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What Kind Of Tree Are You?

By Curt Grice | March 15, 2024

Trees are awesome!   Forests in the mountains. Palms along the beach. Mangroves in the islands. Branches you can reach. Orchards filled with goodness. Redwoods thick and tall.  Leafy canopies of green. Colors in the Fall.   It’s hard to imagine a world without trees. There are over 60,000 known species and some can live…

Courage of Silence

By Brad Echols | March 13, 2024

Is The Volume Up? Do you feel like you live in a world where the volume has been turned up and life is filled with more noise than ever before? Do you sometimes wish for just a little peace and quiet?  It seems our world has gotten louder and filled with more voices as social…

Bible Passages about the Resurrection

By Luke Stehr | March 5, 2024
A person reading the word of God - the Bible. The handy work of Jesus

Bible Passages about the Resurrection  For people who follow Jesus, Easter is more than just a fun time to gather with family and friends. For Christians, Easter is the ultimate celebration of life! We celebrate Easter because it marks the day that Jesus rose from the dead – or resurrected. For followers of Jesus, this…

What Is Lent?

By Luke Stehr | March 5, 2024
A landscape that whos the majesty of Jesus creation on earth

What is Lent?    Lent is a forty day period of fasting, prayer, and meditation that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Easter. You may be thinking that that it seems like that would be longer than forty days, and that’s because Christians traditionally have not fasted on Sundays, so that forty period begins…

When Did Jesus Die?

By Luke Stehr | March 5, 2024
A picture of cross on a cloudy sky background. A cross that is reperesenitive of the cross that Jesus died on.

When did Jesus die? Can we say for sure when it happened? While the Bible provides a lot of insight into the events around Jesus death, it’s not like the Gospel writers were writing a medical drama where a doctor dramatically calls a time of death. We have to remember that the writers of the…

Why Doesn’t God Answer My Prayers?

By Ryan Chandler | March 3, 2024

In 1990, country musician Garth Brooks sang a song that has always been a bit of a mystery to me. The title of the song is “Unanswered Prayers.” Here is just a sampling of the lyrics below. If you want to listen along, click here. Just the other night, at a hometown football game, My…

How to Sabbath With My Family

By Ryan Chandler | February 5, 2024

According to the Bible, taking a Sabbath is not a suggestion – it’s a commandment. In fact, it’s one of the Ten Commandments. It’s so important that God elaborates more on this command than any of the others. In case you’re a little rusty on Sabbath law, here it is again: 8 “Remember the Sabbath…

Worship 817: Starting January 23

By Ryan Chandler | December 28, 2023

Welcome to Worship 817, a new ministry reaching out to young adults in the 817. We want to use this ministry to help emerging adults connect with each other, the church, and Jesus. The format for this ministry will consist of a monthly night of music and message, starting January 23 at 7:00 PM in…

Breaking Busyness

By Ryan Chandler | November 28, 2023

Holidays = Holy-Days? Are you offended when someone says, “Happy Holidays,” instead of, “Merry Christmas”? Don’t be. The word “holiday” actually comes from the Old English word hāligdæg, which literally means holy-day. Instead, say, “Thank you!” Then ask them why this time of year is holy to them? That should throw them off! Then tell…