When I step back and survey the things that are important in life, it is always clear to me that the development and maturation of “kids” is paramount.  When I use the term “kids” I mean those who are in the fresh, and critically important, stage of life where they are weaving together an understanding of the world around them and their…

We have spent the last two weeks beginning our journey through the book of Jonah and it has been amazing to hear how the book has been sinking into our hearts. We are praying that God will use Jonah to shine a spotlight on God’s relentless love for all people and that it will draw us deeper into his mission to bring…

Can you think of anything more boring, and maybe even more antiquated, than a church business meeting?  For some people, their first thought is “who cares”.  And others think it would be “a waste of time”.  Still others begin to sharpen their battle swords for an opportunity to espouse their long held frustrations and to prove their superior thinking.  Then there are…

…and God’s Relentless Grace For the bulk of the rest of the summer, we will be looking at the Old Testament prophetic book of Jonah. Yes, the same Jonah that was swallowed by the whale, or the big fish, or whatever it was.  Now you might be thinking that you have heard the story a million times and it is possible that you…

Our Hospitality ministry (or The Counter) that is so gracious to provide coffee and donuts for us all each Sunday morning is in need of a few more volunteers to help. Their team needs people who are willing to coming in early to get coffee going and/or stay after service to help get things cleaned up. We ask that you seriously consider…

The last two years, we’ve sent teams to Houston to help partner with families devastated by Hurricane Harvey. Rather than going in and helping broadly with surface clean up (which there’s nothing wrong with, by the way), what Crisis Response does is a little different. The ministry partners with individuals/families in need of help and digs in and STAYS connected for several…

We have had fun and great start to the Summer Children’s Ministry “Get Wisdom.” We’re now ready to share the summer ministry Mission Projects with the children and with you, the rest of the congregation.  When choosing projects, I try to pick ones that children can identify with, understand and work toward completing a finite goal.  For example, 35 cents feeds one…

The Kingdom Begins (and we will talk about it on Sunday, the next several Sundays, many Sundays in the future, but not all Sundays)… let me explain: For the month of June, we will be focusing on the early chapters of the gospel of (or according to) Matthew.  This part of the New Testament is one of the four records of the…

Coming up this summer, we are offering two opportunities to attend our ‘membership class.’  It is roughly a two hour class that explains a variety of things like: the historical background of the Evangelical Free Church of America (the denomination we are associated with) within the 2000 year history of Christianity and the 500 years since the Protestant Reformation; how we are…

Titus: organizing the church in Wildwood, Missouri. Ok, Titus was really hanging out on the island of Crete (part of Greece and right in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea).  Following Paul’s first imprisonment in Rome, he traveled to various places with several of his younger proteges’s.  On his trip to Crete, he was accompanied by Titus, a gentile convert from Antioch…