Trouble

We all face trouble. We read some verses pertaining to this, I’ve summarized them below. In this world you will have great trouble – John 16:33 Be happy when you face trials, they help you grow – James 1:2 Expect trouble – 1 Peter 4:12 Its through trials that we enter the kingdom of God […]

Sausage

As a fundraiser for next year’s mission trip, we formed homemade pork sausage into patties last night. This has been a labor of love for many people, especially Scott and Barb Dawes. But not only them. Mark York donated the pigs. Mike and Susan Keaffaber donated the seasoning for the sausage. Scott and Barb butchered […]

Mission Trip

Rather than describing our trip through writing, I’ve provided the video of our presentation to the church below, followed by a lot of pictures. Enjoy!

Weaned

Psalm 131 is short, here it is in its entirety: O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high;I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. O Israel, hope in […]

Wilma & Katy

On Sunday we discussed Ephesians 2:1-10, some excerpts here: And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, … But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved … For by grace […]

Mission Field

Before any mission trip, we learn about the culture, conditions, and common courtesies of where we will be serving. Last night we did the same, even though we’ll be serving where we live in Wabash and Huntington Counties. We explored various aspects of the Counties and how these facts can help inform our ministry – […]

First things first

“Love God and do what you want.” That’s a paraphrase of a statement by Augustine, a Christian theologian who lived from 354 – 430. A more accurate quote appears near the end of this post, but the phrase above does reflect his point. If we love God in the way the Bible asks us to, […]

Who Knows?

Who knows you best? Your parents, or whoever raised you, likely knows the most information about you. But you may say that your best friend or a sibling knows you best – they at least know the current you best (they know your friends, who you like, what’s going on at school, your music, your […]

Bless You

I don’t say “bless you” when people sneeze. When I polled you tonight, most of you do. When asked why, your answers were “its polite” or “that’s what I was taught to do”. The expression has been around since ancient times and so its origin can’t be traced exactly, but there were theories at the […]

Chalk Artists

Our church is having Easter services in the parking lot tomorrow due to COVID 19. To meet health guidelines, everyone has to park every other space. We and other groups from church chalked parking spaces to make it easy to tell where to park – and to provide a fun surprise for those attending the […]

4 Thoughts

Instead of covering one topic in depth, we covered 4 topics quickly this week. 1. Your collective behavior. I’ve noticed you’ve acted differently during this extended time at home compared to other large blocks of time like summer break. There’s a general lack of motivation and participation. Less interaction in Youth through texts, blog, Zoom […]