Sequatchie Valley Baptist Association

09/07/2026

09/06/2026

“If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.”
— 1 Corinthians 15:19

I think this is one of the most powerful apologetics for Christianity.

Paul leaves himself no escape route.

He doesn’t say, “Even if Christianity isn’t true, at least it gives us comfort.”

He says the opposite.

“If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile” (1 Corinthians 15:17).

If Jesus stayed in that grave, Christianity completely falls apart.

But Paul was writing about something he believed actually happened in history. Christ died. He was buried. He rose. And Paul pointed to eyewitnesses, including more than 500 people at once, many of whom he said were still alive when he wrote (1 Corinthians 15:6).

Christianity was never meant to be merely a comforting belief for people afraid to die. The apostles were proclaiming that a dead Man walked out of His grave.

And if they were wrong, Paul says our faith is worthless.

But if they were right, then Jesus Christ has conquered death.

And suddenly everything He said about sin, judgment, salvation, heaven, hell, and eternal life matters more than anything else in this world.

Christianity does not stand on whether it makes us feel better. It stands on whether Christ got out of that grave.

“Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance.

The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.”

— C. S. Lewis

09/06/2026

Ebenezer Baptist Church in Dunlap - Fish Fry & Chicken Dinner
Everyone is welcome!

09/05/2026

⛪ Churches of the Sequatchie Valley Baptist Association Service Times ⌚
(times may differ)

Chattanooga:
Grace Baptist Church
172 Robin Dr
SUNDAYS
Sunday School at 10 am Eastern
Service at 11 am Eastern
WEDNESDAYS
Service at 6 pm Eastern

Dunlap:
Daus Baptist Church
2686 W Valley Rd
SUNDAYS
Sunday School: 10 am
Morning Service: 11 am
Evening Service: 6 pm
WEDNESDAYS: 6 pm

East Valley Baptist Church
28 Davis Loop
SUNDAYS
Sunday School @ 10:00 am
Worship service @ 11:00 am
Night service @ 5:00 pm
WEDNESDAYS @ 6:00 pm

Ebenezer Baptist Church
34 Brea Rd
SUNDAYS
10:00-10:45 Sunday School
11:00-11:20 Praise and Worship
11:20-12:00 Preaching and Teaching
WEDNESDAYS
6:30p-7:30 Prayer and Teaching

Ewtonville Baptist Church
2420 Old Union Rd
SUNDAYS
Sunday School 10 AM
Morning Worship 11 AM
Evening Worship 6 PM
WEDNESDAYS 6:30 PM

First Baptist Church Dunlap
12 Church St
SUNDAYS
Services at 8:15 am, 10:30 am, & 6:00 pm
Sun School at 9:30 am
WEDNESDAYS
Service at 6:00 pm

Flat Mountain Baptist Church
6829 Fredonia Rd
SUNDAYS 10 AM - 12:30 PM
WEDNESDAYS 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Gruetli-Laager:
First Baptist Church of Gruetli-Laager
31138 TN-108
SUNDAYS
Sunday School 10:00
Morning Worship 11:00
Evening Service: 6:00
WEDNESDAYS
Bible Study 6:30

Jasper:
Baptist Hill Baptist Church
1094 RA Griffith Hwy
SUNDAYS
Sunday School 10 AM
Worship Servies 10:50 AM and 5:00 PM
WEDNESDAYS
Evening Prayer and Discipleship Training 6:00 PM

Jasper First Baptist Church
108 W 3rd St
SUNDAYS
8:00 am Worship
9:20 am Small Groups for all ages
10:30 am Worship Service
WEDNESDAYS
5:15 pm Fellowship Supper
6:00 pm J-Kids (3's - 4th grade)
Club 56 (5th & 6th grade)
Student Ministry(7th - 12th)
Adult Prayer/Bible Study

Kimball:
Kimball Baptist Church
1500 Main St
SUNDAYS
Sunday School (our small groups): 9:30 am - 10:15 am
Worship and Message: 10:30 am
WEDNESDAYS
Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: 6:00pm-7:00pm
KBC Youth: 6:00pm-7:00pm

Palmer:
Palmer Baptist Church
2628 Main St
SUNDAYS 11:00 am and 6 pm
WEDNESDAYS 6:30 pm

