I recently experienced a birthday. Just another day, just another birthday. What was neat about this one was that in one of my devotions, entitled JESUS CALLING, Enjoying Peace in His Presence — that was prepared especially for that day, were the following words: “I LOVE YOU with an everlasting Love, which flows out from…
Once there was a pastor who was frantically trying to finish his Christmas Eve sermon. At the most inconvenient time, his wife informed him their 6 year old daughter had crawled under her bed and wouldn’t come out. The pastor sighed and went upstairs to his daughter’s bedroom. At first, he stood in the door…
Our mission here at First Christian Church is “to be and to share the good news of Jesus Christ.” One way I help do this is to mail information out to our congregation like the church newsletter, announcements for infant/child dedications, nursery volunteer schedules, communion servers, elder/deacons schedules ~ and the list goes on! To…
Last Sunday night, our children put on their Christmas program. This year it was called “The Loaned Manger.” If you didn’t get a chance to see it, you missed something special. Not only was the music excellent, the choreography delightful and the dialogue hilarious, but the message was powerful. The setting of the play is…
Several years ago Ed and I took our first dental mission trip to Belize. Each morning began with singing, sharing a morning devotional and prayer on a beautiful pier over the Caribbean Sea at sunrise. I immediately took to a new favorite song, “Emmanuel.” Take a minute. Close your eyes; pretend you’re on that pier…
Did you know the Advent season is almost as much about looking forward to Jesus’ second coming as it is looking back at his first? The scriptures associated with the first few weeks of Advent often call for believers to be prepared for Christ’s second coming, because “he will come again like a thief in…
I love to sing. Sharing that passion at Saturday Night Alive Worship and helping lead others in worship of our sweet savior Jesus is often the spiritual anchor for my week. Last Thursday a cold was setting in, but I could still talk. So I showed up to practice and the voice that I heard…
This coming weekend we will celebrate Thanksgiving in worship at all of our services. Even though Thanksgiving is not technically a religious holiday, it calls forth from us a deeply spiritual response. There is nothing more pleasing to God than our thanksgiving and praise. Unfortunately, sometimes we approach life not really trusting that God will…
First Christian Church is seeking an organist for Sunday morning services as well as a choir accompanist on both Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings. Must have organ and piano experience. Please submit your resume to: First Christian Church Attn: Personnel 3476 Main Street Keokuk, IA 52632 No phone calls please
This week at our Children’s moment for 11:11 worship, we had 20 kids come up. What!? 20 kids. For real. God is at work and I love it. Sometimes it’s hard to know what’s gonna happen up there for children’s moment until we get there, and a kid raises his hand and wants to share…