WELCOME TO LAKE AVENUE MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH
Claimed By Christ, Committed to Community. Called to Serve
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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
For past sermon transcripts, click here.
Coming Up
Monday, May 11 -
7pm - Church Council Meeting
Sunday, May 17 -
11:15am - All Church Birthday Party
Wednesday, May 20 -
6pm - Community Dinner
Sunday, May 24 -
No Adult Education
Monday, May 25 -
Office Closed for Memorial Day
Sunday, May 31 -
11:30 - Adult Education - Tom Argust will be interviewing
Interim Pastor Rick Mixon
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
