The Pastor's Blog

Thought I would try something new. Thanks to Susanna Valdes for the idea. Here is the first video, and I hope to post a couple a week.

As we are watching the news regarding the corona virus outbreak, especially considering yesterday’s the recommendations to not gather in groups of more than 10, we feel we need to take the step to cancel all in-person gatherings until further notice.  Here is how it will affect our weekly activities: Sunday worship service will be Keep Reading

Amidst concerns surrounding the coronavirus, we want to let you know how First Baptist Church is responding. To answer the main question asked, we will be meeting tomorrow, March 15th, for worship at our regularly scheduled time 9:00 am. But we will be doing a few things differently this week.  We will not be serving Keep Reading

Another year has come and gone. I pray that your Christmas holiday was enjoyable, relaxing, and spent with those most important to you. But I still cannot believe it is already January 2019! With a new year comes new hopes and opportunities. And ChurchWorld – as like to call it – is no different. Which Keep Reading

I am sure we have all been seeing the pictures and video coming from our islands. I have been heartbroken at seeing the damage done and knowing that it represent lives and livelihoods interrupted. We have been praying for many of you who evacuated only to learn this storm seemed to follow you. Grateful for Keep Reading

I started going to church when I was an infant.  We had something called the Cradle Roll at the church I grew up in, and I was enrolled at a few months old.  Which means that I have been going to church for almost 47 years now.  That’s almost 2,500 Sundays.  I guess you might expect Keep Reading

                        We identify ourselves in a lot of different ways.   Sometimes it’s by our profession – doctor, plumber, teacher, flight attendant, homemaker.   Or by our relationships – father, mother, husband, wife, grandparent.   Or by certain traits – shy, outgoing, laid back, Keep Reading

More has been written about him than anyone else in history.  His name has inspired awe, fear, reverence and anger.  He has been called prophet,  great moral teacher, a fraud, and the Messiah.  But starting Sunday, April 12th, we will look at what Jesus said about himself. Seven times in the New Testament book of John, Jesus makes direct, self-revelatory statements Keep Reading

It is probably my favorite service of the year.  We couldn’t ask for a better location than the far beach at Pennekamp Park.  And I am so grateful that they have allowed us to hold this service here for 10+ years.   It was a beautiful start to the day.  The water was like glass as the sunrise service began.  Keep Reading

I cannot believe that today is the last day of 2014. I guess it’s cliche, but the older I get the faster the years seems to go by. Which means it is time again to make those resolutions.  Eat right.  Exercise.  Lose weight.  Pay off debt.  Etc.  Etc.  Etc. In Sunday’s sermon, I talked a Keep Reading