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The Belt of Truth

Preparing our Hearts to Worship The Belt of Truth   In an effort to help you prepare for the October 16th, 2016, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on The Armor of God, I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “The Belt of Truth”. The main Scripture for the day is Ephesians 6:14a. The other passages are…

Bulletin – Week of October 9, 2016

Each of you is important to God and to us as well. May you find here God’s grace, and be blessed by this worship service. Welcome!  Message: There Is But One Enemy, And We Are Not It!  Scripture: Eph. 6:10-13 Offering: General Fund Prayer Requests: This week we are asked to pray for Don and Darlys Recker, Darrel Renne, David and Ida Richards, Scott and Jen Roberts and their children. Suggestions for prayers would be for their spiritual growth, opportunities…

Interesting Articles on Faith and Life

As I have said before, the FRC puts out a great catalog of articles that don’t always get mainstream attention.  The October 3 issue is available here.  I would encourage you to read at least these articles: On how to improve your marriage with one simple question On praying in your own home under the threat of arrest On Civil Rights, Religious liberty and Discrimination   I hope these challenge you, grow you or cause you to think more deeply…

There is 1 Enemy (POHFW)

Preparing our Hearts to Worship We have but 1 Enemy   In an effort to help you prepare for the October 9th, 2016, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on The Armor of God, I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “There is 1 Enemy”. The main Scripture for the day is Ephesians 6:10-13. The other passages…

Who chose the 4 gospels?

Often we hear things like, “The church just chose the gospels it wanted, and left out competing ideas that didn’t mesh with what she wanted to tell people.”  The Da Vinci code was notorious for this type of undermining of the Biblical canon.  But some may wonder, why these 4 – Matthew, Mark, Luke and John – as opposed to the Gospel of Thomas and things like that.  Dr. Hill answers that for us in this 3 minute clip from…

Working our Direct Communication Muscles

  We all have muscles. Some of us have bigger muscles; and some of us have smaller muscles. I have often been envious of those with giant arms and thick chests. My body just didn’t seem to be able to grow muscles the same way other guys could. That is, until I started going to a gym that had a trainer who knew what to have me work on in order to strengthen those parts of my physique that were…

Bulletin – Week of October 2, 2016

We hope that no one in our midst feels like a stranger. Please know that you’re welcomed here in God’s house. Today we join with Christians around the world in celebrating Holy Communion. Message: A Spirit Filled Workplace Scripture: Eph. 6:10-13 Offering: General Fund Prayer Requests: This week we are asked to pray for Marion Martin, Dan and Tanya Obbink and their children, Lisa Oppenhuizen, Dale and Deloris Perry, Joe Pruitt, Debra Reamer and Mona Reardon. Suggestions for prayers would…