Plains Baptist Church

A Lesson on Priorities Series: Peter: The Education of a Disciple Pastor: David Gray Sunday School Date: 4th October 2026 Passage: Matthew 16:21-27 ------------------- What has first place in your life when your plans, feelings, and desires conflict with what God has said? Jesus set the example by making His Father’s will His priority, even when obedience meant suffering and death on the cross. Pe...

Our Pattern for Service Pastor: Ethan Beem Sunday Morning Date: 4th October 2026 Passages: Luke 4:16-20 1 Peter 2:21 ------------------- What should serving God actually look like in the life of a Christian? Jesus gave us a pattern to follow through His own life and ministry. He made gathering with God’s people a priority, preached the gospel to those who needed Christ, and served in the power of...

A Lesson on Focus Series: Peter: The Education of a Disciple Pastor: Lou Gray Sunday School Date: 27th September 2026 Passage: Matthew 14:22-33 ------------------- Where does your focus go when life becomes difficult? Peter stepped out of the boat with his attention on Jesus, but fear took over when he turned his attention to the wind and waves. The same account reminds us that Jesus saw the disci...

Something From Nothing Pastor: Ethan Beem Sunday Morning Date: 27th September 2026 Passage: John 6:1-14 ------------------- What do you do when what you have doesn’t seem like enough? When thousands needed food, the disciples saw a problem they had no resources to solve, while a young boy simply gave Jesus what he had. Jesus took five loaves and two small fish and provided more than enough for the...

A Lesson on Unbelief Series: Peter: The Education of a Disciple Pastor: Lance Naderhoff Sunday School Date: 20th September 2026 Passages: Mark 5:22-24 Mark 5:35-43 ------------------- What do we do when what God says seems impossible from where we stand? Jairus came to Jesus believing He could heal his dying daughter, but his faith faced a greater test when word came that she had died. Jesus answe...

What Ought I To Do, part 2 Pastor: Raymond Smith Sunday Morning Date: 20th September 2026 Passages: Acts 10:9-12 Acts 10:34-43 ------------------- What do you do when God’s Word challenges something you have believed or practiced for years? Peter knew the gospel and had seen God work through his ministry, but God was still changing his thinking and teaching him to obey what He had already said. Th...

What Ought We to Do? Pastor: Raymond Smith Sunday Morning Date: 13th September 2026 Passage: Acts 10:1-16 ------------------- Can a person be moral, religious, generous, and sincere toward God and still be lost? Cornelius was all of those things, yet he still needed to know what he ought to do to be saved. His devotion, prayers, generosity, and fear of God could not take away his sin or make him r...

A Lesson on Beginning Series: Peter: The Education of a Disciple Pastor: Raymond Smith Sunday School Date: 6th September 2026 ------------------- What keeps us from following Christ when He calls us to obey? Peter’s life as a disciple began when Jesus called him to leave his nets and follow Him. His response required him to place Christ above his work, comfort, plans, and relationships. Every beli...

Fruit that Remains Series: Abide in Christ Pastor: Raymond Smith Sunday Morning Date: 6th September 2026 Passage: John 15:16-17 ------------------- What kind of fruit will remain from your life? The fruit Christ produces through an abiding believer lasts, while fruit produced by the flesh will not endure. Jesus appointed His disciples to go and bear fruit that would remain in their character, in t...

Guarding Against False Teaching Series: The Epistles to the Churches Pastor: Raymond Smith Wednesday Evening Date: 2nd September 2026 Passage: 1 Timothy 1:4-11 ------------------- Not every religious idea deserves our attention or trust. Paul warned Timothy to beware of superstitions, unfounded stories, pointless questions, and false teaching that draw people away from the truth. He encouraged Tim...

Consider His Priority Series: Consider Christ Pastor: David Gray Sunday School Date: 30th August 2026 ------------------- A crowd can follow Jesus and still miss why He came. After Jesus fed thousands with five loaves and two fishes, many people sought Him for another meal instead of trusting Him as their Savior. Their response exposes the danger of pursuing what God can give while ignoring what m...

Love One Another: the Friend Above all Others Series: Abide in Christ Pastor: Raymond Smith Sunday Morning Date: 30th August 2026 Passage: John 15:12-15 ------------------- There is a difference between knowing about Jesus and knowing Him as a friend. Jesus describes friendship with Him as a relationship marked by love and obedience, and that love affects how we treat other believers—even those we...

The Fruit of Abiding Series: Abide in Christ Pastor: Raymond Smith Sunday Morning Date: 23rd August 2026 Passage: John 15:7-11 ------------------- Abiding in Christ does more than change what we do; it changes what our lives produce. In John 15:7–11, Jesus describes the fruit that comes from staying close to Him: a powerful prayer life shaped by His Word, a life that brings glory to the Father, a...

