Vacation Bible School 2023 Recap

Vacation Bible School 2023 Recap

First Baptist Powell held its Vacation Bible School June 5-9th, 2023. We had 288 children register and 279 actually attend over the course of the week (this reflects a 13% increase from 2022). Our average daily attendance was 244. Of those who registered, 16 indicated...
Reflections from a Morning Run

Reflections from a Morning Run

This blog was written in early May. This morning was a major milestone for me. It was the first time I’d run through Powell innearly 10-months after suffering injury. As I ran again outside for the first time, I reflected onwhat it meant to me, and thought I might...
My Grace is Sufficient

My Grace is Sufficient

My Grace is Sufficient 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.  So I take...
Pandemic & Prayer

Pandemic & Prayer

Recent research has shown that Google searches for prayer have increased to the highest level ever on record during the current pandemic.  Looking at data across 95 countries, searches for information on prayer rose dramatically regardless of income and other...
Exposing + Breaking Down Idols

Exposing + Breaking Down Idols

The first half of this new decade has been unordinary, to say the least. We’ve experienced a pandemic, societal unrest, breaking news by the minute, murder hornets, dust storms, and toilet paper shortages, just to name a few. When COVID-19 started to escalate and the...