Dear Church family, Our intrepid travelers return from India on Tuesday. I know we are all looking forward to hearing from them about the Bible College we support there. On a personal note, I am looking forward to getting my dishwasher back (Phil’s official job in our house). The day he, Shirley and Lucy left, the […]

Dear Church family, The latest update from Phil, Lucy and Shirley is that all have made it to Thiruvananthapuram, India, safely (say that three times fast!). They have already participated in a retreat along with students from the Bible College our church supports. Beginning Monday, all three of them will be teaching classes at the […]

Dear Church family, I don’t know if you have ever noticed that Phil and I often begin these devotionals by calling all of us relatives. (Notice how I began this very email with “Dear Church family”?) There is a reason for that. God is called by many names in scripture—Lord, Holy One, King—and God is […]

Dear Church family, I was doing one of my stoplight devotionals this morning—that is when I read one of the scriptures I’ve printed on an index card that I keep in my car’s cup holder; yes, while at a stoplight. Anyway, today’s scripture was Psalm 24. The entire psalm is shared below but it’s first […]

Greetings all, here is your e-votional for the week… “Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, […]

Dear Church family, This Saturday at 2pm we are celebrating and blessing the 100th house with River Valley Habitat for Humanity. All are welcome to attend this short ceremony; details and directions are at the bottom of this e-votional. Our congregation was honored to sponsor this house, just as we sponsored the very first Habitat […]

Greetings all, here is your e-votional for the week…   To the leader: according to Lilies. Of David. 1 Save me, O God,    for the waters have come up to my neck. 2 I sink in deep mire,    where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters,    and the flood […]

Dear Church family, This morning the church’s custodian Curtis Mitchell walked in my office and told me this story. He said: “A man in my church asked me a couple of weeks ago, ‘What would you have tomorrow if all you had was what you’d given thanks for today?’ Well,” said Curtis, “I thought about […]

“‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. ‘Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. ‘Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. ‘Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. […]

Dear Church family, We are continuing our study of the Letter to the Philippians in church this weekend. This letter from Paul offers some of the most well-known and beloved quotes from all of Scripture. Here is one from chapter 2: “If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing […]