904 Washington St SE, Olympia, WA 98501
Exploring our Gifts and Abilities
First Session: Saturday, January 11th from 1 - 2:30pm
This first month of 2025, January, we are calling the people of Olympia First Baptist to be a people of prayer. We want you to be praying for our church community each and every day. We want you to pray for your new church leadership as well as for your Church staff and pastors. We want you to pray that you will open yourself up, and seek the Spirit’s guidance, in joining and being an active part of one of the four new ministry teams here at Olympia First Baptist.
As we enter this new year, we find ourselves transitioning, once again, from something from our past into a new and revised way of preparing ourselves for the mission and ministry that God is already at work towards. Part of revising our constitution and by-laws was to allow you to have more of a voice in choosing what area of ministry and mission you wanted to be a part of, here at Olympia First.
Another opportunity to help you make a ministry team decision will be two learning opportunities, back-to-back on Saturday, January 11th, and Sunday, January 12th, facilitated by Pastor Mark.
Saturday, January 11th, we will gather in the Fireside Room, from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. for a time of discovering/rediscovering our gifts and abilities that God can use for the ministry and mission here at Oly First.
For those who cannot meet on that Saturday, Pastor Mark will repeat the conversation and exploration, on Sunday, January 12th, after the morning worship service, in the Fireside Room from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
(Rumor has it there will be pizza)
These learning opportunities are designed to help you determine where God’s Spirit may be guiding & nudging you as to which Ministry Team you could join and be part of when we have our Lala-Palooza Ministry Faire on Sunday, January 26th, after the morning worship service.
New Members/Inquirers Luncheon
Sunday, February 2nd after Worship in the Fireside Room
If you are a new member, thinking about membership, and/or just want to know more about Olympia First Baptist, and/or what does it mean to be an American Baptist church, then you are invited and welcomed to come meet with Pastor Mark, after the morning worship service, for a discussion, Q & A, with food, that will give you some answers and insight as to why Olympia First might be a good fit for you as you walk your path of faith with Christ.
When people ask what we believe, I usually tell them, “everything.” That’s not entirely true, however, because we come from diverse faith backgrounds and experiences and because each of us has our own ideas of who God is and how God works within our human condition, there is not going to be 100% agreement. Having a conversation from time to time about who we are as a church; a bit of our history as well as what are some of the major distinctiveness of what it means to be an American Baptist congregation, is important.
I’m sure that some have thought, “I wonder why we do that?” or “Why did they do that during worship, when we did it this way at my old church?” Whatever your level of curiosity may be and/or whatever question(s) you may want to ask, this is a good time to come, listen, ask and have a conversation. I/we hope to see you on Sunday, February 2nd, right after the morning worship service, downstairs in the Fireside Room. Pizza and Salad will be served!
join us for virtual church on Facebook Live
To access the service, follow these steps:
- Log into Facebook.com or through the Facebook App
- Click on Groups (found in left-hand links)
- Once in Groups:
- If you're already in the OFBC group, click on link on left
- If you need to find the group, type: Olympia First Baptist Church into the search bar
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