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
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him! (Luke 11:13, ESV).
God is better than any earthly father. He will give us good things if we ask. And best of all, He will give us the wonderful gift of Himself—His own Holy Spirit.
How many fathers give their children so many things? They give toys. They give cars. They give a college education, but they do not give themselves. They are too busy to spend time with their children. That’s not at all like our Heavenly Father. He gives us the precious gift of Himself, something more valuable than any other gift He could give us.
Kenneth Wilson, in his book, Have Faith Without Fear, talks about growing up in a three-story house on the side of one of Pittsburgh’s hills. The third floor was really a finished attic with dormer windows. There were two bedrooms, a hallway, and a mysterious storage room for trunks that always smelled of mothballs. That’s where the family slept, because they usually rented out the second floor to help pay for their own rent.
Kenneth recalls that, being the youngest, he had to go to bed first, braving that floor of dark bedrooms. They did not have electricity above the second floor, so a gas light had to be turned on and then turned off once he was settled in bed. For a little boy, it was a long way up those dark steps.
His room seemed to be at the end of the earth, remote from human habitation, close to unexplained noises and dark secrets. Sometimes his father would read him a story, but inevitably the time would come when dad would turn out the light, shut the door, and little Ken would hear his father’s steps on the stairs, growing fainter and fainter. Then all would be quiet, except for the rattling windows, strange noises and a little boy’s cowering imagination.
One night, his father asked him, “Would you rather I leave the light on and go downstairs, or turn the light out and stay with you for awhile?” Little Ken chose his father’s presence with darkness, over absence with light (Kenneth L. Wilson, Have Faith without Fear, Harper & Row, 1970, p.5).
Isn’t that what you really want when you pray? Don’t you really want your Heavenly Father’s Presence more than anything else? Well, that is something God loves to give you when you ask. Sure, He gives you good things, but best of all, He gives you Himself.
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Join us this Sunday (September 28)
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Join us this week (September 29 to October 4)
- 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: Celebrate Recovery Pancake Feed, 5-8 p.m., @ Kings Cross Church
- 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!
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).
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.
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 Pancake Feed, 5-8 p.m., Wednesday, October 1, at
Kings Cross Church Fellowship Hall (212 S. Pioneer, Lyons, KS). Freewill
donation. All proceeds help grow Celebrate Recovery and Young Life in our
community. Everyone invited! Come hungry. Leave inspired.
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