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Plan Your Visit
We would love to have you visit us!
- Come as you areT-shirts to suit jackets
- About 90 minutesWorship at 10:30 am
- Childcare providedNursery all morning
- Free parking out frontStep-free access available
You're invited!
No matter who you are or where you are in your spiritual life, you are welcome here. We gather every week to worship God and learn from his word.
Times
Equip Classes (Bible study and topical classes for all ages) 9:00 am
Worship 10:30 am
Location
4005 Lucy RoadMillington, TN 38053
Planning to come this Sunday? Let us know you're visiting and we'll look for you.
Know Before You Go
When You Arrive
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Parking
Pull into the main lot off Lucy Road. There's plenty of parking, so you won't need to arrive early just to find a spot. For step-free access, park on the left and come right in.
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Coming In
Head for the main doors, where a greeter will welcome you and point you toward a seat or wherever you need to go. The doors open well before the service starts.
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Kids Check-In
Bringing kids? A volunteer can show you to our kids wing, where you'll check them in. We'll walk you through it your first time.
Getting around
Our worship center and restrooms are wheelchair accessible, with step-free access from the left side of the parking lot. We don't currently offer hearing-assistance devices; if that would help you worship with us, please let us know and we'll do what we can.
Your First Sunday
What to Expect
Our Culture
We are a multi-generational, multi-ethnic church. Our members (and visitors) come from a wide variety of backgrounds. Most people dress business-casual, though you'll find everything from T-shirts to suit jackets on a typical week. Our members are welcoming, hospitable, and eager to greet those who visit. We encourage guests to come early and/or stay late (as you are comfortable) in order to get to know us. You will certainly feel welcome!
Our Services
Our worship gatherings begin at 10:30 and typically last about an hour and a half. Our time is carefully considered each week and thoughtfully designed to drive our attention to God's word, and ultimately to Jesus. During our time together, we read several passages of Scripture, sing Christ-centered songs, and take time for silent reflection. We pray together as a congregation, and members and visitors alike are welcome to pray aloud from their seats as they feel led. Our pastoral leadership guides us in praying for our members, our sister churches, and our partners in ministry. Then we devote ourselves to the preaching of God's word, and spend time thinking and praying about how God might be leading us to respond.
Our Preaching
Sermons at Lucy Baptist Church are Word-centered and Christ-centered. They are Word-centered in that they are "expositional" in nature, which means that they are delivered with the purpose of "exposing" the meaning of the biblical text. We most often work through books of the Bible, dealing with each passage in turn. However, we will sometimes craft a series to trace a particular theme rather than walk sequentially through a book. Even in these cases, though, the biblical text itself is still the focus of our attention and the source of every element of our teaching. Our preaching is Christ-centered because we believe that all of Scripture is ultimately about Jesus, either in anticipation as in the Old Testament, or in the light of his coming as in the New. We seek to constantly remind ourselves of this in our sermons.
Our Music
We are not concerned about fitting into the mold of being either "traditional" or "contemporary." Rather, we sing all sorts of songs from various eras of church history, including many written in our time. We also intentionally try to incorporate a diversity of instruments, musical genres, and styles in our weekly worship gatherings. As Scripture calls us to put off our preferences for the sake of others within the body of Christ, we encourage our people to sing songs with styles they may not prefer, with a heart of love and deference towards their brothers and sisters in Christ. Styles of music are not worth dividing over, particularly because singing is an act of worship to God and ought to be primarily about him. We believe that music serves a variety of purposes in our gatherings. It provides a vehicle for us to worship God, it enables us to express the full range of human emotions to him, it gives us an opportunity to learn biblical truths and recall them in our daily lives as we learn memorable lyrics and melodies, and it helps us to grow in unity together as we sing with one heart to the Lord.
After Morning Worship
At the conclusion of our worship gathering, our pastors intentionally make themselves available at the front of the worship center for those who would like to talk about their spiritual life or ask for prayer. Everyone who wants to is welcome to come speak with a pastor. We do encourage you to stay after worship as long as you would like to fellowship and to get to know others. We also typically have other things happening on Sundays after morning worship. We would love for you to join us for one of these, whether it be a community group meeting in a member's home, a fellowship meal in our gymnasium after worship, or an event such as a "Night of Worship," where we gather in the worship center for an extended time of scripture reading, singing, and prayer. More information about these other activities can be found in our printed materials if you visit us for worship. Be sure to pick up a worship guide or one of our monthly calendars to see what sorts of opportunities there are to connect further with us.
Who You'll Meet
Meet Our Pastors
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David Lawrence
Lead Pastor
David preaches most Sunday mornings and loves meeting guests after worship. Come say hello!
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Jonathan Glisson
Associate Pastor
Jonathan would be glad to answer any questions before your first visit. Just reach out!
For Families
What about my kids?
We offer several opportunities for kids to interact with one another and to receive biblical teaching. Caring for children is both a huge blessing and also a heavy responsibility. We take it very seriously. We are 100% committed to providing a safe and loving environment for kids where they will be cared for and taught God's Word in an age-sensitive way.
Equip Classes 9:00 am
Infants & Toddlers
Our nursery volunteers are dedicated to caring for and teaching infants and toddlers. We typically have games, snacks, Bible memory verses, and illustrative Bible stories that are given in such a way as to help our little ones remember the big truths of God's word.
Kids & Youth
We are committed to helping parents as they seek to raise their children to learn about God and his Word. Our children and youth are split up into several age-graded classes where our teachers can focus their efforts and provide biblical instruction that is age-appropriate for our kids and help them to learn spiritual truths at an early age.
Worship 10:30 am
Infants & Toddlers
Little ones are welcome in our worship gatherings. For those who would like it, our nursery stays open throughout the service to provide the same warm, attentive childcare for infants and toddlers that we offer during the Equip hour.
Kids & Youth
We do not have separate activities for children and youth during our worship gatherings. We love worshiping together as a whole church family, so we encourage parents and children to sit together and take part in the service side by side.
Any questions about kids ministry at Lucy Baptist? Reach out to us!
Contact UsThe Good News
Do you know the good news?
God sent his Son, Jesus, to die the death we deserved for our rebellion against him, then raised him from the dead in victory over sin and death. He promises to redeem us and adopt us into his family when we repent of our sins and put our faith in Jesus.
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