by Libby Grammer | Jan 24, 2020 | Pastor's Blog
In 2020, First Baptist Church is going to look for ways to practice “sacred partnering.” Mark Tidsworth, our speaker for our ReShape Conference on March 14th (who will also join us Sunday morning, March 15th in Sunday School and worship), describes what sacred...
by Libby Grammer | Jan 16, 2020 | Pastor's Blog
As I, along with the Personnel Committee, spend hours and hours in prayerful consideration concerning our new minister of music, I find myself thinking more about that job my dad held when I was growing up. As the daughter of a Minister of Music, I got to see...
by Libby Grammer | Jan 10, 2020 | Pastor's Blog
It’s a new year, and that means many of us will be looking for ways to de-clutter our lives. We may get bit by the organizing bug after putting away Christmas decorations. We may decide to finally get the laundry off the treadmill and get walking again. We might detox...
by Libby Grammer | Jan 3, 2020 | Pastor's Blog
From our monthly CrossCurrents newsletter Happy New Year! I hope this letter finds you after a holiday filled with as much joy and love as you could experience. I know that seeing family was a sweet and wonderful experience for Will, Elena, and me these past few days....
by Libby Grammer | Dec 23, 2019 | Pastor's Blog
Do you ever feel like time moves differently around the holidays? Maybe it feels like it moves way too fast, and Thanksgiving flies by and then Christmas shows up unannounced before you’re ready for it. Or maybe it feels like things are moving in slow motion. You may...
by Libby Grammer | Dec 17, 2019 | Pastor's Blog
From our Ecumenical Advent Devotion Lunch on December 17, 2019 Our Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25 If you have been to all of these Advent lunches, we have heard repetitively that Advent is a season of waiting. It’s a season to be introspective and to slow down. And like...
