Last Sunday, the church voted to approve the annual budget for the New Church Year. The budget is approximately 19% higher than last year’s budget, but it is significantly lower than the income for the past 12 months. We experienced an unusual year financially, with an incredible income. Knowing that some offerings came in the […]
Reopening the church has been deliberately slow by choice; and we are little different than the other churches in the River Valley. The appropriate word that I am hearing from other pastors seems to be “caution” in regards to reopening. Many of us [the pastors] are concerned that the Pandemic will worsen to the point […]
October 4, 2020 FUTURE DIRECTIONS [For the New Year] One of the staff’s goals for the coming Church Year is to involve every member of our Church Family in Evangelism and Outreach. At the conclusion of today’s service, Oct. 4, an Ad-Hoc Committee will meet to discuss the future directions for 3 areas: 1) […]
MUSINGS of a PASTOR I was reading from Matthew 13 this morning and verse 33 caught my attention: “He (Jesus) spoke another parable to them, The Kingdom of Heaven is like leaven, which a women took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened.” My first thought centered on the current […]