Ongoing/Upcoming Ministries


Welcome to First Baptist Church!   (organized on August 17, 1952)

       

 

 

Sunday School (Bible Study)  for all ages at 9:45am

The purpose of Sunday School is to make disciples by:  reaching people, teaching people, and ministering to people!

 

 

 

 

 

Nursery classroom provided during the Sunday morning service.  This is for babies-2 yrs.

Preschool classroom provided during the Sunday morning service.  This is for 3yrs-5yrs (K).

 

 

Sunday Morning Worship  at 11:00am.  “Verse-by-verse” expository sermons.

     

 

 

Current ‘verse-by-verse’ expository sermon series:   “Matthew” 

 

 

 

Children’s Church is provided during Sunday Worship.  This is for all children in 1st-5th Grade. (Kids dismissed after the Offertory and prior to the sermon during the Morning Worship Service.)

 

 

 

 

 

Online donation option.  It is through Aplos, the financial software First Baptist Church currently uses. – Credit Card, Debit Card, ACH (bank transfer).

click this secure link: https://www.aplos.com/aws/give/FirstBaptistChurchValdez/general.

 

 

Worship Service at the Providence Long Term Care Center –  Sundays at 2:30pm.

 

 

Walking the Walk‘  exercise groupusing the Leslie Sansone’s “Walk Away the Pounds” DVD.   M,W,F at 2:00pm. Contact Dee for more info.

 Established in 2007

 

 

 

“Moms in Prayer International” – Tuesdays at 1:00pm.    Contact Jennifer for more info. (May 20 is the last meeting this semester)

  Established in 1984

 

 

 

Wednesdays Fellowship Meal at 6:00pm   Free. (suggested donation $3 per person/$10 per family).  (Resumes in the fall.)

      Established in 1989. 

 

 

 

Wednesdays –  Discipleship Training for all ages – Nursery, Children, Youth, & Adults at 6:30pm.  (Resumes in the fall.)

 

 

Wednesday Adult Discipleship Training at 6:30pm –  (new class beginning in the fall.)

           

 

 

 

Choir Practice – Wednesdays at 7:30pm.  Resumes in the fall.  TBD.

 

 

 

 

 

Bell Choir Practice –  Saturdays at 10:00am.  Resumes in the fall.  TBD          (performances at Christmas & Easter)

 

 

Intercessory Prayer time – last Sunday of the month during Worship at 11:00am

Intercessory Prayer Meeting – Sundays at 9:15am in the Library (before Sunday School)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Men’s Breakfast – 2nd Saturday of the month at 9:00am.  Resumes in the fall.

  Established in 1977

 

 

 

Coffee & Conversation – Sundays at 9:30am (before Sunday School)

 

 

“GriefShare” – grief support group. – Sundays at 3:00pm.  Resumes in the fall.

 

 

Ladies Bible Study – Tuesdays at 7:00pm.  Resumes in the fall.                       Contact Davette for more info.

 

 

 

Bottles for Babies  May 11 – June 15 Mother’s Day to Father’s Day

 

 

 

 

Memorial Day prayer emphasisSunday, May 25

 

 

Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military.

Everyone is invited to pay respect to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in their patriotic service.  There is a Memorial Day observance, Monday, May 26 at 12:00 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Park near the Post Office on Galena St. in Valdez, Alaska.

 

 

Graduates Recognition – Sunday, June 1

 

 

Pot LuckSunday, June 1 at 12:00pm after the worship service.  Bring a dish or two to share.

 

 

Sunday Worship Services aboard the Lu-Lu Belle  June – Aug. at 8:00am-9:00am  Free.  No reservations needed.

(season begins Sunday June 1, 2025)  Boarding at 7:45am at the Tour Dock near the hotel.

“…Be very sure your anchor holds and grips the solid rock!”

     

 

 

V.B.S. (Vacation Bible School)  June 2-6   9:00am-12:00pm                                      For children that have completed K-6th Grade.  Free.                                                        Teachers and helpers are needed.  Contact Jennifer for more info.

Pre-Registration link –  https://kideventpro.lifeway.com/myEvent/?id=71072

 

 

Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting 2025 – June 8-11 in Dallas

 

 

Canned food drive to support Valdez Food Bank (bring your donations to the sanctuary during the month of July)

 

 

Church Picnic – July 6 at 1:30pm (Barney Meyring Park – picnic pavilion by the tennis courts)

Church will provide the hamburgers, hotdogs etc.  Please bring side dishes and desserts to share.  All welcome!

 

 

Laverne Griffin Camp (Baptist) in Wasilla, AK  https://www.lavernegriffincamp.org/  $250

 

 

J.A.M. camp (Baptist) in Wasilla, AK – July 22-26    $250

J.A.M. Camp is for those who will be entering 5th-12th Grade.  Co-ed.

https://www.lavernegriffincamp.org/

 

 

Victory Bible Camp (non-denominational) in Glacier View, AK

                      $365            $495           $149-$399

https://vbcalaska.org

 

 

SS Promotion Sunday, August 10 at 9:45am   Pre-K-6th Grade

     

 

 

Special offering to be collected Sunday, August 24

    

 

 

D-Life begins Wednesday, September 3 at 6:30pm

Jesus modeled a very simple process of disciple-making with His disciples.
Like Jesus, D-Life is biblical, missional, and reproducible. 

And He said to them, Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men. – Matthew 4:19

 

 

“Valeria Sherard” – Alaska Baptist Convention’s state mission offering.  Begins in September.  Goal:  TBD

       

 

 

Business Meeting – September 7 after Worship

Proposed Agenda:  nominate and elect messengers to the annual ABC & HPBA meetings

 

 

“Back to Church” – Sunday, September 14.

 

 

80th annual meeting of the Alaska Baptist Convention – September 22-23 at First Baptist Church in Palmer.

 

 

“See you at the pole” – Wednesday, September 24 at 7:30am