Purpose:
To share the love of Jesus.
Vision:
Beacon of hope, welcoming all.
Mission:
Worship God, Follow Jesus, Rely on the Holy Spirit, and Love Everyone.
Checks may be mailed to:
First Baptist Church
Marked Attn: Collector
P. O. Box 1049
Manchester Ctr.
VT 05255
First Baptist Church
Marked Attn: Collector
P. O. Box 1049
Manchester Ctr.
VT 05255
Church service at
9:30 am
Communion first Sunday of the month
Sunday school
off for the Summer
9:30 am
Communion first Sunday of the month
Sunday school
off for the Summer
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If you have any questions, please contact Pastor Theresa
Rev. Dr. Theresa Taylor
802-362-1555
for map click here
Church email: fbcmanvt@gmail.com
First Baptist Church welcomed. Rev. Dr. Theresa Taylor
Pastor Theresa is currently serving as Interim Pastor at First Baptist of Manchester Center, VT. She grew up in Manchester and graduated from BBA in 1985. She moved to Minnesota with her husband, Ken. Theresa and Ken have 3 grown children: Nicholas, Christopher, and Amanda. They have 4 grandkids: Aliza, Aron, Beckett, and Penelope. Family is hugely important to the Taylors.
Pastor Theresa has several degrees, including a Master’s of Divinity and a Doctorate of Ministry in pastoral care from Bethel Seminary of St. Paul, MN. Ken and Theresa founded Seek the Son Ministries Inc. 20 years ago, which is a ministry that focuses on equal access for those affected by disabilities to engage in their local faith community. Ken and Theresa love music, hiking, playing board games, and volunteering.
Pastor Theresa and Ken would love to meet new friends or reconnect with old ones. Please stop in at First Baptist and get to know them.
802-362-1555
for map click here
Church email: fbcmanvt@gmail.com
First Baptist Church welcomed. Rev. Dr. Theresa Taylor
Pastor Theresa is currently serving as Interim Pastor at First Baptist of Manchester Center, VT. She grew up in Manchester and graduated from BBA in 1985. She moved to Minnesota with her husband, Ken. Theresa and Ken have 3 grown children: Nicholas, Christopher, and Amanda. They have 4 grandkids: Aliza, Aron, Beckett, and Penelope. Family is hugely important to the Taylors.
Pastor Theresa has several degrees, including a Master’s of Divinity and a Doctorate of Ministry in pastoral care from Bethel Seminary of St. Paul, MN. Ken and Theresa founded Seek the Son Ministries Inc. 20 years ago, which is a ministry that focuses on equal access for those affected by disabilities to engage in their local faith community. Ken and Theresa love music, hiking, playing board games, and volunteering.
Pastor Theresa and Ken would love to meet new friends or reconnect with old ones. Please stop in at First Baptist and get to know them.
If you would like to give an offering to support the mission and ministry, you can either put it in the collection box at church on Sunday morning or mail it to our church P.O. Box 1049 Manchester Center, VT 05255 or directly to our collector Cathy Comar. Thank you for your faithfulness and generosity.
The latest posted Church service.
For current bulletin and other services, please visit here.
For current bulletin and other services, please visit here.
Please let us know what you think, also if you would like more information.
Cancer Support Group - UPLIFT
Uplift Cancer Support Group Rev. Dr. Theresa Taylor leads this encouraging group on Mondays afternoons. If your life has been touched by cancer, this is a place where you can come, share your story, and find friends to join you in prayer and tears and laughter as you support each other on life's journey.
We will be meeting in the vestry. Please feel free to spread the word and bring people you know who might be interested in participating. Let’s Uplift each other! I look forward to seeing all who are interested. Also bring any books or materials you have found helpful. We can share all that we have learned on our journeys.
Uplift Cancer Support Group Rev. Dr. Theresa Taylor leads this encouraging group on Mondays afternoons. If your life has been touched by cancer, this is a place where you can come, share your story, and find friends to join you in prayer and tears and laughter as you support each other on life's journey.
We will be meeting in the vestry. Please feel free to spread the word and bring people you know who might be interested in participating. Let’s Uplift each other! I look forward to seeing all who are interested. Also bring any books or materials you have found helpful. We can share all that we have learned on our journeys.
