from the pastors and staff of fbc

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...

The liturgical habits of FBC tend toward the subtle: we choose our preaching topics, we don’t do much kneeling, and only...

Here is a personal story from one of the members of our Celebrate Recovery (CR) community, shared with permission. Changing habits and...

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...

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? ...

Dear Church Family,   For many who might have been hoping that the turbulent political waters of 2024 would calm down after the election,...

According to the infinite wisdom of the Clifton StrengthsFinders test, my (Peter's) greatest strength is Positivity. I have moved past...

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...

As the story goes, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was visited by a wealthy family friend at his underground seminary in a lake town called...

Dear Church Family, This is a time of year with “to-do” lists. And January is full of intentions to start new things. So, perhaps your...

Dear Church Family, Long before the days of Buzzfeed and online quizzes, one of my favorite things in magazines were the quiz pages....

With the school year well underway for our students in Lighthouse we have been back doing one of our favorite events, DHS Lunches. This...

Dear Church Family,   How do you grow spiritually? I know the answer I (Bronwyn) learned in Sunday School had a catchy tune:   Read your...

If I (Bronwyn) said I had good news and bad news, which would you want to hear first? I’m a “get the bad news out of the way” person, so...

I imagine the town of Davis is like a runner the day before a marathon – stretching, breathing deeply, and limbering up as it gets ready...

Dear Church Family,   What does faith have to do with politics, and politics with faith?   That question has hounded Christians and the...

We are diving deep into the teachings of Jesus on the Kingdom of God through his powerful parables. If you missed last week's service,...

Growing up under the southern hemisphere sun, “summer” described a couple of weeks which included final exams, Christmas and New Year...

Parables were an essential go-to for Jesus in teaching. As Matthew tells us: “All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables;...

FBC is not a liturgical church in the obvious sense.  We choose our preaching topics, we don’t do much kneeling, and only...