I want to make you aware of something very important coming to this next business meeting.  For several months we’ve been discussing it in deacons’ meeting, and it was announced at the last business meeting, that we would be forming a study group to look at our church documents.  It has been 33 years since we approved our church constitution and by-laws.  We think it is time to revisit those.  Not...  Read More

In the message Sunday morning I said, “The commission of our Lord is your call to service in His kingdom.”  Every one of us has been called to gospel work.  We, each of us individually, and we together, have the responsibility and privilege of taking the message of the gospel to the world.  Paul said to the Romans, “How, then, can they call on him they have not believed in? And how can they believ...  Read More

Have you ever been to an orchestra concert?  The concert begins with the orchestra tuning up.  The first oboist plays a single A on her oboe, a note taken up in turn by the strings, the woodwinds, and the brass.  Then chaos breaks loose as each musician plays his or her own notes.  It is not music, it is discord.  You won’t find any CDs of “great orchestra tune ups!”  Sometimes during the warmup, ...  Read More

Most of us want life to be like an amusement park.  We want “safe” thrills.  Oh, we like it when the adrenaline is pumping, the heart is racing, we struggle to catch our breath, so long as we know it is all in fun and nothing is really going to happen.  We’re up for an adventure.  We like the idea that something can happen suddenly that will dramatically alter our lives providing it is for our “go...  Read More

I’m constantly amazed by the apostle Paul’s sense of gratitude but then Paul knew the grace of God’s provision.  And maybe that’s my problem because genuine thanksgiving results from a confident assurance of God’s gracious provision.The word provision comes from the Latin meaning, “To see beforehand.”  To provide for someone is to see their need before it becomes apparent to them and see that that...  Read More

She was at her wit’s end.  Alone, ostracized, on the outside looking in.  Bitterness plagued her.  Disappointment was her constant companion.  She had battle illness for so long.  Doctors were no help.  She had spent a fortune, and she was no better.  Twelve years she struggled, now frail, weary and desperate she was on the verge of giving up.  That’s when it happened.  She heard noise in the stre...  Read More