First Baptist Church of Loveland An American Baptist Community Mon, 08 Jan 2018 03:29:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.1 /wp-content/uploads/cropped-FBC-Icon-blk-type-32x32.jpg First Baptist Church of Loveland 32 32 Baptism of our Lord /baptism-of-our-lord/ /baptism-of-our-lord/#respond Mon, 08 Jan 2018 02:40:15 +0000 /?p=2263 Sunday we celebrate both Epiphany, when the wise men find and worship the child Jesus, and the baptism of our Lord, which is when Jesus begins his mission and ministry.  The wise men undertake a perilous journey to find the one who is born King of the Jews.  It becomes even more dangerous when they […]

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]]> /baptism-of-our-lord/feed/ 0 New Year’s Eve /new-years-eve/ /new-years-eve/#respond Wed, 27 Dec 2017 21:58:29 +0000 /?p=2241 The new year is upon us. What will be your internal and external focus for the coming new year? Will anything change for you? – Rev. Jan Parke

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]]> /new-years-eve/feed/ 0 Christmas Eve Candlelight Service /christmas-eve-candlelight-service/ /christmas-eve-candlelight-service/#respond Fri, 22 Dec 2017 22:22:34 +0000 /christmas-eve-morning-service-copy/ Bring your family – Join With Us In Our special Christmas Eve Candlelight Service. It will also be posted LIVE on our Facebook Page – FBC of Loveland. Sunday, Dec 24th at 7pm.

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]]> /christmas-eve-candlelight-service/feed/ 0 Christmas Eve Morning Service /christmas-eve-morning-service/ /christmas-eve-morning-service/#respond Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:40:16 +0000 /?p=2238 In our morning service, we celebrate the fourth Sunday of Advent, by looking at the stories of Simeon and Anna.  Although the stories occur after Jesus is born, they are often overlooked.  Simeon and Anna were prophets waiting for the redemption of Israel.  They draw us deeper into the mystery that surrounds the coming of […]

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]]> /christmas-eve-morning-service/feed/ 0 2nd Sunday of Advent /2nd-sunday-advent/ Sat, 09 Dec 2017 15:26:11 +0000 /?p=2216 The angel appears to both Mary and Joseph, drawing them into God’s will and plans.  Their lives will be forever changed.  As they begin to participate in the birth and life of Jesus, the demands on their lives take them all the way to Egypt as refugees and exiles.  To keep the child safe, they had to flee […]

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]]> 1st Sunday of Advent /1st-sunday-advent/ Mon, 04 Dec 2017 01:13:30 +0000 /?p=2214 The first person to receive the message that God was getting ready to send was the priest Zechariah. The angel Gabriel brought Zechariah the news that he would soon be the father of John the Baptist, who would “prepare the way.”  Angels, however, can be temperamental creatures, and because Gabriel was not pleased with Zechariah’s doubts […]

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]]> Christ the King /christ-the-king-2/ Wed, 22 Nov 2017 15:14:31 +0000 /?p=2202 Sunday we celebrate Christ the King.  In contemporary Christianity, we understand the allusions to Christ as the King, but don’t know how to bring this into our everyday life.  We have no kings, and those we know about are more figureheads than powerful monarchs.  The prophecies that God would send a king to restore the kingdom of Israel […]

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]]> Parable of Stewards /parable-of-stewards/ Fri, 17 Nov 2017 21:53:06 +0000 /?p=2180 The parable of the stewards is one of the most challenging to the church and to Christians.  It reveals who is faithful and who is not.  All of us have been on both sides of this equation—sometimes acting in great faith and at other times allowing fear to take over.  As we delve into what […]

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]]> Thanksgiving /thanksgiving-2/ Thu, 09 Nov 2017 02:41:14 +0000 /?p=2173 President Abraham Lincoln created our national holiday in 1864, declaring a national day of “Thanksgiving and Praise to our Beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens.” Giving thanks has its roots in the Old Testament, when the Israelites present gifts of thanks at the temple.  We have added all sorts of things into our national holiday, family […]

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]]> Christian Roles /christian-roles/ Fri, 03 Nov 2017 18:33:36 +0000 /?p=2166 Jesus’ messages can sound harsh and difficult.  This is especially true of his comments toward the Pharisees and Sadducees.  Jesus bitterly opposed the Pharisees and Sadducees, which is apparent when one listens to his statements about them. In today’s passage, we can see that Jesus is frustrated because of what they have created out of their traditions […]

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