Weekly Update for Sunday, February 3, 2019
There is information on the Operation Christmas Child at the Welcome Center and donation boxes are set up in the narthex for those who want to donate this year. The suggested items for February are hats, scarves and gloves.
Weekly Update for Sunday, January 27, 2019
Trustee meeting: this Sunday, following the morning service.
Deacons meeting: this Sunday, following the morning service.
Weekly Update for Sunday, January 20, 2019
Update: due to the Level 2 Travel Warning in Greene County, services this Sunday (January 20th) have been canceled. Pastor Dave will still be doing a service live at 10:00 AM on firstbaptistlinton.org/listen and WQTY 93.3FM as usual, so tune in from home if you can!
Also note: The church office will be closed Monday due to the holiday.
Weekly Update for Sunday, January 13, 2019
Special Business Meeting: this Sunday in the church sanctuary immediately after the morning service. The sole purpose of this meeting is to decide what to do with money collected for the roof debt which exceeded the amount we owed.
Trustee meeting: Jan. 20, following the morning service.
We want to thank everyone who donated poinsettias for Christmas, and those who set up and took down the outdoor Nativity, those who decorated the Bulletin boards, and everyone else who helped to make Christmas so special at our church.
Weekly Update for Sunday, January 6, 2019
Official Board Meeting: this Sunday at 4:30 PM.
There will be a Special Business Meeting held on Jan. 13 here in the church sanctuary immediately after the morning service. The sole purpose of this meeting is to decide what to do with money collected for the roof debt which exceeded the amount we owed.
If you would like a record of your 2018 giving, please sign up on the east bulletin board. If you have a church mailbox, your records can be found there. Otherwise, we will mail them to you.
One year Bible reading plans are available at the Welcome Center.
Things I Learned from My Dad
I had a “Leave It to Beaver” childhood. We had a nuclear family in the best sense of that word. It was a wonderful, stable, happy family setting. It wasn’t perfect, but it was very, very good. I will always be grateful to God for my parents.
My Dad didn’t talk all that much while I was growing up. If you wanted to talk out a problem, you went to Mom. Dad was an engineer. He’d tell you a joke and buy you an ice cream cone, and he’d carry you to bed when you fell asleep in the back of the car. But you had your long conversations with Mom.
That changed after Mom went to Heaven. We had a lot more in-depth conversations with Dad in the ten years after Mom died. It was good. Up until that time, Dad would talk to you, and you could talk to him, but the conversations tended to be of the “here’s the problem, here’s the solution” variety. Beyond that, he didn’t say a lot.
But Dad modeled some wonderful things for us. Here are a few things I learned from my Dad:
Weekly Update for Sunday, December 30, 2018
New Year’s/praising Jesus celebration: Monday, Dec. 31, 8:00 pm to 12:00 am. Friends, family, kids are welcome. Bring finger foods and a two liter bottle of pop. Tea, coffee, and lemonade will be provided. There will be games and activities for all ages. Please sign up at the Welcome Center.
There will be a Special Business Meeting held on Jan. 13 in the sanctuary immediately after the morning service. The sole purpose of this meeting is to decide what to do with money collected for the roof debt which exceeded the amount we owed.
If you would like a record of your 2018 giving, please sign up on the east bulletin board.
One year Bible reading plans are available at the Welcome Center.
Weekly Update for Sunday, December 23, 2018
Merry Christmas!
We will not have an evening service next Sunday, Dec. 30.
New Year’s/praising Jesus celebration: Monday, Dec. 31, 8:00 pm to 12:00 am. Friends, family, kids are welcome. Bring finger foods and a two liter bottle of pop. Tea, coffee, and lemonade will be provided. There will be games and activities for all ages.