When I was a young pastor, serving at my first church, I made a comment one Sunday that turned out to be incomplete at best and incorrect at worst. I said, “even if it weren’t

A Note From the Pastor… “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,” (James 1:2). The Greek word for joy means “an awareness of God’s grace and favor; delight.” Peter

WHEN ITS HARD TO FORGIVE… The Bible is very clear about every Christians calling to forgive. Matthew 6:14-15 plainly puts forth the words of Jesus – “For if you forgive other people when they sin

A NOTE FROM THE PASTOR… I must admit, I struggled this week to finish the message. I had planned out the current series and I was confident that my preparation would be very manageable this

A Note from the Pastor… The coming solar eclipse reminds us of the Greatness, Power, and Precision of creation. The Word of God gracefully states, “When I look at your heavens, the work of your

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

Note from the Pastor… Many churches today share in a week-long celebration, with nightly services commemorating the final week of Christ’s life before his Crucifixion and Death. It is a week- long examination of many

When our daughter was very young, she was afraid of seemingly everything! She was afraid of heights, she was afraid of our dog, and she was terrified of bugs! Not just bees or wasps, but

One Body with Many Members 12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13

When Autumn was very small, she stayed with a neighbor while we went to work. The neighbor was a wonderful Christian lady who homeschooled her own two children. The youngest, a son, loved to watch