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Lamar First Baptist Church youth group meets each week on Sunday night at the church for fellowship, fun and Bible Study. Leaders of the youth group include Brian Marples and Lisa Mendenhall. Some of the regular activities include: athletic events, music worship, Bible based lessons youth life from Youth Works. 
Children are welcome at the Lamar First Baptist Church. Sunday School classes on Sunday morning feature child friendly instructors and lessons readily prepared to meet the needs of young families. No matter what age your family fits into, we have a Sunday School class and activities to meet your needs. 
Need a lift? Bible School Starts Monday, June 15th, 2009
All kids who want to go should meet at Lamar First Baptist Church near the entry doors by 9AM Monday morning. Bring your parents to enroll you and come ready to learn about Jesus.
You’ll find fun, excitement, entertainment and plenty to do at the Jerusalem Market located in the First Baptist Church in Lamar, Colorado.
Tower of Doom - Going Up
Kim, Ashley, Noah, and Sean rising up the Tower of Doom for an interestingly defiant ride down the Tower of Doom.
Tower of Doom
There’s just something incredibly crazy about getting on a ride that you know is going to fall from the sky at 70 miles per hour. But there were youth who wanted to go and a leader willing to take them.
Waiting for Doom
Kim we’re still praying for you. 
That ride looked almost more frightening than the mind eraser where you hear Sean screaming behind you during the entire ride. It’s amazing. You survived.
Behind us as the storm appeared on the northern horizon
When the youth group left on their first summer event trip in 2009, one leader shy, we got a late start by only a few moments. Still, it was enough time for former youth group member Tatia Verhoeff to notify leaders of a treacherous storm just then hitting Denver, moving east along I-70.
Blue skies to the south
Since the group was still leaving Lamar, they chose to travel west along US Hwy 50 and turn north on the I-25 corridor instead of traveling the open plains. One leader’s husband contacted her by phone shortly after the “no return point” to share the same information by televised weather cast. The group was already traveling the safe route.
Clouds shifting
Driving into the storm, the clouds appeared to move in a rotational direction, even from the distance. Storm centers were decidedly darker and members of the youth group discussed various changes in the clouds, as we took pictures. High in the picture, you can see the blue skies above us fading into the moving clouds. (This photo was taken near Castle Rock, as we entered the storm zone.)
Storm fading in the west...
Heavier, denser clouds still gave way to blue skies in some areas as we followed the storm, heading out to the eastern plains. Traveling up the I-25 corridor, we still had clear skies behind us, growing clear skies to the west and north,easterly directions held serious storm action.
Gray skies ahead?
Straight north, the clouds seemed heavier, closer to the deck. We watched in awe of the power of such a wide and vast storm center as it slowly moved across the skies. Still rotational in direction, the clouds appeared to be moving steadily east.
Lightening to the south
The high side of this photo still shows blue skies above us.
Tornado in the making?
At the time this photo was taken, we all thought the line was just rain coming down, but due to location and time, we later realized it was probably the dissipation of a tornado that actually touched down and did some damage in the eastern part of Aurora. The decision is still out - we haven’t decided what we say.
Storm Clouds on Youth Trip
White wall clouds indicated hail coming down in some areas still. We didn’t experience this phase of the storm, by changing directions.
Youth Trip Storm
As normal, youth kids toward the end of a trip have stopped visiting and curled up with books, hand held music or pillows and dozed off on a trip. The end of this trip was ablaze with discussion of the storm we’d skirted and were at this point, driving straight into the backside of, as we arrived at our destination.
From the Motel Parking Lot
From the Motel Parking Lot, we were looking east at a ridge and the storms were on the other side.
Lamar FBC Youth Trip
Lamar First Baptist Church - Youth Trip
Youth Trip to Denver
Youth Trip to Denver
WEDNESDAY
10:30a Women’s Bible Study Meeting
6:30p Bible Study/Prayer
7:30p Choir Practice
SATURDAY
7:00a Men’s Bible Study
SUNDAY
8:45a Sunday School Classes
10:00a Worship
6:00p Middle/High School Youth Group
Valentine’s Day Dinner coming up February 15th.
Happy Valentine's Day
Come to the Valentine’s Day Dinner at the First Baptist Church of Lamar. The youth at First Baptist invite you to join them as they prepare and serve dinner on Sunday, February 15th, at 5:30 PM.
Purchase tickets at the Lamar First Baptist Church office for this event.