Mrs. Gladys C. Adams - 1915-2009

Because I Could Not Stop For Death
 
Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And Immortality.

We slowly drove, he knew no haste,
And I had put away
My labor, and my leisure too,
For his civility.

We passed the school where children played,
Their lesson scarcely done;
We passed the fields of gazing grain,
We passed the setting sun.

We paused before a house that seemed
A swelling on the ground;
The roof was scarcely visible,
The cornice but a mound.

Since then ‘tis centuries; but each
Feels shorter than the day
I first surmised the horses’ heads
Were toward eternity.

- Emily Dickinson

F. B. C. Laymen’s Day
February 15
Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m. - All Male Choir
Evening Worship - 6:00 p.m.
Men’s Cooking Contest

1)  We received a letter from Bro. Grady Higgs, Executive Director of our BMAA Missions, stating that First Baptist gave $13,840.00 to the Department of Missions.  Our church gives to 18 different Associational support causes.   Thanks for loving souls and supporting God’s great Kingdom.

2)  We are over ½ of the way in our 50 Days of Prayer and Giving.  Today, as I write this, we are praying for Michael and Jocelyn Barton of Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada.  God wants us to pray and to give!

3)  Sunday, February 8th, I look forward to preaching on “That Unique 5th Commandment” of Exodus 20 and on Sunday evening, “My Valentine Letter from Darla.”