In Memoriam

Sam  Charlie and Wayne  were all kids  who probably weren’t headed to college…(indeed, many of my football teammates at Putnam City High bec...

An Enneagram Workshop

Saturday, May 23, 9:00am-4:00pm Discover the Map of Your Soul The Enneagram combines the depths of modern psychology with the wisdom of a...

Mother's Day Prayer

To some, O God, it is an abomination to refer to you as Mother; to others, a long awaited healing.   For some, You can only be Father, but ...

Why Children in Worship?

John Westerhoff, a leading Christian educator, believes that children are necessary in worship.  Westerhoff believes that faith is "cau...

Spring Food Drive

...for the Austin Baptist Community Center Mission This month, the First Baptist community is emphasizing the problem of hunger and ways ...

Chile Mission Trip

“I want to work with international adoption policy because of a trip to Africa that I went on with my youth group.”  Christen Miller and I w...

World Hunger Emphasis

May is the month when we turn our mission focus to World Hunger. We take this time to pause and reflect not only on what is going on in th...