This could take 15 minutes or 45 minutes. Don’t be discouraged at how long it takes, but try to focus on where God wants you to be. –    First and most important is to pray about it beforehand. Ask the holy spirit to join your family time, but also you need to read the devotional [...]

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Read this heartbreaking letter from the missionary serving there – Dear friends and family, Greetings from the Philippines. We hope that you have a wonderful Holy Week as we remember the death and resurrection of our Lord and Savior almost 2000 years ago. There are many rituals that go on here in the Philippines this [...]

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May I share with you how great is my God? This is just one example of how God not only cares for the littlest detail, but also has the greatest sense of humor.  While coordinating the June Guatemala mission trip, it became evident just how complicated it is to fly almost 30 people to a [...]

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Remember the Bachmann’s story?  They were called into a spiritual drought.  Pastor Jeff and his children had been planting the seeds of relationship for over two months.  When a seed is planted it needs water, but you do not see the plant emerge immediately. A spring shower is exactly what Pastor Jeff needed. We know [...]

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Monday was a day of promise!  We had much to do.  And God supplied the energy to accomplish all He had planned. First, we descended upon a struggling day care with handed down playground equipment. The New River Youth transformed the yard into an incredible obstacle course and geometric system of planter boxes that any [...]

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As Josh McCasland, our new youth pastor, and Bill Ford, our Missions pastor, planned the Spring Break mission trip to help with the church plant in Olathe, Colorado, we prayerfully considered how we could come alongside Jeff and his vision.  We prepared the teens for an exciting week of canvassing the neighborhoods, block parties, after [...]

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Any good farmer knows an essential element for a good crop is rain.  We are praying for the Holy Spirit to rain down in Olathe, Colorado. We have all heard the story of the two farmers who prayed for rain. When asked which farmer has more faith; the answer is the one who plows his [...]

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Great services this weekend as Pastor Scott continues in the Urge-ings series. This week, we dove into 1 Timothy 2:1 where Paul urges us to pray for everyone. I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. 1 Timothy [...]

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Have you ever yelled and not been heard? Have you ever heard and not really listened? Leticia is 30 years old and she has never spoken or heard a word. She does not have a family, a vocation or a purpose. Leticia is virtually invisible in her community. In fact, even after I met her [...]

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We knew today would be full of blessing, but as usual, God showed up in an amazing way!  Where to start…   We had breakfast at the base of a volcano –       After breakfast, we headed to TAKALIK, a small community next to the old coffee plantation of the Raldo family.  Lourdes [...]

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