Absolutely! Lake Shore is a welcoming and affirming community of Christians where all are welcome. We celebrate the diversity of God’s creation with all who come, regardless of age, ethnicity, gender or sexual identity, economic status, or national origin. We strive to make our house of worship accessible and welcoming to all who enter. If you are looking for a place where big questions, open minds, loving hearts, and working hands belong, then we are looking forward to meeting you! 

The Physical location of the church is 5801 Bishop Drive, just across from Mountainview Elementary School. Here on Google Maps..

You can enter either through the front, facing Bishop Drive, or the back, where the parking lot is located. The front doors are near the sanctuary upstairs (and most adult classes are upstairs), so those with physical disabilities may prefer to enter through the front doors and park in the circular driveway. The classes for younger children are downstairs, so parents may prefer to enter through the back doors.

Limited street parking is available, but city and state laws prohibit parking within 20 feet of intersections.

We have a variety of Sunday School classes you’re welcome to join. Worship in the sanctuary begins at 10:45 a.m. Youth activities are at 5 p.m. To view the full calendar, click here.

Yes. We have a church nursery downstairs for our infants and toddlers. If you keep your baby in the service and need a quiet corner to feed  your baby, feel free to slip into our church library at the back of the sanctuary.  

Dress for Sunday morning ranges from very casual (jeans and t-shirts) to professional attire (dresses and suits) and everything in between. As we will say again below, we celebrate diversity in almost every way – including attire!

We sing some hymns and hear special music, pray for our world, listen to the words of the Gospel, collect an offering to support God’s work, have a children’s time and hear a sermon from our pastor. If you are visiting, we will not embarrass you. You will not have to stand up, or be asked to give money. If you are willing, will can tell us more about yourself by completing an online Welcome Card, which you can find here. If you’d like to sign up for our newsletter or share how you learned about us, you can. Services are roughly an hour long.

Absolutely! We record and post all our sermons. You can read and/or listen to them here. Since we returned to the building after the pandemic, we have been livestreaming our services. Those videos are available here.

Visit our Staff page to learn all about our ministers and other staff.

Yes, everyone can take communion. We are an “open communion” or “open table” congregation.

We don’t want anyone to miss the sounds of our worship services.  Lake Shore has hearing assistance receivers, similar to earbuds, available for personal use.  The receiver fits in one ear, and the volume can be controlled by the user.  The receivers eliminate some of the echo or booming effect of the room and provide a clearer sound for the user.  We have 4 sets at the sound console at the back of the sanctuary.  Simply ask the sound technician at the back of the sanctuary for a receiver before the worship service and return it afterward.

We have not yet returned to a full slate of Wednesday evening activities. Most weeks, we are gathering on Zoom at 6:00pm on Wednesday evenings. Please join us! Write to office@lsbcwaco.org to get on the mailing list for Zoom invitations.

When we return to in-person meetings, we open Wednesday evenings with a community meal and then have seminars for adults on a wide range of interesting topics, and we have a full range of activities for children and youth.

• 5:15pm  Family meal followed by prayer concerns and celebrations. This provides a great opportunity to get acquainted around the tables. Please end a message to office@lsbcwaco.org by Sunday noon to add reservations. Adults meals are $6.00 and children are $3.00.
• 6:00pm Children and Youth activities
• 6:15pm Adult seminars
• 7:15pm Choir practice
• Wednesday night meals and activities are not held during the Christmas holidays, spring break, Holy Week, and  mid-June through the first week of school.  To view the full church calendar, click here.

You are welcome to visit worship services and other events at LSBC as long as you wish, but you can enter into a deeper level of fellowship and service if you become a member of our congregation.

When you are considering membership, you may want to schedule a visit with one of the ministers to find out more about Lake Shore and church membership.  We hold occasional sessions for those who are exploring membership and those who have joined recently to learn more about the church.

When baptism is administered by our congregation, it is performed by immersion, but we accept into full membership those who come from other denominations whose baptismal experiences were meaningful and who affirm with us the confession of the ancient church: Jesus is Lord! Here’s what our Church Bylaws say about membership:

Lake Shore has a long and devoted history to supporting the roles of women in church leadership and ministry.  Women have served on our Board of Deacons since 1977.  They usually hold half of the seats on the active Board, and the Chair usually rotates between men and women each year. We have proudly ordained or licensed about 20 women into Christian ministry who have served in churches throughout the United States and abroad, and two of our senior pastors, our associate pastor, and several of our other ministers have been spirit-empowered female leaders. We continue to affirm and support many women on their ministerial journey.  

Lake Shore works in cooperation with many other community organizations at the local, national, and international levels.  Some of these are listed on our Missions page.  In our national and international cooperation with other Baptist organizations, we work most closely with the Alliance of Baptists and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.

We are a medium-sized church, located in a quiet neighborhood of northwest Waco. Currently, we have an active resident membership of about 175, and our average worship attendance is about 125. Lake Shore is largely a committee-run church, sharing numerous responsibilities that create the many ongoing ministries and educational opportunities available to all.