Donating back-to-school supplies to NCCF

Our annual collection of school supplies for the National Center for Children and Families (NCCF) continues through August; look for the box in the O Street lobby. Your generosity will help to provide items that enable children and youth to have a successful school year. Please make donations from the following list:

  • No. 2 pencils
  • Pens
  • Colored Pencils
  • Crayons
  • Markers
  • Glue Sticks
  • Highlighters
  • Pencil Boxes and Bags
  • Calculators
  • Rulers
  • Protractors
  • Compasses
  • Left and Right Handed Scissors
  • Notebook Paper
  • Spiral Notebooks
  • Black and White Composition Books
  • Loose-leaf Notebooks
  • Folders
  • Binders
  • Dictionaries
  • Thesauruses
  • Backpacks

If you prefer to make a monetary gift, please contact our NCCF Board representative, Bonnie Jorgensen, at 240-418-2788. Thank you for caring about the children and youth served by the NCCF.

Operation Christmas Child

Where has the summer gone!  In a few weeks (if not already) children will be gathering their school supplies and choosing clothes for the new school year.  What a perfect time to do some shopping for your Operation Christmas Child shoebox.  Yes, those red and green boxes are ready to be picked up at strategic locations around FBC.

For those of you who are new to the project, it is sponsored each year by FBC’s Woman’s Society.  Last year with the help of FBC Kids, we delivered 50 boxes to the drop off location.  The boxes, which are delivered to over 100 countries, are filled with items for boys and girls ages 2-4, 5-9, and 10-14.  They can include new toys, school supplies, clothes and hygienic items and especially your love and prayers.  (No guns, knives, war-related toys, liquids or medications.)  Each box contains an instruction flyer and you can go online to here for additional information.  Boxes can be returned to Jean or gini or left at the security desk in the O Street lobby anytime through mid-October (sooner rather than later).

Questions?  Contact gini Nelson (giniandpaul@aol.com) or Jean Bell (bjbell1@verizon.net).

Join Us in Celebrating the Installation of Julie Pennington-Russell as Pastor

The First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C.
invites you to celebrate with us the installation of

Rev. Julie Pennington-Russell

AS THE NINETEENTH PASTOR OF OUR CHURCH

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2016
four o’clock in the afternoon

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SANCTUARY
1328 16th St NW
Washington, D.C. 20036

Reception in Fellowship Hall
following the worship service


Valet Parking Provided

Interfaith Prayer Vigil for the People of Orlando and for Peace

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:  The scheduled cookout cancelled tonight @ 6pm so that we may join this interfaith prayer vigil from 6:30pm – 7:30pm at First Congregational United Church of Christ (945 G Street NW, Corner of 10th and G, Washington DC).  Sandwich making for Martha’s Table will take place as usual at 5:00 in Fellowship Hall. Hope to see many of you at the prayer vigil tonight.

Free Diane Bish Organ Concert June 12 at 4 p.m.

Renowned organist and television host Diane Bish will perform a free recital at the First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C., at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 12, in the church’s sanctuary at 1328 16th St. NW.

"Allegro" from Organ Concerto in F Minor "The Cuckko and the Nightingale" Handel Diane Bish, organist Market Church Halle, Germany The Joy Of Music TV series

Bish will perform compositions by Widor and Bach and from her own extensive catalog on First Baptist’s custom-built organ, which comprises more than 6,000 pipes and trumpets in four chambers. The organ console features five manuals and 229 stops, allowing for a wide variety of sound combinations. The organ was built by Austin Organ Company of Hartford, Conn.

In 2016, Bish received the inaugural Distinguished Career Award from the New York City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists for exemplary service to the organ, choral music and related fields.

In 1989, Bish was awarded the National Citation by the National Federation of Music Clubs of America “for distinguished service to the musical, artistic, and cultural life of the nation.” Other recipients of the award include Leonard Bernstein, Eugene Ormandy, Van Cliburn, Robert Shaw, Irving Berlin and Fred Waring.

Since 1982, Bish has hosted The Joy of Music, a television series that combines organ and ensemble performances with an informative, inspirational narrative and extensive world travel.

The concert at First Baptist is part of the church’s long tradition of sharing the gift of music with neighbors and friends in the national capitol area.

Free valet parking will be available, and directions to the church by car or Metro are available on the website, www.firstbaptistdc.org. A free reception will follow the performance.

Church Refugees - Wed Night Conversations April 13 – May 25

Church Refugees: Sociologists reveal why people are DONE with church but not their faith
(How do Easter People respond?) 

April 13 fellowship hall 7pm
The Dechurched as Religious Refugees
Julie Pennington-Russell

April 20 fellowship hall 7pm
Community and Judgment
Chelsea Clarke

April 27 fellowship hall 7pm
Activity and Bureaucracy
Denny Austin

May 4 fellowship hall 7pm
Conversation and Doctrine
Stan Hastey

May 11 fellowship hall 7pm
Meaningful Ministry and Moral Prescription
Brad & Linda Livingstone

May 18 fellowship hall 7pm
Being the Church No One Wants to Leave
Paul Clark

May 25 fellowship hall 7pm
Church for the Dechurched
Julie Pennington-Russell

(Buy Church Refugees at a special price of $10!)

Peter Pan and Dinner for National Center for Children and Families

Enjoy a magical evening of theater and support the National Center for Children and Families (NCCF).

On Sunday, May 1, Toby's Dinner Theatre in Columbia, MD, hosts "Peter Pan" at 5 p.m. to benefit the Greentree Adolescent Program. Your $53 ticket includes dinner, show and gratuity. The NCCF serves homeless families, victims of domestic violence and vulnerable adolescents. If you cannot attend, contributions are also welcome so that youth from the program may see the show as our guests.

The deadline for reservations is Sunday, March 20. Please make checks payable to "Board of Church Representatives, NCCF."

Breakfast at Christ House

A hot breakfast with a warm smile is the best start to a Sunday morning.

Join us at Christ House in the nearby Adams Morgan neighborhood on the second Sunday of each month to serve breakfast and join the group for prayer. Christ House provides support and residential healthcare to homeless men and women. You'll be finished in plenty of time to attend a small group and the worship service. Please give us a call or send us a message to sign up.

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The First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C.
1328 16th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 387-2206

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Monday-Thursday 10 AM–4 PM
Friday-Saturday Closed