Ellinwood First Baptist Church

03/29/2026

Sermon

01/24/2026

Due to the extremely cold weather and the potential for more snow later today, the Leadership Team has decided to cancel tomorrow's Sunday worship service and to reschedule the annual business meeting until next Sunday, February 1. Stay safe and warm.

08/05/2025

The Ellinwood FBC Youth had an amazing and Christ-focused time at Generate Camp this year!

08/15/2024

05/17/2024

We are still looking for several volunteers to help minister to this family during their time of need. If you are able, please sign up to provide a meal for the Robls. If it helps, you can always pair up with someone else to help defray the cost. Thanks for considering this request!

Connor Robl was admitted to Wesley hospital on Tuesday, May 14. Meals and donations will support the Robl family as one parent stays with Connor in Wichita and another is home with their other children. Your care is greatly appreciated and meets an immediate, tangible need! Thank you!

05/15/2024

Sign up with Meal Train to provide a meal (or a financial donation) while Connor is in the hospital. Also, keep the Robl family in your prayers and reach out with words of encouragement during this trying time.

Connor Robl was admitted to Wesley hospital on Tuesday, May 14. Meals and donations will support the Robl family as one parent stays with Connor in Wichita and another is home with their other children. Your care is greatly appreciated and meets an immediate, tangible need! Thank you!

05/02/2024

“Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow…so I was afraid…and hid your talent…” (Mt 25:24-25)

Your view of the Master is life shaping. In the Parable of the Talents, the servant who was worthless to his Master - who was ruled by his own wickedness - was so because of his view of the Master. In his judgement, the Master was hard, unfair, and unworthy.

Jesus originally taught this parable to his disciples about his own return. So, to his disciples, what sort of Master is Jesus?

Jesus is the Master willing to lay down his life for his servants. The Master who calls his servants “friends.” The Master who has great joy over his servants. The Master who invites his servants to share in immeasurable his riches. The Master who delights in speaking a good word over his servants. The Master who will return, his reward in hand.

Honestly, in the deep places of your heart, when you think of Jesus as the Master right now, how do you see him? Do you see him as someone hard to really love & serve? Perhaps someone who doesn't really care about you? Maybe even someone whom you hope doesn't return?

Or, when you look upon Jesus, do you find your heart stirring with love, affection, and admiration? Do you see him as someone worthy of service, sacrifice, and loyal faithfulness? Do you find yourself eager for his return?

May you be given eyes to see the glorious splendor of Jesus as you hear and contemplate the Gospel!

04/25/2024

In the Gospel we are given shocking news: the Judge has been judged. The Judge has received judgment. The Righteous One has not only been declared to be unrighteous, he was actually made unrighteous. He was made to be sin.

Not because he was unrighteous in any of his own thoughts or actions. Rather, it was because he bore our sins in his body…our sins. It was my sin that held him there. He bore my stripes from the whip. He stood beneath the flood of God’s justified hatred toward destructive sin. The Righteous Judge drowned beneath the flood of God’s wrath, for me!

As a young man recently asked me at King’s Kids, “Why would God do that?” Why, indeed! It is the fruit of his gracious love! In this the love of God has been demonstrated. That he might reconcile us and bring us to God. To heal us. To make us alive in the Spirit so that we might live in the spirit the way God does. To ransom us from enslavement to sin.

If you are in Christ, the Judge has been judged for you. There is no longer any condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. None. There is nothing you can do to take away from his righteousness, and nothing you can do to add to it. You are loved. You are accepted. You are safe. You do not need to shrink away from him but can rather draw close.

May you be amazed, humbled, grateful, overflowing with love for Jesus, eager to be like him, zealous to live for him, with mouths proclaiming the reason for your hope in him!

04/19/2024

The LORD is…
- gracious and merciful
- slow to anger
- abounding in steadfast love
- good to all
- faithful in all his words
- kind in all his works
- near to all who calls on him
- mighty
- everlasting
- majestic

Here is an exercise: Reflect on the list above, or read through Psalm 145 to be reminded of the majesty and wondrous work of the LORD. Then ask yourself, which of these attributes am I most longing to see and believe about the LORD? What almost seems too good to be true? How would assurance of one of these attributes meet my greatest need or deepest longing?

For those who feel unloved, it may be truly realizing the abundance of His steadfast love. For the stumbling, it may be that He is merciful - both able and willing to raise you back up. The list could go on and on. Let the Spirit hold up the mirror of His word to your heart.

Finally, consider: How have we been shown in Jesus that this is indeed true of the LORD? What about Jesus and his work make it abundantly clear that the LORD is who He says he is? Then meditate. Keep this good news of great joy before the eyes of your heart. Really see and savor Jesus! Drink and experience the refreshment of the One who is the Spring of Life!

04/17/2024

Psalm 145:5 “On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate."

In meditation we purposefully remove what so easily clutters our minds, in order to see what is truly important, beautiful, and life-giving.

Make time to set Jesus as the meditation of your heart today. Not out of duty or drudgery. But with the hope that you will see Him as he truly is. The Fountain of Life. The Great Healer, who gives sight to the blind. The Bread of Heaven, who alone can satisfy your deepest longings. The Perfection of Beauty, who will captivate and amaze your heart.

Stop. Meditate. Look until you see. Believe that He delights in giving you eyes to see!

02/18/2024

We had a brief power outage which reset all of our equipment. A new livestream feed has been started

08/20/2023

We’re looking forward to a great year at Kings Kids! To help us get prepared, please fill out the linked registration form.

If you are an adult who is interested in learning more about discipling kids by Exalting Jesus, Engaging their hearts, and Equipping them for a life on mission - then please message us on this account (or reach out to Huck Borror, a pastor, or any of our current volunteers).

Kings Kids is an exciting weekly ministry for kids 3 years old through 6th grade at First Baptist Church. The focus of this ministry is to help kids regularly encounter Jesus (the KING) in the Scriptures, deepen their love for Him, be transformed into His likeness, and learn how to share His love wi...