May 10, 2021 | Weekly Words
My name is Anna Burch, Minister to Children at First Baptist Church in Greenwood and co-representative for BWIM SC. Our passage today- Jesus raising Lazarus- is such a rich one. We see humanity and the Divine mingle. We see in it two women’s journeys and how...
May 6, 2021 | Weekly Words
The Gift of Remembrance Probably 15 years after the original recommendation, I recently had my wisdom teeth removed. To call me reluctant would be an understatement. But as one birthday after another passed and the risk increased that my lower left third molar would...
May 3, 2021 | Weekly Words
Luke 8:1-3 One of the most compelling histories for Baptist Women in Ministry is The History of the Women’s Missionary Union published in 1964 by Alma Hunt, Executive Secretary (1948-1974) of the Southern Baptist Convention Woman’s Missionary...
Apr 26, 2021 | Weekly Words
“A Different Kind of Stewardship” Mark 12:41-44 “[Jesus] sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the crowd putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a...
Apr 20, 2021 | Weekly Words
Luke 7:36-50 New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised 36 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus[a] to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table. 37 And a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having learned that he was...