We are Gaines and Susan Gravlee. I myself am a product of FBC Children’s ministry. My parents, Gaines and Ann Gravlee met at First Baptist in the 1950’s. My sister Beth and I started in the “Cradle Roll” and grew up here learning through the many programs the church offered in the 60’s and 70’s. …
Planning, Implementing and Trusting Projects to God Read More »
Lara grew up at FBC and her mother still attends here. Dean started coming as a young adult and we met in the Singles class. Our two children, Kristen and Justin, had a wonderful experience growing up at FBC. They were able to participle in things like preschool Music and Missions, Children’s choir, GAs, RAs, …
This is not my first rocket. I have been around for a long time. For example, I have been privileged to have known every person who has served as senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Huntsville since 1926. Dr. Milford (1926 – 1949) retired before I arrived but I was privileged to meet him and …
It has been said that Christianity is only one generation away from becoming extinct. Because our world is becoming less Christian, this emphasizes the importance of the Generations campaign. This building project is aimed at the furtherance of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to our younger generation and their training in the faith that we …
I came to First Baptist in 2008 as Associate Minister of Music/Organist and Wayne joined six months later after he retired from 41 years as a minister, most of it as a pastor. I retired in 2012 and although we live in Guntersville, we love this church and want to remain active as long as …
We moved to Huntsville October 6, 1989, Phillip was returning to Alabama after 7 years and I was a new transplant from the mid-west. Phillip’s aunt, Doris E. Roberts, had been on staff with FBC for many years and Phillip has had family attending FBC since before the 1900’s. Phillip’s grandmother, Zora Dilworth Roberts was …
We have dubbed this entry to the blog “Back To The Future.” To best understand the O’Dell’s support of the children’s ministry capital campaign we call “GENERATIONS,” one must travel back in time more than 35 years. In 1984 we were members at the church in northwest Huntsville where Nannette grew up. In fact, her …
When Park and I moved to Huntsville with our three month old daughter 35 years ago, we joined First Baptist Church. We both had grown up going to church reaping the benefits of being part of a loving church family. We wanted the same for our young daughter and felt strongly about the importance of going where we would be encouraged and …
35 Years, Three Generations and a Commitment to Future Generations Read More »
Hello, we are John and Jamie Richardson and we have two elementaryaged kiddos, Eli (11) and Ava (7). John grew up at FBC; his family hasalways been part of the action here and he had such a great childhoodwith FBC at the core. I, Jamie, felt immediately taken into the foldwhen we moved here in …
Reaching into a Community that Needs More than just New Tile and Grout Read More »
We are so excited that our church, across all generations, is committed to investing in our First Kids Ministry through their commitment to GENERATIONS. This is apparent in the time people volunteer to serve these kids and in where they choose to put their money. From the first time we heard our church was considering …
A Family’s Support for the Next Generations of our Church Read More »
“We’re going to put a roof right there where we were. And there’s going to be a kid’s space there too. But they aren’t going to just use the shovels to build the building- they will use the machines. We were just doing a symbol”. Emma, age 6 “I liked when we were singing.” Evelyn, …
Groundbreaking Reflections from the Younger Generation Read More »
As new members of First Baptist Church, it was an honor to be asked to be part of the groundbreaking. We have followed the campaign and are excited about the updates to the facilities. Having two young children, it’s exciting to know that we get to join other families in this journey and get to see the …
How ‘bout Thank God! and Wow! and Amazing! and Way to go! and Hallelujah! What an incredible day, to celebrate pledges of $8,313,121 toward a $7 million goal! Keri and I have been part of six capital stewardship campaigns, and we’ve never seen anything quite like it. But that’s not all. To have 573 pledges, representing 1,321 people (singles, couples and families with kids) is wonderful.But …