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Each year First Baptist Church hosts the Bach Chorale Singers for their Christmas performance.  You can find more info on their website: http://bachchorale.org.  Below is some info from their website: An annual favorite by the Lafayette community, this year’s holiday concert will include performances by children, youth, and adults. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of British…

Our 6th annual Sidewalk Chalk Festival was in the news today.  You can read a good article about it and watch a short video about it HERE from the Journal and Courier; and you can read an article and watch a video about it HERE from WFLI channel 18.

You’re invited to come and join us for our 6th annual Sidewalk Chalk Festival September 4-8!  Come and pick out a square to draw on or just observe the art.  The event is free to the artists, however space is limited.  If you or someone you know would like to participate, we recommend that you send an e-mail to hlm@hlmohler.com to reserve a…

The J&C wrote an article about the Food Gatherers and our produce give-away: http://www.jconline.com/article/20130707/life/307070006/downtown-churches-share-produce-through-food-gatherers-program

The Journal and Courier wrote an article about Worship in the Street: http://www.jconline.com/article/20130701/LIFE/307010003/Four-churches-taking-over-downtown-block-annual-Worship-Street?nclick_check=1

We partner with the Food Gatherers (now known as the Veggie Drop)to give away fresh produce to food insecure people on the 1st and 4th Saturday of each month during the farmer’s market season at our church building from 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm. Contact the church office at (765) 742-5223 or Pastor Ryan if you are interested in helping.

The annual Hollyhock Festival at Centennial Park took place on June 15th.  Members from First Baptist Church seved ice cream as usual.  We also provided sidewalk chalk.            

Our local newspaper, the Journal and Courier included our Taize service in an article about the arts and Easter.  http://www.jconline.com/article/20130331/LIFE/303310012/Arts-share-emotional-impact-Easter-story-new-ways Within the video are parts of an interview with Pastor Ryan and a couple glimpses of the Taize service along with video from ways in which other churches celebrated Easter through the arts.

First Baptist Church is hosting an Easter Egg Hunt in Centennial Park on March 24th at 2:00 pm.  The Easter Egg Hunt will be for children up through 5th grade.  Three areas will be established for children of different ages to hunt for eggs: preschool, kindergarten through 2nd grade, and 3rd through 5th grade.  We will give away candy and…

Our First Baptist choir will sing at the annual Music of the Faiths program at Central Presbyterian Church Sunday, February 10 at 4:30 p.m.   There is no charge for the program.  There will be a free-will offering. Everyone is welcome as  choirs from several area churches sing hymns of the faith. Refreshments will be served following the program. Come join…