West Lakewood Baptist Church

05/20/2025

News for all our West Lakewood friends: Our dear friend Pastor Ben Datria has gone home to be with our Lord. Please keep Carole and family in your prayers.

03/08/2022

Hey everyone! You're invited to a new group I just started called "The Upper Hand." Everyone is welcome. The content will be much the same as on this page but probably with more interaction. I'm excited about this new step in my ministry. Come walk with me!

03/02/2022

OK friends, here's what's going to happen starting March 9, 2022. I will be transitioning from "West Lakewood Baptist Church" to "The Upper Hand", my new page with the same content plus a little more. Again I encourage you to join me on this fresh page with fresh content and a few surprises. The first short devotion, called a Midweek Connection, will be on March 9, and I look forward to being virtually with you. - Pastor Sam

02/23/2022

Dear Friends - First of all, thank you for supporting this page. It's been awesome to see the many new likes we've received. But you need to know that West Lakewood Baptist Church has now become Renovate Church since last September. I retired in July '21 and Sandi and I moved to Idaho. Since WLBC has now changed and I'm no longer there, I will be starting a new FB page in the very near future, after I work out a few details. It will include a Midweek Connection and a short weekly message each Sunday plus maybe a few surprises. Stay tuned here for the time being so you don't miss any updates. Thanks again and may God bless you. - Pastor Sam

07/28/2021

New Midweek Connection: "I'm wrapping up my time at West Lakewood and I want to share a few words of love and encouragement. We'll look at Ecclesiastes 3 and James 4."

I'm wrapping up my time at West Lakewood and I want to share a few words of love and encouragement. We'll look at Ecclesiastes 3 and James 4.

07/18/2021

Due to a recent rapid increase in COVID cases since June 15, we are asking everyone to "mask up" before coming into the sanctuary. Temp checks will also be done and sanitizer will be available. Thanks for your diligence.

07/17/2021

This Sunday is a special day for me and our church. Tune in to find out why. Our Worship Video is scheduled for release tomorrow, 7/18, at 8:30 AM. I sure hope you'll join in.

07/14/2021

New Midweek Connection is available! Today's topic is the seriousness of sin and the blessing of being salted by fire. Scripture - Mark 9:42-50

Today's Midweek Connection topic - the seriousness of sin and the blessing of being "salted by fire." The text is Mark 9:43-50.

07/11/2021

Good morning friends! Today's worship video is now available for your enjoyment. Today's message is for our church. We look at how God will let us go in circles before we can move forward. The message is "One More Lap Around Mt. Sinai," from Numbers 14:1-9. Here is the link:

07/07/2021

Join us for another Midweek Connection. Today our Scripture is Hebrews 2:1 - "Don't drift away!"

Welcome to Midweek Connection. Today we'll be looking at avoiding "drift" by paying closer to attention to what the Word says about who Jesus is. Our scriptu...

07/04/2021

Happy Fourth of July Sunday, folks! Today's worship video focuses on us realizing the blessings we have in this country and asking God to continue blessing us and using us to make this nation better. The message is titled "Our Nation Needs Some TLC." It is also Communion Sunday. I hope the Lord is near you today. Be blessed, be safe.

Welcome to our time of worship on this Fourth of July Sunday. Today we lift up our nation in prayer and worship God for the blessings we have been given in t...

06/27/2021

The new worship video is now available:
"Thank you for joining us today for a short time of worship in which we will pray, sing praise and learn together from God's Word. Our theme today is LIGHT. In Matthew 5:14 Jesus calls us to be the light of the world. There is a depth of meaning to that calling we need to discover. That's what we'll do today. We hope you enjoy today's devotional time."

Thank you for joining us today for a short time of worship in which we will pray, sing praise and learn together from God's Word. Our theme today is LIGHT. I...