Friendship Baptist Church Hudson

06/01/2026

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05/17/2026

Can’t wait to praise the Lord with you. I’ll see you tomorrow at church.

05/07/2026

Today is the 75th annual National Day of Prayer! 🙏

Join us in praying for our nation.

Learn more about this year’s National Day of Prayer theme, “Glorify God Among the Nations, Seeking Him in All Generations,” and download free prayer resources at https://www.nationaldayofprayer.org/get_involved/personal_and_corporate_prayer_resources

National Day of Prayer

04/03/2026

It’s Maundy Thursday.

It’s the last day they’re all together.

The Last Supper and the day He shares the new commandment.

To love one another as He has loved them.

And then in a shocking display of humility, the Messiah gets on the floor.

I wonder what happened in the room as He cleared space, fetched what He needed, and began to wash the feet of His disciples.

Peters feet. Judas’s feet.

And if we had been there - He’d have washed our feet too.

And for just a second, I can picture this. My feet in the hands of the Messiah.

Right now in my mind, I can see His hands. The ones they’ll drive nails through tomorrow.

And I can hear His voice reminding us - love each other.

It’s the same voice that will cry out when they torture Him.

And the same voice to declare it done.

The same voice that speaks your name. And mine, too.

It’s a blur in my mind what happens next. But now we watch Him wait for Judas in the garden.

And this is where every single thing slows down for me.

I want to tear through the pages of history and make this whole thing stop.

Judas. We see you betray our King. The One about to die for you.

For all of us.

We see the scattering. And the fear.

I’m so sorry Jesus - this whole scene…

But there He is.

The only settled One, stands unshaken.

Jesus.

We can’t take our eyes off You.

Your courage takes our breath away. And your love - it’s unmatched.

Thank You for stepping into this.

For continuing to move towards the cross. For modelling perfect love even in the face of horror.

We don’t deserve any of this sacrifice, Jesus.

Thank You that Your love is bigger.

So much bigger.

We will not look away. And we will not forget that it’s us You’re doing this for.

❤️

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.””
‭‭John‬ ‭13‬:‭34‬-‭35‬ ‭(ESV‬‬)

“And he came up to Jesus at once and said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” And he kissed him. Jesus said to him, “Friend, do what you came to do.” Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and seized him.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭26‬:‭49‬-‭50‬ ‭(ESV‬‬)

04/03/2026

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04/03/2026

03/30/2026

Pray for our missionaries.

🙏 Pray for our missionaries of the week, Oscar and Wendy Ortiz.

When God called Oscar Ortiz and his wife, Wendy, to plant a church in Río Grande, Puerto Rico, they started by moving their car off the driveway, setting up lawn chairs, and inviting neighbors to their house to hear the gospel.

“We had just six adults that first rainy Sunday, and lots of things didn’t go as planned,” Oscar recalled. “But that was OK because we weren’t planting with the intention of having a big congregation one day. There are 46,000 people in this community and just a handful of churches, so we told ourselves, ‘If we never get above 50 members, that’s all right as long as we’re constantly sending out teams who can plant more churches and reach more people.’”

God then turned Oscar and Wendy’s attention to a nearby town. “Loíza is a low-income community, and lots of people there are struggling,” Oscar said. “We desperately wanted to start another church there, but our plant in Río Grande was still new. We only had 27 members. So what did we do? Did we wait until we had more people to move forward? No. We prayed for help. And God answered.”

Send Relief is Southern Baptists’ compassion ministry arm, and when Send Relief began sending volunteer missions teams to Loíza to repair residents’ homes, that opened doors for Oscar and Wendy. “We didn’t know anyone in Loíza,” Wendy shared. “But the Send Relief teams coming in and telling people, ‘We’re connected with this church in Río Grande,’ really helped us build relationships there.”

With Send Relief’s help, their tiny church plant in Río Grande has laid the foundation for what, Lord willing, will soon be another new church in an unchurched place. Oscar said, “We have to start more churches, and it amazes me that even though our church plant in Río Grande is still small and new, we’re already able to be a part of that work.”

“That’s big. It’s something only God can do.”

PRAY God would continue to multiply the work being done in Río Grande and Loíza.

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