Welcome to Faith Bible Church!
an Evangelical Free Church
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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
As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him (Romans 14:1-3, ESV).
Believers in the 1st Century disagreed over whether to eat meat or not. That’s because most of the meat sold in the marketplace had been offered to idols. So, some believers said, “I won’t touch it. I will have nothing to do with idolatry.” Other believers said, “An idol is nothing. Besides, the meat is cheap and tastes good.” It was a real debate in the 1st Century among believers with each side accusing the other of compromising in their commitment to Christ. Sometimes, they even refused to associate with each other.
Today we don’t argue over whether to eat meat. But recently there have been sharp disagreements over whether a good Christian can support Donald Trump or not. As a Christian leader, it has saddened my heart to see good Christian people nearly come to blows over this, even to the point where they ostracize one another.
But God says here in His Word accept believers who disagree with you. Welcome them into your circle of friends. Receive and take a special interest in them.
Every three years, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship sponsors the Urbana Student Missions Conference. It began at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana but has since moved to other venues across the country. In 2009, 16,000 students gathered in St. Louis, Missouri, to focus on developing a missional lifestyle.
After the main session each evening, students would leave the larger conference auditorium to meet in smaller groups for prayer and reflection. In one of the banquet halls, there was a small group of Chinese students, another group of Taiwanese students, and another group of students from Hong Kong. Historically, these three people groups have “harbored bitterness and animosity toward one another” because of their political differences. So the organizers of the conference put up large dividers to separate the three.
But as the Chinese students were praying one night, they told their leader they wanted to invite the other countries to join them. When the Taiwanese students received the invitation, they opened up the wall divider. It wasn't too much longer before the students from Hong Kong pulled back their divider, and some 80 students mingled together.
The Taiwanese students asked the students from China and Hong Kong to lead them in worship. The next night, they invited the Korean and Japanese groups to join them, nations which also had experienced fierce animosity. One girl from China said, “It was a really moving time. This kind of thing would not happen in another situation” (Corrie McKee, “Asian Students Tear Down Walls,” Urbana Today, 12-31-09, p. 6).
Dear Christian friend, please, don’t let your political differences (or any other difference) keep you from fellowshipping with each other. Tear down the walls and welcome each other into your circle of friends.
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Join us this Sunday (September 20)
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Join us this week (September 21-26)
- Monday: Celebrate Recovery, 6:30 p.m., @ King's Cross Church (221 S. Pioneer Street)
- Tuesday: Men of Faith, 6:45 to 7:45 a.m., in the lobby of Faith Bible Church
- Wednesday: Worship Team Practice, 4:30 p.m., in the sanctuary.
- Wednesday: Gospel House for Kids, 7-8 p.m., @ First Baptist Church for grade K-8
- Saturday: Fair on the Square, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., on the Rice County Courthouse Square, booth 42, on West Avenue, southwest of the courthouse.
- 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!
Celebrate Recovery, 6:30 p.m., every Monday at Kings Cross Church (former Presbyterian Church on 221 South Pioneer Street, Lyons, KS). 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.
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).
Gospel House for Kids, 7-8 p.m., every Wednesday @ First Baptist Church (803 Dinsmore). We are teaming with First Baptist Church and Aliento de Vida for our Wednesday night children's ministry involving kids in grades K to 5. Middle School kids (grades 6-8) will also meet there at the same time.
Sheriff’s Office K9
Fundraiser: The Sheriff’s office needs $30,000 to purchase and train a drug dog,
which will help make our community safer. Our church is contributing $150. If
you wish to add to that contribution, please, make your check out to the Rice
County Sheriff’s Office. Put it in the offering plate on the information table
or bring it to Leon Boyea at Brew 56.
Special Guest Speaker: Ted Weis, during our Sunday Morning Worship Service, on Sunday, October 11. Ted Weis is the recently retired pastor of the Little River Congregational Church, having served there for 30 years. He is an adjunct professor at Sterling College and Hutchinson Community College. This is a Sunday you don’t want to miss!
Fair on the Square, starting a 9 a.m., Saturday, September 26. We'll set up a table to give away Gospel of John's, Church Brochures, pens, and water. It's our opportunity to reach out to the Lyons community with the good news of Jesus and introduce our church to people, who may not know us yet. We'll put together goodie bags at 6 p.m., the day before (Friday, September 25). Volunteers needed to put the goodie bags together and to give them away.
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