Advent 2 Hanging of the Green 7 December 2025 Vineville Baptist Church Macon, Georgia W. Gregory Pope WHEN GOD COMES NEAR Isaiah 58:6-14. Mark 1:1-15. Philippians 4.5 Nestled quietly inside Paul’s letter to the Philippians between the call to joy and the path to peace...
Pentecost 24 Holy Humor Sunday 16 November 2025 Vineville Baptist Church Macon, Georgia Gregory Pope THE GIFT OF LAUGHTER Psalm 126. Proverbs 17.22. Ecclesiastes 3.4. Luke 6:21b. Going back to the early centuries of the church, on a Sunday after Easter, Greek...
All Saints Sunday 2 November 2025 Vineville Baptist Church Macon, Georgia Gregory Pope THE GOLDEN STITCHES OF OUR GRIEF Psalm 116. John 11.17-27 Last Sunday would have been my mother’s 81st birthday and my parents’ 63rd anniversary. However in August of 2020...
Reformation Sunday Pentecost 21 26 October 2025 Vineville Baptist Church Macon, Georgia Gregory Pope HOW CAN WE ALL GET ALONG? Philippians 1.27-2:11 Paul Thorn is the son-of-a-preacher man as well as a former boxer turned singer-songwriter. Paul was at a family...
1Pentecost 20 19 October 2025 Vineville Baptist Church Macon, Georgia W. Gregory Pope SHARING OUR FAITH Acts 17.16-34. 1 John 1:1-5 Lynna Williams is the daughter of a Baptist minister. She has written a short story entitled “Personal Testimony” about a twelve-year...
