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Growing in Prayer

By Andrea Cress of the prayer team “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”  1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Nestled in the center of these three commands, penned by the Apostle Paul to the...

Vision and Plan

Many thanks to all who joined the elders in praying and seeking the Lord as we studied and discussed the book of Acts on our retreat in May. What follows is a summary of the direction we feel the Lord is leading us over the next five to ten years. One of the lessons...

Find your 2-3-4?

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” Colossians 3:16 Believers usually know we are called to “encourage...

Rock Solid Reasons to Believe

Few historians question the fact that a Jewish Rabbi named Jesus of Nazareth lived and taught around 2,000 years ago. (We do, after all, divide history between the time before and the time after him.) Since the discovery of the Pilate Stone (the image to the right),...