Like Trees Planted by the Water
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Groves of trees are constantly changing and renewing themselves in order to remain the same. This week, Jeff Thiessen tells us how the church is in many ways similar.
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Lessons I have learned About Prayer with Evelyn Rodgers
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This week, Evelyn Rodgers shares with us four lessons she has learned about prayer over her life; lessons we can all grow from hearing.
Read MoreWhat's in a Name?
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The popular meaning of words often does not match the traditional definition. In this post, I talk about how this truth means we evangelicals may need to think about our name.
Read MoreGod's Little Tiny Foot
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In this first post of 2021, Jeff Thiessen asks us what the voice of God will sound like for us this year.
Read MoreWhat I am Thankful for This Year
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For the final post of 2020, I look back on this most difficult of years and talk about all that I am most thankful for.
Read MoreAdvent is a Season of Waiting and Thank You From the Rodgers
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In this post, we have two items. First Shannon Doerksen writes a piece on the relevance of Advent in 2020 in light of Covid restrictions. Then Evelyn Rodgers shares a thank you from her family following the passing of her husband, George.
Read MoreLiving, Dying, Making Music and Christmas
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Want to join a Christmas Choir? Find out more in this post. Also, hear some musings on why choirs are so beautiful, as well as how our recently departed George Rodgers embodied this beauty with his music.
Read MoreMy First Sermon
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The first sermon Pastor Russell ever preached was for the first Sunday of Advent. In this post, he gives his thoughts on that message, as well as shares the outline of that sermon given a full decade ago.
Read MoreThanksgiving and Advent
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This week, Jeff Thiessen reflects on the connection between Thanksgiving and Advent, showing how thanksgiving is the ideal way to begin our journey toward the coming Christmas season.
Read MoreThe Living Word of God
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There is power in reading the Bible! This week Evelyn Rodgers explorer the importance of spending time in the Word, exhorting us to do likewise.
Read MoreHand Sanitizer as Worship
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As a church, we eat together, talk together and even wash each other in practices like foot-washing and baptism. In light of the pandemic, why don’t we take hand sanitizing as one of the ordinances of the church?
Read MoreUnforgiveness – Cancer of the Soul
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This week, Evelyn Rodgers outlines for us the problems that unforgiveness causes in our lives, as well as the lives of the church, and then tells us how with God we can tackle this issue head-on.
Read MoreChicken Little
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Jeff Thiessen continues on sharing lessons from the barnyard. This time reflecting on what the story of Chicken Little has to say for the church in these uncertain times.
Read MoreWhat to do About Jacob
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How should Christians teach and understand a morally questionable character like Jacob? In this follow up to the sermon on the faith of Jacob from a few weeks ago, we look to explore exactly that.
Read MoreWhat do we eat?
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Jeff Thiessen continues on to explore what we as a church should ruminate on, looking at Isaiah 58 for a grounding as we look forward.
Read MoreGod Working in Valley View - An Interview With the Rodgers
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This week we hear an interview of the Rodgers, done at the Valley View Bible Camp Fall Fundraiser. The work of God is seen clearly in the story that unfolds.
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On Carving
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Jeff Thiessen follows up on his post about scaling back, covering in more depth a way forward.
Read MoreLord You Were There
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This week, Evelyn Rodgers writes about how God taught her to place things in His hands for the best results. This article is reprinted with permission from The Messenger, the publication of the EMC.
Read MoreAdding or Subtracting
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This week, Jeff Thiessen begins a conversation of what should be a part of the church, and which should be whittled away for the health of the congregation.
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