2/17 – Ash Wednesday Service
Posted on February 11th, 2010
Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and occurs forty days before Easter (excluding Sundays). Ash Wednesday gets its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of the faithful as a sign of repentance and as a reminder of our mortality.
This year, we will have our Ash Wednesday service on Wednesday, February 17 at 6:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary. All are invited to this service.
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1/3 – John Slade to Preach
Posted on December 26th, 2009
We welcome our own John Slade as our guest preacher on Sunday, January 3.
John has had an accomplished career in television, movies, and radio. He served as general manager, writer, and producer in television on both coasts. Programs he developed or produced include the first minority-oriented prime-time program North Star in Baltimore, the critically acclaimed Say Brother in Boston, and the children’s program, The Big Blue Marble. He was a radio announcer and producer in San Francisco and a talk show host in Washington, D.C. He produced the film Breaking the Chains of Bondage, which centered on the first national demonstration in Washington, D.C. supporting the liberation struggles in southern Africa.
He is a retired Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army. As a military officer, he taught military science at Bowie State University in Maryland and at Georgetown and Howard Universities in Washington, D.C. Colonel Slade was Acting Chief of the National Guard Bureau in Houston and served on the National Guard Drug Reduction Board at the Pentagon.
Other accomplishments include marching with Dr. Martin Luther King on the March on Washington on August 28, 1963 and founding the fraternity Iota Phi Theta, Inc., about which he has written two books.
He continues to serve on a number of boards, including the Executive Council of the AARP in Washington, D.C.; the Board of Directors of the National Iota Foundation; and the Longwood University Board of Visitors. In addition, he currently is a lobbyist for the Association of Reserve Minority Service –Members (ARMS) and serves as the organization’s director.
He is married to Deborah Douglas-Slade and has one son, Kenyatta.
Jan. 4, 2010 UPDATE:
You can listen to Colonel Slade’s sermon, “Journey of Our Lives,” by clicking on this link.
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Dedication Service: Mason Swanberg
Posted on December 14th, 2009
This Sunday, we had a Dedication Service for Bobby and Ann Swanberg and their son, Mason William Swanberg born August 7, 2009.
We were honored that many family members were at the service, including siblings Abigail and Carter; grandparents Jack and Edith Ann Austin, and Jerry and Carolyn Swanberg; aunts Katherine Austin and Heather Swanberg; and uncle Chris Swanberg.
We give thanks to God for bringing Mason safely into the world, and we pray God’s blessings on Bobby and Ann as they raise Mason, Carter and Abigail!
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Hanging of the Green
Posted on December 7th, 2009
On Sunday morning, December 6, we held our Hanging of the Green service. It was a wonderful service where we heard the biblical story prophecying and leading up to the birth of Jesus. The service was filled with readings and singing, while punctuated by the decoration of the sanctuary by various groups within the congregation. Many thanks to all who planned, prepared for, and participated in the service!
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12/24 – Christmas Eve Service
Posted on December 1st, 2009
We will have our traditional candlelight Christmas Eve service on Wednesday, December 24 at 5:00 p.m.
We will celebrate communion by intinction during the service, and we will collect a love offering to our community as a way to share the love of Christ with others.
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College-Led Worship Service
Posted on November 15th, 2009
This Sunday, students from Longwood University and Hampden-Sydney College led our morning worship service. Students read scripture and litanies, prayed, gave the children’s lesson (in rap form!), worked in our nursery, sang, played the piano, drew a picture, took up the offering and preached! Afterwards, the students and their adopted parents enjoyed lunch in our fellowship hall. We are so thankful for these students who are attending, serving, and leading here at Farmville Baptist!
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Youth Sunday
Posted on April 20th, 2009
Yesterday, our youth led our Sunday morning worship service. It was great seeing fourteen of our youth do everything from the chiming of the hour, reading scripture and litanies, praying, giving the Children’s Lesson, doing a skit, leading congregational singing, playing the piano, and giving the message. We are very proud of your youth for leading the service and for their willingness to use the talents that God has given them to share the Good News.
