My Covid VBS
Vacation Bible School has always been the best ministry week of the year for me! I have so many memories - Marty and I teaching preschool...
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Deanna Rietgraf
- Jun 28
- 2 min
Finish Line
I remember plotting it out: 14 rounds of chemotherapy, every 3 weeks, after 6th round of chemo add in 36 days of radiation, continue 8...
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Laurie Weinschenk
- Jun 7
- 2 min
Find Rest and Refuge in Jesus
We all face suffering, challenges and broken hearts because we live in a fallen world. In Nahum 1:7 it says, "The Lord is good, a refuge...
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Deanna Rietgraf
- Mar 1
- 2 min
Adoration in Prayer
Hidden away in a secret place in our house is a box full of journals and I mean journals! So. Many. Journals. I started journaling in...
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Bethany Lois
- Feb 14
- 3 min
As a Parent, Ask Yourself this Question…
I was sitting in a restaurant eating lunch when I overheard a conversation that stuck with me. At the table next to me I was admiring a...
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Matt Collins
- Nov 7, 2021
- 3 min
Will You Trust Me Now?
It was a cold night on the dock. As I was working, I felt like God was saying to me, “Matt, Will you trust me now?” I thought back to the...
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Deanna Rietgraf
- Dec 15, 2020
- 3 min
The Light Shines
I love when God orchestrates my life so distinctly. In the last 48 hours, I have heard references to the word “light” multiple times; in...
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Deanna Rietgraf
- Sep 30, 2020
- 3 min
The Floodgates Opened
On August 14th I drove to UNI with our daughter Mikayla to help her move into her dorm room. We had both had a good cry the day before...
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Mark Smith
- Apr 15, 2020
- 2 min
Be Still
Psalm 46:10 starts out with this incredible truth:
“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.”
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Mark Smith
- Mar 31, 2020
- 2 min
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.
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Michelle Schulte
- Feb 5, 2020
- 2 min
Are you Trusting Him to Work?
“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.”
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Matt Collins
- Jan 9, 2020
- 3 min
Is Faith all you Need?
Is faith all you need?
"...whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” — Mark 11:24
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Bethany Lois
- Oct 7, 2019
- 3 min
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...
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Dave Clarke
- Nov 28, 2018
- 3 min
Staying Faithful... Even When It's Hard
What does faith look like when you’re in the middle of a difficult season? Does it look like keeping a smile on your face and acting...
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Nelson Jenkins
- Sep 18, 2018
- 2 min
How Big is your God?
I was in Mexico on our mission trip this past summer. It was a great 10 days. Each morning I would get up and go to the top of the...
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Matt Collins
- Aug 24, 2018
- 6 min
How Does God Heal Us?
“Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let them call...
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Michelle Schulte
- Aug 1, 2018
- 4 min
The Difference Between Grace & Mercy
Something cool and almost wet hit my arm and was quickly traveling down it… I was probably twelve years old, spending a few days with my...
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Matt Collins
- Jun 27, 2018
- 4 min
5 Books I Would Highly Recommend & Why
I thought in this blog I would give you five books I regularly recommend to people. These are exceptional books that are written by...
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Michelle Schulte
- Jun 4, 2018
- 2 min
Unexpected Toil, But Worthy Work
It’s our first spring in the new house…well, the new-to-us-1949-Cape Cod-with-no-dormers-and-yes- I’m-still-struggling-with-the-reality-o...
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Mark Smith
- May 30, 2018
- 2 min
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...
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