The Emmaus reunion group is a small group focusing on accountability to
help us practice our faith. We follow a specific format consisting of a
series of questions and ending with our Christian action plan for the
next week.
We meet on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-7:30.
If anyone is interested, please contact John Hess.
help us practice our faith. We follow a specific format consisting of a
series of questions and ending with our Christian action plan for the
next week.
We meet on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-7:30.
If anyone is interested, please contact John Hess.
PRAYER AND BOOK STUDY
Next Prayer group 7 PM Zoom, followed by book study.
STARTING IN SEPT
"Unoffendable"
by Brant Hansen
Sept 8, 2026 Chapters 1, 2 & 3
Sep 22, 2026 Chapters 4, 5 & 6
Come for one or both
Email the Church for updates or more information at fbcmanvt@gmail.com
STARTING IN SEPT
"Unoffendable"
by Brant Hansen
Sept 8, 2026 Chapters 1, 2 & 3
Sep 22, 2026 Chapters 4, 5 & 6
Come for one or both
Email the Church for updates or more information at fbcmanvt@gmail.com
Unoffendable, now revised and updated with two new chapters, gives you a concrete, practical way to live life with less stress. In our easily offended, cancel-culture society, learn how to replace perpetual frustration and anger with refreshing humility and gratitude.
It turns out giving up your "right" to be offended can be one of the most freeing, healthy, simplifying, relaxing, refreshing, stress-relieving, encouraging things you can do. It's a radical, provocative idea: We're not entitled to get offended or stay angry. The idea of our own "righteous anger" is a myth. It is the number one problem in our societies today and, as Dallas Willard says, Christians have not been taught out of it. But what if Christians were the most unoffendable people on the planet?
In Unoffendable you will find concrete, practical ways to live life with less stress, including:
It turns out giving up your "right" to be offended can be one of the most freeing, healthy, simplifying, relaxing, refreshing, stress-relieving, encouraging things you can do. It's a radical, provocative idea: We're not entitled to get offended or stay angry. The idea of our own "righteous anger" is a myth. It is the number one problem in our societies today and, as Dallas Willard says, Christians have not been taught out of it. But what if Christians were the most unoffendable people on the planet?
In Unoffendable you will find concrete, practical ways to live life with less stress, including:
- Adjusting your expectations to fit human nature
- Replacing perpetual anger with refreshing humility and gratitude
- Embracing forgiveness and beginning to love others in unexpected ways
SHARE YOUR GIFTS
Have you ever considered being a worship assistant, greeting people, reading scripture, playing an instrument, singing, or giving a testimony in church? Please let us know how the Spirit is leading you, so we can include you in the worship services. See Pastor Theresa if you have an interest in participating in the service.
Have you ever considered being a worship assistant, greeting people, reading scripture, playing an instrument, singing, or giving a testimony in church? Please let us know how the Spirit is leading you, so we can include you in the worship services. See Pastor Theresa if you have an interest in participating in the service.
Currently meeting at The Congregational Church during our construction
GNAT_TV May 23, 2020 channels on Comcast are changing to new Channels.
First Baptist Church will be found on CHANNEL 1094. Our service is shown Tuesday 7AM and 6PM and Sunday 7AM and 7PM. Note GNAT can changes these dates and time as well as the service being shown.
If you would like you can watch past services on our CHURCH WEBSITE at fbcmanvt.org. Find the ABOUT US tab, click on it, and it will take you to another page. There you can click on watch past videos of church services, and you will be taken to another page where videos are listed.
You can also view past services on GNAT-TV by going to GNAT-TV.org. and clicking on FIND A VIDEO. Then click on SEARCH, type in FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, and that should bring up the latest videos. At the bottom of that page is a link to older posts.
First Baptist Church will be found on CHANNEL 1094. Our service is shown Tuesday 7AM and 6PM and Sunday 7AM and 7PM. Note GNAT can changes these dates and time as well as the service being shown.
If you would like you can watch past services on our CHURCH WEBSITE at fbcmanvt.org. Find the ABOUT US tab, click on it, and it will take you to another page. There you can click on watch past videos of church services, and you will be taken to another page where videos are listed.
You can also view past services on GNAT-TV by going to GNAT-TV.org. and clicking on FIND A VIDEO. Then click on SEARCH, type in FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, and that should bring up the latest videos. At the bottom of that page is a link to older posts.
