We hosted a youth group here this summer, and they invaded our community showing God's love by doing service projects. Check out this video!
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Check out this article in the Vermont Journal!
http://www.vermontjournal.com/?q=content/south-londonderry%E2%80%99s-first-baptist-church-shall-rise-again Only a few more days and the adventure into the rainforest begins. Join us at the First Baptist Church for our Kids Club, July 16-20. To register, call Bev Foster at 824-6836 or go to our website www.firstbaptistlondonderryvt.org Kids Club starts at 9 and goes until 11:30. It takes place at the Londonderry Town Hall located on Middletown Road. We will play games, hear Bible stories, sings some terrific songs, have a snack, and do some awesome crafts. Christopher Blackey, co-pastor of the church, Melvin Twitchell, Tina Labeau, and Elizabeth Labeau attended a ceremony in Montpelier in March, to receive a plaque recognizing the church incorporation for 100 years. Oliver Olsen, the areas local representative joined them in receiving the honor,
The Baptist Church in South Londonderry has strived to serve Jesus Christ and the community for over 200 years. They worshipped in a brick meetinghouse built in 1834 up until 2010 when the church was destroyed by a fire. Since the fire, they have been encouraged to see how God has continued to work in their community. They are currently working on rebuilding. Their plans have been completed and they hope to begin construction within the next year. As they plan for their new building, it is their hope and prayer that they will continue to be a vital part of their community. The First Baptist Church of South Londonderry is asking for your help and
support. In August of 2010 our Historic Church Building was completely destroyed in a fire. This brick building that stood on the hill for 176 years was a beacon for South Londonderry, with its steeple rising through the trees. While we have mourned and reminisced over the loss of our building, our church is strong and growing. We are even more excited about the future. Our Building Committee, working with the architects of Robert Carl Williams Associates, has completed the design for our new church. The church building will be similar to our old building with its steeple, stained glass windows, and brick exterior. We are planning on purchasing the adjacent house and property on the hill behind the church and removing the building and hill. This addition of property will give us and the town added parking as well as a green space for a playground. Please take a look at our building and site plans on our website at www.firstbaptistlondonderryvt.org. While we are and always will be the First Baptist Church, we envision our building as a community church. It is designed as a place for group meetings, community meals, and a meeting place for youth groups. With our added bathrooms, showers, and a generator to run the building in times of power outages, we feel that our building will be used as a shelter in times of need. We don’t want this building to be used just on Sundays! We have a little over a million dollars in fire insurance money to get us started, but it is not nearly enough. Our initial dream plans exceeded our means, so we have already scaled back our original plans. Currently our building plan is to leave parts of the building unfinished including the second story and portions of the basement. We are, therefore, announcing our three year Capital Campaign to raise $500,000. We have already received $36,219 in donations since the fire, so we have $463,781 to go. With this amount the church can be furnished and completed. Please consider how you can help us, as well as help the community, so that we all can have a fantastic future. To donate, you may send a check to The First Baptist Church, PO Box 278, South Londonderry, Vt 05155 or visit our website: www.firstbaptistlondonderryvt.org Thank you for your support in helping our church community grow and prosper. We look forward to having a wonderful building to help us serve you. |
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