Jan 14, 2025 | In This Moment, Now. Here. This.
Most of us don’t use the word “exciting” in the same sentence as the word “meeting” very often, but our next church conference meeting on Wednesday, January 29, at 6 p.m., will have a full agenda of exciting things! As we begin a new year, our congregation will be...
Dec 23, 2024 | In This Moment, Now. Here. This.
Advent begins a new church year in our worshipping life together, as we begin anew with reading the stories of Jesus and God’s redemption for the world in holy scripture. But organizationally, January 1 starts our new church year as our lay leaders transition in and...
Dec 10, 2024 | In This Moment, Now. Here. This.
Last Sunday’s Hanging of the Greens service was a fun and meaningful way to begin our Advent season together. Kids and youth sang and played music, from the festive sing-a-long with the preschool choir’s “Little Gray Donkey” to the beautiful renditions of more...
Oct 29, 2024 | In This Moment, Now. Here. This.
In the early 1920s, Martha Berry, founder of Berry College in Rome, attended a fundraising dinner in New York City. There she met Henry Ford, and she appealed to him to financially support the work of her small, country school back in Georgia. Ford dug around in his...
Oct 22, 2024 | In This Moment, Now. Here. This.
Last Sunday in worship, we observed one of the rituals that makes Baptists who we are–believer’s baptism by immersion. Next Sunday, October 27, we will practice another–church conference. One might not think of a meeting as being a key distinctive for a church or any...
Oct 15, 2024 | In This Moment, Now. Here. This.
This Sunday, October 13, our congregation celebrates with two of our young people, Stella Johansen and Harper Brown, as they follow Jesus calling them into the waters of baptism. Each time that I witness a baptism, I am reminded of my own. I was eight years old when I...
Sep 24, 2024 | In This Moment, Now. Here. This.
This past weekend, forty women traveled to St. Simons Island for our church’s annual women’s retreat. The theme was “Storytelling: Weaving a Tapestry of our Belonging,” and each of our retreat sessions included several participants telling a five-minute story around...
Sep 17, 2024 | In This Moment, Now. Here. This.
Investing in the Next Chapter What an amazing time to be a part of First Baptist Church of Christ at Macon! Our almost 200-year-old church is both steeped in history and in touch with today’s issues. Here we are offered majestic worship, nurturing relationships, and...
Sep 3, 2024 | In This Moment, Now. Here. This.
The pastoral installation service we shared last Sunday is lingering in my mind and in my heart. All week, I’ve found myself humming “For Everyone Born, A Place at the Table…” and “Will You Come and Follow Me if I But Call Your Name….” I’m hanging on to the words...
Aug 26, 2024 | In This Moment, Now. Here. This.
In March of 2023, Erika Houser began her role as our Interim Director of Children’s Ministries, having served as a regular children’s Sunday School teacher before that for most of her college years. For the past nearly year and a half, she has led our children’s...
