Vitally Vital News for the First Baptist Church of Meriden, a vital scene

An Announcement That Pulsates With Vitality:

The first announcement here is vitally important because it’s vital, so vital that it’s … well, vitally important (?). The other announcements are merely important. They are simple “must reads” as opposed to rock-the-earth reads.

The First Announcement – the one that’s vitally important:

David Bryant

We are compiling signatures for the Iron Sharpens Iron conference, to be held on March 19 at the First Cathedral in Bloomfield. We need to know who is going so we can purchase the tickets at the group rate, which adds up to $39 per individual, by this upcoming Sunday (March 6). We’ve taken measures to assure that all men can come (this is a men’s conference) – whether they have the money or not. Do not allow the price to chase you away.

Voddie Baucham

Iron Sharpens Iron is an annual men’s conference – which I said already – and is held in cities and towns across the land. This year’s gathering features David Bryant, who has played a key role in launching a world-wide prayer movement, and Voddie Baucham, a Christian apologist and pastor. There are plenty of smaller sessions as well.

Please e-mail me and tell me you plan on going: charlesredfern@hotmail.com. It’s vitally important that you do so.

The merely important announcements:


For Sunday:


Deeper learning (otherwise known as Adult Sunday School):

We’ll be talking about the miracles of Jesus in our on-going survey of the New Testament before the 11 a.m. service. We gather at 9:45 a.m. in the room with the comfy chairs (otherwise known as the lounge)

The Service:

Remember that it’s Communion Sunday. We’re slated to sing the following hymns: 69, 92, 284, and 560.

The Sermon:


We’ll sew up our series on the Kingdom of God with a talk on Parable of the Sower, which could just as easily be called the “Parable of the Soils,” in Matthew 13:1-9 (see the parallel accounts in Mark 4:1-9 and Luke 8:4-8).

Into The Future

Spaghetti Night: We’ll be holding a fun night in April for the missions trip, which is slated for late June in Savannah, Georgia; there will be a church-wide retreat October 13-14. Much more will be discussed in future posts concerning this. Suffice it to say that we’re encouraging people to read The Celtic Way of Evangelism by George Hunter, and Organic Community: Creating A Place Where People Naturally Connect, by Joseph R. Myers.