Welcoming Dr. Bill Leonard on June 29
We welcome our friend, Rev. Dr. Bill Leonard, as our guest proclaimer in worship on June 29! Dr. Leonard is the founding dean and professor of divinity emeritus of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity. He is the preeminent scholar of American religious history in the country, with particular interests in Baptist studies and Appalachian religion. Leonard is on the board of the Journal of Disability and Religion, The Baptist Quarterly (England), the Day1 Preaching Network, the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues. He writes a twice-monthly column for Baptist News Global, is an ordained Baptist minister, and a member of our sister congregation First Baptist Church, Highland Avenue. Welcome!
Summer Worship- Free: Four Weeks in Galatians
At the center of the Christian experience is the gift of freedom. Galatians says, “it is for freedom that Christ has set us free!” Freedom matters to us as citizens of a free United States, and it matters to us as free and faithful Baptists. This month in worship, we’ll listen to Paul’s letter to the church at Galatia for strains of freedom to break through. Each week, one of the Baptist “four fragile freedoms” will receive our attention, as we listen for the truth of the good news that sets us all free.
June 29
Free to Bind
Galatians 5:1, 13-25
Bill Leonard, Proclaimer
July 6
Free to Bear
Galatians 6:1-6, 7-16
Communion Sunday