Liz Chassey and Sarah Cave (pictured above, far left), two high school seniors and best friends gave the message called “Holy Neon.” They had a conversation about the journey they shared in their friendship and their faith, and how they are looking forward to God leading them into the future as freshmen at Longwood University. You can listen or download their message by visiting this link.
After the service, our youth and children sponsored a spaghetti lunch and dessert auction fundraiser that raised over $900! All proceeds from this fundraiser will go toward helping our children and youth attend Passport Kids and Passport Choices camp this summer. Many thanks to Ken Copeland, our auctioneer, and to all the members, parents, youth and children who donated desserts, cooked and served the meal, cleaned up, AND bought desserts!
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College Led Service
Posted on March 31st, 2009
This past Sunday, we had over twenty Longwood student lead in our Sunday morning worship. The students led everything from the welcome and announcements, to prayers, hymns and song singing, playing the organ and piano, giving the children’s lesson, and preaching the sermon. Also, students from the Baptist Collegiate Ministry of Longwood were also here to auction themselves off to fund a mission trip to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico this December.
It was so inspiring to witness how these students are using the gifts and talents that God has given them to the worship and the glory of God!
After the service, we had a free lunch for our students and their “adoptive parents.” A good time was had by all!
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Holy Week Services
Posted on March 21st, 2009
We invite you to attend these worship services during Holy Week this year.
Palm/Passion Sunday
Sunday, April 5, 2009, 1055 a.m.
We commemorate how Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem turns into tragic tale of betrayal, injustice and suffering as Jesus walks the path toward his own death for the forgiveness of our sins.
Holy Week Service
Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 6:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall
We follow Jesus from his Last Supper with his disciples to his trial and sentencing. This is a service of darkness in which we will commemorate Jesus’ Last Supper with His disciples and hear scripture readings highlighting Jesus’ trial, sentencing and execution.
Good Friday Service
Friday, April 10, 2009, Noon
We will once again host a community-wide Good Friday Service from 12 noon to 12:30 pm. After the service, all are invited to a free soup lunch in our Fellowship Hall.
Easter Sunrise Service
Sunday, April 12, 2009, 6:00 a.m. at Zion Hill Baptist Church
We join our brothers and sisters at Zion Hill Baptist Church for a joint Easter sunrise service celebrating the resurrection of Christ. After the service, there will be a breakfast served by the men from Farmville Baptist and Zion Hill Baptist.
Easter Morning Service
Sunday, April 12, 2009, 10:55 a.m. at Farmville Baptist
Members of Zion Hill Baptist will join us in a joint worship service at Farmville Baptist to continue our worship of the resurrected Christ.
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Lent 2009
Posted on February 23rd, 2009
Lent is a forty-day period in our church calendar that is set aside for reflection and repentance. Lent originated in the very earliest days of the Church as a preparatory time for Easter, when the faithful rededicated themselves and when converts were instructed in the faith and prepared for baptism. By observing the forty days of Lent, the individual Christian imitates Jesus’ withdrawal into the wilderness for forty days.
Our church will also observe Lent as a communal preparation for Jesus’ journey to the cross on our behalf. We invite you to worship with us during the season of Lent. The following is a schedule of the themes of our services:
3/1 “Journeying with God” – Psalm 25:1-10
3/8 “Journeying with One Another” – Psalm 22:23-31
3/15 “Journeying in God’s Law” – Psalm 19
3/22 “Journeying with Thanks” – Psalm 107-1-3, 17-22
3/29 “Journeying with Clean and Open Hearts” – Psalm 51:1-12
4/5 “Journeying into Jerusalem” – Mark 11, 15
Also, the Farmville Area Ministerial Association invites you to attend their Wednesday Lenten Services at 12 noon followed by a free soup lunch at 12:30 p.m. The following is a schedule of churches hosting these services:
Wed., March 4 – Farmville Presbyterian
Wed., March 11 – Farmville United Methodist
Wed., March 18 – Beulah African Methodist Episcopal
Wed., March 25 – Johns Memorial Episcopal
Wed., April 1 – St. Theresa Catholic
On Friday, April 10, Farmville Baptist will host a community-wide Good Friday Service at noon. A soup lunch will be served after the service.
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