If your lunchroom is your kitchen and your classmates are your siblings, here's a little something to break up the monotony of your daily homeschool grind. Join our student minister at the EDGE center with your bag lunch and get the homeschool version of the lunchroom and pester Chris at the same time. It's always fun and a great way…
Join us for our annual Maundy Thursday service where we prepare our hearts to worship our crucified, dead, buried, and RISEN Lord and Savior. Please stay and listen to our choir present "the Passion Song" and lead us into our Easter season.
If your lunchroom is your kitchen and your classmates are your siblings, here's a little something to break up the monotony of your daily homeschool grind. Join our student minister at the EDGE center with your bag lunch and get the homeschool version of the lunchroom and pester Chris at the same time. It's always fun and a great way…
Have you been visiting with our church and considering membership? Are you curious about our various ministries? Have you ever gotten confused by our many buildings and service times? Have been wanting to get to know others but can't seem to put names with faces? We have the event for you! Join us at the EDGE center for a series…
As we prepare for a season of worship and celebration, our students will be experiencing an authentic Seder service hosted by a special guest. Please RSVP for this event by signing your waiver.
Have you been visiting with our church and considering membership? Are you curious about our various ministries? Have you ever gotten confused by our many buildings and service times? Have been wanting to get to know others but can't seem to put names with faces? We have the event for you! Join us at the EDGE center for a series…
Have you been visiting with our church and considering membership? Are you curious about our various ministries? Have you ever gotten confused by our many buildings and service times? Have been wanting to get to know others but can't seem to put names with faces? We have the event for you! Join us at the EDGE center for a series…
For all our many events that happen over the year, we need a little cash. It's easier to ask for money when hard work and yummy food are involved. Join our students at the FBC gym after the traditional worship service ends for some grub and some love. If you feel so inclined, give a little dough to keep our…
We normally have our annual White Elephant gift exchange after the Progressive Dinner, but this year we decided to change things up and do it during our Christmas party. Join us on December 20th for snacks, games, & a very silly gift exchange. All the festivities will happen after our normal time of worship and be a great beginning to…
It's that wonderful time of the year when the staff, leaders, volunteers, and fellow church members take time to love on our students. Join us at the EDGE center at 6 PM to be served wonderful food prepared by loving hands. We will fill your bellies in appreciation of you all. There will also be a special guest speaker to…
It's time to serve our community by filling their children with candy. Come on out to the church parking lot with your decorated cars and give out as much sugar as you can to our neighbors. We will have games, food, and a bouncy house. If weather is bad, no worries! We will move it indoors to our gym. It's…
Here's something you don't get everyday, a FREE CONCERT! Please join us at the EDGE center to enjoy the musical stylings of Mitch McVicker, Dove award winning singer-songwriter. McVicker’s concert is a little bit Mark Twain meets MacGyver. His quirky and inventive approach includes insightful song lyrics, unconventional instruments, and profound storytelling. His concert connects the everyday with the otherworldly.…
This is our longest standing tradition! Join us as we race around Chickamauga and the surrounding areas in teams to prove who is the best & brightest...simply for bragging rights. It's always fun and brings out the fun, competitive spirit of all our students. If you would like to volunteer to help, please contact Krista Savadge. Students, please remember to…
This summer, we are encouraging our students to serve! Join us every Wednesday from 2-4 pm to serve others in our community. Afterward, feel free to hang out at the EDGE center with friends. We will serve a dinner at 4:45 PM and have a time of worship afterward. It's a day full of worship through word and deed that…
Can you really just watch a movie and not be affected? Does faith intersect with pop culture? This summer, EDGE Academy will be exploring these questions as we embark on a five week journey to understand how media and faith relate. Every week we will watch a movie with Mrs. Bella Harper and follow the film with a discussion on…
We have a last minute event added to the summer calendar. Join us at the EDGE center at 5 PM tomorrow to head to Hamilton Skate Place for their Christian skate night. The cost is $10 per student. We are asking that students be pre-fed for this event or that they bring extra cash for the snack counter. There is…
This summer, we are encouraging our students to serve! Join us every Wednesday from 2-4 pm to serve others in our community. Afterward, feel free to hang out at the EDGE center with friends. We will serve a dinner at 4:45 PM and have a time of worship afterward. It's a day full of worship through word and deed that…
Can you really just watch a movie and not be affected? Does faith intersect with pop culture? This summer, EDGE Academy will be exploring these questions as we embark on a five week journey to understand how media and faith relate. Every week we will watch a movie with Mrs. Bella Harper and follow the film with a discussion on…
This summer, we are encouraging our students to serve! Join us every Wednesday from 2-4 pm to serve others in our community. Afterward, feel free to hang out at the EDGE center with friends. We will serve a dinner at 4:45 PM and have a time of worship afterward. It's a day full of worship through word and deed that…
