Backyard Bible Clubs

Backyard Bible Clubs invites kids (1st-6th) to enjoy games, Bible Lessons, and more right in their neighborhood! Clubs will be hosted in the yards of First Baptist Church families throughout West Bend on June 20-22, and the kids from every club are invited to First Baptist on June 23 for an evening of Bible Lessons, food, games, and inflatables. There is no cost to attend.

Locations

Royal Oaks Neighborhood Club
1:30-2:30pm @ 1127 White Sands Ct.
June 20-22

Ziegler Neighborhood Club
3:30-4:30pm @ 289 Vine St.
June 20-22

Regner Neighborhood Club
6:30-7:30pm @ 1315 N. 11th Ave.
June 20-22

First Baptist Church
6-8pm @ 2300 S. Main St.
June 23

Each neighborhood club meets every day on June 20-22. No neighborhood clubs meet on Friday June 23 as all of the clubs are invited to First Baptist Church for an evening of Bible Lessons, food, games, and inflatables from 6-8pm!

Registration is not required. If you'd like your child to attend, just show up at one of the homes! Come to one, come to all as you are able!

Please contact us for more information.

Check out our facebook event page!


Prayer Week 2022

We will begin the year with a week of prayer. This is our annual time to come to God in prayer. There will be a time of prayer on Sunday, Jan. 2nd at 10:45 a.m., and special prayer meetings on Sunday at 6 p.m. Wednesday will be dinner, Bible study, and prayer at 6​ ​p.m. ​On ​Friday​,​ the ladies are invited for a time of dinner and prayer at 6:00 p.m. at the Love​'​s home, and​ on​ Saturday at 8​ ​a.​m​.,​ the men are encouraged to be a part of the men's prayer breakfast.

Schedule

Sunday, Jan. 2 | 9 a.m.

Worship Service

Sunday, Jan. 2 | 10:45 a.m.

Time of prayer

Sunday, Jan. 2 | 6 p.m.

Special prayer meetings

Wednesday, Jan. 5 | 6 p.m.

Dinner, Bible study, and prayer

Friday, Jan. 7 | 6 p.m.

Ladies' dinner and prayer at the Love's home - sign-up here

Saturday, Jan. 8 | 8 a.m.

Men's prayer breakfast at church


Fantastic Saturday 2021

Come join us for our annual Fantastic Saturday! Everyone is welcome: deaf, hearing, deaf ministry workers/interpreters, pastors, and leaders.

Theme: "Heart for God - Heart for Deaf"

Mark 7:32 - "​And they bring unto him one that was deaf​"

September 25, 2021

9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
(Program starts at 10:00 a.m.)

Team: Jon and Diane Barr – Silent Word Ministries

Don't Miss This Special Event!
SWM Literature • Videos • ASL Books • Discounts
Preaching • Teaching • Gifts • Games

Cost

Free (offering will be received)
Free lunch (provided by First Baptist Church)
No nursery

Registration

Please register below. You may also view/print our Flyer/Registration form.



Location

Host Church – First Baptist Church
Pastor Luke Love
Deaf Ministry Leaders – Toni Farrell & Beth Stepanski
2300 S. Main St.
West Bend, WI 53095

Phone – 262-334-9211

Email – info@firstbaptistwb.org

If you have any questions, please contact First Baptist Church.


Equipped Conference 2021

April 16-18 will be our Equipped Conference. Evangelist and Church Planter Will Galkin will be challenging us from God's Word each day, providing a time of refocusing and recharging ourselves spiritually. Please protect this weekend on your calendars as we look to be equipped for the Christian life by God's Word.

Friday, 4/16 - 6pm Dinner & 7pm Service
Saturday, 4/17 - 5pm Dinner & 6pm Service
Sunday, 4/18 - 9am Service & 10:45am Sunday School

For those unable to make it in person, we are planning on live streaming all services: firstbaptistwb.org/watch-live.


Resurrection Sunday 2021

We celebrate Christ's resurrection every Sunday, but on April 4 we will especially celebrate Christ's victorious resurrection. Our celebration will begin at 7am with a Sunrise Communion service. At 8 the church will be providing a fellowship breakfast, and at 9 we will have our main service for the day. The 9am service will also be streamed live on our website.


Prayer Week 2021

As the new year is approaching, we are setting aside the first week of the year to pray. Praying for each other and the church is something that every church member commits to do when they join the church, but each year we set aside one week to pray.

Prayer Week Schedule:

  • Jan 5 - Prayer Meeting 7 pm
  • Jan 6 - Prayer Meeting 7 pm
  • Jan 9 - Men's Prayer Breakfast 8 am
  • Jan 9 - Ladies' Prayer Lunch Noon
  • Jan 10 - Prayer Meeting 6 pm

Blood Drive - December 2020

Please consider giving blood at our Community Blood Drive, sponsored by First Baptist Church & West Bend High School. First Baptist Church is hosting the blood drive on December 8 & 9 from 1-6 p.m. both days.

Register online here: www.versiti.org/westbend or you may call the Blood Center: 877-232-4376.

Location:
First Baptist Church (next to Meijer) 2300 South Main St., West Bend 53095

Safe social distancing measures will be in place to ensure donor safety. As per state-mandated regulations, we require all donors to wear personal masks or face coverings. Thank you!

Covid-19 antibody testing on all successful donations! More information/FAQs: www.versiti.org/covid19

Helpful tip:
Make sure to eat a healthy meal and drink plenty of water before donating.

