We are Steeple People!
This year, as our congregation takes the bold step to have work done to maintain, strengthen, and preserve our steeple, it seemed only fitting to explore together what it means to be Steeple People in the world — what it means to live out Jesus’ call to be light to the world. Together we will use the metaphors provided by our steeple to examine what is required of us in the world and the gifts that a faith-filled life can offer us. Like our steeple, our faith must be rooted on a firm foundation, a foundation grounded in communal worship and built up through education. Our faith must be flexible, open to new and changing ideas, questions, possibilities, even doubts, if it is to survive and keep us strong in the winds of a changing and sometimes perilous world. Finally, the life of faith brings with it a responsibility. The responsibility to do God’s work in the world, to bring light to the dark places, to be a beacon of hope for all people.
The 2008-2009 church year at First Baptist Church brings with it untold possibilities — we hope you will come and be a part of our story!
