Pumpkin Carving Contest Rules

The First Annual Farmington Baptist Pumpkin Carving Contest Guidelines 1. Pumpkins must be carved based upon a biblical theme Example: The Cross, Noah’s Ark, Jonah in the belly of a whale, etc. For more examples or ideas, check out the link below: http://www.squidoo.com/christian-pumpkin-carving-patterns 2. Pumpkins should be carved before the Chicken Stew Plus and brought to the […]

Worship Style

What is your church’s worship stye? This is a question I am often asked by others when they are inquiring about our church. I understand this question. Most churches pick a style and stick with it. Some stay with traditional music Some crank it up with contemporary Some are Hill Song oriented Others have a […]

Death

Death never tells us when it is going to arrive and sometimes shows us signs that we choose to ignore or that we miss read. But it comes none the less. It happens to those we love, those we care for, those we have invested in. Today sitting in a hospital a very good friend […]

Not for Rent!

A pastor friend of mine was deeply disturbed the other day. He had been counseling a guy for 6 months. Investing in him, trying to get him to move in a different direction… and the guy (he had been counseling)… decided to have none of it and walked away… unchanged. It broke my friend’s heart. […]

Why am I doing this?

Why am I doing this? It’s a question that has hit my brain more often than not. It comes to me in the good times when I see people changed by the hand of God. When people kneel at the alter on sunday, when their eyes tell me God has spoken to them, when a […]

We are not as strong as we think we are

I am half the man I think I am One forth of the husband I should be One tenth the pastor I should be Five percent the leader I think I am truth is I’m sick My heart dark and dirty My mind uncontrolled and tormented I wish my condition was better that I could […]