At the start of this year the band experienced an exodus.  We had a number of long serving members called away, due to jobs, moving, etc.  I thought we would have a time similar to when I first started serving…

I don’t pretend to know the full disclosure of James, when he says in chapter one verses 2&3, “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith…

Our church has purchased a new IMac computer.  It is fast, outperforming any of our other office computers by a long shot.  Its purpose: to edit pictures and video, manage the website, and live stream our worship services in order…

Faith Factor… Fear is not a Factor for those who are in Christ Jesus… Philippians 4:6-7 says “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything.  Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.  Then you…

It was too late, my eyes had already seen the words and now they were on their way to my hard drive, preparing to be etched in my mind forever. The words became like a missile to a target, my…

I have just finished counting the offering, we are thousands short of our weekly need, and this has been a regular occurrence this year.  The difference is that now I no longer worry about it.  The reason is that during…

You know, we as Christians spend a lot of time talking about compassion and kindness, as we should, but seem to fall short when placing Ephesians 4:32 into practice. The word “kindness” in this passage actually means “to be useful”…

Last night the Senior High Youth Group had a great discussion on the death of Jesus (Matthew 27).  When Jesus died the world went black, the temple curtain was torn, graves were opened and righteous men who had died were…

It happened just yesterday… God awakened in me a deep curiosity. I was attending a men’s bible study at my church participating in a discussion on James 1:19-25. It was then and there that the questions began running rampant in…

What a year we have had so far with AWANA…  we had 86 kids on our first night, and have held those numbers (even had more some nights) each week!  I am so blessed to be a part of this…