Dec 12, 2014 | Blog
The Bricks for Ricks Foundation recently contributed $2500 to the Care for One Hundred Campaign along with $1500 from the First Baptist Church of Jefferson to Dr. Olu Menjay on his recent visit to Gainesville First Baptist Church. Dr. Menjay is the Principal of Ricks...
Dec 8, 2014 | Sermons
Second Sunday in Advent, December 7, 2014 Luke 1:26-30; Luke 10:30-37 Helen Cooper is a writer for the New York Times. Her coverage of the Ebola crisis is unique because she was born in Liberia and she still has family living there. Having immigrated to the United...
Dec 6, 2014 | Blog
During Advent, stories of the miraculous emerge from our scripture readings. An angel appears to Mary, then Joseph, to ready them for a virgin birth. Angels appear to shepherds as they keep watch of their sheep during the night. Ananias and Sapphira, long awaiting the...
Dec 4, 2014 | Blog
An Advent Devotional On our trip to Finland last summer, we were greeted by days filled with eighteen hours of sunshine. Now this sounds nice, but our biological clocks actually crave darkness. Like chickens that know it’s time to roost because the sun goes...
Dec 1, 2014 | Sermons
First Sunday in Advent, November 30 2014 Genesis 1:1-3 On our trip to Finland last summer, we were greeted by days filled with eighteen hours of sunshine. While there, we visited the Arctic Circle, where there are days during the year when the sun never sets. Now this...
