Here are some things you'd probably like to know:
What time does our worship service begin and end?
Where do I park, and what door should I use?
Where do I take my Children?
What’s the service like?
How do people normally dress?
Bible Classes (Sunday School)
- Our main worship service begins at 10:30 am, every Sunday. It ends between 11:50 am and 12:00 noon.
- Some Sundays we have a fellowship meal at 12:00pm, and you are invited to stay even if it's your first Sunday! You can also expect some friendly folks to invite you out to lunch - even on your first Sunday!
Where do I park, and what door should I use?
- We ask that you park in the South parking lot (parallel to 2nd Ave) and climb the grand staircase into the main lobby of the sanctuary.
- We have a wheelchair-accessible ramp on the northeast corner of the building (on Hickory Ave) that takes you right into the foyer. Handicap parking is at the bottom of the ramp, near the garage.
Where do I take my Children?
- Our children's classes are in the Education Wing. To get there from the sanctuary, go thru the door on the right of the stage, and down the hall. Or enter the building on the East side, and just go straight down the hall.
- We have two classes for kids: "Potty-Trained thru Kindergarten" and "1st thru 5th Grades". There will be friendly people there to assist you and point you to the right location for each age group. Some Sundays the elementary children will sit with you during the song service and leave the sanctuary during the sermon time to go to Jr Church, sometimes they will remain with you for the whole service, and sometimes they begin at 10:30am and end when our main service ends.
- We also have a Nursery that is staffed by responsible people who have been background-checked. The Nursery is located in the Education Wing. You will be asked to fill-out a form for your child; their diaper bag and bottle/cups will be tagged, and you will be given a tag that you will have to show in order to pick them up from the Nursery. No one else will be able to pick them up.
- We have security cameras throughout the Education Wing for your child's protection.
What’s the service like?
- Our services are informal, and sometimes interactive.
- We use guitars, drums and keyboard, and do a variety of music: contemporary, southern gospel, hymns, praise songs, etc. We encourage singing from the congregation, so the music is not too loud. If we sing songs that are new to you, we want to encourage you to concentrate on the lyrics and lift them up to THE LORD in worship anyway. We guarantee that if the music isn't your favorite the first time you come, just be patient... we are sure to hit the mark on some other day!
- We partake of Communion on the first Sunday of the month. All followers of Christ are invited to partake.
- The first Sunday of each month we take up a collection for our Benevolence Ministry, to help those in need.
- We collect an offering every Sunday to help meet our budget.
- We also have various missions and ministry projects that we support, so you may hear about them in the service.
- We have two Pastors, (father and son) Steve & Heath Ormord, who are both part-time with other employment, and they rotate the preaching responsibilities.
- Our Pastors preach from the Bible, so you may want to bring yours. But there are also Bibles available for you to use. The NIV (New International Version) and ESV (English Standard Version) are usually used in our classes and services, but feel free to use whatever version you prefer.
How do people normally dress?
- Our people dress in a variety of ways: some casual, some business, and some dressy. So please don't worry about what to wear.
Bible Classes (Sunday School)
- We want to invite you to attend Bible Class even BEFORE you attend your first Main Service. It's a great way to get to know some of the kind and friendly people who attend Dodge City FBC. Our classes begin at 9:15am and go until 10:15am. We have one Adult class that meets downstairs in the Fellowship Hall and a Young Adult class that meets in the Library (also downstairs).
- If you come to the "Bible Class" hour, you will first want to drop off your children at their class(es) in the Education Wing. We have two classes for kids: "Potty-Trained thru Kindergarten" and "1st thru 5th Grades". There will be friendly people there to assist you and point you to the right location for each age group. When the Sunday School hour is over your preschool child will just stay in their class, but your elementary children may be escorted to the sanctuary to sit with you for either a portion of the service, or the entire service, or they will just stay in their class room for Jr Church.