Hello Church family! Thank you for your prayers and encouragement as Nicole and I went to Georgia for my cousin Clint’s celebration of life service. He was just 43 years old. He leaves behind his brid...  Read More

Thank you for allowing us to take a few days off. We are grateful for a praying church family. I received many texts and emails that stated how you were praying while we were traveling. Let me share a...  Read More

It’s Not About MeThis past Sunday we finished our “It’s Not About Me,” sermon series. I attempted to give you some points of encouragement for your unfinished task of Evangelism. WE, the church, are c...  Read More

Merry Christmas or Merry Xmas?As we move forward in our Advent preparation and celebration, I want us to consider one our Christmas greetings: Merry Christmas.In the Greek language---Christ is Χριστ ὸ...  Read More

Church Family,We are transitioning seasons here in the mountains. The mornings are colder and the afternoons are just right. We are blessed to host the Ladies Joy Gathering this weekend and we are pre...  Read More

Church Family, I left a section of our outline from Sunday unfinished. I know that those unfinished blanks bother those of us who love to “fill in the blanks.” Within the context of the Shepherd’s res...  Read More

Hello Church Family! I’m trusting you had a good and safe Independence Day.  I was reminded yesterday of the following  quote from Ronald Reagan.“Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one ...  Read More

“The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” James 5:16bRaising kids in today’s culture is a challenge. In our parenting class on Sunday morning, we’ve been talking about how to int...  Read More

The road from Jericho to Jerusalem is a treacherous road (bandits, robbers, twists and turns) that ascends about 3300 feet in elevation over a roughly 17 mile hike. It can take most of a day to walk/h...  Read More

John 9:23-24 (ESV)24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”25 He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do ...  Read More

This past Sunday we looked at the Model Prayer from Matthew 6:9-13. One of the elements of this prayer is confession. We pray, “forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” This is confession. Hu...  Read More

Sunday, as we began 2023, we were challenged to make God’s Word a priority in our life for this year. I want to feed off of the sermon on Sunday and give you three action steps for your New Year.If we...  Read More