Once a quarter, our pastoral staff meets off site to spend time reading scripture, praying and reviewing our goals for the year.  This last Tuesday, we had our quarterly meeting. We usually begin with Tim having us read an entire book from the bible.  Each of us then goes off by ourselves and reads/meditates on that selected scripture.  After an hour or so, we get back together and discuss how the scripture impacted us.  It’s always the highlight of the day! Read more →

May the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart
Bless Your name, bless Your name, Jesus
And the deeds of the day and the truth in my ways
Speak of You, speak of You, Jesus Read more →

This morning, the band had a little fun.  We opened instrumentally with the Robin Trower song “Day of the Eagle”, one of my all time favorite guitar tunes.  Of course, most of the people on stage were not even born when this song (and album “Bridge of Sighs”) was released in 1974.  It provided a little music history lesson for the youngsters! Read more →

We closed this service with a new worship song called “Salt & Light”, in response to Tim’s challenging message.  The recording I have of this song is from Jamie Smith, from the album “Wash Over Me” (Integrity Music).  It’s available on Itunes.  Jenny Beers was our soloist. Jenny has blessed us with several special songs this last year (“I Stand Amazed”, “Alleluia“). Read more →

To start the New Year, Tim began a new series, “Authentic Christianity”.  During this series, we will be exploring “the  Beatitudes” (Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount).

We ushered in the New Year with a worship video entitled “This Year is About Him”.  We then sang Fee’s “All Because of Jesus”.  The Worship Team continued with Read more →

Christmas Eve is always a special time to gather. Great services. Thanks to Patty Thompson who did such a great job leading the vocal ensemble.  Thanks also to Jordan Swartzendruber (acoustic bass) and Becky Hovan (flute) who accompanied us as we sang. Also, thanks to Tim Blaum and his tech crew who served this evening!