Can you really just watch a movie and not be affected? Does faith intersect with pop culture? This summer, EDGE Academy will be exploring these questions as we embark on a five week journey to understand how media and faith relate. Every week we will watch a movie with Mrs. Bella Harper and follow the film with a discussion on…
VBS is coming! Please join us for a week of gospel fun and learning. If you plan on attending, please take a moment to fill out our online registration form: 2023 VBS Registration Form https://waiver.fr/p-jmysM If you plan on volunteering, please fill out this waiver: 2023 VBS Registration Form https://waiver.fr/p-jmysM
It's your time to shine. It's karaoke, baby! You know the rules: pick a great song and sing as loud as you can. Dancing is more than acceptable. No boos. No harassment. Just lots of cheers and tons of fun. We provide the stage and the mic. You provide all the entertainment. Students, please remember to complete your waiver for…
This summer, we are encouraging our students to serve! Join us every Wednesday from 2-4 pm to serve others in our community. Afterward, feel free to hang out at the EDGE center with friends. We will serve a dinner at 4:45 PM and have a time of worship afterward. It's a day full of worship through word and deed that…
Can you really just watch a movie and not be affected? Does faith intersect with pop culture? This summer, EDGE Academy will be exploring these questions as we embark on a five week journey to understand how media and faith relate. Every week we will watch a movie with Mrs. Bella Harper and follow the film with a discussion on…
It's game time! Gather your friends and go door-to-door to trade your smaller item for something better. The team with the biggest and best item at the end of the game wins! It's a crazy game that tests your ability to barter and is always a lot of fun. Let's see who will come out on top! Students, please remember…
This summer, we are encouraging our students to serve! Join us every Wednesday from 2-4 pm to serve others in our community. Afterward, feel free to hang out at the EDGE center with friends. We will serve a dinner at 4:45 PM and have a time of worship afterward. It's a day full of worship through word and deed that…
Can you really just watch a movie and not be affected? Does faith intersect with pop culture? This summer, EDGE Academy will be exploring these questions as we embark on a five week journey to understand how media and faith relate. Every week we will watch a movie with Mrs. Bella Harper and follow the film with a discussion on…
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?! Even if you aren't ready, we invite you to join us for the biggest event in the NFL season, the SUPER BOWL! Come watch the big game on our big screen, enjoy snacky foods, play some games, and hang out with friends. This is more than just a student event; parents, siblings, family members,…
Join us for one of our most favorite events! Meet at the EDGE center and divide into caravaning groups to visit different homes for each course of a holiday meal (appetizer, entre, & dessert). Once we have visited with our hosts and sufficiently stuffed our faces, we will meet back at the EDGE center for a White Elephant Gift exchange.…
Let's celebrate before we go our separate ways to end the year with friends and family. Join us at the EDGE center to PARTAY. Wear your ugliest sweater and bring your holiday cheer. This is going to be our last bash of the year so let's do it right! There will be an ugly sweater contest with prizes. There will…
A luncheon filled with food, fellowship, testimonies, photos, and a devotion! We always look forward to this event because we have 75-100 women from FBC in one room enjoying a time of fellowship! Tickets go on sale November 1st. They are only $5! We hope you will come and invite your mother, daughter, sister or friend! You can sign up: 1-…
It's that wonderful time of the year when the staff, leaders, volunteers, and fellow church members take time to love on our students. Join us at the EDGE center at 6 PM to be served wonderful food prepared by loving hands. We will fill your bellies in appreciation of you all. There will also be a special guest speaker to…
Join us as we celebrate the upcoming birth of Chris & Bella Harper's first child. Shower them with gifts and love in the EDGE center and encourage them as they begin this new phase of life. Also, for those who are wondering, IT'S A GIRL! You can purchase items off their registry by following this link: Isabella's Babylist Registry
It may seem early to start advertising for Halloween, but after last year's fun we had to get a head start! WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! Whether you want to host a trunk, donate candy (we need A LOT), serve food, supervise a game, or hand out candy...WE CAN USE YOU! Please contact Ben Stone to sign up. This is going to…
This Friday we will have "fan van" to go support our students who are playing football for GLHS & Ridgeland. If you want to come please arrive at the EDGE center by 7 PM. We will ride together from the church and plan to arrive back after the game at around 10:30 PM. Please bring money for entrance into the…
It's pumpkin carving time! To help add to the fun of our annual Trunk-or-Treat, we are having a pumpkin carving contest. The EDGE center will be open every day this week between 3 PM to 5 PM for all your carving needs. The pumpkins will be provided for you but you have to bring your own imagination and creativity.…
Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes will be collected from October 16 - November 13. We are now collecting empty shoeboxes in the church office. Go ahead and get an early start this year!
