Lena Withrow

Beloved Community,

Risen and Power-Full Indeed!

April 24th, 2025

Dear Beloved Community, With each passing year of our living, one truth never fades – God is always, always at work making all things new, surprising us again...

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Beloved Community,

What “Clearing Out” is For

April 17th, 2025

Dear Beloved Community, This Lenten season of “clearing out” has been clarifying, hasn’t it? We’ve felt it in our church house, as the first floor has, ...

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Beloved Community,

A Week Called Holy

April 10th, 2025

I doubt that those first disciples would have used the word “holy” to describe the final week of Jesus’ earthly life. In seven brief days the disciples ex...

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Signs of New Life

April 3rd, 2025

As we begin the month of April, new life is emerging all around us. Our physical world is teeming with new signs of life. Tree leaves. Flowers. Birdsong. Buzzin...

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Free and Faithful

March 27th, 2025

As you are reading this, many First on Fifth folks are in Charlotte for the annual gathering of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina.  Last...

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Beloved Community,

Spring, she’s coming!

March 20th, 2025

Dear Beloved Community, Just last week, our family spent a couple of nights in Western North Carolina – a little Spring Break getaway if you will. Josh and I ...

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