First Baptist Church
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Worship

What is Worship?

 
 
Robert Webber with the title of his 1985 said that Worship Is a Verb. Worship is something that we do, not something that we attend or watch.
 
 
To worship is:
     To quicken the conscience by the holiness of God,
     To feed the mind with the truth of God,
     To purge the imagination by the beauty of God.
     To open the heart to the love of God,
     To devote the will to the purpose of God.1
 
 
We, at First Baptist Church of Jefferson, Georgia, gather weekly to worship our Creator and Redeemer. Our services are blended in style as we seek to use the best of traditional and contemporary music to open our hearts and minds to the working of God in our lives. We also listen to hear the voice of God through our pastor's sermons. In our times of corporate worship we try to provide opportunities for children, youth, and adults to participate in the process of worship.
 
 

Our Worship Schedule:

  

Sunday

 
Worship Service: 8:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary
Sunday School/Bible Study: 9:45 a.m.
Worship Service: 11:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary
 

 Wednesday

 
Supper Fellowship: 5:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall
Preschool Program: 6:10 p.m. in the Preschool Building
Childrens Program: 6:10 p.m. in the Children's Suite
Youth Gathering: 6:15 p.m. in the "Body Shop"
Adult Bible Study & Prayer Time: 6:15 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall
Adult Choir Rehearsal: 7:00 p.m. in the Choir Room
(Please note that although the Adult Choir rehearses all year except July,
all other Wednesday evening activities coincide with the Jefferson City School System calendar.)
 
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Sermons

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Date Title Speaker Print Audio
02/12/2012 Finding Healing Through Self-Discipline Dr. Michael Helms pdf mp3
02/05/2012 We Are Not in Charge Dr. Michael Helms pdf mp3
01/29/2012 Deliver Us from Evil Dr. Michael Helms pdf mp3
01/22/2012 Where's Your Ninevah? Dr. Michael Helms pdf mp3
01/15/2012 Does God Know Diddley? Dr. Michael Helms pdf mp3
(For a selection of archived sermons, please click here.)
 
1. William Temple, The Hope of a New World (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1942) p. 30 as quoted by Franklin M. Segler, Christian Worship: Its Theology and Practice (Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1967) p. 4.