Crucifying Fear (of Others)

Pastor Craig Carter I am thankful that I have accumulated very few regrets during my lifetime, but if it was possible to relive a particular moment, there is one incident that I wish had never happened.  It occurred many years ago when I was a member of our high school wrestling team. Feel free to take a moment to snicker as you try to imagine me as a big, bad wrestler, which of course, I wasn’t! Instead, I was small and wiry – like Barney Fife. Anyway, it was an away match and we were competing at a school about …

Overcoming Fear – Coronavirus special message

Pastor Craig Carter Because of the world-wide pandemic that has brought about a national state of emergency, we have suspended in-person church gatherings for at least the next two weeks. That’s the bad news…now for the good news: March 22 was supposed to be our last Sunday at the Bay Haven gym, which has been our temporary home for nearly a year and half after our buildings were destroyed by Hurricane Michael. We were scheduled to hold our first worship service in our renovated church building, the former Fusion campus, on Sunday, March 29. Well guess what? We got in …