FBCJacksonville Blog

We are preparing to put our arms around Jacksonville together praying for opportunities to love and share the gospel.  Check with your Sunday School leadership about the project chosen by your class and see what you can do to help.  We want to share the love of Jesus with Jacksonville and show them how much we care, not only by our words, but by our actions.  We will be serving in areas like Springfield, Washington Heights, Desert Winds and also with organizations like Trinity Rescue Mission, Florida Baptist Children’s Home, and First Coast Women’s Services. If you aren’t in a Sunday School class, this would be a great time to join one, or wait a few more weeks and we will post the projects online so that you can connect and serve with others in one of these areas.

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Please email aaj@fbcjax.com, for more information.

Ellie Waldron, a member of FBC for more than 20 years, will be leading a new class for widows called the Journey Class.  God has been preparing her heart and life for many years and has called her to minister to the widows in the church and around the Jacksonville community.   Waldron have been widowed twice in her lifetime and is well-acquainted with the special needs of women who have lost their husbands through death.  She believes there is a tremendous need for a ministry to widows of all ages, having lost a spouse early in adult life and then again only two years ago.

In 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 Paul tells us that God comforts us in our trials and pain so that we, in turn, can comfort others with the same comfort we receive from Him.  This does not mean that we can only minister to those with like circumstances, but it does mean that when we experience the same trials and pain, we are better equipped to understand and empathize with their circumstances.  We believe this ministry with God’s healing touch will help widows find the answers they seek – together.

Be on the lookout for more information about a fellowship for widows in the coming days. If you are interested in this class, please contact womensministry@fbcjax.com for more information or call 904.366.1242.

On Friday night September 17,  the 400-voice Florida Worship Choir & Orchestra will lead an evening of praise and worship in the Main Auditorium at 7:00p.m.  This group of music ministers and their wives will be led by Terry Williams, Director of Music and Worship for the Florida Baptist Convention. Williams passion is to see the glory of God revealed in times of private & public worship; so much so that revival and spiritual renewal will take place throughout all 2800 of our Florida Baptist churches.

You have never heard worship like this as 400 trained musicians lift their voices and instruments as they present praise to the Saviour through the program ”God of the Ages.” This is open to the general public and everyone is welcome to join in worship with us. Admission and parking are free! (No childcare is provided.) Please click here to download the full flyer on this event.

ALIVE, our new Saturday night series, started June 12 and was an oasis from a blazing hot start to summer…physically and spiritually. More than 60 people attended, ranging from teens, to families with children, through “50-somethings”. Opening and closing with worship music from the No Limits Band, ALIVE is a 12-week series called “Quiet Chaos”; something we all experience in life. Jim Smyrl is taking a look at 12 people in the bible and showing how the love of God worked in their lives to deal with their own “Chaos”.

A new feature to the teaching time is a” text-your-questions” line, allowing everyone to text questions that arise from the teaching. This interactive feature is provided to engage people and encourages them to take part in a deeper conversation at the end of the service. The idea is to improve the connection between preacher and congregation and gives people a more comfortable and accessible forum to ask serious questions, get practical answers and clarify how biblical truth integrates into their own living and thinking. After the message and more praise and worship music, Jim returns to the stage to answer the questions submitted.
ALIVE will continue through the summer every Saturday night from 6-7:30 in the College & Career building, with light refreshments, congregational worship, great biblical insights and making much of Jesus. It’s a perfect forum for Christ followers and non-believers as well.