To Love & To Lead: Staff Discussions

JUMPING INTO JANUARY

Posted on Jan 3, 2018 by Max Goins, Congregational Care Pastor

This is our first newsletter and thus, I get to write the first blog of the year. I am always excited about a new year. However, I have reached the age where the passing of a year seems more like three months. As I write this it seems like a very short while ago we were beginning the year of 2017. A very fitting passage of scripture for...

GIVING HOPE AT CHRISTMAS

Posted on Dec 19, 2017 by Max and Leanna Garrett, Walk Ministry Leaders

Shopping, wrapping presents, decorating, parties, fruit cakes and Santa--from Halloween to New Year’s, television commercials and discount stores do their best to get us in the Christmas spirit. If you came from another planet, you would think that every family on earth had matching pajamas and woke on Christmas morning to open dozens of...

UNNATURAL

Posted on Dec 13, 2017 by Brian Seewald, Youth and Family Pastor

ən-ˈna-chə-rəl | “contrary to the ordinary course of nature; extraordinary; untypical” “Since it is written, ‘You shall be holy, for I am holy.’” 1 Peter 1:16 I am grateful that you are taking the time, whether it is via email, cell phone or the real paper issue, to read this newsletter article. Before you go any further, pause a...

SO MUCH WASTED TIME

Posted on Nov 29, 2017 by Brad Sneed, Middle School Pastor

Growing up in the 1970 & 80’s my family was more of a Brady Bunch family than the Partridge Family. Since both series originally ran before I really was watching sitcoms on TV, I caught them on the reruns after school. I did know who David Cassidy was though. Leif Garrett, Donny Osmond or Robby Benson graced the cover of my aunt’s Tiger...

FROM YOUR PASTOR'S HEART...GRATEFUL, GRATEFUL! GRATEFUL!! GRATEFUL!!!

Posted on Nov 15, 2017 by Pastor Wes Hilliard

When I was in Iraq our Gospel Congregation sang a song by Hezekiah Walker called “Grateful.” In a combat zone, you have plenty about which to complain. The challenge as believers is to rise above the difficult and the negative to be grateful. It was the same with our forebears – both Pilgrims and Native Americans. They chose gratitude to...

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