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A Test of Our Faith - 1 Corinthians 10:1-13

11/14/2012 13:55
Against the backdrop of Israel examples of failure to be faithful, the Lord is addressing our trials as tests of our faith.  He is telling us that our problems are common to all human beings, and that we will not suffer more than we can endure.  God's promise is that H will give us a...

Annual Gathering

11/03/2012 11:17
The American Baptist Churches of Oregon came to Alameda, and after three days, left as the American Baptist Churhes of the Central Pacific Coast.  The gathering was amazing: the teaching, the fellowship, and the food were great.  And great was the spirit of unity and camaraderie we all...

A New Thing - Rev. 21:1-8

11/03/2012 11:13
God is doing a new thing.  We are witnesses of God's new covenant with humanity: He will be our God, and we will be His people.  As His people, we are called to see and believe a new reality.  During this election week, we must keep our eyes on Jesus, and be gracious with one...

Upcoming event!

10/05/2012 09:45
The American Baptist Churches of Oregon (name soon to be changed to Central Pacific Coast Region) will celebrate their Annual Gathering at our church on October 19-21.  Given the huge migration of Northern California churches to ABCO, the region decided to honor these new relationships by...

Abundant Life - John 10:10

10/05/2012 09:26
"I have come to give you life, and life abundant..."  The words of Jesus remind us that life can be much more than what we know.  Have you ever asked yourself if there is more?  Often, though, when we ask this question we think our goal should be to have more, to buy more, to do...

Let Us Start Building! - Nehemiah 2:17-20

09/19/2012 14:56
Jerusalem was in ruines after the people had been taken into exile to Babylon.  Nehemiah obtained the resources to rebuild the city and went back with a group of men. In this passage, Nehemiah is encouraging those men to take pride in their identity and history, and to start building....

Ministry of Service

08/03/2012 10:12
As a result of our envisioning process, we decided to start a new ministry of service.  Service has been a tradition at FBC, but now we are trying to get it organized in a different way.  One aspect of this ministry will be visitatioin and healing.  As you all know, we cannot heal...

Children's webpage

06/04/2012 09:21
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A Holy Oxymoron - Psalm 22: 6-8

03/05/2012 11:07
Psalm 22 offers a messianic prophecy of esus been scorned and mocked at the cross of Calvary.  This is a holy oxymoron, that the God of the universe is considered worthless and despicable by the world at the moment when He is giving His life for the world.  An oxymoron is a...

How We Handle Money

02/28/2012 19:31
  Just as each member of First Baptist strives to be a good steward of the resources God has given, your leaders are also working to build systems that handle the church’s finances with transparency, integrity, and accountability.  Following are the current roles and...
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