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2027 Pledge
We invite you to join us in giving thanks for all the resources — spiritual, theological, physical, and financial — that support our work together. Your generosity is a meaningful expression of your faith in God and commitment to God’s work. You can complete your 2027 pledge online (see button below) or with a hardcopy pledge card (available on Sunday mornings at church). 

One-Time Gift Opportunities
These donations will be made in 2026 and go towards our 2027 operating budget. We ask that one-time donations be made by the end of our Stewardship season, November 15th. 

BE KNOWN ($50): Make a REACH OUT gift in honor of our 2027 goal to get the word out to our community about who we are at First Baptist and to introduce our new pastor!

BE STILL ($105, $505, or $1005): Make a HIGH-5 FOR THE TEAM gift in honor of our staff team and our commitment to giving a cost-of-living increase and providing health insurance.

BE LOVE ($180): Make a SOLIDARITY SPARK gift in honor of our commitment to care for our neighbors – folks experiencing homelessness, are empowered by the nonprofits we support, and those who live in Nicaragua and are in need of clean water. $10 in honor of each of the 18 nonprofits we support.

The Gathering, our campus ministry led by Pastor Laura, meets each Wednesday evening for dinner and conversation. Our hope is for the congregation to support this ministry by providing dinner – home-cooked or otherwise! Please choose a date that works for you to provide a meal for 6. Dinners should be dropped off in the Campus Center kitchen ready to serve by 6:00p. Not a cook? That’s OK! Contributions to arrange for a meal from a local restaurant are also greatly appreciated! You can sign up here! Feel free to contact Pastor Laura if you have any questions.

You’re invited to tea with Pastor Laura!

One of my main goals during my first year as your pastor is to get to know each of you on a deeper level than is possible shaking hands after worship. So, I would like to invite you to “Tea with Pastor Laura”! I’m not a coffee person, but you’re welcome to have coffee if that’s your preference. We can meet at a local coffee shop, at the church office, or in your home, whichever you prefer. If you are a couple or a family, it’s up to you whether we meet together or one-on-one. I’m very much looking forward to getting to know each of you and hearing your stories!

To sign up, simply find a time using this Calendly link. When you sign up, please let me know where you’d like to meet. If you have any issues signing up, please don’t hesitate to email, text, or call me. 

Grace and Peace, 

Pastor Laura

Many ministry partners help make the Sunday mornings happen! Sign up to greet, usher, and/or set up and clean up Fellowship Time.

Questions about greeting, connect with Xan Morgan (xan@fbca2.org) or Jodylynn Brummett (jodylynn.brum77@gmail.com).
Questions about ushering, connect with Cesar Alaniz (calaniz@umich.edu).
Questions about hosting Fellowship Time, connect with Christine Hwang (christinehw3@gmail.com).
Questions about reading in worship service, connect with Pastor Laura (laura@fbca2.org).

Communion is served on the first Sunday of each month at FBCA2. Each Communion Sunday, we need 6 people to partner with our pastor to distribute communion. For more information about the specific roles and responsibilities, review the Communion Preparation and Serving Instructions.

Have questions? Connect with Maryann Bowen (mb_bowen@comcast.net) or Board of Worship member, Carolyn Hillebrand (carolynannarbor@aol.com).

It is a treat to have flowers for worship! Would you like to help make this happen? If so, select a Sunday. Then, by the Wednesday before, email Kat (office@fbca2.org) with the dedication for the bulletin. Also by the Wednesday before, let Dana Larson (lapd4larson@gmail.com) of the Board of Worship know if you would like to have a floral arrangement ($50) ordered from a local florist or if you prefer to bring your own flowers. If bringing your own flowers, please have them at church on Sunday morning by 9:40 am. Questions? Connect with Dana.

Youth, you are an important part of our worshiping community! 6th through 12th graders are invited to acolyte once a month or every other month.

We are in need of volunteers to help cook or serve a hot meal on the first Tuesday of each month at Hope Clinic in Ypsilanti. Interested? Contact Karen Rayner or simply sign up!. No experience required and ALL are welcome (friends, family, colleagues…). Why not sign up for a time with a friend? Volunteers must be 12 or older.