February 2025 Newsletter
GREEN STEEPLE MESSENGER First Baptist Church 81 Saint Paul Street Ste. 1 Burlington, VT. 05401 VOLUME NO. 2 February 1, 2025 GREEN STEEPLE, GRATEFUL PEOPLE, GROWING IN FAITH, PROCLAIMING GOD’S LOVE NEW OPPORTUNITIES This past Sunday was our Annual Meeting and I was gratified by the willingness to look ahead […]
Green Steeple Messenger – November 2024
GREEN STEEPLE MESSENGER First Baptist Church 81 Saint Paul Street Ste. 1 Burlington, VT. 05401 VOLUME NO. 11 November 1, 2024 GREEN STEEPLE, GRATEFUL PEOPLE, GROWING IN FAITH, PROCLAIMING GOD’S LOVE THE CURRENCIES OF BLESSINGS This Fall we have discussed new ways of thinking about our resources and ministries. Holy Currencies encourage us […]
Green Steeple Messenger – May 2024
GREEN STEEPLE, GRATEFUL PEOPLE, GROWING IN FAITH, PROCLAIMING GOD’S LOVE REFLECTIONS 10 years ago this month, I was installed as First Baptist’s 24th permanent pastor. Mylife as part of First Baptist began much earlier. As a child, First Baptist was mychurch home. It is from this life-long perspective that I reflect on the ministries ofthe […]
Green Steeple Messenger – April 1, 2024
April 1, 2024
RESURRECTION Come, ye faithful, raise the strain of triumphant gladness; God hath brought God’s people forth into joy from sadness. – John of Damascus, 8th century It has been a long and difficult Lenten Season. We have suffered unexpected griefs and challenges. We are sad and tired and in great need of God’s grace and […]
Green Steeple Messenger – February 1, 2024
It was very heartening to hear the ideas and convictions of our congregation at our Annual Meeting last Sunday. We celebrated the year just past and looked forward to our ministries for the future. We had good, candid discussions and we enjoyed great fellowship both during the meeting and the potluck luncheon that preceded it. […]