El Vista Baptist Church
Serving the Lord in Peoria since 1949
Services:Sunday School.....9:30 a.m.Sunday Morning Service.....10:30 a.m.Sunday Prayer & Choir.....5:00 p.m.Sunday Evening Service.....6:00 p.m.Wednesday Prayer & Bible Study.....7:00 p.m.Wednesday Patch the Pirate Club.....7:00 p.m.Friday Everlasting Nation Fellowship.....10:00 a.m.Saturday Soul Winning.....10:00 a.m.
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6301 North Syler StreetPeoria, IL 61615(309) 692-8675
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Meet Our Staff
Pastor Joey Watt
Pastor
Bro. Phil Lancaster
Music & Teen Director
Pastor Jorge Montoya
Spanish Pastor
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Pastor Watt has been at El Vista since 1986. He grew up here as a child and left to attend Tenneessee Temple College & Seminary. After graduation, he pastored Liberty Baptist Church in Rochester, IN. He and his wife, Martha, are happy to have reared their six children here at El Vista.
Brother Lancaster came to El Vista in 1982 from Michigan where he also grew up. He graduated Tenneessee Temple College & University of Tenneessee at Chattanooga where he studied music. He and his wife, Randi, reared their four children at El Vista.
Pastor Montoya started the Spanish ministry at El Vista in 2009 with only a few people. It has now grown to an average attendance of around 30 each service. Services are conducted at the same time as the English services. He and his wife, Gregoria, have six children.
Weekly Reflection
Matthew Chapter 6
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
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Please note, El Vista Baptist Church is not soliciting for or receiving compensation from any of the following websites and/or companies. We find that the sources and information provided to be very helpful in daily Christian study habits. There are many other sources of information available to you on the internet and in stores. It is our hope and prayer that the information you find is Bible-based and follows the teaching of the Word of God.
Bible Study Tools
At El Vista, we believe that studying the Bible is a vital part of faithful Christian living. Our hope is you will find these links useful in your daily studies.
Matthew Henry is one of many commentaries available to assist you in researching Bible passages.
Days of Praise is an excellent source to guide you through your daily devotions. You will also find many other valuable sources of information at the Institute for Creation Research website.