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Each Wednesday evening, our church has activities for all ages, including prayer meeting and Bible study for adults. Recently, we have been doing “Ask the Pastor” for our Bible study, giving church members and others an opportunity to submit their questions to Pastor Nick about life, family, culture, ministry, etc. (and what the Bible has to say about such things).

If you are unable to join us on Wednesday evenings, we invite you to listen to the summaries of Pastor Nick’s responses to the questions submitted to him each week. These are available on the free MyRichland App, and you can also listen to them by clicking the links below.

Episode 01 – Creation, Sin & God’s Plan

Episode 02 – What does the Bible say about suicide?

Episode 03 – Favorite Bible Verse & Characters

Episode 04 – How do you start a conversation about Jesus?

Questions about Richland Baptist Church or want to submit a question of your own? Please contact us.

Is there a more applicable and important question than, “What are your meaning and purpose?” Finding Meaning –  our new Sunday morning sermon series through the book of Ecclesiastes that we just started – continues this coming Sunday. Considering the futility of temporary things, Ecclesiastes has a lot to teach us and applies to each of our lives.

As always, we have family groups each Sunday at 9:30 and worship at 10:40. We hope you’ll join us on Sundays and Wednesdays!

Here is the anticipated 8-week schedule of the remaining messages:

April 8: “Futility of the American Dream” (Ecclesiastes 2)

April 15: “Futility of Time” (Ecclesiastes 3)

April 22: “Futility of Justice & Politics” (Ecclesiastes 4)

April 29: “Futility of Religion” (Ecclesiastes 5)

May 6: “Futility of Money” (Ecclesiastes 5-6)

May 13: “Futility of Wisdom” (Ecclesiastes 7-8)

May 20: “Futility of Death & Foolishness” (Ecclesiastes 9-10)

May 27: “Futility of Life” (Ecclesiastes 11-12)

If you have any questions, please contact us. As always, you can listen to our messages online by clicking HERE or by downloading the free MyRichland app.

Do you ever struggle to find meaning in life and/or struggle to accurately express that meaning to others? You’ll be hard-pressed to find a more applicable and important question than, “What’s your purpose?” Please make plans to join us for Finding Meaning –  a new Sunday morning sermon series through the book of Ecclesiastes. Considering the futility of temporary things, Ecclesiastes has a lot to teach us and applies to all of our lives.

As always, we have family groups each Sunday at 9:30 and worship at 10:40. Join us on Resurrection Day and every Sunday.

Here is the anticipated 9-week schedule of messages for our Finding Meaning series:

April 1 (Easter Sunday): “Futility without Jesus” (Ecclesiastes 1)

April 8: “Futility of the American Dream” (Ecclesiastes 2)

April 15: “Futility of Time” (Ecclesiastes 3)

April 22: “Futility of Justice & Politics” (Ecclesiastes 4)

April 29: “Futility of Religion” (Ecclesiastes 5)

May 6: “Futility of Money” (Ecclesiastes 5-6)

May 13: “Futility of Wisdom” (Ecclesiastes 7-8)

May 20: “Futility of Death & Foolishness” (Ecclesiastes 9-10)

May 27: “Futility of Life” (Ecclesiastes 11-12)

If you have any questions, please contact us. As always, you can listen to our messages online by clicking HERE or by downloading the free MyRichland app.

Will you gather with us Sunday evening at 6:00 for a joint community worship service and supper? As we meet here for worship at 6:00, we will be joined by Rising Sun Baptist Church and Grand Prairie Baptist Church, and if you don’t have a church family, you are invited to join us, too.

The worship service will be followed by a sweet time of fellowship with delicious food in our fellowship hall. Spread the word.

As always, please remember to join us for family groups (9:30 a.m.) and our morning worship celebration (10:40), too. We hope to see you Sunday!

Please join us Sunday, March 18^th for supper at 5:00 p.m., followed by the showing of an inspirational movie based on the true story of Lee Strobel, an avowed atheist and dedicated journalist who set out prove Christianity wrong but ended up coming to faith in Jesus Christ. This event will be a sweet time of fellowship with a powerful film that will challenge you to personally respond to the Lord’s call on your life.

