by FBC Laurens | Apr 9, 2021 | Sermons
Tom Watson, Jr. was the CEO of IBM between 1956 and 1971 and was a key figure in the information revolution. A young executive who worked for the company made some bad decisions that cost the company two million dollars. The executive was summoned to Watson’s...
by FBC Laurens | Apr 5, 2021 | Featured, Sermons
Saturday, April 17, 2021 We have received requests to build wheelchair ramps for two families in our community. In turn, we are looking for volunteers to help build the ramps on Saturday, April 17th. Our hope is to split into two crews and to finish the projects by...
by FBC Laurens | Apr 1, 2021 | Sermons
In his writing, Peter Marty tells the story of his mother and grandmother. When she was 40 years of age, Marty’s grandmother collapsed at the kitchen table over a bowl of soup. She died on the spot. Marty’s grandfather, a Lutheran Minister, was utterly...
by FBC Laurens | Mar 26, 2021 | Sermons
For two years in High School, I worked on the summer staff of Alabama’s Baptist Conference Center. It was a great experience. It was fun to be on staff with 25 or 30 fellow high school and college students and to live at camp for the whole summer. It was also...
by FBC Laurens | Mar 19, 2021 | Sermons
There is an old story about a mother and her daughter who were one day visiting an antique shop. Looking around, the little girl gravitated to one side of the store while her mother browsed in another section. Intrigued by a darkly colored vase, the little girl...
by FBC Laurens | Mar 12, 2021 | Sermons
Do you remember the name Robert L. Ripley? Back in primarily the 1920s, 30s and 40s, Ripley shared odd facts about people, animals, the natural world and exotic locations. As you may recall, these oddities of life were first shared in one cell comics, later on...