Welcome to Faith Bible Church!
an Evangelical Free Church
learning to follow Christ together!
We're located on the west edge of Lyons, Kansas, off Hwy 56
(turn south at the big red "Rice County Safety Complex" sign)
For Google Maps directions, click HERE!
9:30 a.m. Sunday School for youth and adults
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Thought for the Week
Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple (Luke 14:27, ESV).
When the Roman Empire crucified a criminal, the authorities often forced the victim to carry his own cross through the heart of the city to the crucifixion site. It was a tacit and very public confession that Rome was right and the criminal was wrong. So when Jesus called His apprentices to carry their own crosses, He called them to publicly confess Him as their rightful Lord and their willingness to follow Him to their deaths. That’s because in Jesus’ day, the only people who carried crosses were those getting ready to die.
And that must be your commitment to Christ if you want to learn from Him as His apprentice. You must be willing to die for Him, because you risk your life to publicly follow Him.
That’s why they assassinated Charlie Kirk on September 10, 2025, and all the Christian martyrs since a Jewish mob stoned Steven in the First Century. The world hates their commitment to Christ and their commitment to His teachings. When asked about why he shot Kirk, Kirk’s assassin replied, “I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out” (John Seewer, “As officials searched for Charlie Kirk’s shooter, suspect confessed to his partner, prosecutor says,” PBS News, September 17, 2025). Kirk’s assassin heard Kirk’s defense of Christian principles as “hate speech,” which a bullet must silence, not negotiation. That’s the cost of publicly following Christ.
In his memoir, Everything Sad Is Untrue, Daniel Nayeri tells the gripping story of his mother’s conversion from a devout Muslim background to a saving faith in Jesus Christ. She gave up wealth and social status, eventually being forced to flee from Iran under a death threat. But she was willing to pay the price. Nayeri writes about one example of her costly faith:
One time she hung a little cross necklace from the rearview mirror of her car, which was probably a reckless thing to do… He says, “My mom was like that.” One day after work, she went to her car, and there was a note stuck to the windshield. It said, “Madame Doctor, if we see this cross again, we will kill you.”
To my dad, [who is not a Christian], this is the kind of story that proves his point. That my mom was picking a fight. That she could’ve lived quietly and saved everyone the heartaches that would come. If she had kept her head down. If she stopped telling people. If she pretended just a few holidays a year, that nothing had changed. She could still have everything.
My mom took the cross down that day. Then she got a cross so big it blocked half the windshield, and she put it up (Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue, Levine Quierido, 2020, pp. 206-207).
Those are the kind of people Jesus wants as His apprentices, people willing to risk their lives for Him. How about you? Do you want to learn from the best, from Jesus, how to change your world? Then be willing to risk your life for Him.
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Join us this Sunday (November 2)
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Join us this week (November 3-8)
- Monday: Red Cross Blood Drive, Noon to 6 p.m., in the fellowship hall at Faith Bible Church
- Monday: Ladies Bible Study, 6-7 p.m. in the lobby of Faith Bible Church
- Tuesday: Men of Faith, 6:45 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. in the lobby of Faith Bible Church
- Wednesday: Worship Team Practice, 4:30 p.m., in the sanctuary
- Wednesday: Kids Bible Club, 6:45 to 8 p.m., @ Faith Bible Church
- Friday: Celebrate Recovery, 6 p.m., in the Fellowship Hall at Kings Cross Church
- Every Day: Plan to minister to one another and to a world in desperate need of Jesus. Ask God for opportunities to serve and do what He leads you to do.
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News!
Ladies Bible Study, 6-7 p.m. every Monday, starting October 13, @ Faith Bible Church. Nancy Hicks leads a study in God’s Word about our identity in Christ. Invite your friends and join this life-transforming fellowship focused on the issues women face in our world today.
Men of Faith meets at 6:45 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. every Tuesday morning in the lobby at Faith Bible Church. "As iron sharpens iron," men are invited to sharpen one another in the middle of each week before work during a time of mutual encouragement, Bible study, and prayer (coffee provided).
Kids’ Bible Club! It’s a place where kids, age 3 to grade 5, have fun learning the Bible, 6:45 to 8:00 p.m., with Aliento de Vida at Faith Bible Church every Wednesday. Sing Songs, Play Games, and watch Exciting Bible stories! If you wish to help, please contact Pastor Phil.
Celebrate Recovery, 6 p.m., every Friday at Kings Cross Church (former Presbyterian Church on 221 South Pioneer Street, Lyons, KS), beginning with a light supper in the Fellowship Hall. Celebrate Recovery is a safe place to find freedom from your hurts, hang-ups, and habits. Celebrate Recovery is for EVERYONE! No one should have to face their pain alone. We are a grace-filled community of strugglers who courageously enter this safe and beautiful space to get honest about our pain and the negative ways we may see ourselves, God, and others. In this process, we come to accept that some of the habits we have developed to escape our pain may have hurt us and those close to us. It is a biblically based approach to help us achieve long lasting recovery by healing our hurts, guiding us toward new healthy truths, and developing life-giving habits.
Trick or
Treat on the Trails, 6-8 p.m., Friday, October 31 at the Celebration
Centre walking trails. This is our opportunity to share the good news about
Jesus to a thousand children and their families, but we need candy and
volunteers. Please, bring bags of candy next Sunday and/or plan to help
Halloween night. Thank you very much!
Tarren Bails, Sterling College ministry student will be preaching during our Sunday morning worship services on November 9, December 21, and January 18 to hone his ministry skills. This is our opportunity to help equip a young man for ministry. Please, welcome and encourage him as he serves. Thank you very much!
Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner, immediately following worship on Sunday, November 23. Bring a dish to share and enjoy fellowship with your church family. We'll provide the turkey. Invite your friends, too, for a taste of the fellowship we enjoy together in Christ.
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