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Discipleship & the Coronavirus: Lessons from a Parent

This is part of our series, Discipleship & the Coronavirus, featuring posts written by GABC members on what God is teaching them during the coronavirus pandemic. You may read the entire series here. by Emily Jensen What am I learning as a parent of young children during a pandemic? As a mom of…

Holy Monday — Holy Week at Grand Avenue Baptist Church

This post is part of our series of Holy Week services that include a song, a reading, and a devotion reflecting on events of that day in that last week of Jesus’ ministry. Find the whole series here. Today’s devotion is from Mark 11:12-21. It is followed by a reading and song. Beginning…

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering Join us in the month April for the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (AAEO) is the primary way we support mission efforts in North America. One hundred percent of gifts given to AAEO are used to support Southern Baptist missionaries serving across the United States and Canada. To give to this offering: You…

Discipleship & the Coronavirus: Lessons from a Couple Separated from Family

This is part of our series, Discipleship & the Coronavirus, featuring posts written by GABC members on what God is teaching them during the coronavirus pandemic. You may read the entire series here. by Paul and Lighton Otyama As we wrote this, we had to check our calendar to remind ourselves.…

April 5 Worship Service — Palm Sunday

Discipleship & the Coronavirus: Lessons from a Humanitarian Worker

This is part of our series, Discipleship & the Coronavirus, featuring posts written by GABC members on what God is teaching them during the coronavirus pandemic. You may read the entire series here. by a Humanitarian Worker Serving in Asgard There’s nothing inherently spiritual about…

Discipleship & the Coronavirus: Lessons from an At-Risk Adult

This is part of our series, Discipleship & the Coronavirus, featuring posts written by GABC members on what God is teaching them during the coronavirus pandemic. You may read the entire series here. by Dixie Carpenter As a person in the higher risk category—over 60 and with an underlying health…

Discipleship & the Coronavirus: Lessons from a Single

This is part of our series, Discipleship & the Coronavirus, featuring posts written by GABC members on what God is teaching them during the coronavirus pandemic. You may read the entire series here. by Amanda Chipman So far, during the pandemic, I find myself grateful for God’s past, present,…

Discipleship & the Coronavirus: Lessons from a Child

This is part of our series, Discipleship & the Coronavirus, featuring posts written by GABC members on what God is teaching them during the coronavirus pandemic. You may read the entire series here. by Brece Call (10) What am I learning as a child during the coronavirus pandemic? In 2…

Discipleship & the Coronavirus: Lessons from Grandparents

This is part of our series, Discipleship & the Coronavirus, featuring posts written by GABC members on what God is teaching them during the coronavirus pandemic. You may read the entire series here. by Debbie and Terry Martens What are we learning as we walk through this time of COVID 19 as…

March 29 Worship Service

Discipleship & the Coronavirus: Lessons from a Pastor (Part 2)

This is part of our series, Discipleship & the Coronavirus, featuring posts written by GABC members on what God is teaching them during the coronavirus pandemic. You may read the entire series here. by Pastor Michael Felkins In Part 1, I addressed two viruses—the coronavirus and the virus of…

Discipleship & the Coronavirus: Lessons from a Pastor (Part 1)

This is part of our series, Discipleship & the Coronavirus, featuring posts written by GABC members on what God is teaching them during the coronavirus pandemic. You may read the entire series here. by Pastor Michael Felkins Many years ago, in a Biblical Counseling class, I remember Paul Tripp…