Good Seed and Bad Seed This week, Pastor Joe reminds us of the Good Seed of the Gospel. While there is often bad seed mixed in with the good, the Good Seed of the gospel will always overcome and bring a powerful harvest that never disappoints. We have a role to play in bringing forth […]

Re-Learning Church: Church As Fellowship Pastor Joe Martin Fellowship is a word that is used a lot in church circles. It is often used as a replacement for the word church. Fellowship is routinely used as a code word for free pie and ice cream. People complain sometimes about how much they need some “fellowship.” […]

Re-Learning Church: Church As a Flock Pastor Joe Martin Relearning church takes just that, relearning.  Relearning takes an effort to remember what has been lost and restore what was important. This week we will relearn what it means to be a flock. In this weekend’s message, we can learn three important truths about living in a […]

Re-Learning Church: Mother’s Day Pastor Joe Martin This weekend we will be remembering how relationships are central to relearning church. Mother’s Day is an opportunity to reflect on our responsibilities to mothers but also the need for the role of mothers to be expanded into the life of a church.

Learn to Affirm There’s almost never enough positive affirmation in our world today. The Bible teaches us the importance of affirming one another as the need arises. This week, Pastor Joe talks to us about this essential truth and the effect it can have on a church. Pastor Joe Martin

Re-Learning Church: Church as Family Pastor Joe Martin People sometimes refer to their church family. This can reflect a deeper understanding of what church is. It may also reflect the health of their idea of what family is. The word family means different things to people. For some families, it’s founded on a deep bond […]

The Power of the Gospel The power of God is in the gospel. When we get our focus off of that truth, we have nothing left to focus on but the works of men. The power is in the message, not the messenger. This week, Pastor Joe talks about the power of the gospel in […]

This weekend’s message will show you how your relationship to your church is to be as part of a body. When you see this clearly, your Christian customer days will be over, and your disciple days can begin.

We were created to be together and to feel a connection to each other. This past year, this has been enormously hard. Church, at its root, is a relationship. This week, Pastor Joe talks with us about what the Bible says about that relationship.

After over a year of adjusting to the pandemic, we have had to relearn what being a church really means and why God put us together in Lewis County. As always, the case relearning usually starts with unlearning some false ideas and bad habits. The covid crises have provided a God-sized opportunity to go back […]