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Pastor’s Bookshelf - Welcome to my bookshelf! Each month I will discuss a recent book that I’ve finished. This month I’d like to talk about You Found Me: New Research on How Unchurched Nones, Millennials and Irreligious Are Surprisingly Open To Christian Faith By Rick Richardson There is a terrible narrative out in the world that all the people outside of the church are either afraid of or very angry with the people inside of the church. Many Christians have given up on any

Click here for the Word Doc.. Click here for the PDF.. Proper Preparation – 11.27.2022 [Isaiah 40:3-5 and Luke 10:38-42] There are not enough hours in the day. Work, School, Kids, Homework, Volunteering, Shopping, Decorating, Cooking, more shopping, wrapping, hunting, cleaning, travel time, baking an endless stream of cookies and desserts that you never get to enjoy because you bring them to all the events you attend. Dinners, concerts, plays, fundraisers, caroling, visiting

Click here for the Word Doc.. Click here for the PDF.. You Are What You Eat – 11.13.2022 [1 Corinthians 6:12-20 and Philippians 4:5-9] You are what you eat from your head to your feet. That’s one of those timeless phrases that moms and dads tell their little kids so they will eat healthy. But it’s a very strange phrase when we stop to think about it. TV personality Craig Ferguson tells a story from when he was five years old. And he grew up in a little village in Scotland, a

Pastor’s Bookshelf - Welcome to my bookshelf! Each month I will discuss a recent book that I’ve finished. *disclaimer; I don’t always have time to sit and read physical books, but I do quite a bit of my reading through audiobooks these days.* This month I’d like to talk about Celebrities For Jesus By Katelyn Beaty Katelyn Beaty is an award winning journalist and life long Christian who has worked in Christian publishing for a really long time. She has a sharp writing style

Newsletter – November, 2022 Greetings from the desk of the Pastor! As we move past the spooky holidays – we find ourselves in that tension between lingering fall decorations such as pumpkins and the beautiful fall leaves and the encroaching Christmas decorations that seem to show up earlier every single year. Despite the proliferation of snowmen and Santa’s, the next major holiday after we celebrate All Saints Day is Thanksgiving – and November is such a perfect time to take