We continue in prayer asking for guardian angels to surround our men and women who are serving to protect our country and freedom. We pray that God will guide the leaders of this world toward peace.
From Shawn Harrington Manchester Historical Society
The first--- First Baptist Church stood on Meeting House Hill (site of today's Factory Point Cemetery) organized in 1781 and built in 1785. In 1833, the church relocated to its current site on the corner of Bonnet Street. Built at a cost of $2,300 originally, it has been expanded and modified, but remains relatively the same as it was in 1873.
The photo at right dates from 1915 with the Elm at the Crossroads- subject of a poem written by Walter Hard. The full text follows.
The document from 1834 shows the sale of Slip No. 2 in the new church sold to Mr. Martin Slocum of Manchester.
The first--- First Baptist Church stood on Meeting House Hill (site of today's Factory Point Cemetery) organized in 1781 and built in 1785. In 1833, the church relocated to its current site on the corner of Bonnet Street. Built at a cost of $2,300 originally, it has been expanded and modified, but remains relatively the same as it was in 1873.
The photo at right dates from 1915 with the Elm at the Crossroads- subject of a poem written by Walter Hard. The full text follows.
The document from 1834 shows the sale of Slip No. 2 in the new church sold to Mr. Martin Slocum of Manchester.
J E F F R E Y B E R N S T E I N
c o m p o s e r & c o n d u c t o r
In 1988, Mr. Bernstein composed a choral setting of the following poem and has given us permission to link it to our web site. Click here to be linked to Elm at the Crossroads.
Thank you, Mr Bernstein, for allowing this to be shared.
c o m p o s e r & c o n d u c t o r
In 1988, Mr. Bernstein composed a choral setting of the following poem and has given us permission to link it to our web site. Click here to be linked to Elm at the Crossroads.
Thank you, Mr Bernstein, for allowing this to be shared.
Elm at the Crossroads by Walter Hard
Of course a tree is just so much timber
Or so many cords of firewood.
The timber may make a home
Or the firewood may keep it warm.
But a tree like the elm at the crossroads
Has seen too much of life
To be just timber or firewood.
There it is with its thick trunk on the ground.
They’re chopping out the branches
And digging around the broad stump.
Count the rings.
A hundred and eight.
It could tell you a lot of history.
It was young when Factory Point was beginning.
There was the Tannery along the river
With piles of bark in the yard.
There was the woolen mill with its whirling looms,
And a dozen other mills along the stream.
It really was Factory Point.
Think of all the people who have passed that tree!
Think of all the people
Think of the slow plodding oxen with loads of goods;
Heavy creaking wagons with blocks of marble
From the quarries on Dorset Mountain;
Gay prancing horses drawing shining buggies;
Processions in somber black;
Gay parades with bands and flying banners;
Ladies walking with parasols held over quaint bonnets;
Men with high hats and tailed coats.
Statesmen, scholars, warriors, artists—
All have passed under its spreading branches.
There it lies.
Just so many cords of firewood.
Of course it had to go.
It’s a martyr to what we hope is progress.
Our rushing life cannot be stopped by a tree.
A hundred and eight years
To grow some firewood.
Of course a tree is just so much timber
Or so many cords of firewood.
The timber may make a home
Or the firewood may keep it warm.
But a tree like the elm at the crossroads
Has seen too much of life
To be just timber or firewood.
There it is with its thick trunk on the ground.
They’re chopping out the branches
And digging around the broad stump.
Count the rings.
A hundred and eight.
It could tell you a lot of history.
It was young when Factory Point was beginning.
There was the Tannery along the river
With piles of bark in the yard.
There was the woolen mill with its whirling looms,
And a dozen other mills along the stream.
It really was Factory Point.
Think of all the people who have passed that tree!
Think of all the people
Think of the slow plodding oxen with loads of goods;
Heavy creaking wagons with blocks of marble
From the quarries on Dorset Mountain;
Gay prancing horses drawing shining buggies;
Processions in somber black;
Gay parades with bands and flying banners;
Ladies walking with parasols held over quaint bonnets;
Men with high hats and tailed coats.
Statesmen, scholars, warriors, artists—
All have passed under its spreading branches.
There it lies.
Just so many cords of firewood.
Of course it had to go.
It’s a martyr to what we hope is progress.
Our rushing life cannot be stopped by a tree.
A hundred and eight years
To grow some firewood.