Pikeville:
Cold Springs First Baptist Church
40516 US 127
SUNDAYS
Sun. School 10 am
Sun. Worship 11 am
Sun. Evening 6 pm
WEDNESDAYS
Wed. Evening 6:30 pm

First Southern Baptist
2827 Main St
SUNDAYS
Sunday School @ 10 am
Worship service @ 11 am
Night service @ 6:30 pm
WEDNESDAYS @ 6:30 pm

Lee Station Baptist Church
10109 Old State Hwy 28
SUNDAYS
10:00 am Sunday School
11:00 am Morning worship
6:00 pm Evening worship
WEDNESDAYS
6:00 pm fellowship
6:30 pm Evening worship

Sequatchie:
Coppinger Cove Baptist Church
1365 Coppinger Cove Rd
SUNDAYS
Sunday school 10:00 A.M.
Service 11:00 A.M.
Sunday Evening 6:00 P.M.
WEDNESDAYS
Bible study 6:00 P.M. meal 7:00

First Baptist Church Sequatchie
427 Shady Grove Rd
SUNDAYS
Sunday School 10:00 AM
Morning Worship 11:00 AM
Discipleship Training 5:30 PM
Evening Worship 6:00 PM
WEDNESDAYS 6:00 PM

South Pittsburg:
Midway Baptist Church
1216 Hamilton Ave
SUNDAYS Sunday School 10:00 am
Sunday Service 11:00 am
Sunday Night 6:00 pm
WEDNESDAYS 6:00 pm

Richard City Baptist Church
1800 Hamilton Ave
Sunday School 10 am - 11 am
Service 11 am - 12 pm
WEDNESDAYS 6 pm - 7 pm

Whitwell:
Cartwright Baptist Church of Whitwell
123 Old Hwy 28
SUNDAYS
Sunday School @ 10:00
Worship service @ 11:00
WEDNESDAYS @ 5:30 pm

First Baptist Church Whitwell
1970 N Main St
SUNDAYS
9:45 AM - Sunday School
11:00 AM - Worship
WEDNESDAYS
4:00-6:00 PM - Children & Students
5:30 PM - Prayer Meeting & Bible Study

Mineral Springs Baptist Church
5305 RA Griffith Hwy
SUNDAYS
Sunday School 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Morning Worship 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Bible Study 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
WEDNESDAYS
Prayer Meeting 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Mt Calvary Missionary Baptist Church
215 Mt Calvary Rd
SUNDAYS
Sunday School 10 AM
Sunday Worship 11 AM & 6 PM
WEDNESDAYS 6 PM

S Whitwell Baptist Church
111 S Oak St
SUNDAYS
AM1 worship service @ 9:00
Sunday School @ 10:00
AM2 worship service @ 11:00
WEDNESDAYS
Bible Study & Prayer 6:00

09/05/2026

Thank you Jesus!

09/05/2026

09/05/2026

💜

There is a weariness that comes from suffering in a body that never seems to give you a break.

For some believers, sickness is not a season. It is waking up in pain again. It is exhaustion that sleep does not fix. It is disease, limitations, medications, appointments, and learning to live with a body that simply does not work the way it should.

And sometimes you are just tired of enduring it.

The Bible does not order us to pretend otherwise.

Paul said, “Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day” (2 Corinthians 4:16).

Scripture is painfully honest about what the fall has done to this world and to our bodies. Romans 8 says that even believers “groan inwardly” as we wait for “the redemption of our bodies.”

One of the hardest parts of chronic illness is wondering what happens if it gets worse.

If I am still here, how will I bear this five years from now?

But sometimes we try to carry tomorrow with strength God has only given us for today.

Jesus said, “Sufficient for the day is its own trouble” (Matthew 6:34).

There will be grace for tomorrow when tomorrow comes.

And when God does not remove the suffering, His answer is not that the suffering is bearable. Christ told Paul, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9).

His grace is sufficient precisely because your strength is not.

You can weep and groan and ask God how much longer.

But you can also say with the psalmist, “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever” (Psalm 73:26).

Our forever hope is Christ.

And for everyone who belongs to Him, there is coming a morning when you will wake up and nothing will hurt.

Until then, He does not promise that you will never be brought to the end of your strength here.

He promises something better.

When you reach the end of your strength, you have not reached the end of His.

09/04/2026

Oh wow, this is so true!