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The Opportunities of Lent
This Wednesday (February 18, 2026), we will be partnering with University Covenant Church to host an Ash Wednesday service , marking the beginning of Lent. Just reading that sentence, you might have questions. If your question was, “ what time is the service? ”, the answer is 7pm. But if your question is more like: “ What is Lent? ”, or “ What is Ash Wednesday? ”, or “ Why do we do this and does it matter? ”, then I have three things to share with you. First, Lent has a long

Bronwyn Lea
Feb 172 min read


Grow to Go
Dear Church Family, FBC has always been a sending church . It’s in our DNA. Davis is a community with a lot of turnover…. And it has...

Bronwyn Lea
Sep 4, 20252 min read


Senior Sunday 2025
The liturgical habits of FBC tend toward the subtle: we choose our preaching topics, we don’t do much kneeling, and only...
Corrie Haffly
Jun 5, 20252 min read


Where God Heals Hurts, Habits, or Hang-Ups
Here is a personal story from one of the members of our Celebrate Recovery (CR) community, shared with permission. Changing habits and...

FBC Davis
May 15, 20252 min read


Spring Break Mexico Trip
We planned, we trained, we prayed, we prayed some more, and we went to Mexico. And I can report back that it was an amazing trip that saw...

Jeff Hodges
Apr 10, 20253 min read


Where in the World is FBC
Dear Church Family, Have you ever tracked a moving dot on a map? Perhaps in your car’s GPS, or on the little screen in an airplane? ...

Bronwyn Lea
Apr 3, 20252 min read


Faith and Politics in 2025: What’s Yours to Do?
Dear Church Family, For many who might have been hoping that the turbulent political waters of 2024 would calm down after the election,...

Steve Luxa
Mar 20, 20256 min read
Lent’s Transcendent Realism
According to the infinite wisdom of the Clifton StrengthsFinders test, my (Peter's) greatest strength is Positivity. I have moved past...
Corrie Haffly
Mar 13, 20253 min read


5 Reasons Retreats are Like Birthdays
I have a theory that retreats are like birthday parties. Here are five things they have in common: 1. They happen once a year… 2. The...

Bronwyn Lea
Feb 6, 20252 min read


This Must Be Greater Than That
As the story goes, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was visited by a wealthy family friend at his underground seminary in a lake town called...
Corrie Haffly
Jan 9, 20253 min read
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