Ripley First Baptist Church

Patriotic Program and Block Party

On Wednesday night, June 28th, our Adult Choir led us in a wonderful program of celebrating our freedom as Americans. We were reminded again of the blessing of God on this country. Through songs of our nation and songs of our faith, we were challenged to remember the people and our God who makes this nation strong. Following the program, we continued to celebrate with a block party outside. We enjoyed a great evening of food, fellowship, and entertainment.

Vacation Bible School

We had a great week of Vacation Bible School during the first week of June. We had 185 people enrolled in the week of learning what it means to be strong, to be courageous, and to follow Jesus. During the week, the children participated in a contest of girls vs. boys to see who could bring the most money for missions. At the end of th week, the children had brought over $1,300 for missions. The pictures below will give a small glimpse of what the week was like.

Brazil Mission Trip Variety Show

Brazil Team Members:

Front Row - Caitlyn Harrison, Brantley Morris, Jennifer Kent, and Elizabeth Morris

Back Row - Robbie Smith, Diana Dedmon, Kelley Jones, Bubba Jones

On Sunday evening, April 30th, the Brazil Mission Team sponsored a Variety Show to raise money for the upcoming trip. The night was a great success as members of the church performed. At the end of the night, the audience voted for their favorite performers using money.

And the winners were:

Drew Dedmon and the Hula Girls (Shelby and Kayla Morris)

Other performers for the night included:

Brittany Chipman, Stuart Dedmon, Michael Forsythe, and Ryan Seaton
apparently paying respects to their fearless leader.

The Women 's Ensemble with Something Completely Different

Dan and Eli Widen in a New York State of Mind

Philip (Laurel) and Roger (Hardy) Herron

Ronnie Elder with grandchildren Julia and Jack Kent

Tennessee Baptist Children's Home

This past Saturday, 30 of our youth traveled to Memphis to minister to the children of the Tennessee Baptist Children's Home in Bartlett, Tennessee. They played games, cooked out, and had a Bible study with those at the home. Below are some pictures from the day.

Easter Sunday

James Newman hands out worship bulletins for the Sunrise Service.

Ellouise Paige, Dorothy Woodard, Margaret Cepparulo,
and Mae Dunaway prepare to eat at the Church-wide Breakfast.

A group of youth prepare to eat.

Steve Fullen helps prepare the breakfast served after the Sunrise Service.

Rob Reviere and Leon Holt get ready to cook the biscuits.

The Adult and Youth Choirs declare "He is alive" to begin the Resurrection Celebration.

The congregation participates in the March for Missions and giving of their Annie Armstrong Easter Offering. Tommy Wright and Abbey Bratton hold the offering box. Through Easter Sunday morning, over $6,000 had been raised for North American Missions.

Palm Sunday

Elaina Widen, Anna Morris, Julia Kent, and Beau Simpson

Sunday was a great day in the life of our congregation. Our worship service began with 6 baptisms. It is always a blessing to see people make commitments to Christ and follow in baptism.

We were then led in worship by our Senior Adult Choir. The choir did an great job of presenting a musical about the last week of the life of Christ. In the musical, the singing was accompanied by dramatic readings from several of our youth. Philip Herron, Alyssa Davis, and Kelley Jones allowed us to understand what many of the people close to Jesus would have been thinking during the week that he would die.

Bro. Lyle concluded the service with a sermon about the people who would have been in the crowd on Palm Sunday and what they would have left behind.

It was truly a great day to be in the house of the Lord.

Enjoy the pictures below of some of those who were baptized.

Community Lunch

This past weekend, several of our church members participated in our community lunch. Each month we fix soup and sandwiches to deliver the people in our church and community. This month we delivered almost 200 meals. We want to thank all of you who help to make this ministry possible.