March 17, 2023 - Good Morning! It’s Friday, March 17.
Tomorrow, the Women’s Ministry of First Baptist Center will host their annual Joy Seekers Women’s Conference. Today, we complete a short series about people in desperate situations who encountered Jesus. Today, we focus on the story from John 8 about the adulterous woman.
March 16, 2023 - Good Morning! It’s Thursday, March 16.
We continue today with a short series about desperate people who encountered Jesus. In both Luke and Mark we encounter a paralyzed man with four very good friends.
March 15, 2023 - Good Morning! It's Wednesday, March 15.
Our pastor is preaching a sermon series called "Desperation". It features stories of Bible characters who, at a desperate moment in their lives, encountered Jesus. We see one of these stories, one of these people, in the 9th chapter of the Gospel of John.
March 14, 2023 - Good Morning! It’s Tuesday, March 14.
The colors are exploding. The temperatures are rising. The Earth is coming back to life again. Signs that Spring is just around the corner. Another sign? Baseball's Spring Training has begun! March 14 was the first day of Spring Training in 1954, and in the first inning of the first game, a brand-new player walked to the plate. He was 20 years old, his name was Henry Louis Aaron... and he hit the ball out of the park.
March 13, 2023 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, March 13.
“Everything old is new again”. This year, for the first time in 35 years, CD sales were overtaken by LPs. Vinyl is back! That’s good news for me - I’ve got about a thousand records in my collection. Long playing albums were the dominant media for most of the 20th century, but were overtaken by compact discs in the late ‘80’s. And now they’re back on top. Everything old is new again.
March 10, 2023 - Good Morning! It’s Friday, March 10.
In 1968, Lyndon Johnson was president, the Vietnam War was raging, Andy Griffith was the #1 TV show, the Beatles were still together, and Sandy Yarborough started working at First Baptist Church of Center, Texas. This Sunday, during our 10:15 worship service, we’ll celebrate Sandy’s 55th anniversary as a secretary on our church staff.
March 9, 2023 - Good Morning. It’s Thursday, March 9.
On this day, last year, I received a message from relatives in Maryland. My youngest sister had passed away. The news was not unexpected, but you're never fully prepared for that message. On that day I posted this devotion. I hope it will speak to you on this day.
Today my subject is family. During our lives we may have several families - spouses, children, second marriages, step kids, grand kids, etc. But my focus this morning is on the family we grew up with - mom, dad, brothers, sisters.
March 7, 2023 - The Community Men’s Prayer Ministry of First Baptist Center is celebrating its one year anniversary with a breakfast on Wednesday, March 8 at 6am at Estrella Restaurant, 224 Tenaha Street. Dr. Tim Watson, interim pastor of First Baptist, will share a brief word of encouragement. Any man is warmly welcome!
March 7, 2023 - Good Morning! It’s Tuesday, March 7.
On March 7, 1876, the U.S. Patent Office issued what has been called the most profitable patent in the history of patents. It was issued to an inventor named Alexander Graham Bell. He called it . . . the telephone.