July Services
We hope you will join us each Sunday in July at 10:30 a.m. as we gather to worship God in First Baptist Church. We have an excellent roster of preachers and soloists, and we will be offering a special program for children, K-6, each Sunday. Our Creche, or nursery facilities, will also be available.
Rev. Nelson Metcalfe is our Minister of Visitation and has had a distinguished career as a Baptist minister serving in such communities as Avonport-Lockhartville, NS, Saint John, NB and Bedford, NS, the latter for 17 years prior to "retirement." For the last three years he has been with us on a part time basis.
Lic. John Dalton is a Deacon of First Baptist Church, and since his retirement as a CBC producer John has been enroled as a Lay Pastor in Training. His desire is to serve God as a lay pastor and John already has an active role in the palliative care ministry at Halifax's Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Rev. John Gahan came to First Baptist after many years as a Jesuit priest in the Roman Catholic Church. Here in Halifax he served as Chaplain at St. Mary's University for two years in the mid-90s, and later as Pastor of the Canadian Martyrs Parish. Most recently, John was Pastor of the St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Wolfville, N. S. from which he resigned in 2006. John became a member of First Baptist Church at Easter 2008 and, after serving us since November, 2007 as Interim Director of CE, has been appointed to a one year term as our Minister of Christian Education as of July 1, 2008.
Here is the schedule of services:
July 6: Pentecost 8; Communion
Zechariah 9:9-12; Psalm 145:8-14
Romans 7:15-25a; Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
Horns and Halos in Human Nature - Rev. Nelson A. Metcalfe
Music: Zoe Leger - soprano
July 13: Pentecost 9
Isaiah 55:10-13; Psalm 65:1-13
Romans 8:1-11; Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
The Seed is Planted - Lic. John Dalton
Music: Summer Seasonings (vocal ensemble)
July 20: Pentecost 10
Genesis 28:10-19a; Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24
Romans 8:12-25; Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
Where Are The Weeds? - Lic. John Dalton
Music: Guest Organist, Tristan Cleveland-Thompson, Courney Cain - mezzo soprano
July 27: Pentecost 11
Genesis 29:15-28; Psalm 128
Romans 8:26-39; Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
Imagining a New World - Rev. John Gahan
Music: Guest Organist, Tristan Cleveland-Thompson, Phyllis Knox - soprano
With the leadership of a strong team of lay leaders, teachers and Minister of C. E., John Gahan, we are able to offer Church School classes, youth groups, Bible Studies and other activities to help us grow in our faith. 
