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AUGUST
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH J E F F E R S O N C I T Y, M O
The year 2020 is more than half over.
pandemic about trusting God. How can
Raise your hand if the past seven months
we experience God’s Spirit in fresh ways,
have gone as you planned. No? Me either.
even when familiar patterns of meeting,
Every day seems to bring new challenges,
planning and doing are limited?
UPCOMING We are currently in Phase 2 of our COVID-19 response
questions and dilemmas—both in my Our mission (below) has not changed. Our
plan. While we
God is still on the throne. Jesus Christ still
are not meeting
When the church was born on the Day
transforms lives and meets our deepest
yet on Sundays or
of Pentecost, believers were totally
needs. The Holy Spirit specializes in
dependent on God’s Spirit to lead. They
(humanly) impossible situations. Together,
Wednesdays, the
had no buildings or programs. But over
let’s see what love can do.
personal life and here at church.
time, all that changed. As the centuries
church office is open Monday – Thursday,
wore on, Christ followers seemed to say
OUR MISSION: We WELCOME warmly,
8am – 5pm, and
to God, “We’ve got this. We’re organized
GROW faithfully and SERVE generously,
some groups are
and have our structures in place. We have
leading people into LIFE-GIVING
able to meet. Contact
our buildings, our trained clergy and our
relationships with Christ and each other.
the church office
strategic plans. We don’t need you now. We can take it from here.” I don’t pretend that it’s quite that simple. But I have done a great deal of thinking about what we can learn during the
Grace,
Doyle
with questions or read more about our phases at fbcjc.org/virus.