by First Baptist | Mar 27, 2015 | From Alan
This article appears in our April issue of Connections, available here. For nearly 40 days, we have shared in the season of Lent – the season that precedes Easter and calls us to prayer, contemplation, and preparation for the death and resurrection of Christ. Our Lent...
by First Baptist | May 2, 2015 | From Alan
“It helps now and then to take the long view” (Prayer of Archbishop Oscar Romero) This past Monday began like most: taking a view of the day before. As I reflected on another Sunday in the life of First Baptist Church of Greensboro, my mind began to race and spirits...
by First Baptist | Feb 11, 2016 | From Alan, Lent, Worship
“Marked” By Alan Sherouse I recently had the slightest brush with my mortality. At age 35, I haven’t had many bleak reminders, but they inevitably come. Recently one came in the form of a small spot on my chest – nothing new for someone who grew up in the...
by First Baptist | Jun 4, 2016 | From Alan
Remarks from Pastor Alan Sherouse at the Service of Remembrance and Homegoing for First Baptist custodian, Derrick Emanuel Weeks, June 3, 2016 at Jerusalem United Holy Church in Reidsville. Derrick’s obituary can be found here. Thank you for continued prayers...
by First Baptist | Jun 13, 2016 | From Alan |
Church Family: How jarring it was to leave the sanctuary and inspiration of church yesterday to the news of the horrific shooting massacre at Pulse – an Orlando gay club in my home state of Florida. In the midst of my own grief, I wanted to write with my love...
by First Baptist | Dec 24, 2015 | From Alan, Sermons |
“Hands Free” | Sermon by Alan Sherouse | Christmas Eve 2015 Luke 2:1-20 In Luke’s well known, well-read telling of the birth of Jesus, there is a single line that might just form the heart of the story. We read it right at the appearance of the angel, the...