Mar 4, 2019 | Church News, Rustlings
For the last several Wednesday MidWeek Fellowship services, we have walked through the valley of the shadow of addiction together. We explored the twelve steps of recovery, told our stories, listened with laughter and tears, surveyed the terrain of our family and...
Feb 25, 2019 | Church News, Rustlings
Weekly, the church office often receives numerous thank you notes from persons recovered from an illness. Long or short, we’re asked to print them in The Branch as an expression of gratitude for the prayers and care of the church. Because of the number of notes we...
Feb 19, 2019 | Church News, Rustlings
In a world filled with division and derision, I’m proud to be a member of First Baptist Greenville. I delight in our willingness to listen to, learn from, work with and respect those who differ from us. We have discovered that we can be distinctively who we are, while...
Feb 11, 2019 | Church News, Rustlings
It has been said ‘the devil is in the details.’ I would hate for the devil to receive all the accolades for the important ministry of administrative detail! Giving credit where credit is due, I’d like to thank our church’s Retreat Committee and our Church Operations...
Feb 4, 2019 | Church News, Rustlings
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….well, a long time ago…LPs were the dominant musical medium. LP (long playing) records spun on a record player at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute (rpm) and contained multiple songs on each side. Single song records spun on the...
Jan 22, 2019 | Church News, Rustlings
It’s probably on your back burner. Maybe you’ve set the idea aside because you truly believe you do not need it. Maybe you’ve set it aside because you’re not sure it’s worth the cost. Maybe it just got lost in the shuffle of a hundred other things you are presently...