Our Sunday morning services begin with praise and worship at 10:00 AM followed by Pastor Garry's sermon. Our style of praise and worship is a blend of traditional and contemporary music led by Randy Gillespie and a live band/worship team. Pastor Garry frequently begins his sermons with a children's story targeted specifically at those under 10 years of age. The stories are designed to give children a beginner's view into the Bible teaching which follows immediately after the children's story. Sermons typically follow specific Scripture segments or books of the Bible with a "verse by verse" approach.

On most Sunday evenings, at 6:00 PM, we invite those in our community whose first language is Spanish (or those who want to learn it!) to join our good friend, Pastor Isidro Ocampo, the Pastor of Mammoth Lakes Community Church, in a time or worship and Bible Study with Pastor Isidro. Please call or text Pastor Isidro at (760) 709-1905 to confirm the meeting time and place.

Pastor's wife, Donica Harper leads a women's Bible Study on Monday mornings at 10:00 AM at the church. The current study is based on understanding God's character through the people of the Bible.

Women who work during the day are invited to attend our women's Bible study (same as the 10:00 AM teaching) except the evening study is at the home of Pastor Garry and Donica Harper at 2313 Darby Ave. in Bishop. Please call Donica at (209) 743-5526 to confirm your interest in attending the evening class.

On Wednesday evenings at 6:00 PM we meet in our fellowship hall for weekly Bible Study. This is available to all ages. We are currently studying a Survey of the Old Testament written and taught by Pastor Garry. All study materials are provided to all who attend.

Founded in 1975 and continuously sustained by generations of earnest believers in Jesus Christ, First Southern Baptist Church of Bishop, has sought to support and sustain Christ-followers through Biblical teaching and fellowship as a local Body of Christian believers. In April of 2025, our Pastor Emeritus, Tony Unger, retired from serving as our Senior Pastor. His successor is our new Senior Pastor, Garry Harper.

Our vision is to bring honor and glory to Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. We seek to live our lives with the understanding that we have all been saved by grace through our faith in Jesus. We are not perfect in ourselves. Instead, we have been covered by the righteousness of Christ. So our vision is to present ourselves as "sinners saved by grace," and Jesus, as the One who made that possible.

We seek to engage with people who have not yet become followers of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. God has called each of us individually and placed us in fellowship with one another for the purpose of spreading the Good News of eternal salvation. As the local “Body of Christ,” our desire is to extend the love of God to the world around us by teaching the full counsel of God (the entirety of the Bible – both Old and New Testaments).

Garry is a graduate of Evangel University, obtaining his undergraduate degree in Business Administration and his master’s degree in theological studies. After a successful business career, Garry moved from lay-leadership positions to becoming the Director of Music and Church Administration at First Southern Baptist Church of Mountain Home, Idaho beginning his service there in 2015 before taking over as Senior Pastor here at Church For The Sierras.

Garry’s wife, Donica, is a "country girl" raised right here in the High Sierras. She is a devoted Christ-follower who serves as the leader of women’s ministries leading weekly Bible study for all the women of our fellowship. She holds a master's degree in Instructional Leadership and has over 30 years' experience in education including seven years as a mentor teacher.