Put it on your calendar!! Date: Thursday, October 20 6-8pm Location: First Baptist Church of Chickamauga Dove award winning Christian Rock band Seventh Day Slumber and Relent will be rocking the EDGE building!
Before it gets too chilly, let's enjoy the great outdoors as a group one more time. This Wednesday, join us at the church at 6 PM. We will caravan over the the Ford house for a bonfire. There will be games, s'mores, and more! We can't wait to share this fall event with all of you!
We will observe the Lord's Supper in all three morning worship services.
Just because you're on a break, that doesn't mean you stop supporting your peeps! This Tuesday we will have "fan van" to go support our students who are playing softball for GLHS. If you want to come please arrive at the EDGE center by 5 PM. We will ride together from the church and plan to arrive back after the…
We're taking a girls trip to the happiest place on earth: BUC-EE'S! Meet us at the EDGE center at 11 AM to get overwhelmed by brisket, t-shirts, and home decor. Did we mention this is a girls only event? Sorry, guys.
We are kicking off our fall Monday night Bible Study for ladies on September 19th at 6 pm in the Edge building. Tara Maxwell will be leading a study on Romans using the book, “In View of God’s Mercies” by Courtney Doctor. The book is $20. Contact Tara Maxwell if you are interested in the study.
If you would like to fill a backpack for the 2022 Christmas Backpack Campaign, please see the bulletin insert for details. A monetary donation will be accepted and used to purchase items to fill a backpack. Last year, our goal was 50 backpacks and we delivered 66 to the Association Office. Let's make this year even bigger! If you have…
This Tuesday we will have "fan van" to go support our students who are playing softball for GLHS. If you want to come please arrive at the EDGE center by 5 PM. We will ride together from the church and plan to arrive back after the game at around 8 PM. Please bring money for entrance into the game and…
Student and kids ministry are doing a joint cooking lesson event in the gym kitchen at 1 pm on September 24th. Please reach out to Aleks Litts if you have any questions or are interested in this event.
It's Homecoming at Gordon Lee! This Friday we will have "fan van" to go support our students who are playing football for GLHS & LaFayette. If you want to come please arrive at the EDGE center by 6:45 PM. We will walk together from the church and plan to arrive back after the game at around 11 PM. Please bring…
Join us to serve the community! Our elder saints need some extra love from our church body and our students are the best fit for that task. Meet us at the EDGE center to stretch your service muscles and love others.
We are so excited to introduce a new way to further your student's growth in the Bible. This new class will be offered on Monday nights starting on September 12th from 5-6 PM in the Education Building. Chris will be teaching Apologetics 101 by going through the book, "Tactics" by Greg Koukl. The class will run from September to December.…
This Tuesday we will have "fan van" to go support our students who are playing for Saddle Ridge & Lakeview. If you want to come please arrive at the EDGE center by 4:15 PM. We will ride together from the church and plan to arrive back after the game at around 6:45 PM. Please bring money for entrance into the…
We will have "fan van" to go support our students who are playing football for GLMS. If your student wants to come please have them arrive at the church by 4:30 we will ride together from the church and plan to arrive back after the game, approximately 6:45. Please ensure your student brings money for entrance into the game and…
Are you competitive? Do you like games? THIS IS THE EVENT FOR YOU! It's time for the second annual EDGE Book of Records. Join us at the FBC gym at 4 PM to compete in games that are meant to push you to your limit...sort of. See if you can beat last year's previous winners and have fun with friends.…
We're going to see the Chattanooga Football Club! If you love soccer and hanging out with friends, this is your event! Meet us at the EDGE center at 6 PM to head to the stadium and cheer on the CFC. Cost: $10 per person plus money for food. And be sure to sign your waiver! https://app.waiverforever.com/pending/WIhVe4SA6g1652119342
Our students and volunteers are going to be spending a few days serving our community in love and action. Starting tomorrow, June 21st at 8:30 AM, our students will be meeting at the EDGE center to head out and do community projects. Please wear work clothes that you don't mind getting dirty and bring a great attitude. We will wrap…
Join us for a family fun event full of Easter activities! We will have something for everyone in your family. There's an egg hunt, of course but we also have inflatables, games, food, and much more! Bring your baskets and your appetites because the FBC congregation is ready to have fun and serve you!
