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
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age… (Titus 2:11-12, ESV).
God’s grace doesn’t excuse your sin. On the contrary, God’s grace disciplines you to renounce your sin and to embrace a godly lifestyle. God’s grace trains you to change your life.
Warren Wiersbe says, “Believers who honestly understand the grace of God will not want to live in sin. They will turn from ungodliness and worldly lusts; they will live serious, clean, dedicated lives in this present world (Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines on the New Testament, Victor Books, 1992).
So, if you want God’s grace to work in your life, learn to live for him. Let God’s grace empower you to reject your old way of life and adopt a new way of living.
People love superhero films. I know I do. I love watching Batman, Iron Man, Thor, Superman, Spider-Man, Captain America and others. Now, almost all of these films have the same plot line. At the beginning of the film the not-yet-hero is just an ordinary person, probably getting beat up. Then some accident happens in a lab, or the hero discovers they were born with a superpower. After that, they use their superpower to battle the forces of evil. They win, and the movie is over.
But there's also a crucial part of the standard superhero movie that usually gets covered in just a few scenes: the training. Some cool song plays on the soundtrack while we see our newly minted hero trying out this or that superpower. Peter Parker covers his room with spider webs. Bruce Wayne pummels things in the mountains of Nepal. Tony Stark fires up a blacksmithing bellows in prison and hammers stuff.
The training is boring, so the movie covers it as quickly and painlessly as possible. However, the training is everything. Nothing happens without the training. Without the training, our hero is just a person with a bunch of cool powers he doesn't know how to harness. But with the training he saves the world and thwarts the bad guys. Without the training we don't have a story—just a hero who gets squashed (Craig Gross, Go Small, Thomas Nelson, 2014, pp. 6-9).
God’s grace has granted you superpower to overcome the enemy. Now, learn to use that power to make your world a better place.
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Join us this Sunday (December 14)
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Join us this week (December 15-20)
- 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
- 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 @ 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.
Christmas Eve Service, 6 p.m., Wednesday, December 24, at Faith Bible Church. We’ll sing
your favorite Christmas Carols interspersed with Scripture telling the
Christmas story. We’ll enjoy a Skit Guys video and a special Christmas message
from our pastor. It’s a great way to start your family celebration of
Christmas, putting Christ right at the center.
Tarren Bails, Sterling College ministry student will be preaching during our Sunday morning worship services on 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!
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