A note from Pastor Jason Purdy

Update - COVID-19

Hello FBC Livingston Family!

Our local church association, ELBA, met yesterday and provided counsel and suggestions on how local churches can respond to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) situation. I have spoken with our deacons, children’s ministry, and nursery leaders as well as the head of our Risk Management Team. At this time, we must cancel all of our face to face gatherings. We will not meet at the church for Sunday morning, Sunday evening, or Wednesday evening services until further notice. We will also postpone tomorrow night’s business meeting until further notice.

Instead, beginning tomorrow evening, we will meet on Facebook Live through the FBC Livingston profile page during our regularly scheduled service times. Please meet with us for Wednesday night Bible study/prayer meeting at 6:30pm on Facebook Live. Sunday morning service will begin on Facebook Live at 10:45am. Sunday evening service will begin on Facebook Live at 6:00pm. The Sunday morning service will be broadcast from the church building and will include our worship team leading music as well as me leading and preaching as usual. The Wednesday evening and Sunday evening services will be broadcast from my home and will just be me.

I would like to ask for your help in communication to our members and regular attenders. All written announcements will be posted to both the FBC Facebook page and the home page of our church website, yet I am concerned about communicating with those members who are not online. I would like to ask the Sunday School Teachers to please reach out to their classes to make them aware of this announcement.

I would like to also provide my cell phone number: (910) 416-4340. We want to be the church in the midst of this time, so please let me know if you need any kind of assistance, whether that be someone to run an errand for you, sharing a prayer concern, a need for pastoral care, or needing clarification on an announcement, etc.

If you or someone you know in the church cannot access Facebook live but would like to receive Sunday morning messages, they can go to the website when it posts on Mondays. We can also make them a CD and bring it to them upon request.

Please plan to join us tomorrow night at 6:30pm for Bible Study/Prayer on Facebook Live. I will provide more information then. Remember, if you cannot come on live with us, the video stays on the church page to view later.

Let’s pray, abide in Christ, and be the church in the midst of this time! Love to all!

For His Glory,

Pastor Jason