Greetings, my beloved Friendship Family! I am grateful to greet you this week! I am still basking in the joy of the 19 baptisms on Sunday! To God be the Glory!  Friendship Family, I sincerely believe God wants to do something great in us and with us! Moreover, I believe God is already doing it! I believe the BEST is STILL yet to come. Now, last month I encouraged us to be Fruitful and Faithful. This month I want to encourage us to be Focused and Fearless!  In today’s society staying focused is an ongoing job. The world is full of distractions. We have never been more connected t ..read more

Greetings, Friendship Family… I pray your April is going well! As we move through the month, I want to remind and encourage us to be fruitful and faithful. Spring is a time to be fruitful and faithful! To be fruitful is to be productive. This is a call to productivity and not busyness! Busyness and fruitfulness are very different.  Busyness causes stress and keeps your eyes on your calendar instead of the people you serve.  Fruitfulness produces joy, because you are honoring God by serving people. If you are more focused on tasks than people, consider this you ..read more

Greetings, Friendship Family… It’s the first week of April, and we are in our Post-Resurrection Celebration time! I pray your Resurrection Sunday was amazing for you! I was blessed by everything that took place during Holy Week. I appreciated everyone serving in a variety of ways! As we settle into the post-resurrection season, let me give you this encouragement: In Second Timothy, Paul writes his farewell letter to his beloved son in the ministry! It is a letter of encouragement! Paul urges Timothy, and ultimately us, to continually consider Jesus. In every situation, we should consciousl ..read more

Greetings, Friendship Family… It is Holy Week, and Resurrection Sunday is coming. Praise the Lord! I love Resurrection Sunday. This is my favorite time of the year. Resurrection Sunday is a Celebration Sunday. It is not a competition Sunday. We are not competing with Satan and the forces of darkness. Christ has already won, so it is not the Superbowl Sunday of Christianity! Additionally, it is not a comparison Sunday! We are not comparing one church or worship service against another! Resurrection Sunday is a Sunday of unity for the church universal. We come together to celebrate ..read more

Greetings Friendship Family... The Easter season is upon us, and there are signs of the Lord’s handiwork and blessings everywhere. I love the season of spring with the warmer temperatures, green grass, bright flowers, birds chirping, and more daylight! AMEN! With Spring comes Easter and the celebration of our Lord’s Resurrection. Yes, Spring is a time to celebrate and reflect on the life and teachings of Jesus. In the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, let's take a moment and really reflect on what the blessing of His resurrection and what it means for us. It MEANS… We will not be co ..read more

On March 3rd, 2024, Friendship Baptist Church had its first High Church - Sunday Service of the year! In preparation for the First Sunday, I also had the opportunity to participate in Friday's in-person prayer service. We began the service with corporate praise and worship and broke out into groups to partake in the various prayer stations Pastor and Lady Singley set up. My favorite prayer station was station #2, which encouraged us to reflect on 1 Corinthians 7:17 and pray about what God has told us about our own life's calling. Once everyone had the opportunity to visit the various prayer s ..read more

Greetings Friendship Family!  We are in the third week of February and getting ready for the third Sunday. I pray that your February is going well already. Pray that you had a great Valentine’s Day Wednesday. i also pray that you are walking confidently in God‘s favor, His grace and His mercy, despite the various things that are going on in our individual and collective lives. Thank you to everyone that came out Sunday for Friendship Day. It was one of our best Friendship Days in our most recent history, and I thought that God was really kind to us. The day gave us an opportunity to c ..read more

Happy Friday to you and yours! I wanted to drop in and give you a few announcements for this week. I also want to encourage you a bit as we continue our 21-Days of Fasting. We are making headway and are about 12 days in today and so I pray that you’re being encouraged as you go about your days remembering it’s about fasting and praying and connection with God. Our theme this year is Advancing and Expanding for God‘s Glory Alone taken from Ephesians, chapter 3 verses, 20 and 21.  I am planning to preach on that this Sunday - we’re taking pause from Acts -  but I want to encourage y ..read more

Happy Friday My Beloved Friendship Family! We are starting day five of our 21-day fast and it is my prayer that God is meeting you right where you need to be met!   Hopefully you have taken advantage of the 21-day reading plan, which has us reading through the book of Acts. Remember we will be in for the first 9 months of the year, roughly. Also, don’t forget to join our prayer leaders daily at 12pm for prayer. It is a great time to pause and pray with the family of Friendship. I know Deacon Shelby is looking forward to being with you later today!   Look, I wanted to send&nb ..read more

Happy New Year Friendship Family!  I greet you  in the great name of Jesus this first week of 2024! God, by His grace, has allowed us to see a New Year and see a New Season! AMEN! This New Year has several promises for us. I believe GOD has MORE in STORE in '24! More Mercy More Grace More Joy More Peace More Love More Hope MORE, MORE, MORE! Our theme this year is Advancing and Expanding... for God’s Glory ALONE!We are using Ephesians 3: 20-21 which states: "Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work withi ..read more