Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,             Towards the beginning of October, I attended the Best Practices – Heartland Conference. Of the different conferences I have attended … this one has to be one of the best. The speakers were great, the sessions were amazing, and the fellowship was beneficial. I’m already looking forward to…

              Dear brothers & sisters in Christ,               Back at the beginning of June, Jessica and I started working out together every morning. We follow a simple app on our phones. It’s made by a church member and if you want details, let me know!               Over the course of the summer, it wasn’t too…

I Don’t Even Like Kids! Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ,               September … no, not that great musical hit by the band Earth, Wind & Fire … but the month.               September … it’s a month where all of our youth, teachers, and administrators find themselves back at school and already in their regular…

Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ!             Summer is officially here! For some, this means it’s time to take those family vacations. For some of the youth, it means spending countless hours at the pool. It means traveling throughout the Midwest to show of cattle, pigs, sheep, and whatever other animals are shown. Summer means…

Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ! Life at times can feel like working on an old computer. You double click to open and file and all you get is that little, round, spinning circle. You sit there, staring at the little spinning circle waiting. And you wait!And you wait!And you wait some more,wondering, will this…

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ!             April 8th is going to be a very interesting day! If you haven’t heard, there is thing happening called the solar eclipse and Salem just happens to be within the path of totality. This means that we get to experience about two minutes of total darkness about two…

Dear brothers & sisters in Christ!             One of my favorite childhood cereals to eat was Trix. Back in the day, it wasn’t the different fruit shapes that it is now. Back in my day, it was just little round colorful balls. However, the commercials for them hasn’t changed. The memorable line is “Silly rabbit!…

FROM DEACONESS JESSICA’S DESK What Was My Part?      So…we got a puppy! Yes, that is the gift that Mike and I got the kids that we had such a hard time keeping a secret because we were so excited. Before she came to our house I watched MANY videos about training so that we would…