Location

Located about 30 minutes north of Milwaukee, just off of Highway 45, First Baptist Church is easy to find. Take Highway 45 to the Paradise Drive exit. Turn east on Paradise and go to Main Street (three traffic lights). Turn right (south) onto Main Street. We are located at 2300 S. Main St. across from a car dealership and in-between the Kettle Moraine Ice Center and the new Meijer. The church driveway/entrance is on the south side of the property.

Directions


October In-Person Service Update

Over the past few months, we as a church have had to adjust on several occasions. Not surprisingly with a matter that is this unique, with people having different needs, and a matter that falls within the area of principles and discernment in Scripture there have been several different responses to what and how the church should respond. Although there are different responses and opinions, there should be a shared motivation for every Christian's response to these times, faithfulness to God and love for one another.

Each month during this time the deacons have been evaluating the situation and determining the schedule for ministry for the next month. This week the deacons approved the next step in our Sunday ministries' schedule. It is our desire to establish a format that will, out of love and a firm belief in the need to gather to worship God, facilitate the opportunity for the church family to come together. This new schedule for Sunday ministries will begin on October 4.

Sunday Service: We will be returning to having one congregational service at our normal time of 9 am. Our county's recommendations since mid-summer for churches has been that services should be no more than 50% occupancy. Based on our current attendance we will be able to hold one service and remain below that recommended level. With moving to a single service we are now able to offer ministries for our families with younger children, so beginning Oct. 4, Children's Church and nursery will be made available for those that would like to utilize those ministries. As always, families are welcome to use these ministries or stay together in either the auditorium or the cry rooms.

Closed-Circuit Distant Gathering: There are different needs within the body, but each of us still has the spiritual need to gather as a church. In light of that, the Teen Room will be utilized each Sunday for a closed-circuit service. The room will be set up with its own entrance, spaced out setting, deacon care, and a live stream of the service. It is our desire that those attending the service in this room be wearing masks. We know the needs of the church family are different, and it is our hope that this space will provide an opportunity for individuals to gather and be encouraged by worshiping God with others within the church body.

ABF and Sunday School: The church is not just a gathering. It is the one another relationships that minister the Word and love to each other. This is the main purpose of our Adult Bible Fellowships, so we are excited to begin Adult Bible Fellowships and Sunday Schools on October 4.

We make plans to the best of our limited ability, but always trust God as the one who is in control.

For God's Glory,
Pastor Luke


In-Person Service Update

June 1, 2020

Weeks ago we realized that flexibility was going to be an essential trait for us as a church family in the months ahead, and that has proven to be true. Again we will need flexibility as we make more adjustments to our times of gathering on Sundays. Beginning this Sunday (and continuing for the foreseeable future) we will have two options for attending a Sunday morning service. The service times will be 9:00 am and 10:45 am. Offering two services and utilizing an overflow area will allow us to follow the recommendations from the Washington County health department of keeping gatherings at 25% of occupancy. For these services, you will NOT need to sign-up ahead of time. The first 75 individuals will be directed to find a seat in the auditorium. After we have reached 75 in the auditorium, seating in the foyer will be provided as an overflow seating area. As always, the cry rooms will be reserved for families with young children.

We hope this service schedule and plan will help us provide an environment that provides safe distancing while also allowing us to gather as a church family and worship God together. As we have said before, we understand that each within our church family are evaluating their social engagements right now, and we are all reaching different conclusions based on our individual needs and concerns. In light of this we encourage those who are unable to attend in person on Sunday to stream the 9:00 service on our website: firstbaptistwb.org/watch-live.


In-Person Services on Sunday

May 14, 2020

Church Family,

In light of the Wisconsin Supreme Court's ruling yesterday, we are planning on having our Worship service at our church building this Sunday. There will be no other ministries happening at the church building this Sunday, but the Worship service. For the Worship service, we will be limiting the size of the gathering and structuring the service in a way that provides a setting that allows for many within our church family to be comfortable attending. Because of limiting the size of each service we will be holding three identical services (9 am, 10:30 am, and noon) and leaving time between services for the building to be cleaned. To help us spread the congregation between the three services we are using an online sign-up platform. You can sign up by following the instructions at this link: Sunday Services for FBC West Bend. Like usual the 9 am service will still be streamed for those who are unable to attend the service.

Please help the leadership of the church by following these instructions:
  • Sign up for a service time to attend by clicking on the "Sunday Services for FBC West Bend" link and then clicking the "Select Time" icon and choosing what service you will be attending.
  • Arrive for the service no more than 10 minutes before your service time.
  • Hand sanitizer will be provided at the entrance to the auditorium.
  • Sit as a family or individually. Leave empty seats between groups. Every other row will be removed to ensure that there is space between different groups.
  • Parents, please keep your children with you at all times.
  • Although we will be happy to see each other, please love each other well by respecting that each person in our congregation is responding to this differently. We will be refraining from handshaking and other close contact.
  • In order to limit what is touched by multiple people, doors will be propped open, offering plates will not be passed, and bulletins will not be offered.
  • Each cry room will be reserved for families with small children and babies due to the fact that we will not be having any child care for these services.

These plans are made out of a desire to consider others as more significant than ourselves (Philippians 2:3-4) and in light of a Scripture that repeatedly sets the command of loving our neighbor. We as pastors understand that some will think we could do less and some will desire us to do more in areas. Our thought on how we structure the service and implement some protections is motivated by the love that Romans 14-15 calls each of us to when the church has differences on wisdom issues, and we challenge each of us in the church to walk in the Spirit so that love can be part of the fruit in our life. I wish I could make each of you read this article on navigating potentially conflict in reopening church services. I can't make you read it, but I do encourage you to, as there is real potential for danger ahead for every church.

Looking forward to seeing you Sunday.
Pastor Luke Love