Yes I know

I really do know how to spell "role".  Auto correct……..

What is my purpose?

Well that's one of those questions where I would have to say, "It depends on what role you are talking about. When you are at work, you have a purpose that would be different than when you are home say as a parent or as a spouse. We all wear different hats during the week therefore our purposes change with the change of our hats.  However, there is one hat we should never take off and that is our hat of being a Christian. Maybe I should call it a crown.

We should wear our crown proudly in all our roles. Our purpose as a Christian is primarily to worship God. So that raises another question.

 "If my primary purpose is to worship God and I wear my Christian crown at all times, how am I to worship him while at work or in any of my other rolls?"

Answer: "Our purpose as a Christian is to be that of a container or chalice for God's love to dwell in, and a vehicle for Him to bless the world!"  Fill your container with Gods love and allow that love to spill over into all that you do.

I certainly hope I will get the chance to see all of you Sunday however I am aware that there is a winter weather advisory out for this weekend. Keep watching the blog and I will keep you posted on the status of Sunday evenings service.

Love, pastor Kent

There are couple of special prayer requests.

John Fagala is having surgery today on his back and needs prayers of healing.

Stan Rutkowski has been moved to a care facility in Edwardsville and needs prayers of healing.

Please continue prayers of healing for 

Dennis Detoye 

Elizabeth Adams Marks 

Alan Cassens 

Faye Heuchert

Gerry Godin

Right now

Have you talked with God yet today?

See you Sunday. Love pastor Kent

Love

Love is always positioning yourself to be part of the solution no matter what the problem. You are either on the negative or the positive side of a solution.

Real love always has a positive impact on people.


Hope to see you this Sunday.  Love, pastor Kent

Have you Ever?

Have you ever told any one, "You are in my prayers!", but never pray for them?

See you soon. Love, pastor Kent

Big Important Question!

This Sunday, we are going to tackle a big important question. 

"How would you answer this if a non believer asked you the following,“What good is Christianity, if you as professing Christians are not exempt from the many trials, troubles, illnesses, tribulations, and heart aches that everyone else faces?”

Have you ever asked yourself that question? I know I have many times.  And still find occasions when I find myself asking, "Why God?"  "Why?"

I hope you will join us this Sunday as we jump into this huge important question.

See you Sunday.  Love pastor  Kent

Monday Morning Thoughts

The magic of "Subtraction!"

As a pastor I always have one goal in mind when it comes to practicing my walk with God. I want people I know to experience the reality and the benefits of knowing Jesus personally.

That seems simple enough but it isn't. Life here in America today is complicated, very busy, very comfortable and there are hundreds of worldly distractions.  There are just too many distractions for people to get lost in which keeps them from knowing and enjoying the peace and joy that God has to offer those who get to know Him.

So what can we do to get God into the right priority in our life?
Maybe we need to subtract rather than to add something more to our life. Think about it. We want to loose weight so we join a gym or sign up for work out sessions, or we buy a new fad diet program.  These are all examples of "adding" more to our already crazy overwhelmed life.

What if instead of "adding" more things to get what we want, we instead try "subtracting" some things to get what we want?

I decided to subtract something from my life about 8 years ago and I found it easy so I know this works.  My subtraction had to do with a health decision. I stopped drinking soda…100%. That one subtraction takes a large amount of sugar and calories out of my diet each year and I don't miss it.

I also decided to get off Facebook about a year ago. I never miss it, not once. I'm not sure how much time that has freed up because I never did spend that much time on it but even if it was only 5 minutes a day that freed up almost 31 hours a year that I can now use on something else.

We are all busy and I am not suggesting for anyone to give up something they really enjoy like soda or Facebook.  That is not my point.  My point is that I bet there are at least two things on your current daily list that you could "subtract" from your life that would end up improving your life substantially over time.

Send me some of your ideas and I'll post them to get people motivated. Calculate the the savings or calorie savings on things you decide that you are going to subtract.  Ok and one more thing, please don't tell me you are going to subtract church!

God has a plan for your life! See you soon, love pastor Kent