We kick off our community spotlight series in a personal interview with First Baptist Decatur's Pastor for Youth and Families, Rev. Kelsey Vincent.

It is sometimes easy to let the light of Christ darken in our lives. We get too busy with other things, we get discouraged, we are overly critical, or we become apathetic to spiritual matters.

Be at peace. Do not look forward in fear to the changes of life; rather look to them with full hope as they arise.

Isn’t the challenge of each of our lives to discover where and how God is present throughout our days? Listen to your life.

How we love each other is how we love God… may we remember to treat one another with compassion, to not take our stress, anxieties, or fears out on one another.

The biggest threat our church faced during the pandemic of the last year and a half wasn’t the need to adapt to new worship protocols or technology… the biggest threat was the isolation we all faced.