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An Ever-present Help
I’ve been doing a study in the Psalms this year. This week, I hit Psalm 46. What a gift to hit this Psalm with all that is going on with COVID-19! Let me give you a few verses: “God is our refuge and our strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear,…
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Sermon Notes Kids Edition
If your family is anything like mine, most the time, you manage to get your kids to sit and watch church with you on the TV for about 3 minutes before telling them to just go play in the other room. we wanted to give you something to hopefully help keep their attention a little…
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Resurrection Eggs
This Easter looked a lot different for most of us this year. We may not have gotten dressed up, gone to church, eaten a meal with extended family and friends, BUT the reason we celebrate Easter was still the same. For our online Easter service, I had the opportunity to share the “Resurrection Eggs” with…
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O, Risen Christ
This short prayer was written by Macrina Wiederkehr. I absolutely love this poem, especially with Good Friday and Easter approaching. –Pastor Seth O RISEN CHRIST “O, Risen Christ… When I search for you in the darkness Show me the light of your face. When my darkness is too heavy Send me the dawn. When I…
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Our new reality
The world we find ourselves in right now is one that was unimaginable just a few weeks ago. The things we thought so secure, we now see are so fragile. The life we thought we could control, we now see how much of an illusion that was. Even though this is scary, there is blessing…
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If my neighbor needs me…
Several of you may have heard this, but I heard it from my wife. It really challenged me and encourage me! Martin Luther during a plague in 1527: “You ought to think this way: Very well, by God’s decree the enemy has sent us poison and deadly offal. Therefore I shall ask God mercifully to…
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