What do you have on your Bucket List? You know, the things you want to do before you “kick the bucket.” Last week, I received an email from a woman who talked about her bucket list. Last spring, we had another woman attend one of our worship services who had a visit to our church on her bucket list. What’s …

Martha and I are hosting a trip to Israel April 24-May 4, 2012. We invite you to consider joining us as we experience the trip of a lifetime. I have traveled to the land of Israel four times prior to this trip. Each trip has been a wonderful experience to see firsthand the land of the Bible. As you know, …

August is always interesting at First Baptist Church. This August has been especially so. Here are some of the blessings that we have experienced. We have seen many new people connect with our church and with the Lord. FBC exists “to help people know and accept Jesus Christ and through Him to experience life-changing relationships.” The sermon series for August …

I am writing about baptism today because I hope you will trust Christ with all your heart and prayerfully consider following Him in baptism. Without denigrating other churches which practice differently, I want to give a reason for what we do. In a sense, I will give you my understanding and theology of baptism. Baptist groups started springing up in …

During that brief time in my life when I flew a private plane, we always used a checklist to make sure that everything worked. After all, you never want to hear “oops” in the cockpit. You will be happy to know that a checklist is standard practice for the most accomplished airline pilot. If it makes sense to use a …

Welcome to First Baptist Church! Many of you are new today or have started attending during this summer. We are thankful that you are here. Please come again, and please prayerfully consider making FBC your church home. We have a place for you in a small group Bible Study (our Bible Fellowship classes) and a place in service and ministry …

Martha and I have had a wonderful month. We are looking forward to being with you next week. With school starting soon, I will begin a new sermon series on making significant changes to your life. The title is: “Transformed: The Art of Living Differently.” The Word of God is all about transformation. God tells us not be conformed but …

Each year First Baptist Church elects twelve men to serve as deacons for a two year period. These twelve men join the twelve elected the previous year to make up the deacon body of First Baptist Church. At FBC deacons have the responsibility to jealousy guard the unity of the church and to lead it to health. Deacons contact new …

Public schools begin in less than a month. It’s time to get back on a schedule and look at the opportunities that a new school year brings. I hope that you will make this August like the beginning of the new year—a time to reflect about where you are in your relationship with God. Here are several places where you …

I probably don’t have to remind you how busy and hectic the summer can be.   Public schools in St. Tammany Parish are only seven weeks from starting up again.  Isn’t this the first week of summer? Summer is a large part of what we want to accomplish at FBC. Let’s discuss our plan for doing ministry. First, we want to do a week …