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When All is Said and Done

“Legacy” can be a self-centered concept, as in “Will people remember me?” Or, “legacy” can be a wonderful, biblical, life goal—a motivation—that those who come behind us will love, and be transformed by, the Lord we love and Who has transformed us.Our commitment to those who come behind us takes on new urgency with stories …

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God Calls Us

The Crocker family supports (and has financially committed to) the GENERATIONS Building and Renovation Campaign, not just because we believe God calls us to give what we are able to our church, but also because we want to invest in the longevity and growth of First Baptist Church.  We have attended FBC since we moved …

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Benefits from a Foundation Laid

Our children are third generation FBC members.  While they are too old for the children’s ministry now, we look back on their time in FBC’s children’s ministry, walking on the colored footprints on the floor and riding in the bye-bye buggy, with nostalgia.   We recognize in looking back through the years, each generation of …

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Not Now, but in the Future

We are Kristin and Scott Brewer and we have three children- Austin, Mattie, and Marshall. Although we have only been at First Baptist for about four years, it was clear from the start that children were important to FBC and having three children ourselves, that was very important to us.  Our children have aged out …

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Paying It Forward

I had been a member of FBC a couple of years when I was put on bedrest due to high-risk triplet pregnancy.  Billy Orton and others brought that year’s Living Christmas Tree to me by showing up one evening and singing Christmas carols in my living room!  After my triplet sons were born in March …

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Children Are The Future

During the last four years we have had the privilege of working in Sunday morning Bible study with young adult couples as they start their married lives together. Over time, many of them have begun expanding their families with children. We have come to know and love this community of young families.That is why we …

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Next Season in the Ministry of FBC, Church at the Heart of the City

I was raised by Baptist Missionary parents serving in Brazil. I spent my first twelve years attending church and school with my Brazilian peers, and occasionally traveling with Dad to the remote parts of the state to support, celebrate, and worship with fellow Christians. It was on these trips that I first witnessed the importance …

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Excitement and Unity in a Renovation

We moved to Huntsville in June, 1980 with a 21-month-old daughter and a son on the way. We joined First Baptist soon thereafter.       We found facilities and teachers ready to welcome our children – and frankly, the teachers were more important than the facilities. As they grew, they consistently had teachers who cared …

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Let the Little Children Come!

Joseph and I have been blessed to be members of First Baptist for more than 20 years. Today, you will find just the two of us walking through the doors of our great church. But if the walls could talk, they would tell you of the days of seeing us making our way in and …

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A Joy To Give

I joined FBC 26 years ago to worship with my family that were already members, (and to play French Horn in a fantastic orchestra!). I watched my niece and nephew grow up at FBC, Johnny and Suzanne Kirk, holding hands and walking the same halls that I now walk with their children, my great nieces …

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The Future is Found in the Children

The theme of GENERATIONS for our building and renovation campaign is especially significant for our family. My parents, Pat and Gordon Perry (who are still members today), brought me to church as a baby and I started my life in the children’s ministry at First Baptist Church.  FBC has been an integral part of so …

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And Yet There is Room

Our sons were students who grew up in FBC. They did not experience children’s ministry here.We don’t currently – nor do we anticipate – our grandchildren being directly involved in FBCkids’ ministry. Anticipating our next few years’ pursuits, we are unlikely to have direct use ofeither the children’s or music area renovations. The blessings we …

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