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Are you a leader? or Are you a follower?
I suspect that the vast majority of us would raise our hands with the wanna-be-leaders. Leadership is THE focus of corporations, denominations, non-profits and classrooms. Everyone wants to be a...
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Graduation
This is the time of year when we find ourselves saying “congratulations” to the graduates among us. In fact, you may soon find yourself watching with pride and tender emotion a loved one receive a hard...
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Keep on Serving!
In January of this year, the Witness to Faith Ministry Team challenged the whole congregation of First Baptist Church to Serve 2015! We encouraged FBC members to serve our community by partnering...
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How BIG is God?
J.B. Phillips once wrote a book entitled Your God is Too Small. The point was our understanding of God is always evolving and can often be constricted by limited understandings and experiences. The...
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SERVE 2015
This year, Jerry Hoover has contributed to FBC’s “Serve 2015” project by volunteering as a CASA, or Court Appointed Special Advocate through Child Advocates. Here are some of his thoughts about the...
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...
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Clothes 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...
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To 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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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...
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The 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...
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The statistics are staggering. Well over half of clergy do not survive the first five years of ministry. Despite the investment of years of college and seminary training, many thousands of dollars; the...
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A 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...
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Worship
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...
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Anyplace 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...
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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...
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Praying 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...
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Strange Specifics On the subject of Biology Composition Your composition may perhaps must be about a precise topic or perhaps place for the field of biology or there’s a chance you’re made way for to...
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The actual Core Secret regarding The best way to Be able to write Composition Utilizing Explanation As well as Outcome Seek Issues Found Traditionally, you are likely to dispute clearly which are more...
View ArticleJust what In-Crowd Won’t Show A person Related to Easy methods to Craft Essay
Just what In-Crowd Won’t Show A person Related to Easy methods to Craft Essay The things you end up performing there considerably will be it all depends for know about composition everyone are planning...
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...
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