This is a fun event for all our ladies! Bring us two dozen of your favorite cookies along with a recipe and swap sweets with your friends. It will be a SWEET time to fellowship, so come and join us!
DNOW Speaker: Mitch Norman Band: Collin Baxter What is DNOW Weekend? DNOW Weekend is an in-town retreat, where we will spend a concentrated amount of time in small group study and large group worship gatherings. These small groups will meet, eat, and sleep in the home of the families from FBC. The groups will be divided by gender and grades.…
"DON WE NOW OUR UGLY SWEATERS! FA-LA-LA-LA!" We can't let Christmas break begin without seeing our students decked out in ugly apparel, can we? Join us during Wednesday Worship time for an ugly sweater competition. Someone will go home with a prize! Everyone will get food and games and we will start our Christmas season with all sorts of cheer.
Join us after church to celebrate the holiday season! We will share testimonies, fellowship, and of course EAT. Tickets are $5 per person. If you would care to help or have any questions please contact Krista Savadge or Tara Maxwell.
It's finally time! This is one of our favorite events of the year! Join us at the EDGE center to break up into caravans and hit up the houses of some amazing hosts as we stuff ourselves silly at our annual Progressive Dinner. After we finish eating, we will meet back up at the EDGE center and exchange white elephant…
It's time for us to love on our students. We are so grateful for each and every one of you! Come out to the EDGE center during Wednesday worship and let us serve you dinner and share a meal with you. We will have a time of prayer and testimony as well. This is a great season to thank God…
It's time to serve our community by filling their children with candy. Come on out to the church parking lot with your decorated cars and give out as much sugar as you can to our neighbors. We will have games, food, and a bouncy house. If weather is bad, no worries! We will move it indoors to our gym. It's…
It's our week of lasts...and this is our last Destination Unknown for the summer. Join us at the EDGE center at 7 AM if you are a boy and 12 PM if you are a girl to find out what your last adventure will be. Let's make it a good one, students! Oh, and don't forget to sign those waivers!
COST: Free 2020 was kind of a dud wasn't it? It almost seems like it didn't happen at all. Well, we think that's a shame. To remedy this problem, we are hosting an event that will redeem the patheticness of 2020. Come on out to the EDGE center at 6 PM. You need to wear your finest attire and come…
It is our last service project of the summer. Sad day. While you can serve others any time, this will be the last organized summer service project before school starts. Come on out to the EDGE center at 10 AM and love your community one last time with us! We hope you've gained a lot from serving others this summer.
IT'S OUR LAST THEME NIGHT! So for worship this week, we want you to snuggle up and get comfortable in your favorite hoodie for Hoodie Night. Come out and worship at the EDGE center at 6 PM in your coziest hoodie. We'll turn the AC down for you.
We are making lots of memories this summer but relationships are built when we serve together. Join us at the EDGE center at 10 AM to go on another service project. It'll be an experience that will grow you, we promise.
COST: FREE You've waited all summer for this moment: THE AMAZING RACE. Come out to the EDGE center at 1 PM. You won't know what to expect, who will be on your team, where you will be going, or who will win but you will most definitely make memories and have a lot of fun. We do know that there…
"Buddy the Elf, what's your favorite color?" Haha. But seriously, wear your favorite color from head to toe tonight for worship at the EDGE center at 6 PM.
COST: Free Do you like to sing? Are you an enthusiastic performer? Are you tone deaf? THIS IS THE EVENT FOR YOU! Come out to the EDGE center at 6 PM to make a spectacle of yourself at our first ever Karaoke night. You don't have to be talented, you just have to be ready to have fun. If you…
COST: Free Bring: Sack Lunch, Water Bottle, & Tennis Shoes It's time to get a little sports-y. Come out to the Helicopter park at 2 PM to kick the 'ol red rubber ball around in an all-out kickball tournament. It may be hot but it will be a lot of fun! See you there! You must have a signed waiver…
It's time for surprise adventure. Join us at the EDGE center at 10 AM to something adventurous. Be sure to sign your waiver before you attend!
