Welcome to the Church!

Wendie Bartelt, 57, and Chris Packard, 54  Wendie and Chris were members of Community of Life Church in Oregon, before it closed in May. Leaving one church and developing another community has been challenging. Your home church, Wendie said, “is kind of your family. You grew up with them, raised your kids together, did life group together, did...

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Preschool is Loving the Fall!

Preschool is Loving the Fall!

Our Preschool has been loving the fall!  The preschoolers enjoyed a beautiful day at Schuster's Pumpkin Farm last week.  We enjoyed a hayride, corn maize and of course picking out a pumpkin. And at the end of the month, we’ll trick-or-treat through the staff offices upstairs.               

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It’s All A Gift From God

During my 1:1 meeting last week we looked at 1 Corinthians 4.  We were pleasantly surprised to see the verses that lined up with our October theme of Stewardship. Here is what verse 7 says in the New Living Translation (NLT): “What do you have that God hasn’t given you? And if everything you have is from God, why boast as though it were not a...

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Revival: Stewardship

‘And this I remember of Boromir as a boy, when we together learned the tale of our sires and the history of our city, that always it displeased him that his father was not king. ‘‘How many hundreds of years needs it to make a steward a king, if the king returns not?’’ he asked. ‘‘Few years, maybe, in other places of less royalty,’’ my father...

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What God is Doing Here

This is part of an ongoing series that celebrates how families from the Church are living out their calling as Household Wells. This month’s focus is Work. My son Charlie didn’t wake up Wednesday thinking, “I’m going to do God’s work!” He just wanted to make some eggs. But his little sister, Susannah, was awake, too, so … “Mommy, Charlie asked me...

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Following God’s Path Wherever It Goes

Does what we do even matter? I’ve been pondering that a lot these last few weeks. This month’s Revival theme, Work, is impressively on point at my house. In one week, I’m starting a new job at the Wisconsin State Journal, the first time since 2013 that I’ll be working full-time outside the home. It’s a big change, and before accepting the...

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Give God Your All — Volunteer!

4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. 5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. – 1 Corinthians 12: 4-6 We’ve spoken a lot about generosity so far this year, and we’ll continue to do so. But...

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Finding Rest with the Enrights

Finding Rest with the Enrights

This is part of an ongoing series that celebrates how families from the Church are living out their calling as Household Wells. This month’s focus is Rest.On paper at least, Chad and Becky Enright’s life together has been full of stressors. The Enrights have, over the last four years, gotten married, had three kids, quit two high-stress jobs, and...

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Rest

“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and...

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Generosity

Definitions are funny things. On the one hand, they’re complete, offering the full meaning, every use, of a given word. On the other hand, definitions leave so much out. Take the word “generous”: The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word “generous” as Liberal in giving Marked by abundance or ample proportions Characterized by a noble or...

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Spiel: Pray to Listen

Spiel: Pray to Listen

This is part of an ongoing series that celebrates how families from the Church are living out their calling as Household Wells. This month’s focus is Praying. Every month, our sermon series look at a particular aspect of “Revival”-- “Compassion” in January, “Witness” in February … . But while we switch themes, month to month, they never stand...

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Household Wells: Awareness

Household Wells: Awareness

By Kirsten Adshead Photo credit: Charlie Adshead A guy bikes past the picnic shelter; a grandfather plays catch nearby; a family enjoys a meal two tables away. And Arik and Tina Johnson, sitting down for an interview at McKee Farms Park on a warm, breezy Friday, are certain that it’s all part of God’s plan. “If everything’s just random, then God...

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