Are you good at keeping your New Year’s Resolution by making them attainable? A new year is a great time to get recharged and refocused on what God has in store for you to grow and change. A positive attitude and an open mind to be obedient to what God has planned for you are…
If you were at 10:05 Worship Dec. 27, you witnessed how giddy I am with babies within my reach! We dedicated three young fellas and I finally got my hands on Mr. Angel Garcia who was promptly smooched and snuggled right there on the chancel! Welcoming little ones into the body of Christ is so…
As Christmas fades into the New Year, we look ahead to the year to come, and we look back on the year behind us. We look back on memories made, friends gained, and loved ones we’ve lost. Each New Year’s Eve, as the ball drops we hear that old song “should old acquaintance be forgot…”…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
On Sunday, we opened worship with “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus.” Hebrews 12:2 says, “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus….” When my mother was 87 and in a nursing home, she would be very confused and most of the time didn’t know where she was, but one day when I was reading a Max…
Every journey has a beginning and we get to see each week another step along the path of your journey with Christ as we check in sign-in sheets from Wednesday night activities, Sunday morning red attendance books and now even Facebook check-in updates. When you check-in each week it’s like you taking the time to…