Tuesday, December 24 – Christmas Eve Family Worship Join us for one of our Christmas Eve services at either 11:00am, 1:00pm, or 3:00pm. Please invite your family and friends to worship with you for this wonderful time with God and His people. Christmas Eve Childcare by reservation ONLY for ages 3 and under. Go to the fbccov.org/Christmas website to register. …

Every year the Southern Baptist Churches collect the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering where 100% of the money given sends and support missionaries. What is this strange name, and what does it do? The strange name comes from a Southern Baptist missionary from Virginia named Charlotte Moon, who was called “Lottie” by her family. Lottie Moon knew God had called her …

I think that ninety-nine percent of people love Christmas, but we often don’t know why we do. It’s not gifts; not even family. For me, it’s because Christmas gives us hope in a dark and dying world. As we go through the Gospel of Matthew concerning the events around the birth of Jesus, we are deluged with hard and difficult …

Christmas is such a great time to introduce your family and friends to Jesus! Most people are more receptive to invitations to church during the holidays, and we have a number of events coming up that will be wonderful opportunities. Sunday, December 1 – Christmas Tree Lighting John us for the festive Christmas tree lighting at 6:00pm on the south …

When Paul wrote to the church at Philippi, he began by expressing his thanks to the church. “I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel …” Philippians 1:3-5a Thanksgiving is a healing expression. As we give thanks, we recognize …

Sunday, November 17, at 4:00pm, is the day for our major congregational meeting of the year. I would like to tell you the things that we will be looking at and things we will be voting on. First, the purpose of this meeting is primarily to present the 2025 budget recommendation for First Baptist Church. The budget will be presented …

Last week I encouraged you to pray for the presidential election; that God would move mightily over our land, that we would repent of our idolatry, our immorality, and seek God with all our hearts. I want to challenge you to continue to pray for all of our leaders and for the unity of our nation. UPCOMING EVENTS: GriefShare & …

In recent weeks, my heart and mind have been drawn to the words of Paul in Ephesians 6:10-20 about putting on the full armor of God. As you would expect, Paul speaks prominently about prayer. This is what he said: “Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, …

A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to participate in a roundtable discussion about Calling Out the Called – which is a way of helping followers of Christ recognize God’s call for them to serve in a vocational role in ministry. God calls all of us to minister, but He also calls specific people to accomplish specific tasks …

As we come to the end of 2024, we are beginning preparations for the 2025 calendar year. For FBC Covington, that means having our main congregational meeting. This meeting will be Sunday, November 17th at 4:00PM in the Worship Center. This business meeting each year is the time that we affirm new deacons, elect new members to our ministry teams, …