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Men’s Breakfast – Saturday, March 10 @ 9am in the Fellowship Hall. We’re going to pick up where we left off from the movie Courageous!  

Free Dinner and a Movie! The men’s group of First Church invites you to a free family dinner and movie night on Saturday, March 3, at 5:00 pm. The movie Courageous: Honor Begins at Home was recently in the theatres … Read More…

Jeff Farmer was recovering from cancer surgery when he read the statistics in a World Vision newsletter: 1) Every 45 seconds a child age 5 and under dies from malaria, according to the World Health Organization; 2) Although the United … Read More…

End Malaria. Because no child should die from a mosquito bite. More than 2,000 children under 5 ─ or one child every 40 seconds ─ die from malaria each day. Malaria kills nearly 1 million people each year; 85 percent … Read More…

JUST THINKING . . . PASTOR GARY PETERSEN Expect God in 2012! The word of the Lord came at the beginning of 2012 to Tim McCarty, one of our church elders. He received only two words “Expect God”.  The two … Read More…

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a single article that lays out the scientific evidence for the creationist model? I sure think so. It is important for two reasons: 1) Most people who are already sympathetic to the creation model … Read More…

One of my favorite creationists is Emil Silvestru, born in Romania, a geologist and a world-class ‘Spelunker’ (cave explorer).

You don’t want to miss this excellent interview with him, conducted by Jim Cantelon of 100huntely.com, entitled: Was Noah’s Flood Real?

First some thoughts on the critical importance of the Flood to the creation model:

WITHOUT THE FLOOD, BIBLICAL CREATION CANNOT EXPLAIN THE EARTH, AND THUS WOULD APPEAR TO BE LOGICALLY IMPOSSIBLE.

WITH THE FLOOD, BIBLICAL CREATION MAKES PERFECT SENSE OF EARTH’S RECORD.

If that statement is true, then it underlines the critical significance of the flood in the creationist defense and overall paradigm. Read More…

Beginning this June First Church of the Open Bible will be sponsoring our very own local market (farmer’s market). The mission of “The Market” is to support local entrepreneurs, especially those in our church body, and to reach out to our community by providing goods and services, as well as a comfortable, family oriented, and inviting gathering place. Read More…

We’re headed to the Old West to search for true gold and discover the answer to the most important question ever asked: “Who is Jesus of Nazareth?” With Gold Rush, kids will learn that Jesus is not just another religious leader, as some claim. He is the Creator, the Redeemer, the Son of God, the resurrected Messiah, the Great I AM! Read More…