Pg 03 Spiritual Disciplines
Be still. Slow down. Sit in silence. Pause. Attend to your thoughts. Meditate on God’s Word. Listen for the Lord. [...]
Pg 04 Pastors’ Perspective (Q1 2024)
In each Epistle, this column features a single question to which our pastors are asked to reply. It is usually [...]
Pg 06 In Silence and Stillness
Twenty years ago, I offered an invitation to a retreat called A Day Away for Prayer. It read: In a [...]
Pg 08 Scripture Meditation and Prayer
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to [...]
Pg 10 January Memory Verse
Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may [...]
Pg 11 Corporate Worship
As Christians growing in faith in Christ, we engage in various spiritual disciplines. Those habits we cultivate to become more [...]
Pg 12 A Transforming Mind
Several years ago, while preparing an academic project for my studies at Fuller Theological Seminary, I was mining the church’s [...]
Pg 14 Preschool Prayers
Our smallest disciples at Wonder Years Preschool were asked several questions regarding the spiritual discipline of prayer. Students ages 3 [...]
Pg 16 The Silent Retreat
I’m alone in the woods, hours away from anyone I know, covered in blisters and bug bites. I have a [...]
Pg 18 Lent and the Liturgical Seasons
Liturgical seasons can come without much notice unless we intentionally engage with them and put in some effort to benefit [...]
Pg 19 February Memory Verse
Therefore confess your sins to one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man [...]
Pg 20 Family Devotions
Living in a less than one percent (1%) Christian country has reminded me of the great delight and privilege Christians [...]
Pg 21 90+ Ministry
The 90+ Ministry is a newly developed Deacon ministry that focuses on the oldest members of our faith community. The [...]
Pg 24 Christian Disciplines Make Reliable People
Second Timothy 2:2 tells us: “And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust [...]
Pg 26 Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
In 1978, evangelical Quaker pastor Richard Foster wrote a groundbreaking book, Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Discipline. Named [...]
Pg 28 Staff Book Recommendations
These books are available in the BookCenter. Spiritual Disciplines Handbook by Adele Calhoun From Pastor [...]
Pg 30 March Memory Verse
“You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord [...]