Frederiksted Baptist Church
“This is how you’re supposed to do church”
Last year we had the opportunity to celebrate our island church’s, Frederiksted Baptist’s, 50th anniversary celebration. While we’d only been part of the congregation for a little while, we were impressed at how much impact a small church, started by one man with vision and obedience, could have on our St. Croix community. This … Continue reading
Love in Action
I’m tired today, but not nearly as tired as the fourteen people Karl and I took to the airport this morning at six AM to catch a flight home. That dozen-plus-two worked hard this week, and they leave behind some real progress in the hurricane recovery and restoration for Frederiksted Baptist Church and the home … Continue reading
We are known by our fruit
I recently had a conversation with someone close to me who claimed that the Hope of Salvation was simply a “carrot on a stick” used to entice us to live a righteous life. The rest of that argument was that doing good and making right choices with the promise of eternity in mind was … Continue reading
Call the ‘Whaa-ambulance”!
Since we only have generator power right now and no internet, that means no TV – except for movies on DVD. We only have a few DVDs so we put a call out to a couple of friends who threw some of their favorite movies into a priority mail box and mailed them to us. … Continue reading
God of all Comfort
Pastor John at Frederiksted Baptist preached a timely and thoughtful sermon yesterday (as he does every Sunday!). Since the hurricanes he’s been centering his thoughts on II Corinthians 1:3 that says “God is the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort.” John’s messages for the weeks since the storms have been full of … Continue reading
Crucian Food
It was an easy expectation while we were planning to come and getting settled here that since St. Croix is part of the US it was mostly the same as living on the mainland except more beautiful, more relaxed and in the warmth of perpetual summer. Now that we’ve been here a while, we know … Continue reading
Bibles
GailAnn, an amazing lady in my church and her husband, are on a mission. It is a quiet, beautiful mission to make sure that all the children in our church have Bibles of their own. She handed out four Bibles yesterday morning. She’d given these children “Bible story books” at another time, but explained that … Continue reading
