In 1961 the decision was made to build the Berlin wall, dividing the city in half.  It became symbolic of the “Iron Curtain” that separated the Soviet Union’s empire from the western world that the U.S. was part of.  Winston Churchill coined the phrase in a speech given in Fulton, Missouri in 1946.  I was 9 years old in 1961 when the Berlin wall was built and grew up with all that lay behind the i...  Read More

General Fund Giving:   $38,553.91Total Monthly Budget Needs:     $36,480Giving ABOVE Budget:                    $2,073.91Total Designated:             $120 ($90-Building, $30-Missions)...  Read More

My wife and I love to travel.  Maybe you’ve guessed.  Through the years we’ve made saving up a priority and have tried to focus mostly on mission-oriented trips.  We want this money to be about more than a fun vacation, desiring to honor God and serve people through missionary endeavors.  As a result, we’ve been places we’d never chose to go “on vacation.”  Juarez, Mexico; Kherson, Ukraine; Pristi...  Read More

In our Christian walk, time is spent in prayer, addressing our heavenly Father as we communicate with him.  He communicates back through his Word, the Bible.  We need to be diligent in reading and studying (with others and on our own), so his Word can speak to us.  It’s been said that more has been written on prayer than any other aspect of the Christian life.  Some tackle the topic in classic for...  Read More