Posts from February 2023

Our Journey to the Cross When our journey through the Lenten season concludes in a few weeks, we will have a great opportunity to join together in worship with fellow believers March 27-April 5! Over the past few months, the pastors from the churches in the Lattimore Group of our Greater Cleveland County Baptist Association have been planning a week of revitalization through reflection on the cross of our Lord Jesus.  The churches with which we regularly cooperate for our…

This week begins the season of Lent on the Christian calendar. “Lent,” from an old English word meaning “springtime,” is the 40-day period leading up to Easter and it is designed to be a time of repentance as well as a time reflection on the death of Jesus. “Springtime” is meant to also direct our attention to the good news that new life and spiritual growth is on the horizon as we come to the Lord in repentance and surrender.…

“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34 “Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” 1 John 4:11 Yes, on Valentine’s Day, and every day, for followers of Jesus, our brand is love!  God started it – he loved us first in the sending of Jesus to die for us.  Now, he looks to us to finish it by the way we interact with…

This week, after much prayer and preparation (and input from our congregation), our Pastor Search Committee will post the position (see below) for Pastor of Poplar Springs Baptist Church. Thank you for your continued prayers for this process of discernment and for your intentional prayers for the Search Committee: Ava Bryson, Clyde Buckner, John Harmon, Tara Hayes, Clay Putnam, and Leslie Queen. As the post goes public this week, we pray for the Lord’s guidance as we did this past…