Posts from May 2023
Introduction to Aaron Hinton: Recommended Candidate for Pastor
The Pastor Search Committee has recommended Aaron Hinton to serve as the next pastor of Poplar Springs Baptist Church. Aaron brings a wealth of both traditional and unique experience to this role. Please read the following information to get to know Aaron better. We look forward to hearing from him on June 4th during the 11 am worship service. This is also the official announcement that there will be a called business meeting concluding the sermon on June 4th to…
Prayers for the “Next!”
Our prayers for high school graduates have us thinking about all that is “next” for our friends who wear the “green” and will receive their diplomas soon from Crest High School. I was thankful to hear all the plans they are making about the next season of study and preparation that is before them. Across North Carolina and down to Florida and over to Alabama, our Poplar Springs graduates are already embracing the “next” steps of life’s journey. We pray…
“Ring Unto the Lord…”
The Psalmist of old sang out to the Lord, “O SING to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things” (Psalm 98:1). Our weekly gatherings for worship give us the chance to lift our voices together and sing of the Lord’s magnificent work in our lives. As we worship, we are also blessed by changing the one letter in the Psalmist’s lyric so that it reads this way: “O RING to the LORD a new song…” Yes,…
Strength Equal!
Strength Equal! Sunday’s children’s choir musical, “Go, Go, Jonah,” was filled with enthusiasm and joy and young lives offering their gifts to the glory of God! The morning was also filled with great words of encouragement from the lyrics presented. Some days we can’t help but be “down in the mouth” – discouraged by life’s events or our hearts’ struggles. But on those days there is good news to be had – good news from the children’s choir’s voices, viz.…
Prayers for Our Nation and Beyond!
The first Thursday of May each year is the National Day of Prayer created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman. This observance was formalized in keeping with the first call to prayer in 1775 when the Continental Congress asked the colonies to pray for wisdom in forming a nation. Across our country this Thursday, fellow Americans will take time to pray for our nation and its…