In the wake of the recent months as we have weighed the impact of a global pandemic, the experience of the Hebrew people leaving Egypt and wandering through the wilderness can serve as our guide. They discovered the wilderness is wild! It was not wild like a rollercoaster, but wild like the untamed desert. They…

One of the words, which belongs to worship, is liturgy. Liturgy is everything we say and do in the sanctuary. It is the Invocation, Offering, Hymns, and Ministry of Silence. It is everything we find in the bulletin, and everything we do that is not even listed. Liturgy means “the work of the people” because…

Dear AFBC Family, Thank you for all the cards, letters, texts, and emails celebrating our five year anniversary together. What a gift it has been to read so many kind words and feel your thoughts and prayers! Thank you for these five years. You have welcomed Seth and me into your lives with love and…

With the publication of this newsletter, we will have spent nine Sundays apart, which has included streaming worship, Zoom meetings, recorded reflections, countless phone calls, and even more emails. We are thankful for all the ways we have been able to remain connected as a community of faith! We are also thankful for the congregation,…

Five years ago, Auburn First Baptist Church called Laura Edgar as its Associate Pastor for Youth, College, and Young Adults, and for countless reasons, we give thanks! We are thankful for Laura’s ministry and the many ways it has shaped our young people. She has spent these five years traveling alongside our youth and walking…