Hello Church,

We wanted to keep you informed of things going on at First Baptist. As your pastor, I am reminded that each one of you is a gift to our church. Often the Apostle Paul would say how he longed to see those people he was writing to: “I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy.” 2 Timothy 1:4. I have been reminded that I am an extrovert and one of my spiritual gifts is shepherding. In light of that: I miss you, I miss seeing your face, and I am looking forward to being able to minister again face to face.

In the meantime, we have not stopped ministering. We have shifted to doing ministry in several different ways. We are calling our people, delivering food, Facebooking, and doing ministry through our website. One of our driving motivations to go online with our service last week was that we trusted God to maximize ministry by reaching more people than if we had opened our building. God answered that prayer last Sunday as we had over 250 different homes tuned into our Sunday sermon. Praise the Lord!

This Sunday we will once again be using the online format for our ministry. Several people have also asked about how to continue to support God’s work. What a blessing! This will be so important for each of us and we want to provide several ways to give both to our church and missions ministries. We have had people giving online at our website, which you can learn more about, and give to by clicking HERE. We have also had people send in their gift to 980 Haven Road, Albion MI 49224. In addition to these two ways, we will also have the office open this Sunday from 11am-12:30pm so you can drop off your tithes and offerings or you could do this during our office hours through the week.

Our ministry this week will continue to include several key ways to help you grow:

Watch a daily Moment in the Word with Pastor Tom – you can find that on the Pastor’s Blog section – and can also click HERE.
Micah will also release a lesson for the teens each Wednesday on the Youth section – this week’s is HERE.
We even will have a short time of teaching for our children Sunday morning in the Kids section – HERE.
We are wanting to hear from you and how we can pray for you – share your request HERE.
Finally, Micah and some of the teens will be involved in a food distribution to those in need through our community. If you are above 60 and would like to receive help please let us know by emailing: OFFICE@FBCALBION.ORG

We also are using our Facebook: First Baptist Church Albion to stay connected. Please go there and share in the conversation. Be assured of this, we believe that the church is resilient, Jesus has promised it will survive. We will adapt and we will RISE UP! Be encouraged the forces against us are no match for the power of our Lord.

Stay in touch and in prayer – In Christ’s love,

Pastor Tom