I realize that it is still winter but I must admit that I am already thinking about spring.  Pitchers and catchers have reported to spring training in baseball and while I know that March can still have some cold weather I still always think of it being a time when we start to see signs […]

Years ago there was an inventor in Switzerland that came up with a new way for watches to operate. He was excited because it was far more accurate and kept time so much better than the old way. With great enthusiasm and excitement he took his invention to watchmakers all over Switzerland but no one […]

Many of you are aware of the reality that our International Mission Board has to bring home somewhere between 600-800 missionaries from the mission field. Over the last number of years mission giving has not kept pace with cost and resources have been stretched as far as they possibly can be and there simply is […]

It is fair to say that the Christian church in America is not impacting culture today the way it did years ago. Even in my 48 years of life I have seen a real decline in the influence of the church. Recently I was reading about the church and was confronted with these eye opening […]

Dear Church, At the time I am writing this article we have just finished revival services with Steve Freeman. I want to say thank you for faithfully supporting the services in spite of the fact that the weather was awful with all the rain we had over the course of the week. I know that […]

Since our last newsletter the Supreme Court has redefined marriage. They have said (at least 5 of them) that marriage is not simply a union between one man and one woman it can also be one man with another man or one woman with another woman. First we must be clear that marriage cannot be […]

We are about to celebrate 157 years as a church on Sunday June 7th as we celebrate Homecoming. While Homecoming is not what it used to be it is still an exciting time to stop and consider what God has done through the years of the life of the church. Even if we knew exactly […]

Just a few weeks ago the world of professional golf crowned its newest major champion as Jordan Speith won the 2015 Masters Tournament in record fashion. At 21 years of age he became the second youngest to ever win the Masters, Tiger Woods having bested him by a few months in his first victory there. […]

The calendar tells us that it is still winter and depending on when you look at the forecast the weatherman says that it is still winter; however, the signs of spring seem to be around us. Some of our flowers have already burst through the ground and in just a matter of time will be […]