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Daily Encouragement - May 8

See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. — Matthew 10:16 The old...

Daily Encouragement - May 7

The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul. ...

Daily Encouragement - May 6

Ecclesiastes 8:15(NRSV) So I commend enjoyment, for there is nothing better for people under the sun than to eat, and drink, and enjoy...

Daily Encouragement - May 5

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or...

Daily Encouragement - May 4

I came that they might have life, and have it abundantly. John 10:10b Many of us can remember the song that included, “The times they are...

Daily Encouragement - May 2

Ephesians 5 So, first, just go and read the chapter. Go on. It’s only 33 verses. They’re short verses. I’ll wait……….. Thanks. I read...

Friday Greetings - May 1

Philip Yancey describes grace as “the last best good word.” Writes Yancey, “even now, despite our secular drift, taproots still stretch...

Daily Encouragement - May 1

Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is...

Daily Encouragement - April 30

Isaiah 40:3-5 A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God....

Daily Encouragement - April 29

The secret is simply this: Christ in you! Yes, Christ in you bringing with Him the hope of all glorious things to come. Colossians 1:27...

Daily Encouragement - April 28

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not...

Daily Encouragement - April 27

Rev. 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” And let everyone who hears say, “Come.” And let everyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone...

Daily Encouragement - April 25

Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you?-unless,...

Friday Greetings - April 24

In our staff devotional time this week, we read a quotation from Peter Maurin, who was active in the Catholic Worker Movement from the...

Daily Encouragement - April 23

Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not think that in the king’s palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews. For if...

Daily Encouragement - April 23

Exodus 20:8-11 Remember the sabbath day and keep it holy. Six days shall you labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath...

Daily Encouragement - April 22

Jonah 2:7-9 Common English Bible (CEB) When my endurance was weakening, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to you, to your holy...

A Message from Pastor Tom

It is hard to believe, but it has been seven weeks since our last "normal" Sunday. Since that time, we have had blended worship, we have...

Daily Encouragement - April 21

As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I...

Daily Encouragement - April 20

“I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have...