First Friday Forum Friday, December 6th at 7 pm in the Social Hall Good Vibrations: Benefits of Sound Healing Presenter Rachel Hayward brings the power of sound to her healing work and community drum gatherings to help people better understand how sound can be used to heal and to connect to each other and to…
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Below is a list of the special events happening at FBC during Advent. We hope you will be a part of these meaningful ways to connect in this season. And be sure to also check out our Advent theme and resources available. Sunday, December 1 at 11:15am – Church Family Holiday Gathering All are invited…
Advent is all about holding your breath. It’s all about the promise of what’s to come – that unexpected in-breaking that will change the world as we know it. We talk about it; we read about it; we sing about it; we count down the days… We wait for it. We’re told that patience is…
Financial Update: After 10 months, our income from Contributions is at 95% yet short of our goal by $ 12,500. Of the net income balance above, a good portion will be spent on building maintenance and repair before the end of December. Having no big repair surprises this year has enabled us to spend…
Expressions of Community & Friendship filled the November meeting. Your Board demonstrates compassion and care in your name each time we meet. The Matthew 25 group reported that our Social Hall was open as an emergency warming shelter from Oct. 28-Nov. 2. This action was taken as a result of temperatures in the 20’s and…
Beginning Sunday, November 3, members & friends of First Baptist Church are invited to be a part of the BOXES of HOPE program, an alternative way to give this Christmas. A Family Place (AFP) is the Relief Nursery of Yamhill County, which supports 60 families in McMinnville. AFP runs early childhood classrooms, offers parent education,…
Our all night adventure is back… the McMinnville Youth Collective Lock Out 2019 It’s Friday, November 8 at 7 pm to Saturday, November 9 at 7 am and the cost is $30. We will be traveling around the area for games, food, movies, and more, final details coming! You can register online now, the deadline…
The McMinnville Youth Collective is doing our first ever Fall Beach Retreat! We’ve got a big house just a half block from the beach in Pacific City, OR the weekend of September 20-22. And you can be part for just $100! Space is limited so register ASAP, the deadline is Sunday, September 15 if we…
Episode 13 – Guest Danny Browne Welcome to Drawing the Circle Wide, a podcast from the First Baptist Church of McMinnville, Oregon. In each episode you’ll hear the sermon from the previous Sunday followed by a discussion between or a reflection from some voices within our faith community. Join the conversation in the comments below.…
Join us for Summer Camp 2019 at Camp Arrah Wanna! We’ll spend a week in the beauty of the mountains with amazing leaders, staff and campers. Our week will be filled with swimming in the pool, archery, games, worship, campfires, cabin time, amazing food, and more! It doesn’t matter where you are from, if you go our…