Happy Valentine’s Day! My wife and I celebrated a lovely tea time together on Monday (a first for me!), and then dinner at Goat and Vine in Old Town Temecula.…
SERMON NOTES The following thoughts come from a book called His Needs, Her Needs, written first in the 1970s and recently updated (the updates made it worse!). It is written…
The unity that Christ brings is not uniformity— or sameness—but a unifying through the Holy Spirit and a common purpose. In the church, we are a diverse group of people,…
LEARNING FROM THE PREACHING I’m so proud of my brother—he’s been learning so much from the preaching recently. Why, just last week he said, “I’m learning to tell Carrie that…
Pastor Brent Givens has been in New Orleans for 12 years planting a church in one of the poorest counties and states in our nation. He preached at the National…
GOD-HONORING UNITY Bro. Waterloo told our deacons that a vote almost inherently invites division. It makes people take sides, and that means someone’s side won’t be chosen. A pastor said,…
A Few Updates. MISSIONARY JASON STEVENS PREACHING. I am thankful to have the Stevens family back with us tonight. Bro. Jason will be preaching our services and reporting on his…
Welcome to the first Sunday of 2024! You’re starting the year off right—in God’s house. Our year is already shaping up to be a good one. The sicknesses are almost…