Please spread the Word and invite others to join us. The movie is rated PG and all are welcome!

On Sunday morning during our worship gathering, Elaine Shindler shared a powerful testimony of forgiveness and unity in the body of Christ. Since it was shared during one of our regular Sundays for communing together at the Lord’s table, Elaine’s story was particularly applicable. You can watch and/or listen below.

You can also listen to the audio of the testimony, which is a little easier to hear, by clicking HERE.

On Sunday, our church family and guests had the privilege of watching Ryan and Amber Clevenger’s video testimonies, followed by their public professions of faith and obedience through believer’s baptism. Praise the Lord! You can watch both videos below, as well as in the free MyRichland app.

Our passion is the gospel. Our church is our family. Our world is our mission. That is our purpose statement as Richland Baptist Church, and we believe strongly that all three of those areas – gospel, family and mission – are essential for every follower of Jesus Christ. In fact, all people are called to believe and embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, which then naturally leads to them being actively involved with a church family and living their daily lives on mission for the sake of the kingdom of God.

Have you believed the good news of the gospel? Are you actively involved with your church family? Are you living out your faith and boldly encouraging others to turn to the Lord? Please let us walk alongside you in this journey, and seek to use the gifts God has given you to build up others in the body of Christ.

Pastor Nick has challenged us to consider the reality that for Christians to grow and mature as God intends, they need to (1) spend daily time in the Word and in prayer, (2) be involved with a church so that they are both being fed and serving others every week, and (3) be involved with some sort of weekly discipleship accountability relationship. When these commitments are prioritized, then we see disciples making disciples who make disciples. If you’d like to know how you can get more involved and grow in your commitment to the Lord, please contact us.

Below is our weekly schedule, and when you are on the go and out of town, please keep up with Richland using the free MyRichland app.

Sundays:

9:30 a.m. – Family Groups 
–Family groups are Bible study fellowships for all ages – children, youth and adults. Nursery is included for infants and toddlers, too. We consider family groups to be an essential ministry for discipleship and relationships.

10:40 a.m. – Morning Worship Service
–Morning worship is an essential time of growing in God’s Word together. It’s that time of the week when most of our church family is all together for the purpose of worshiping our Lord and building up His body. Currently, Pastor Nick is preaching through Mark in a series entitled Discipleship 101. For those who are interested, we also provide nursery (toddlers and infants) and children’s ministry (kindergarten and below) during our morning worship services.

6:00 p.m. – Life on Mission
–Life on Mission is our Sunday evening worship service with discussion on how we can apply what we’re learning on Sundays to our daily lives and understand how to better live our lives on mission for God.

Wednesdays:

5:45 p.m. – Evening Meal
–Our Wednesday evening meal is FREE and is a great time of fellowship and encouragement. Everyone is invited to join us for great food and fun together.

6:30 p.m. – Prayer and Bible Study / TeamKID / Youth Group
–With ministries for all ages (both children and adults), Wednesday evenings provide a great recharge for the middle of the week.

NOTE: To get more information on specific ministries, please click HERE or contact us. For updates, special events and cancellation notices, please check out our NEWS page or download the free MyRichland app (above right).

A couple weeks ago, we had our annual New Life Celebration. This is an event we do each year to celebrate the salvation of those who came to faith in the past year, and pray for more response to the gospel in the coming year.

Katie Bloss shared her testimony and was baptized by her husband, Nate, during our morning worship service. Then, during our evening service, Jake Ellis and Nehemiah Bertram shared their testimonies. Check out each of these below.

Katie Bloss

You can also just listen to the audio of Katie’s testimony by clicking HERE.

Jake Ellis

You can also just listen to the audio of Jake’s testimony by clicking HERE.

Nehemiah Bertram

Finally, check out Nehemiah Bertram’s testimony discussion with Pastor Nick by clicking HERE. Unfortunately, we didn’t get Nehemiah’s testimony on video, but you can watch his baptism and testimony from last year by visiting our church’s YouTube Channel.