As we continue our full-on charge into the summer, I wanted to share some of the encouraging things God has been doing in our church. James is a challenging book, and while the challenge to take an active part of God's work is important, sometimes we can lose sight of how God is using even the smallest acts of obedience for His glory!
Read MoreThis is the last Sunday in our June theme of "God knows everything" for the 2 - 3 yr old class. Today in the older kids program, your children learned about how Christ followers should live based on the teaching of Jesus & Sermon on the Mount.
Read MoreAs a pastor whose job it is to try and engage our folks in caring for people outside of our church, cannot tell you how difficult it has been at times to persuade people to make time for others. Not structured time, mind you. Appointments are fine in advance. Strict times are fine. But free, open-ended time? "Seeing what happens"? This is more rare.
Read MoreGod knows everything! Ask the 2 - 3 yr old class if that's true. They might also tell you the story of when God fed Elijah. In our older kids' program, we finished our last lesson in the unit on Jesus' miracles with Jesus healing a man with a paralyzed hand. By now the scribes and Pharisees are keeping a close eye on Jesus especially on the Sabbath. What should we do on the sabbath? Please ask your kids!
Read MoreLast Sunday I woke up and did something that I (unfortunately) rarely do. I left my house without looking at social media. I went to the church service and heard our friend Claude Atcho preach a great sermon on being a doer of the Word and not just a hearer. Then I went home and opened Facebook to learn about the terrible news of the largest mass shooting in American history.
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