Practicing Our Faith
Fall Worship at First Baptist on Fifth
Dorothy Bass calls Christian practices “shared patterns of activity in and through which life together takes shape over time in response to and in the light of God as known in Jesus Christ. Woven together, they form a way of life.” Using her book Practicing Our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People as a guide, our worship this fall will center twelve core Christian practices that have anchored the faith over centuries: honoring the body, hospitality, household economics, saying yes and saying no, keeping sabbath, testimony, discernment, shaping communities, forgiveness, healing, dying well, and singing our faith, alongside scriptural stories and wisdom for living them out. Further resources throughout the fall will enhance our exploration. In a full and fractured cultural landscape, may this season of sharing Christian practices ground us for the living of our days!
August 16
Practicing Our Faith
Acts 2:42-47
August 23
A Transforming Demonstration
Romans 12:1-8
Rev. Dr. Paul Baxley, guest proclaimer
August 30
Practicing Our Faith: Honoring the Body
Psalm 139:7-18
September 6
Practicing Our Faith: Household Economics
Matthew 6:25-34
Communion Sunday
September 13
Practicing Our Faith: Saying Yes and Saying No
Deuteronomy 30:15-20
September 20
Practicing Our Faith: Keeping Sabbath
Mark 2:23-3:6
September 27
Practicing Our Faith: Testimony
Acts 4:1-21
October 4
Practicing Our Faith: Hospitality
Luke 14:7-21
Communion Sunday
October 11
Practicing Our Faith: Singing Our Lives
Pastor David Williamson, guest proclaimer
October 18
Practicing Our Faith: Shaping Communities
1 Corinthians 12:12-31
October 25
Practicing Our Faith: Healing
John 5:1-9
November 1
Practicing Our Faith: Dying Well
Psalm 88, 23, 100, Romans 8:35,38-39
All Saints Day
Communion Sunday
November 8
Practicing Our Faith: Forgiveness
Ephesians 4:25-5:2
November 15
Practicing Our Faith: Discernment
Galatians 5:16-26
November 22
A Rule of Life
Matthew 25:31-46
Christ the King Sunday