Eastern Shore Bible Baptist Church

09/09/2026

Everyone is invited to attend whether you are from Galena or not! This is alway a good remembrance ceremony.

08/02/2026

A new blog post! A Logical Conclusion.

An Eternal Hell? There seems to be a new online debate as to whether hell is an eternal punishment or a temporary one that ends in annihilation. Traditionalists claim that the church has always preached an eternal punishment of hell, so it must be. That is a pretty poor excuse for believing anything...

07/12/2026

7/12/26- We are sorry that our streaming service is not working this week. We should be up and running by next Sunday.

07/05/2026

We are sorry that our streaming service is not working this morning. Please try to tune in later.

06/18/2026

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL starts next week! June 22-26 @ 6:15. Grades K-8. Register at esbbc.org

06/04/2026

If anyone can help it would be great. This is a local shelter.

Dear Friends, Supporters, and Volunteers,

For the first time in the history of Deep Roots, we have 31 children and 19 adults residing at Clairvaux Farm. While our shelter has operated at or near capacity over the years, our records show that the highest number of children we have previously housed at one time was approximately 20. The arrival of additional families just this past week, consisting of 5 adults and 12 children, pushed us to a level we have never experienced before.

Sadly, we are also aware of two additional families currently sleeping in their vehicles, and at this time we simply do not have the space to accommodate them. The continuing shortage of affordable housing throughout our region is placing tremendous pressure on struggling families, service providers, county governments, and communities alike. Despite the best efforts of local agencies and county leaders, the demand for safe and affordable housing continues to outpace available resources.

While we are grateful that so many families have found safety and shelter at Deep Roots, this sudden increase has created an urgent need for beds, bedding, and furniture. In some cases, families are temporarily sleeping on mattresses on the floor until we can obtain the furnishings needed to provide a more comfortable and dignified living space.

We are desperately seeking donations of the following items:
• 2 Twin Size Mattress Frames
• 1 Full Size Mattress Frame
• 1 Queen Size Bed Frame with Box Spring & Mattress
• 2 Laundry Baskets
• 2 Toddler Bed Rails
• 4 Bunk Beds (with trundle if available)
• 7 Dressers
• 10 Pillows
• 10 Twin Size Sheet Sets
• 3 Full Size Sheet Sets
• 3 Pillowcases
• 3 Toddler Bed Sheet Sets

If you have any of these items available or know someone who may be willing to donate them, please contact us as soon as possible.

Phone: (410) 275-2194

Email: [email protected]

Cash donations restricted to this ask can be made here - https://deeprootsinc.org/donate/

Every donated item helps us provide a safe, comfortable, and dignified environment for children and families who have nowhere else to go. Tonight, 31 children will go to sleep under our care. Your support helps ensure they have a bed, a pillow, clean sheets, and the security every child deserves.

For over ten years, this community has stepped forward whenever families needed help. Today, we are asking you to do so once again. Together, we can ensure that every child and every parent who comes to Deep Roots is welcomed with dignity, comfort, and hope.

Thank you for helping us turn compassion into action.

With gratitude,

John

John Thompson
Executive Director
Deep Roots Family Homeless Shelter at Clairvaux Farm

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05/27/2026

Reading the Account

Learning to read is a great thrill in life. Watching my grandchildren as they learn to read brings back memories of my own children going through the process and then remembering my own experience. My three older sisters actually taught me to read long before the school did. I have always had a great love of reading, whether it be history books, Dickens novels, or textbooks from school.

Reading my Bible through from beginning to end has been a lifetime work. Once finished, we just start over. I did stop counting how many times I’ve read through because that number started to be the goal, and besides, nobody really cares to hear about it.

With all that written, there is a point. In reading my Bible I sometimes run across Scripture that boggles my mind. I know the Bible is right, so therefore, I am missing something.

One of those Scriptures was Hebrews 12:17 "For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.”
Comparing the other Scripture that God wants everyone to be saved, [I Timothy 2:4] and that His will is that nobody perishes [II Peter 3:9] then why would God not allow Esau a place of repentance?

This problem bothered me for quite some time until I thought, maybe I should just go back and read the story [I know, I can be a bit slow at times!] So, I simply re-read the Old Testament account of Esau and his repentance. Let me lay it out in bullet points, but please, check out the whole story at some time. The story is from Genesis 27.

v. 34 - Esau was bitterly crying over not getting the blessing of the firstborn.
v. 36 - Esau blames Jacob for “taking away” his birthright, rather than confessing that Esau sold it and despised
it - Genesis 25:34.
v. 38 - Esau wept and begged for a blessing.
v. 41 - Esau plotted the murder of his brother Jacob because of the missed blessing.
Genesis 28:8-9 - Esau then despises his father, Isaac, and marries women he knows will displease his father.

In no place does Esau seek to repent, or mentions repenting, or ask for forgiveness. In Hebrews 12:17 the blessing is the subject, not the repentance. Esau was not seeking repentance and could not find it, he was seeking the blessing and could not find it, and that is because he despised it and sold it years before.

Real repentance is not blaming someone else for what is wrong. Real repentance is doing right regardless of if you get your way or not. I have seen people say they repent, but when God did not give them what they thought they deserved because of their cheap words, then they just returned to their former self and became so much worse [Luke 11:24-26].

This is what is meant by Matthew 7:21 "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.”

A repentant heart is not just saying magic words. It is a heart that accepts the responsibility for our sin and asks God for mercy through grace and faith.

Esau was not looking for repentance but for blessing. And reading the story clears up the whole question.

04/21/2026

Join us for a new Bible Study! Wednesday evenings at 7pm.