A Note from the Pastor When I was a young adult, still at my home church, our Sunday School teacher ask us “what do you think God looks like?” He shared that he always pictured God as this “little old man with a long beard.” For myself, I always pictured God as a “muscular Greek-god… Read More »

We live in a very blessed country and very busy world. My grandfather used to always tell me, “Chris, don’t let anyone tell you any different, the good old days are right now!” He would go on to share how when he was child the old truck the family had would not pull everyone up… Read More »

A Note from the Pastor…  When I was a child, I attended the Noels Chapel First Church of God on Chicken Gizzard Ridge. It was largely a family church, and we rarely ever had attendance of more than 40 or 50 (at least as I remember it). Our song leader was my grandmother’s sister, and… Read More »

BEFORE YOU PARTAKE… Communion, mentioned primarily in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, is an important part of a faithful Christian’s walk with Christ. Jesus used a meal to institute one of the most universal and unforgettable ordinances of the church. Communion (sometimes referred to as the Lord’s Supper… Read More »

A Note from the Pastor… This week we continue our series about Silas, (More Than A Spectator). In this series, we are following the missionary journey of Paul, Silas, and Timothy, as they follow the direction of the Spirit. It turned out not to be an easy journey. The group had much success – but… Read More »

This week, we begin a new sermon series entitled, “More than a Spectator,” where we will be examining the ministry of Silas. We rarely think of Silas without thinking of Paul. He is often viewed as a “sidekick” or merely some kind of “helper” in the work of Paul. Yet, he was a man with… Read More »

We have come to the end of another year. It is a time to look back and celebrate our blessings, reflect on our failures, and recognize the shortness of our own lives as time marches steadily on. Many of us will make new commitments, renew our hope for a better year, or simply strive to… Read More »

This morning, I simply want to share the Gospel of Luke’s account of Jesus’ birth – Pastor Chris The Birth of Jesus 1And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 2(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was… Read More »

A Note from the Pastor… Women’s ministry in the Church of God began over eighty years ago with the mission of seeking to serve Christ through serving women and equipping them for ministry. In 1932, the National Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary was formed and began organizing groups of ministers, Church of God members, and… Read More »

I was 21 and Alana was 18 when we got married in the summer of 1998. She was just out of high school, and I had just gotten a full-time job assembling rollers for industrial conveyor lines. We didn’t have any money, we didn’t really have any plan, we just wanted to get married and… Read More »