And so does the annual Christmas Program, held each Christmas Eve at 7 PM as long as anyone in the Church can remember. Folk worked diligently on Monday to get the tree set up and since then a couple of folk (and more) have worked to decorate the Auditorium. Here are some photos [...]

Is the commentary on the last part of the Old Testament, the second half of the ‘Minor Prophets’, Nahum-Malachi.

The entire list is available here.

Our Church is again participating in the Christmas Gift Prison Bag ministry, providing 75 bags.  The Bags MUST be assembled by Wednesday, December 5th, and they MUST be delivered to the Storehouse Ministry Center by Dec. 7th. The Children in Action are organizing this ministry and they will assemble and deliver the [...]

A Baptist Pastor and Theologian from New Zealand has written a very fine devotional book titled “Making Life Decisions: Journey In Discernment.” You can read it online and follow the spiritual exercises that way or you can download the entire document and have it on your hard drive to print out at your leisure.
Learning [...]

I’ve taken a bit of time today to upload the newest flyer with the publication schedule of the “Person in the Pew” commentary series I’ve been working on, and will be working on, for a number of years. You can access the published volumes directly here.  They make the perfect Christmas gift…  

Remember to join us tonight at 7 for our Annual Community Thanksgiving Service!

Channel 5 in Nashville has reported
Belmont University and the Tennessee Baptist Convention reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed by the Baptists. The Southern Baptist organization and the Nashville university have been at odds for more than a year over Belmont’s efforts to diversify its board with more Christian trustees who aren’t Baptists. [...]

The family of Ashley Paine.  She’s the 12 year old girl that died today from the school bus accident of Friday.

This year a friend of the Church, who wishes to remain anonymous, is going to match, dollar for dollar, the amount we collect in the Lottie Moon Offering, up to $1500.
Our hope is that this will motivate everyone to give sacrificially so that we can not only meet our goal but exceed it.
This year, too, [...]

I had my hotel reservation made.  I had my plans set.  I was looking forward to attending a meeting that I had hoped would aim at glorifying Christ, bind believers together in his cause, and be a period of encouragement.  After all, we Pastoral types can get discouraged from time to time so we get [...]