COST: $5 It was such a big hit the first time we did it, that we are going to put it on repeat for the summer. Let's get our Mystery Dinner on! Bring $5 and join us at the EDGE center at 6 PM to eat mysteriously. Believe us, it's the best mystery meal you'll ever have. Be sure to…
Serving is an honor and we are excited to give you another opportunity to serve others. Join us at the EDGE center at 10 AM and we will head out for another service project. Get excited, people! Also, be sure to sign that waiver!
IT'S THEME NIGHT AGAIN! This week, we honor our freedom by wearing the red, white, and blue. Give 'Merica a big shout out this week, students. We're proud to be Americans, right? Also, we are going to get our worship on at the EDGE center at 6 PM. Woot.
Goodbye, June. HELLO, JULY! We're beginning the month of Freedom the right way with a service project. Join us at the EDGE center at 10 AM to serve our community for the glory of God. What better way is there to celebrate our freedom from sin?
IT'S THEME NIGHT! This week, we want you to grab your cameras, stick those socks in some sandals, and wear your loudest tropical shirt as you become a tacky tourist. Hopefully, all the tackiness won't distract from God's word. Worship begins at 6 PM at the EDGE center.
COST: Free What is DESTINATION UNKNOWN? Well...it's an adventure at an unknown destination. We can't tell you where it is or what it will be but we can ensure you that it's going to be fun! Get those waivers signed and join us at the EDGE center at 10 AM for our very first Destination Unknown!
Get ready for yet another glorious opportunity to serve others! Join us at the EDGE center at 10 AM for an outdoor service project....but make sure you have your waiver signed first! What you need for our project: Old clothing & old shoes (the materials we are working with will turn your clothing BLUE!0 Work Gloves Rakes or shovels NOTE:…
Join us as the Youth Truth Revue leads us through the epicness of the Bible and shows us God's greatness. All kids from Kindergarten to 5th grade are welcome to this adventure. Please read and sign this waiver for your child before the beginning of VBS. We can't wait to share God's truth with you!
It's time for yet another theme night at the EDGE center. This week, we are honoring the great Michael Savadge with Dress Like Michael Night. Don those flip-flops and hoodies, students! We look forward to witnessing your Michael-ness at 6 PM at the EDGE center. And of course, we'll worship! *Cartoon Credit to the incredibly talented Jaden Hawkins!
COST: $10 + money for food Summer is baseball season! We are taking our students to the Lookouts game. We will meet at the EDGE center at 5 PM. First, we will eat and then we will head to the ball field. Make sure you have your waivers signed and that you bring $10 for tickets and a little extra…
COST: FREE LOCATION: FBC Gym Are you the best of the best? There's only one way to find out! Join us at the EDGE center at 2 PM to challenge yourself against other students to be the first name in the EDGE BOOK OF RECORDS! A waiver is required to participate, so please be sure to pop online and sign…
We're shaking Wednesday worship up a little bit this summer. Every week, we will have a theme! This week, it's 80's night! Don your neon, big hair, and leg warmers and show off your 80's style before we get our worship on. It'll be TOTALLY RAD.
THE INTERNS ARE HERE! We want you to meet them! Come by the EDGE center between 10 AM and 12 PM to hang out with your new best friends. We will have donuts and games and of course, INTERNS!
Are you bored with being bored? We are too! Break out of your funk and join us on Sunday evening at 5 PM for a Mystery Dinner. What is it? NO ONE KNOWS. The only information we have is that we are meeting at the EDGE center at 5 PM and you need to bring $5. The rest of the…
It’s Valentine’s Day! Let us take your kids off your hands for a fun afternoon /evening to celebrate God’s greatest gift besides Jesus –your marriage! And the kids? Don’t worry! We’ll have tons of fun playing games, doing crafts, noshing on pizza and other healthy snacks*, and singing lots of fun songs! For more information, contact Michael or Joy Mays…
It's that time again! IT'S SUPER SUNDAY! Come and watch the Super Bowl with us at the EDGE center and enjoy snacks, games, and THE BIG GAME. Who are you rooting for? Wear your team colors and come scream with us. We hope to see you there!
Join us as we celebrate the achievements of our AWANA students. Parents are welcome to attend the ceremony and join their children afterward for a fun pizza party!
Meet us in the First Baptist Chickamauga gymnasium to send our 4 year olds off in glorious fashion for their next big school adventure. Congratulations, graduates!
Join your little ones to celebrate the completion of their school year. We'll have snacks and games and a sweet goodbye from our teachers and class helpers.
Easter Egg Hunt for our little ones that attend FBC Preschool. Family in encouraged to attend.
Pastor Sean