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First Baptist Church
South Bend, Indiana

An Inviting Church

Prayer in the Chapel 9:30 a.m.
Worship 10:00 a.m.

This month’s meditation

Prologue:
“They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright.” -Robert Burns

“And Satan trembles when he sees
The weakest saint upon his knees.” -William Cowper

Prayer:
Lord, as the birds build their nest in the branches, as the farmers plow and plant seed in their fields, as the fruit ripens on the vine, as the hot sun warms the earth, as the stars glow in the galaxy, so enable us to build, to plow and to plant, to ripen, to warm and to glow. As spring changes into summer, so change us, so that we may measure up, even though imperfectly, to your high and holy spiritual and moral precepts, so that we may become a dynamo person with a dynamo faith, so that we may a ray of hope and a voice of joy in the room of despair and sadness. God help us to be! Amen.


Peace Sunday led by the Youth Group
The Youth Group leads the service on Peace Sunday
First Baptist Church is in its second century of Christian ministry in the South Bend Area. Established in 1836, the congregation carries on effective and diverse ministries in the name of Jesus Christ, and continues to honor the distinctive American Baptist tradition of local church autonomy, freedom of conscience, the equality of all believers before God in calling and vocation. First Baptist of South Bend is an inclusive congregation which affirms the ministries of all the people of God under one household of faith. We are affiliated with the American Baptist Churches in the USA.

The church is located at the top of the hill at Ironwood Drive and Ridgedale Road
(approximately one mile north of the St. Joseph Valley Parkway / US 20)
on the southeast side of South Bend. (Map)