Snowball!

I’ll give you a tip before you head out to your next wedding reception… The last couple years, Heather and I have attended and/or been a part of some weddings.  And maybe this idea is not a new one, but it was new to us.  The DJ, in order to try and get people to […]

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Be the light!

From Matt Wiegand… As our boys go back to school, Tiff and I have been praying for them.  We pray for them to be courageous, bold and have open ears to learn. We also pray the boys will be children of the light.  We ask God to walk with them each day into their schools, […]

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How VBS impacted one family

A guest post from Holly McClain… 11 But it is the Spirit who does all this and decides which gifts to give to each of us. Our bodies don’t have just one part. They have many parts. 15 Suppose a foot says, “I’m not a hand, and so I’m not part of the body.”Wouldn’t the foot still belong […]

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Be Prepared

From Kevin Funk… Living in Illinois can be seriously challenging to those who venture outside during the winter months. Especially this winter. I know there have been countless times that I have been outside and my ears or hands have felt like they were on the brink of frostbite while I was shoveling snow or […]

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Show and Tell

I loved show and tell day in grade school.  Bringing the project or collection from home, the pet, the random souvenir that I got on vacation.  Show and tell day was this opportunity to reveal something about yourself to your class.  Maybe something they didn’t know, or maybe something that they’d heard you talk about, […]

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Location, Location, Location

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” – Acts 1:8 Don’t you love Acts 1:8?  What a great promise given to us that we will receive power through the Holy Spirit to carry the […]

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