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This Week At
Elmira Baptist Church

SUNDAYS
9:45AM - SUNDAY SCHOOL

11:00AM - MORNING WORSHIP

5:00PM - WORSHIP SERVICE

WEDNESDAYS

7:00PM - MEN'S BIBLE STUDY

-WOMEN'S BIBLE STUDY

-MAILBOX CLUB

(AGES 4-12)

FRIDAYS

10:30AM - LADIES' BIBLE STUDY

SATURDAYS

9:00 AM - PRAYER
10:00AM- GOSPEL OUTREACH

Pastor's Pen
February 2025

"Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him,
One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me."

Mark 10:21

For some time now, Christians have put a veneer of Christianity on the chipboard of selfishness. We have surrendered the biblical values of striving for holiness and selflessly living for others and replaced them with the pursuit of pleasure. We accumulate possessions as if enjoying life and becoming wealthy are the Christian experience. So we pray more for Christians to be healed of disease than we pray for sinners to be rescued from bondage. We are more concerned with music that makes sinners comfortable than worship that exalts God. We spend precious time making Bible covers and less time studying the Book. To avoid the searching attention of the Holy Spirit, we discuss politics and crime. We blame society for our ills.
It is time that we took back our heritage. Christianity is not God's effort to make our lives materially better. Christianity is God's call to us to die to self and be filled with the Holy Spirit. Our relationship with God is not intended to physically enrich our lives. Our relationship with God motivates us to love Him more and, because we love Him supremely, to serve Him sacrificially. Pastor Scott Dean

Elmira Baptist Church

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ELMIRA BAPTIST CHURCH

Pastor- Scott Dean

6111 California Pacific Road
P. O. Box 160 (use for mailing)
Elmira, Ca. 95625
EBC Office: (707) 316-3027

WEBSITE: www.elmirafamily.com
E-MAIL: elmirabaptistchurch77@gmail.com

A Message from Pastor Scott

Welcome to Elmira Baptist Church! Founded through a revival in the 1950's, for over 75 years Elmira Baptist Church has been a beacon of hope to the communities of Elmira, Vacaville, Dixon, and Fairfield. What can you expect when you visit us?
Worship is central to all that we do. We do not "do church." We gather to worship a God Who is worthy. Worship is not about what we enjoy. Worship is about enjoying God. Congregational singing in which all participate in worship defines our meetings on Sunday.
Also, no church can thrive without prayer. Daily, personal prayer in our time with God as well as corporate prayer particularly on Wednesday evening. And not just giving God a shopping list of things we want; rather we pray in order to cooperate with what God is doing in our world. Our supplications are for God's grace in people's lives.
Once we have prayed, our goal is to evangelize our community where we live and the people whom we know. The Gospel is the good news that Jesus is the Savior of the world. That is not merely good news for Christians. It is good news for everyone.
And after a person is adopted as God's child, we do not wish to leave him there, immature and alone. Our plan is to make disciples. Our time together in community, fellowship, and serious study increases our desire to be disciples.
Our 2025 theme is rejoicing in the Lord. We will never find joy and happiness seeking our own priorities and pleasure. Only when we seek the Lord and prioritize worship, prayer, evangelism, and making disciples do we find that joy that God has intended for us.

Pastor Scott Dean

Pastor's Pen February 2025

A Message from Pastor Scott

Pastor's Pen
February 2025