Dinner and Discipleship!
1st Free Community dinner after our break and we are doing hot dogs tonight. That way everyone can add whatever toppings they want and we are all happy. Dinner...
Equipping
Unshaken: No King But Jesus
Every year as we gather around barbecues, watch fireworks, and celebrate the birth of our nation, a deep wave of patriotism washes over us. We reflect on the profound...
We’re back!
We hope you enjoyed your holiday weekend. Our teachers enjoyed having the month of June for a little bit of rest and a little bit of catching up on...
Summer Sunday School
New Sunday School class starting on Sunday at 9:30am in the adult classroom. Grab a coffee or a snack and head in there because Romans is a great book....
Religion to Relationship: Overcoming the Fear of What People Think
By: Pastor Nate Have you ever felt like you are running a race but simply cannot keep up? Many of us find ourselves trapped in a exhausting cycle of...
Ministry Training
Calling all volunteers! We need to review our policies with anyone who works with people (which is all of you). Please try to make this training. There will be...
Religion to Relationship: Gut Wrenching Grace
We live in a world that is constantly screaming at us to run, run, go, do, do. In our human nature, we gravitate toward checking boxes. We assume that...
Religion to Relationship: Choosing Heart Over Hype
How often do you find yourself completely burned out by the endless rush of daily routines? We count our days by caffeine intake, the endless checking off of items...
Romans Reading Plan
Today is the day we start a new YouVersion reading plan series that will go through the end of the semester: Romans. Use this link to join:https://bible.com/reading-plans/37109/together/80698199/invitation?token=zE51NGC8AAGYPArRJ338EA&source=share
Live
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From Religion to Relationship: Jumping into the River of God’s Presence
Have you ever felt completely burned out by religion? Many of us know exactly what that feels like. We work ourselves to the bone trying to be “good Christians,”...
The Far-Flung Islands: Answering the Call with the Obedience of Faith
Have you ever stopped to think about what happens when we give God a complete, unreserved yes? In a recent outdoor church service hosted by LAMP Ministries, we had...
In the Mirror
Pastor Nate is participating with other members of the McGregor Ministerial Alliance to provide a faith column in our local paper – The McGregor Mirror. Here is his submission...
Next Generation Leaders
We are so proud of our youth group who taught the whole children’s class on Tuesday to finish out the semester. Each of them had a part in the...
Beyond Salvation: Why You Desperately Need the Fullness of the Holy Spirit
What comes to mind when you think about the major milestones of the Christian calendar? For most of us, Christmas and Easter take center stage. But if we were...
Better Together: Unity of the Spirit
Have you ever had the Holy Spirit wake you up in the middle of the night with a message so clear it felt undeniable? That is exactly how this...
Proverbs 31:30
We hope you spent some time honoring your mom this week. Pastor Nate did a great job talking about that on Sunday. Please also consider honoring those who act...
The Heart of Service: Better Together by Serving One Another
There is a profound beauty in the design of community. Throughout our series, “Better Together,” we have explored the “one another” verses of the Bible—the mandates that show us...
Better Together: The Heart of Doing Life Together
More Than a Club, We Are a Family In a world that is increasingly connected digitally yet isolated emotionally, the concept of “community” can often feel like a hollow...
Pastor’s Notes
We’ve just finished a long-ish series about how we are Better Together, under the headship of Christ. I’d like to take a minute to reiterate the need for good...
Better Together: The Power of Praying Together
In a world increasingly dominated by digital distractions, the average person spends hours every day staring at a phone screen but often less than a minute in conversation with...
How to Be Humble
Theme of the week . . . humility. The ladies came up with some good ideas of how to put humility into practice.– Don’t immediately take offense.– Consider the...
Eating Humble Pie: The Pathway to “Better Together”
In our ongoing journey through the “Better Together” series, we’ve explored the beauty of unity and the depth of love deconstructed. This week, we turned our focus to a...
1 John 4:17
It is hard to be like Jesus in the present with its distractions and brokenness, but this verse takes some of the pressure off. Keep your eyes on your...
Better Together: Love Deconstructed
From Consumer to Covenant In a modern culture that often views church through the lens of “Consumer Christianity”—where we ask what a service can do for us or how...
Youth Leaders
This is most of our team that ran our 10 VBS/day camps this school year! With adults only being able to make some of the days due to work,...
He Is Risen: The Historical Reality and Personal Choice of Easter
The Hope That Defies Empires To understand the weight of the resurrection, we can look back to a powerful moment in 1930s Ukraine. Nikolai Bukharin, a prominent Soviet leader,...
Better Together: The Transformative Power of Unity in Forgiveness
In our journey as a community of faith, we’ve been exploring what it truly means to be “Better Together.” We’ve discussed our unity in Christ—how we are one body...
Better Together: Navigating Unity Through Adversity
In our ongoing journey to understand what it means to be “Better Together,” we’ve explored the foundation of our unity in Christ and the beauty of our unique giftings....
Better Together: Embracing Unity with Uniqueness
In a world that often feels fractured and divided, the message of the Gospel offers a radical alternative: a body of believers bound together not by uniformity, but by...