The Farmville Baptist Church Podcast

Easter Sunday at Farmville Baptist Church!

The Good Friday service for Farmville Baptist Church and the Farmville Area Ministers Association

This is the sermon, How to Be in a Parade, based on Philippians 2:5-11, that was delivered at Farmville Baptist Church on March 24, 2024.

On this Palm Sunday, we celebrate the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem in the Triumphal Entry - but also pause to consider the different sort of king this rabbi on the donkey actually is. What does it look like to follow in his footsteps? Our choir helps us worship with At the Name of Jesus. 00:00 - Theme Music and Introduction 00:55 - First Scripture Reading - Mark 11:1-11 02:23 - Choral Anthem - At...

Lent is drawing to a close, and we are ending our journey through God's commitment to covenant as we turn our eyes towards the cross and the empty tomb. In this week's sermon, Pastor Adam invites us to consider what it means that God is writing his law upon our hearts as part of a new covenant. Our choir helps us worship with Create in Me a Clean Heart, and Dr. Mc Amoss ends our worship with the i...

As we continue our Lenten journey along the path of covenant, we encounter a strange story with fiery serpents and a bronze snake on a pole. Despite his aversion to these slithering reptiles, Pastor Adam explores what is going on in this story and how Jesus would use this tale to remind us of the need to choose to be in relationship with God so we can live. Our choir's anthem is a moving arrangeme...

Any Lenten journey along the path of God's choice of covenant would be incomplete without a pause in Exodus 20 - the Ten Commandments. Read in conjunction with our other Scripture reading, 1 Corinthains 1:18-25, we consider together how God chose a way that seems foolish to us, but that is more incredible than all the wisdom in the world. Our choir also offers a beautiful anthem, If You Love Me. 0...

We continue our journey through Lent by revisiting God's covenant with Abraham and Sarah in Genesis this week. Pastor Adam invites us to consider how God plays the long game - and how that means we become more like God, and God responds to our actions and incorporates them into his plan, through the covenant we share. Our choir also offers a beautiful anthem, and Mc closes the service with an incr...

Welcome to the season of Lent at Farmville Baptist Church. Throughout this season of preparation for Good Friday and Easter, we are considering the way God works through relationships to share his love with us and with the world. In this episode, we look at the very first instance of covenant in the Scriptures: when God limited himself to be in relationship with Noah and all creation. Please note:...

This is the sermon, Use Well the Days, based on Romans 13:8-14, that was delivered at Farmville Baptist Church on February 4, 2024.

We're glad to welcome you to worship with the congregation at Farmville Baptist! In this episode, we conclude our reflections on how God creates and calls us as creatures of time. What does the apostle Paul hold as the core of Christian faith, the one thing that determines if we use our days well? Our choir also contributes a beautiful anthem to worship this week, "Song of Remembrance." 00:00 - Th...

Welcome to worship with the Farmville Baptist congregation! We continue considering how God creates and calls us as creatures of time in worship this week. What does the prophet Jeremiah teach us about living between the work of God in Jesus Christ and the hoped-for future we expect at his return? This is the fourth in our sermon series on living as creatures of time and using well the days, so we...

Welcome to worship with the Farmville Baptist congregation! In this episode, we hear the story of Esther and ponder what we do when moments of influence and action come - do we act in the service of God's justice and love, even if it is not on our own behalf but on behalf of others? This is the third in our sermon series on living as creatures of time and using well the days, so we hope you will j...

Hello and welcome to worship with the Farmville Baptist congregation! This week, we continue to consider how God made us creatures of time and how he calls us as creatures of time to be part of his kingdom plan. Key to that is an understanding of the different qualities of time - chronos and kairos - and how God was, in Jesus, initiating a new sort of time. This is the second in our sermon series...

Happy New Year! As we gathered for the first Sunday of 2024, our congregation began a period of reflection on what it means to live as creatures of time. Pastor Adam led a meditation on how we live adrift on the tides of time, and how that may well be a blessing by God. This it the first in a new sermon series, so we hope you will join us for more times of reflection on this theme over the next fe...

We come to the final Sunday (and day) of 2023 and spend time in reflection during our worship service. Pastor Adam invites us to consider the fullness of God's time, and how sometimes faithfulness to God looks like waiting. The choir also shares the anthem, "The Wondrous Story." 00:00 - Theme Music 00:32 - First Scripture Reading - Galatians 4:4-7 01:02 - Anthem"The Wondrous Story" 04:27 - Second...

Welcome to Christmas Eve at Farmville Baptist! Our candlelight communion service was incredibly moving, and we want to share part of it here on the podcast. Reverend Cadance Tyler reads the Christmas story from Luke's Gospel, Pastor Adam shares some thoughts on how we are invited to make room for Jesus in our own lives, and Jordan Whiley shares a beautiful rendition of "O Holy Night," accompanied...

We come to the end of the season of Advent at Farmville Baptist Church with a look at the Christmas story from a very different point of view. Join Pastor Adam and the congregation as we hear of the struggle in heaven and how that found expression on earth through the willingness of a young woman from Nazareth. This is the Fourth Sunday of Advent at Farmville Baptist Church on December 24, 2023. 0...

We're so glad you can join us for the season of Advent at Farmville Baptist Church and the Farmville Baptist Podcast! In worship on December 17, 2023, the congregation praised God together and heard more of the story of John the Baptist, who understood his whole identity as pointing towards Jesus. Kim Davis and Gail Craft also shared a beautiful duet, "The First Noel." If you are interested in mor...

Welcome to the season of Advent at Farmville Baptist Church and the Farmville Baptist Podcast! On December 10, 2023, the congregation praised God together and listened to the words of Scripture from the prophet Isaiah and from the Gospel of Mark. Our pastor, Adam Tyler, invited us to consider the message of John the Baptist and how we might need to consider our own need for repentance as we prepar...

Welcome to the season of Advent at Farmville Baptist Church and the Farmville Baptist Podcast! On December 3, 2023, the congregation gathered for a special worship service, The Hanging of the Greens, where we prepared the sanctuary to help us prepare spiritually for the important season of Advent. Our service incorporated a short homily at the beginning to guide our thoughts, eight Scripture readi...

Welcome to worship on the Farmville Baptist Podcast for the week of November 26, 2023 - Christ the King Sunday.  In worship this week, we conclude our look at how we answer the call to bear witness to Jesus as Christ's ambassadors, representing Jesus to everyone we meet. This week's worship also includes special music by our choir (A Time for Turning) and by Mc Amoss, our pianist and organist (Fai...

Welcome to worship for the week of November 19, 2023; we're glad you're here!  In worship this week, we continue to look at how we respond to Jesus' call to bear witness, in this case as a church creating a culture of welcoming others and going forth into new places and among new people. This week's worship also included a special anthem by a men's quartet, including two former ministers at Farmvi...

Welcome to worship for the week of November 12, 2023; we're glad you're here!  This week's worship included a special observance of ordaining Ryan Taney as a deacon and recognizing current and life deacons in the life of the church. The sermon helped unpack the work of our deacons by looking at Acts 6:1-7. Our choir concludes our service with the anthem, "Oh Jesus, I Have Promised." If you are int...

Welcome to worship for the week of November 5, 2023; we're glad you're here!  This week's episode shares portions of the All Saints' Day service of November 5, 2023, where we remembered the loved ones in the faith who have shown us the way. Our choir concludes our service with the anthem, "How Deep the Father's Love for Us" with accompaniment by Mc Amoss and Phoebe Bilby. 0:00 - Intro 01:06 - Firs...