FBC in Essex Welcomes Our New Pastor!
On September 28th, First Baptist Church in Essex officially installed their new pastor, Rev. Joy Perkett. Participants in the service included Rev. Joe Delahunt, a representative of the American Baptist Churches of Connecticut, Rev. Amy Hollis, a local Baptist pastor and former member of First Baptist Church in Essex and Philip Miller, the state representative […]
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The Spiritual Practice of Friendship
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Three years ago, I was living in a small hamlet in New York known as Hopewell Junction. The hamlet was without a town center and had the houses and apartments that were sprawled out and far away. It was hard to get to know people. While I was living in this […]
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A Sermon on Rocks, Resentment and the Journey to Forgiveness
“Then Peter came and said, ‘If another member of the church* sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?’ Jesus said to him, ‘Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven* times.” - Matthew 18:21-22 The lectionary, which tells us what Scripture to use each Sunday, repeats itself every three […]
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Glimpses of Grace
(Matthew 20:1-16) In A Grit and Grace Collection, Becky Johnson writes: “We are all living stories. We are stories with lessons of do this and don’t do that; of love and pain and hope and grit and grace. We have [challenging chapters that have twisted and changed us]. And glorious, holy ones that created in us […]
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Book Group - Starting on October 8th
First Baptist Church in Essex has picked I’m Proud of You by Tim Madigan as the book for it’s book group this fall. All are welcomed to join! You need not be a member of the church. Our first meeting will be on Wednesday, October 8th at 7:00 p.m. Please let Pastor Joy know at [email protected] or […]
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Homecomings
Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth […]
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A Sermon On Non-Conformity and Sharing Our Diverse Gifts
Romans 12:1-8 “So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for God. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you […]
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Book Group - Help Us Choose!
We are planning to have a book group this fall and are currently in the process of picking out our book. Let us know your thoughts! Here are the choices: I’m Proud of You, by Tim Madigan It began as another newspaper assignment, a celebrity profile of the children’s television icon. But in Fred Rogers, […]
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Listening in the Silence
Prior to today’s story, Elijah had been on the run for forty days and forty nights. He has been in constant motion for the past month. On the outside Elijah has been active and yet in today’s story we find out that, on the inside, Elijah is spent and empty. Today too, we find ourselves […]
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August 16th - The 22nd Annual Arts & Crafts Fair
Arts and Crafts Fair What:22nd Annual Arts and Craft Fair on the Essex Town Green When: Saturday, August 16, 2014, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. For the past 21 years, the First Baptist Church in Essex has sponsored this juried Annual Arts and Craft Fair on the Essex Town Green. Both locals and visitors to the area enjoy shopping […]
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