Abide in Me Series: Abide in Christ Pastor: Raymond Smith Sunday Morning Date: 16th August 2026 Passage: John 15:1-3 ------------------- Jesus told His disciples to abide in Him just hours before their lives would change in ways they did not yet understand. Abiding in Christ means more than turning to Him on Sunday; it means spending time in the Bible, praying, surrendering our will, and obeying H...

The True Vine & the Husbandman Series: Abide in Christ Pastor: Raymond Smith Sunday Morning Date: 9th August 2026 Passage: John 15:1-3 ------------------- What gives your life its purpose, direction, and meaning? The world offers plenty of answers, but none of them offer true lasting fulfillment. Jesus Christ declared, “I am the true vine.” John 15:1–3 points us to a life rooted in Christ and...

Joseph: A Life of Faith Series: Foundations Pastor: Raymond Smith Wednesday Evening Date: 5th August 2026 Passages: Genesis 37:1-11 Genesis 39:1-23 Genesis 45:1-8 Genesis 50:20 ------------------- Joseph's story begins in a family filled with jealousy, favoritism, and broken relationships, yet none of those struggles prevented God from accomplishing His purpose. The events of his life raise a ques...

Consider His Power Series: Consider Christ Pastor: Lance Naderhoff Sunday School Date: 2nd August 2026 Passage: John 5:1-14 ------------------- We all know what it feels like to face a problem we cannot fix. The man at the pool of Bethesda had spent thirty-eight years waiting for someone to help him, revealing the same spiritual condition every person faces apart from Christ. Jesus alone has the p...

Talk Is Cheap, Obedience Is Costly Series: Guest Speaker Pastor: John Berry Sunday Morning Date: 2nd August 2026 Passage: Matthew 21:28-32 ------------------- Words are easy. Obedience reveals what we truly believe. Jesus' parable of the two sons confronts the difference between an outward profession of faith and a heart that responds to God with repentance and action. God's grace reaches people w...

Rest in the Storm Series: Guest Speaker Pastor: Josh Burkholder Sunday School Date: 26th July 2026 ------------------- Storms have a way of exposing where our trust really rests. Fear tells us we're on our own, but Christ calls us to rest in His care even when the waves keep coming. The same Savior who spoke, "Peace, be still," still rules over every storm and never leaves His people to face it al...

Consider His Forgiveness Series: Consider Christ Pastor: Lance Naderhoff Sunday School Date: 26th July 2026 ------------------- Two people stood before Jesus that day, and only one understood her greatest need. A woman known for her sin came with repentance, while a Pharisee trusted his own standing and failed to recognize the grace unfolding in front of him. Luke 7 reveals that forgiveness begins...

Hope for the Future Series: Guest Speaker Pastor: Bob Sharp Sunday Morning Date: 19th July 2026 Passage: 2 Timothy 2:1-4 ------------------- Hope for the future isn't built on better circumstances. It's built on something far stronger. In a world filled with uncertainty, God calls His people to stand firm in His grace, hold fast to the gospel, and keep serving Him with confidence. Real hope grows...

The Prayer that has an Effect Series: Guest Speaker Pastor: Darrell Wooley Sunday Morning Date: 12th July 2026 Passages: James 1:5-7 James 4:2-3 ------------------- What changes when God's people stop praying? James confronts that question with a simple truth: "Ye have not, because ye ask not." Prayer is more than a routine or a religious duty. It expresses faith, dependence, and a heart that seek...

Noah Found Grace Series: Foundations Pastor: Raymond Smith Wednesday Evening Date: 8th July 2026 ------------------- The account of Noah is far more than a story about a flood. It reveals a God who is perfectly holy, who will judge sin, and who still extends grace to those who trust Him. While the world ignored God's warnings, Noah responded in faith and found safety in the one way God provided. T...

Consider His Omnipotence Series: Consider Christ Pastor: Lance Naderhoff Sunday School Date: 5th July 2026 Passage: John 11:1-11 ------------------- What do you do when God doesn't answer as quickly as you hoped? The account of Lazarus reveals that Christ's power reaches far beyond what people see as impossible, and His timing never falls outside His purpose. Even seasons of waiting and sorrow can...

Who is Our God? Sunday Morning Date: 5th July 2026 ------------------- Every person builds their life on something. The question is whether that foundation can stand. Deuteronomy 32 calls us to look beyond nations, success, and personal opinion to the unchanging character of God, the Rock who is perfect, just, and true. When people forget who God is, they begin trusting other things, yet every one...