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“Give with Gladness” A Sermon by Alan Sherouse
“To live the gospel is to stay close to this widow. There’s something she knows that others do not about who God is and how to live in response to God’s grace.”
Service With Gladness
When Pastor Alan asked me to share my testimony of what it means to ‘’serve with gladness”, I immediately wanted to capture some more words to describe what gladness means and what I have seen in the faces of those who serve the Lord in this church. Gladness means...
“Live with Gladness” A Sermon by Alan Sherouse
WATCH HERE: https://youtu.be/RoAo_YUnI0Y LISTEN HERE: READ HERE: Luke 17:11-19 | Order of Worship...
Stewardship Season
Videos from our FBC family on what “With Gladness” means to them is at the bottom! Click on the play button in the middle of the video to watch! In the 100th Psalm, we are urged to worship and serve “with gladness.” Our gifts to God, and in turn to our church,...
Music Service – Nov 18
Sunday, November 18 During Worship - 10:30 am Presented by: FBC Sanctuary Choir Orchestra Children's Choir Youth Choir Dan Forrest’s Jubilate Deo brings to life the global aspect of the traditional Psalm 100 text, “O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands,” by setting it...
Florence Mission Trip
Florence Relief Mission Trip Interest Meetings If you're interested in going to Trenton, NC to help with rebuilding work from the devastation of Hurricane Florence, you're invited to come to an interest meeting. Wednesday, November 14 at 7:15 pm in the Chapel OR...
NC A&T Christmas Concert
Sunday, December 2 at 4 pm The North Carolina A&T State University Choir will present a free Christmas Concert on Sunday, December 2 at 4 pm in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church. The choir is under the direction of Maestro Travis Alexander. Please join...
“Serve with Gladness” A Sermon by Alan Sherouse
*video is unavailable for this week's worship service. LISTEN HERE: READ HERE: Luke 10:30-35 |
“Upside Down | Where the Least is Greatest” A Sermon by Alan Sherouse
“If you make His way your own, well then you go along into a kingdom not of this world. That place where the people who throw their weight around end up in a low place. And its those who have nothing, it seems, who end up the greatest.”
“Upside Down | Where the Last Are First” A Sermon by Alan Sherouse
“What Jesus offered this man was an opportunity to discover abundant and enteral life in the freedom of God’s love, in the privilege of living for something more, better and bigger than his own personal prevision and security.”
“Upside Down | Where Little Ones Are Blessed” A Sermon by Amy Grizzle Kane
“The scriptures describes ironies that seem incongruent, describes realities that seem impossible. And yet, we know well that they also describe the truth of a reality, that Jesus can make possible.”
HS Youth Retreat Registration
Dangerous Wonder Friday, November 9 - Monday, November 12 Together we’ll explore how to make our faith come to life. For 2018, the High School Retreat is an entire day longer (Friday-Monday)! We will be in the mountains of Montreat, and our time will feature worship,...