VBS AT BETHABARA
JUNE 8-12, 2025
Sunday - Thursday - 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
We are excited for VBS 2025 - MAGNIFIED!, where we will discover the bigness of God in the smallest of things. God made us, cares about us, loves us, forgives us, and is faithful to keep all His promises to us. We can praise God together! We were made to magnify God!
Ages: Preschool - 5th grade (2024-25 school year)
About Us
Our Team
Our worship
Our worship
Michael Ricks - Pastor
Jerry Brown - Worship Leader
Our staff and volunteers are committed to helping others grow and reach our community. We take our convictions and turn them into action. Are you ready to grow? Get in touch for more information!
Our worship
Our worship
Our worship
Sunday 10:30 am
4651 Monroe Highway
Statham, GA 30666
(Just West of Striplings and Hwy 53)
Come as you are and be our guest.
Our Mission
Our worship
Our Mission
Our Mission is to help people come to know Jesus Christ and to help them discover what following Christ looks like today.
Meet Pastor Mike Ricks
Mike Ricks joined Bethabara as our pastor in October, 2024. Mike has served families in Georgia for over 30 years, beginning as a part-time youth minister at a local church. He has served nearly all of those years in Oconee County. He was an associate pastor and student pastor at Briarwood Baptist Church in Watkinsville for 26 years and a state missionary with the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, serving in the Next Gen ministry, for five years. In his role with the GBMB, Mike worked with churches across the state to help them grow their ministries to children, students, and families.
In addition to serving at Bethabara, Mike is the Executive Director at Bethel Haven, a non-profit Christian counseling center in Watkinsville. In his role there, he leads the staff as they deliver hope, help and healing to individuals and families locally and across the state. Mike also raises funds to keep the mission of Bethel Haven move forward.
Mike received his Masters of Divinity in Biblical Studies from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and has a double major in Accounting and Management Information Systems from the University of Georgia.
Mike and Betsy Ricks have been married for 22 years and have 2 boys. Mac is a student at the University of Georgia and Jack is a senior at Oconee County High School.
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