52.45 Howe Enterprise March 30, 2015

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First Baptist to have Community Worship Service at HHS Tidwell thought 2005 was the last time that FBC Howe had a service outside of the sanctuary on Davis Street. It was the only time he could recall it ever happening in his 23 years.

someone to food, let's give them ice cream first." said Tidwell. "We want to make people understand that church is not bad and God is good."

The New Testament states that the resurrection of Jesus Christ, which "We're hoping for 600 or more." Easter celebrates, is a foundation of said Tidwell who normally sees around 400-500 in Easter services the Christian faith. The resurrection established Jesus as the powerful between both services in the Son of God and is cited as proof sanctuary each Sunday. that God will judge the world in FBC Howe Pastor Roger Tidwell Tidwell says that everything will righteousness. God has given On Easter Sunday, something a little be simple when it comes to the Christians "a new birth into a living different will take place for Howe music and will not be a technical hope through the resurrection of and the First Baptist Church that has event other than the screens that Jesus Christ from the dead". resided here in town since the late Christians, through faith in the will display the words of the 1800s. A community worship working of God are spiritually songs. service will take place away from the church and at the high school Tidwell hopes that the setting not gymnasium on Ponderosa Road. being in the sanctuary will make it less "churchy" so that some that During one of the ice days, FBC may not be comfortable in the Howe Pastor Roger Tidwell, who sometimes intimidating sanctuary has been there since 1992, had a lot setting can feel more relaxed. of down time and it came to him to try and make a special Easter service "We're trying to create an so that the church can have one atmosphere where there's no threat service instead of its normal two or no church threat." said Tidwell. services. The early service is a more "Whatever reasons that people traditional church setting, whereas might hesitate to come to church, the 11 am service functions as a we're trying to remove that contemporary setting geared to the hesitation. It's comfortable and if younger audience. the person has never been to church before, he or she will be "Our auditorium is not that big, so in comfortable in that setting." order to have one service, something had to change." said Tidwell. Tidwell quoted Psalm 34:8 that "Either a holiday when attendance is says, "Taste and see that the Lord down or a different location when is good; blessed is the one who attendance is up. I just thought it takes refuge in him." He then said would be nice where we could have that this setting is trying to be the a one-time service where could be a taste that introduces someone to one church family and have room for the Lord. our church family to invite family and friends." "If we're going to introduce

resurrected with Jesus so that they may walk in a new way of life. "Without Easter Sunday, why have any Sunday church." says Tidwell. Tidwell says that they had over 800 in the 2005 time frame in which they had to have three services. Having the event in a large setting such as the high school gymnasium eliminates the need for three services while also having multiple layers of why it is special to have a worship service away from the church setting. "If this works, we want to keep doing this year after year." said Tidwell.


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