Fellowship Bible Church - Visited

Here's a link to the reason I'm visiting the 52 churches of Siloam Springs the 52 weeks in 2009.

I was surprised by how many of the 75 or so folks at Fellowship Bible Church I actually knew. I was reacquainted with Brian Kyle as I stepped out of my truck in the church's parking lot. Brian reminded me we'd been on a lengthy caving trip together with our mutual friend Brent. We walked into the church building together and Brain was kind to point me to the main sanctuary.

I took a seat somewhere near the middle and saw that a coworker, Elizabeth Smith, was on the worship team. I saw her husband, Corey, come in just a moment later. As people started filing in I saw Toby Thompson and his large family and then Randy Torres and his family of four. The couple next to me introduced themselves to me and welcomed me as did several others.

After a time of worship music the Pastor, Kevin Rees, delivered an excellent teaching from the book of Acts. I met Pastor Rees for the first time after the service. We had corresponded by email prior to my visit and he had shared with me the topics of prayer for their congregation.

There were others I recognized after the service. Coworker Kirk Demaris was there with his wife I think. I know coworker Nick DeYoung and his growing family go to FBC but were home with the new baby that weekend. My wife, Gina, also has a coworker and her husband that go there.

The church normally has Sunday School afterward but this weekend was an exception due to an offsite picnic following the service.

I told them how much I was looking forward to us praying for them and waved as I returned to my truck. I drove what couldn't have been much more than a mile back to Antioch Church and caught the last half of the 2nd service.

It turns out Fellowship Bible will also be conducting a prayer service this Wednesday at 7PM and they have committed to pray for us as we pray for them. That may be a first and is certainly a blessing. I'll look forward to seeing more of them in the future.

- Wade Baker