Jun 24, 2024 | Announcements, Now. Here. This.
On Sunday, June 23, our congregation voted to call Julie Long as our next pastor, beginning August 1, 2024. Julie will conclude her tenure as our Interim Director of Staff and Congregational Life on June 30 and will take the month of July away before beginning as...
Jun 24, 2024 | Announcements, Now. Here. This.
The First Baptist Church of Christ today elected its first woman pastor in the church’s almost 200-year history, calling Rev. Julie Whidden Long as Pastor of the church, which is located at the top of Poplar Street in downtown Macon. Rev. Long has most recently been...
Jun 10, 2024 | Now. Here. This.
To: The Congregation of First Baptist Church of Christ, Macon, Georgia From: The Pastor Search Committee Subject: Recommendation to call Julie Whidden Long as our next pastor With great pleasure and much excitement, the Pastor Search Committee unanimously recommends...
May 6, 2024 | Now. Here. This.
written by David McCollum, Church Treasurer Financial support for the ministries and programs of FBCX through the first quarter of 2024 was virtually breakeven with the costs of those activities. Total gifts through three months totaled $142,561.89 while expenditures...
Apr 29, 2024 | Announcements, Now. Here. This.
The Pastor Search Committee, after reviewing and discussing the comments we received last fall in listening sessions and then the notes from the Congregational Conversations in February and March, have prepared a profile of our church and a profile of the...
Mar 25, 2024 | Now. Here. This., Uncategorized
Written by Julie Long, Interim Director of Staff and Congregational Life In an article published in the Christian Century entitled “Donkey Fetchers,” Tom Long offers readers a new take on the Palm Sunday story. In Mark 11, just as Jesus was about to descend the Mount...
Mar 18, 2024 | Now. Here. This.
written by Rev. Kathy Manis Findley Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning. Joel 2:12 (NRSVUE) . I have been thinking about my ordination, since its anniversary draws near, March 29. I am a...
Mar 11, 2024 | Now. Here. This.
Written by Julie Long, Interim Director of Staff and Congregational Life Then Jesus took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in his arms, he said to them, ‘Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me...
Mar 4, 2024 | Now. Here. This.
Written by Julie Long, Interim Director of Staff and Congregational Life Last Saturday, about 35 members of our church participated in a church-wide cleanout day as we began the process of clearing out the Washington Avenue building. As you likely remember, we...
Feb 25, 2024 | Now. Here. This.
written by Harold Tessendorf, Chair, Facilities Master Plan Committee The Committee facilitated two well-attended, congregation-wide listening sessions on January 24th and January 28th, 2024, to receive feedback on a range of broad options related to the future use...
