Pleasant Plains Baptist Services & Events

08/25/2026

It’s that time of year again! Awana is a great opportunity for your child to memorize scripture while enjoying great fun and winning free prizes. Starting August 26th, we will meet downstairs each Wednesday night all the way through May. Invite your friends as we begin our Awana year with a blast!

08/22/2026

Update from Amy (2:30p on 8/24)
Till's procedure finished about 10:15, but we had to wait hours to talk to the surgeon to learn details. Till had six blockages. Two were 85% blockages (one in the left artery and the other in a branch). A stent was put in place that addressed these two. Four blockages are 20%-50% blockages (they don't stent these). The final blockage is at 90% in his right artery. Another heart cath will be scheduled for 3-4 weeks from now to have a second stent put in to open up this blockage. He will remain in the hospital until tomorrow. He'll spend the rest of the week recovering and beginning the adjustment to medication and watching what he eats. We appreciate your continued thoughts and prayers.

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Please be praying for former member Till Campbell. He has been struggling with pneumonia for a few weeks, but it has now been confirmed that he had a heart attack Friday at work. Hospital discovered he has a 90% blockage and will have a heart catheterization on Monday. Pleaze pray they can resolve it without open heart surgery, not to mention for the pneumonia to heal up during his recovery post-op.

I'll share more info as I hear it.

07/27/2026

07/27/2026

VBS @ Pleasant Plains Baptist (1802 Old US 1, Apex)

07/25/2026

No VBS outreach today (Saturday) due to the rain. Please be praying and sharing the VBS with friends and family through social media, text, or in person instead. See you all on Sunday!

07/13/2026

Please be praying for two families today as we unfortunately had two church folks pass away overnight.

First, be praying for the family of Miss Ethel Sears. She was a faithful member for decades but had been in a nursing home struggling with dementia and Alzheimer's for several years. She is now safe in the arms of Jesus, fully healed from all of her struggles.

Next, please be praying for a newer family to our church, Meredith & Jim with the passing of their son William. William had come to services several times and his two young daughters come every Sunday. I had the privilege of talking to him about salvation a month ago, and he knew the Lord, but it's still sad to see him go at such a young age.

In these times we sorrow with our church family, but I'm so thankful that we don't have to sorrow as those that have no hope. Please lift up these families in prayer in the coming days. I will share any funeral details once I know them.

07/12/2026

A bit of late night Bible study that I don't know if I'll be able to fit into my sermon tomorrow:

In Hebrews 9:20, the writer quotes Moses' ratification of the Mosaic Covenant by saying, "This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you." As I was studying this passage, two thoughts came into my mind. First, I noticed the word "enjoined," a word that probably most of us don't know, but means "to charge or command." Second, was a previously unnoticed allusion Jesus made to this passage in the upper room (Lk. 22:20) when he said "This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you."
Putting these two thoughts together, I saw something pretty awesome. From the very first words of these two covenants, there was a huge difference between them. When Moses first gives the covenant he says, "God commands you to shed blood," but when Jesus gave his covenant he says, "I'm providing my blood for you." Moses commanded all Israel to find a lamb, but Jesus chose to be the lamb himself. Moses' covenant was one of command, Jesus' was one of completion. As you've probably heard many times before, the Mosaic Covenant says "Do" but the New Covenant says "Done." All of this in a small, easily missable verse that I don't think I've ever heard mentioned in a sermon before.

I love these little passages that even after 28 years of being a believer, I've never noticed. Praise Jesus for what he's paid for us without our having to add anything to it, and praise God for his living Word that still surprises me even after reading it through dozens of times!

07/08/2026

Join us tonight at 7pm as we cover the next "Elephant in the Church", the topic of Praise & Worship. See what the Bible teaches about what these words mean, and how we should praise & worship our Savior not just in church services but also in our daily lives.

I've really been thinking about this topic over the last week, so please come out if you can!

06/26/2026

Here's Miss Goss's obituary. Her visitation will begin Sunday at 2pm and the funeral will be at 3pm, both of which will be at Apex Funeral Home. Please come if you can, but regardless, be praying for the family in these difficult days.

Celebrate the life of Elsie Goss, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Apex Funeral Home.

06/22/2026

Last week was an amazing week of camp with our junior campers! We had a wonderful time and many decisions were made, along with 7 salvations. Special thanks to those who donated funds for our campers to go. Your gift is an investment that impacts eternity!