Children & Bibles
I’ve just finished placing my signature on the inside name plate of the eight Bibles we will present in worship on Sunday, September 13 to children entering 3rd grade. What a joy! It’s a joy to know...
View ArticleThe Crow Travelogue…
And the projects begin… JOBS Kenny Makami New Storm Door Window Pick up sash Thur Our Lady of Loretto Repair Toilet Flush Valves Today Tighten Shower Heads Checked-OK Clean Showers & Replace...
View ArticleA River Runs Through It
A Reflection on My 22 Years of Our Mission Trip to the Crow Reservation I love the drive from Billings, Montana to Lodge Grass, our temporary “home” during our work week on the Crow Indian...
View ArticleWorship
Every Wednesday morning, the pastoral and music staff meet together to review worship plans for the next Sunday and beyond. The expectation at First Baptist Church is worship that honors God is...
View ArticleAnyplace May Be the Place
So where did the nativity scenes or crèche displays, so prevalent now populating our church and neighborhood lawns first appear? Tradition has it, that the year before his death, St. Francis of Assisi...
View ArticleReflection on Services for Amelia Old Crow
Reflections on Services for Amelia Old Crow and First Baptist’s Twenty-Three Year Mission with the First Crow Indian Baptist Church, Lodge Grass, Montana February 14, 2016 “You did pretty good for a...
View ArticlePraying With the Saints (and Other Assorted Characters)
This year, our Lenten Wednesdays Services @ 6:30 pm focus on the saints. This means some of us will have to reach back further than the likes of our Baptist saints like Adoniram Judson or Roger...
View ArticleBeginnings has a New Beginning!
CCDF, CDA, IMCPL, IRT, Non-cash Award, On My Way Pre-K, On the Road to Reading, Paths to QUALITY, Registered Ministry, VCP….. What does it all mean and how does it affect Beginnings and FBC? When I...
View ArticleClothes and Crayons
Last summer around this same time, I had the opportunity to participate in a mission project that has helped hundreds of Washington Township school children and their families for the past several...
View ArticleTo Kill a Mockingbird
Over the summer, FBC has been reading (and for many re-reading) Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize- winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The story focuses on a courageous lawyer, Atticus Finch and a sleepy...
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