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
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you (1 Peter 1:3-4).
Dear believer, in the midst of your loss, look forward to that inheritance kept in heaven for you; because when Jesus comes again, you will gain so much more than you ever lost.
The Door in the Wall is the title for two very different stories written in the 20th Century.
Marguerite de Angeli wrote one of the stories, which won the Newbery Medal for children's literature. In her story, a ten-year-old son of a medieval knight becomes ill and crippled. He is separated from his parents by a cruel enemy army and cared for by a friar named Brother Luke. He is ashamed and disappointed by his legs as others give him the nickname “Robin Crookedshanks.” He feels destined to a life of shame with no chance to show courage or do glorious deeds. But the friar takes him to his monastery, teaches him to read and swim and carve, and teaches him to pray for the faith that a fine and beautiful life still lies before him, “Always remember,” the friar tells the boy, “[you have] only to follow the wall far enough, and there will be a door in it.”
At the end of the story, Robin’s disability leads to his opportunity. His crooked legs cause the enemy to underestimate him. The resilient spirit he has developed in response to his challenges keeps him going. He alone finds the door in the enemy’s fortress wall. Against all odds, he becomes the rescuer who can steal unsuspected through enemy lines and save the people he loves. It is his faith in the old friar's words that keeps him going.
H. G Wells wrote the other story, the same H. G. Wells who wrote The War of the Worlds. In Wells' story, the promise of the door in the wall is a cruel hoax. A man is haunted all his life by the memory of a door that leads to an enchanted garden that contains all he ever longed for. He searches in vain for that door his whole life. At the end of the story his dead body is found—fallen in a construction site behind a wall with a door that looks exactly like the one he has been seeking (John Ortberg, All the Places You'll Go. Except When You Don't, pgs. 231-232).
God’s promise of your inheritance is no cruel hoax. It is a sure and certain hope that will strengthen you through the losses you experience in this life.
So, look forward to that day. It will help you get through today. For it is not the way you deal with your loss that is the basis for hope, no! Hope is the basis for how you deal with your loss. The assurance of your glorious future keeps you going today.
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Join us this Sunday (April 26)
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Join us this week (April 27 to May 2)
- Monday: Ladies Bible Study, 6-7 p.m., at Faith Bible Church
- Monday: Celebrate Recovery, 6:30 p.m., @ King's Cross Church (221 S. Pioneer Street)
- 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.
- 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 focusing on the women of the Bible. Invite your friends and join this life-transforming fellowship focused on the issues women face in our world today.
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).
Men's Breakfast, 8 a.m., Saturday, May 9, at Faith Bible Church. Men, join us for some good food and fellowship at our next Men’s Breakfast in the fellowship hall.
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