issue, I promised two good ideas for practicing “spiritual preventative maintenance” in 2025. Here’s the second: Invest in your spiritual growing edge: A bad day for me is when I meet with someone suffering through some unhappy situation and hear them say,...
Jan 14, 2025 | Church News, Pastoral Care, Spiritual Formation
Your gift of a sabbatical this fall gave me the chance to dream about how Pastoral Care could function better at First Baptist. The dream? “Spiritual preventative maintenance,” born of the frustration of being called too late to help someone get on a healthier, more...
