Beloved Community,
Something Always Happens at Easter!
April 9th, 2026
Dear Beloved Community, As Annabelle wisely told me, “something always happens at Easter!” My experience tells me that the “something” has the power to ...
Beloved Community,
Love Leads to the Light
April 2nd, 2026
Maundy Thursday by Malcolm Guite Here is the source of every sacrament,The all-transforming presence of the Lord,Replenishing our every elementRemaking us in hi...
Beloved Community,
Holy Week
March 26th, 2026
We are about to enter a week that the Christian church has designated as Holy Week. That designation does not imply that other weeks are not holy.&n...
News,
Words That Give Us Life
March 20th, 2026
Throughout this season of Lent I have been reminded time and time again of the power of words. Written. Spoken. Sung. Heard. Felt. Words have the power to ...
Beloved Community,
Annual Gathering Invitation
March 16th, 2026
First on Fifth is a partner church with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina (CBFNC). One of the ma...
Beloved Community,
Holy Work Continues
March 5th, 2026
“Human community is unsustainable when it’s all about me and not about we.” These were words shared by Reverend Michael Curry on April 3, 2023 at the 50th...