WELCOME TO LAKE AVENUE MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH
Claimed By Christ, Committed to Community. Called to Serve
Lake Avenue Baptist Church
Lake Avenue Baptist Church
Service - February 8, 2026
Service - February 1, 2026
January 18, 2026 x Martin Luther King Jr Day
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LABC In the News - Thanks to Spectrum News for their coverage of the Myanmar Earthquake Fundraising Event. Click Here for the Article and Video
Rev Rick Mixon's sermon transcript will be posted here each week. An archive of the transcripts will be created as new transcripts are uploaded.
Coming Up
February 7 -
10am - Know Your Rights
- Learn from an Immigration Lawyer
7pm - Be You Movie Series
- Watch Rocketman and enjoy pizza and good conversation
February 14 -
1pm - Women Who Are Tired of Winter Weather
- Gather together to enjoy warmth, games, crafts, and conversation
- Open to All
February 18 -
6pm - Community Dinner
- Enjoy warmth, good food, and good community
7pm - Ash Wednesday Service
- Observe the beginning of the Lenten Season
Lent at LABC
Soup Suppers
Wednesdays, 6pm
(2/26, 3/4, 3/11, 3/25)
Come enjoy a simple Supper of soup and bread, accompanied by a time of prayer and meditation.
Community Dinner
Wednesday, 2/18 and 3/18
6pm
Enjoy warm food, conversation, and community building with friends and neighbors.
Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, 2/18
7pm
Join us in observing the beginning of the Lent season with a short, meditative service.
Worships
Sundays at 10am
Join us for our regular worship services, Sunday mornings at 10am
Adult Education
Sundays, 11:30am
We'll be holding a special, Lenten series during Adult Education in Classroom 1
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Fellowship Meal
Sunday, 3/22
11:30am
Join our Myanmar Community for a Fellowship Lunch.
Holy Week
3/29
Palm Sunday - 10am
Celebrate Jesus's Triumphant entry into Jerusalem.
4/3
Good Friday - 7pm
Observe Jesus's sacrifice with a Tenebrae Servce.
4/2
Maundy Thursday - 6pm
Join us for a simple Communion Supper as we remember Jesus's final Passover with the disciples.
4/5
Easter Sunday - 10am
Celebrate Jesus's resurrection and the new life he gives to us.
CRCDS LGBT+ Lecture Series
Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School is hosting a panel discussion focused on trans healthcare for its Melanie Duguid-May Christian Faith and LGBTQ+ Experience Lecture this semester. This discussion will focus on the social, medical, and spiritual aspects of trans lives and healthcare.
Lake Avenue Baptist Church is one of the founding churches of the lecture series and continues to sponsor and help plan these lectures each semester. The goal of this lecture series is to provide seminarians and the local community with insight and education into the lives of LGBT+ individuals, both within the church and within the wider community.
More information, as well as information about the other lectures CRCDS is hosting this semester, can be found here.
WHO WE ARE
“Claimed by Christ...Committed to Community...Called to Serve.”
Lake Avenue Baptist Church is a Christ-centered, diverse, urban, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-lingual, mission-driven congregation of gifted and caring people. We welcome, unconditionally, all seekers of Christ’s love and direction: women, men, children, youth; people of diverse ages, races, histories, abilities and sexual orientations. We are American Baptist, with historically strong neighborhood and ecumenical commitments. We are:
* Claimed by Christ: We are God’s own and are not here by chance. We open ourselves to God’s Light and Love. We look to the Bible for guidance, and we respond to Christ’s call to discipleship.
* Committed to Community: As members of Christ’s Body, we are as family. We gather for creative and meaningful worship, helpful support and spiritual growth. We are building an open, welcoming, caring and respectful community. We uphold Baptist principles and support strong ecumenical and interfaith ties.
* Called to Serve: We respond to Christ’s call by sharing our gifts in acts of service. We reach out as a church to our neighborhood, our city, and beyond. We go into the world to do justice, make peace, and share God’s love.
SUNDAY WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Come and Worship With Us
10:00 AM – Worship Service (Main Sanctuary)
10:30 AM – Children’s & Youth Sunday School
11:15 AM – Fellowship Time (Fellowship Hall)
11:45 AM – Adult Education Offerings (Classroom One and Study)
12:30 PM – Burmese Worship (Downstairs Sanctuary)
Wheelchair Accessible
Audio Loop for the Hearing Impaired
