I ’ve been teaching the youth group kids all about incarnation and what it means to be an anointed one, just like Jesus is. We dove deep into what it means to be a leader and the qualities and skills that we want to have in good leaders. It led to some really interesting conversations!  But we’re also in that season as a congregation too. Every year, at the end of the year, we work to build our slate of officers or leadership for the upcoming year. Some roles won’t change, and some roles will...

I look at all these scriptures of women and men who took the risk for their faith to share it with someone else. And I look at the results of that risk. I see testimonies, over and over again, of the one moment when someone took the risk to share the gospel, and the results that became exponential from it.  And then I look at the church as it is today. The protestant church, the rural church, the Catholic church, the urban church—and I see us floundering. We have forgotten how to share the...

Our Children’s Sunday school is kicking off with a start in September as we learn all about the Parable of the Talents. They will have 8 lessons on this parable beginning September 7 th  and ending October 26 th .  Sunday School begins at 9:30 am and is aimed at kids grades K-5 th . The goal is to teach the kids in 8 different ways so they can learn at their best and remember the stories of the scriptures.  The youth have been meeting twice a month throughout the summer with Campfire...