Celebrating Our Heritage

This Sunday is Heritage Day at First Baptist.  During each worship service, we will recognize members of our Heritage Club, individuals who have been members of First Baptist Church for 50 years or more.  We are the beneficiaries of a potent heritage of mission and ministry because of the investment of these veteran Christians who have served the Lord faithfully across the generations, serving as our living examples of what it means to be a follower of Jesus.

As we approach Heritage Day, we are reminded that our history and our future are birthed from the same Spirit, but they are not identical twins.  At First Baptist we celebrate our heritage by appreciating our senior saints and giving thanks to God for the effective ministries of yesteryear.  We can embrace our future by listening to the Spirit’s creative leadership for our day and by following God’s commission for us to be faithful servants in our community, faithful managers of all our resources, and faithful witnesses in our world.

In May as we continue learning to be doers of the word, we start our new series, Real Religion: Exploring the Book of James.  This week we are looking at the definition of “real religion” in James 1:26-27.  On Sunday evening we will meet in Chipley Hall at six o’clock for Hymns, Spirituals, and Apple Cobbler featuring the A Cappella Singers and Sanctuary Bells.

As we celebrate our heritage and embrace our future, I look forward to seeing you in worship and Bible study this Sunday.