Senior Adult Events & Activities
Shadow & Light on the Longest Night
Monday, December 21 | 5:00pm via Facebook Live On the Longest Night (in what has felt like the longest year!), Pastor Emily will be on our church Facebook page for a Facebook Live at our Shadow and Light Memorial, giving voice to our shared griefs and losses this...
Join us for an “Ugly Christmas Sweater” Christmas Pageant!
Join the First on Fifth community for An Ugly Christmas Sweater Christmas Pageant on Sunday, December 20, at 5:00pm via Zoom! This online, interactive, all-ages extravaganza is brought to you in collaboration between the Children’s Ministry Team and Adult Ministry...
Advent Word of the Day Week 1 Highlights
Important News from the Coronavirus Task Force
Greetings from the Coronavirus Task Force! Since we last came to you in August with an update, the Coronavirus Task Force has continued to meet biweekly with each other, holding fast to our commitment to attend to the ongoing needs of our church in light of the...
Advent 2020 Word-A-Day Challenge Begins Nov. 29
Each day during Advent, we will post a word of the day. We invite you to pause, reflect and post a response on Facebook or Instagram. Your post should illustrate how you perceive each word. No explanation needed. You can share a photo, poem or even a simple thought....
Shadow & Light: A Community Memorial
As we collectively navigate the holiday season, First Baptist Church on Fifth invites the community to engage with a public memorial called Shadow and Light: A Community Memorial, a communal, sacred space to bear witness to one another’s grief and name the countless...
Called Church Conference – Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 7:00pm
Join us for a brief Called Church Conference tonight, Tuesday, October 27, at 7:00pm via Zoom as we vote to affirm Mary Kaylor as our Minister for Youth. Mary's candidacy was announced to the congregation last Thursday. She met with our youth Saturday, offered her...
Personnel Update
The Personnel Committee unanimously and enthusiastically recommends the calling of a new minister to our church from within our church! It is our joy to introduce Rev. Mary Kaylor as our candidate for the position of Minister for Youth. After a pandemic-related pause...
We Want to Hear from You!
After seven months of shifts around the pandemic, the Coronavirus Task Force and pastoral staff would love your feedback about how you are experiencing life and our church’s ministries during this season. Your answers to this survey will help us as we anticipate what...
Quarterly Church Conference is October 13
As is our custom, we will gather to do the regular business of the church in the month of October for our Quarterly Church Conference (QCC). We will gather Tuesday night, October 13, at 7:00pm via Zoom for our QCC. Please read on for the details of how the October 13...