This weekend we begin our new sermon series concerning being people after God’s own heart entitled A Heart Pleasing to God. Our first sermon is asking the question – What does please God? At the conclusion of each service, we will pray over our Deacons – including the three newly serving deacons and ask God‘s blessings upon them and their …

Welcome to worship! It is going to be a great year!  We started back Wednesday Night Activities this week and Connect Groups and Children’s Church this weekend.   As much as I love the holidays, it is nice to be back in our regular schedule.  We offer many areas for you to connect through fellowship and dive deeper into God’s Word. …

Welcome to worship, and Happy New Year! My mother used to say that whatever you do on January 1st, you will do the remainder of the year. She wasn’t superstitious, but she did love little sayings about the new year. If she was right about that saying, then, you and I are going to have a good year of worship …

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year . . . I want to welcome you to our Christmas Eve Service and wish you a Very Merry Christmas. May God bless you and yours in this very special and hopeful time. The following are opportunities in the new year for you to get a new and fresh start in your relationship with …

Christmas & New Year Schedule . . .  Already this month we have had some wonderful Christmas Programs, Connect Group Parties, Children  and Youth Parties, and beautiful music. Now I want to let you know of what will be happening over the next  few weeks.  NO Midweek activities will be happening now through January 1st. We will resume with Tuesday …

Four things you need to know . . . First, we regret to announce that John Nguyen, our Minister of Congregational Care, has submitted his resignation. John will become Senior Pastor of the South Campbellsville Baptist Church of Campbellsville, Kentucky effective February 1, 2023.  John has served with us since December 2017 when he became pastor of our Hope Church …

I hope that you have had a wonderful Thanksgiving and that you will have a blessed Christmas season as well. We have a full and significant month of December planned as we worship and praise our great God. During this month, I will be preaching about the blessings of Christmas. The sermons will be about “The Wonderful Words of Christmas.” …

Things for which I am Grateful: All this week I have been meditating on those things for which I am especially grateful. While there is nothing monumental about any of this, all of these are very important to me. I give thanks for: My wonderful family, all of which have been together this week. The people I work with. I …

We had our last Congregational Meeting for 2022 Wednesday night. It was well attended and characterized by our normal positive and encouraging attitudes. Here are some highlights: First, we reviewed the proposed 2023 budget. The proposed budget is an increase of 3.46% – or $257,450. Though the increase is a substantial amount, the budget continues to be based on our …

Wednesday, November 16, is an important time for FBC. We will use the Congregational Meeting on that evening to discuss our upcoming 2023 budget year and to affirm new deacon leadership for our church. We will also elect new members of the teams that help provide congregational leadership. These are our Trustees and members of the Personnel, Property, Nominating, Baptism, …