FROM PASTOR MEYER’S DESK: I can remember it as if it happened yesterday.  After months of preparation, months of practice, and months of anticipation laced with a bit of anxiety, it finally arrived.  And what exactly was “it”?  “It” was the first time I ever preached.  It happened during my second year of college when…

FROM PASTOR MIKE’S DESK: Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,       When something keeps coming up over and over again, it almost seems like that it is God’s way of telling to you to pay attention. For me, the passage from Ephesians 6:10-20 keeps coming up. This is the familiar passage where Paul talks about…

FROM PASTOR MEYER’S DESK: A few evenings ago I did something that I don’t do very often.  I went grocery shopping with Marilyn at Wal-Mart.  You might find this hard to believe, but I’ve always enjoyed grocery shopping, probably because I used to work in a grocery store back when I was in high school. …

FROM PASTOR MIKE’S DESK: Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ!        As we enter the month of February, the one thing which tends to stand out is not whether or not the groundhog sees his shadow, nor is it President’s Day … instead, the thing which typically stands out is Valentine’s Day. Ever since the…

FROM PASTOR MEYER’S DESK: I’m writing this article the day after President George H. W. Bush’s funeral.  I unfortunately did not get to see the whole thing because I had a Ministerial Alliance meeting at that time, but I did get to see President George W. Bush’s eulogy of his father which at times brought…

FROM PASTOR MIKE’S DESK: Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ! Are you exhausted yet from all the Christmas shopping and advertisement which has been bombarding us since before Halloween???? Are you tired of trying to plan who is going where for Christmas dinner or what you are going to eat??? Are you tired of listening…

FROM PASTOR MEYER’S DESK: It hangs on the wall just to the right as you enter the room and just to the left as you leave.  It’s very shiny and I suspect it is polished regularly.  It has a white rope hanging from it and a plaque above it that reads: Life is not measured…