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If you attend one of our services in person or online, you’ve heard “What’s your next step?” We’re all on a spiritual journey, and no...

Bethany Lois
Aug 16, 20222 min read
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Why Don’t We Howl at the Moon?
I am so thankful to be part of the Evangelical Free Church of America or the EFCA. Twenty-four years ago, I made a conscious choice to...

Matt Collins
Jul 12, 20223 min read
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Matt’s Top 5 Books You Should Read [Not Including the Bible]
Here is a list of books that I would recommend to any Christian to read along with the Bible. The Bible should be your go-to book,...

Matt Collins
May 17, 20224 min read
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What is your Lazarus?
I love when I see God weaving something in my life. Sunday service, Sunday preschool, Hope Wednesdays and a women's ministry event have...

Laurie Weinschenk
Apr 12, 20222 min read
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March Madness
March Madness is, in my opinion, the greatest sporting event in the world. Go ahead and try to argue with me. Don’t get me wrong, I love...

Mark Smith
Mar 22, 20222 min read
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Shift in Perspective
per·spec·tive /pərˈspektiv/ a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view. Our perspective changes...
Ross Harrison
Mar 8, 20222 min read
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We’re all students of the Word…
Happy New Year! A new year often brings a new start. We all know that the turning of a new year doesn’t remove all our old troubles....
Ross Harrison
Jan 11, 20222 min read
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Why do some people seem to have a special connection with God?
Have you ever found yourself wondering why some people seem to have a special connection with God? Maybe it appears that they understand...
Mark Smith
Nov 16, 20214 min read
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How NOT to Pray
We all know we should pray, but yet many of us still don’t...or at least not as much as we should. Even when we do pray, we rarely think...
Matt Collins
Mar 19, 20213 min read
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Jesus Wins, Evil will not Prevail
1. This world is not our home.
2. Evil is SO evil.
3. We were all made in the image of God.
Deanna Rietgraf
Jun 10, 20202 min read
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Pray like Hannah or Wait it out like Eli?
Both of these people faced a huge challenge and yet the way they approached them could not be any more different.
Mark Smith
Mar 31, 20202 min read
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How do I teach my kids to read the Bible?
As parents, we spend a lot of time making sure our kids are well fed. We plan out meals to make sure they eat healthy. We all know that...
Mark Smith
Nov 22, 20192 min read
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What the Bible Doesn’t Say
It’s a story we’ve heard many times in Sunday School growing up. It is a beautiful model of how we are to live our lives: Matthew...
Bethany Lois
Oct 7, 20193 min read
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Summer Vacation
This year it felt like it took forever for summer to get here! After all of the delays this winter, school just kept going and going and...
Mark Smith
Jun 19, 20192 min read
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The Hardest Thing I've Ever Done
Parenting has to be THE hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. Knowing the right thing to say at the right time… using discernment and...
Bethany Lois
Mar 4, 20192 min read
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Following Jesus is a lot simpler than we make it
read this blog... listen to this podcast... go to this conference... listen to this music... buy this book... sponsor a child in...
Mark Smith
Feb 7, 20192 min read
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Bible Reading Plans Made Simple
One of the best goals you can have as you begin a new year is to read the Bible more consistently. To be successful, you need to come up...
Matt Collins
Dec 13, 20183 min read
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Trade Your Binoculars for a Mirror
If we are honest, we are all full of pride, and not in a good way. We compare ourselves to others and usually find ourselves superior. To...
Matt Collins
Oct 31, 20182 min read
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Be Ready
A couple of weeks ago, I was sitting around a lunch table with a couple of other guys from church talking about a passage in the Bible we...
Mark Smith
May 30, 20182 min read
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5 Books of the Bible to Read First
People often ask me, “where should I start reading the Bible?” This is a good question because the Bible is not one book, it has 66...
Matt Collins
May 15, 20184 min read
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