Our Sunday at Bells First Baptist Church was very worshipful. Our ladies trio composed of Jan Outlaw, Hollie Watkins, and Judith Ann Cartwright blessed us with their beautiful singing of “Something About That Name”. I’m sure it blessed your heart as it did mine! Our business meeting Sunday evening was Read more…
We traveled to the mountains this past weekend and visited with our son and daughter-in-law, Zachary and Anna. What a blessing to be with them and enjoy family fellowship! Saturday we drove along the Blue Ridge Parkway, which was foggy and rainy! There were very strong winds at about 5,500 Read more…
Many thanks to so many of you for your gracious reception this Sunday evening! Thank you as well for your many expressions of love. It is a blessing to serve among a congregation which loves the Lord and shows love to their church staff. We have the Fall Festival taking Read more…
A wonderful thing to honor Dalee and Bret on their twenty-fifth anniversary! Congratulations to you both. Good as well to see so many of their family and friends come out to honor them on this good day! May you have 25 or 50 more wonderful years together! Thank you, Church, Read more…
Our nation’s political scenery is very polarized. I have not lived in a time in which everyone agreed on the all the important issues facing society or even the world. However, civility used to be an expected feature of political debate. Today, our expectations from our politicians are pretty low. Read more…
It’s a very difficult matter when the efforts and prayer that have gone into something very important do not come to the expected end. Our Pastor Search Committee is composed of some of our finest members. They have come very close to presenting someone they felt was a Pastor you Read more…
It is difficult to describe this Pastor’s heart about the blessing of worshipping the Lord together this past Sunday. Worship music and our Choir were wonderful! Our Prayer Focus was clear, and a blessing!! Joely’s Dedication was so precious and meaningful! The message was direct. Presenting Bro. Zac’s Certificate of Read more…
9/11/2001 will be in most of our memories for the rest of our lives. We learned a lot from that tragedy; the bad, who we can or cannot trust, and how our nation was galvanized by a common enemy. The church should also realize that we have a common enemy. Read more…
Thanks for the eight people who joined together for prayer time this morning! Each first Sunday we will be joining in the ‘Upper Room’ for this prayer emphasis for the future of our fellowship! We look forward to seeing this grow. Once more, Sunday is Back to Church Sunday! You Read more…
Wonderful worship again this Sunday! May I make a sincere comment? You are as attentive to the preaching time as any church I know! Your willingness to listen intently to the message is a great encouragement to any Pastor, but specifically to me! Following up on our 8:30 Sunday prayer Read more…