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Immanuel – God With Us

What kind of God do you have? A distant God? A detached God? A God who is mostly confined to Sunday morning church services? The story of Christmas is the factual account of how the Creator God of the universe became part of His creation by taking on human form. It is the account of…

Christmas Eve

Are you enjoying this Christmas season? Have you been able to spend much time thinking about the real reason behind it all? There is a lot that can keep us from enjoying the season or remembering the reason for it, especially in 2020! Take a minute out of all your busyness and join us for…

Delay and Inconvenience at Christmas

How many of you have had packages or mail delayed this last month or two? Have you noticed how long even a letter can take to get from sender to recipient? I was talking to someone the other day who was an office manager and they said that it is taking 10-15 days for letters…

The Mystery of the Star

It is possible, that when Christmas time comes and you listen or come to a church service, that you think to yourself “I already know this by heart” You might even think to yourself that you might get bored today, because you already know this so well. I hope to show you today that there…

Peace on Earth?

What do you think of when you here the word "Peace"? Peace is complex and multi-faceted. Do you think in terms of political peace or inner peace? Maybe national peace? We could go on and on talking about what peace means. Today, I want to share with you some things that the Bible says about…

Finding Hope In Prayer

Our hope is only as good as what it is in. When what we hope in fails us, we are devested, wrecked, and may not recover. It is so important to take an honest look at what our hope is in and what are we hoping for. There is only one sure hope, and it…

The Need to Give Thanks

Are you a glass half full-person or glass half-empty? Some of that is related to personality, I realize. Just going around optimistic all the time may sometimes be more about ignorance and avoidance than virtue (according to the pessimist), but being thankful is a choice. Being thankful is not thinking everything will work out right. …

Shoebox Sunday!

Join us today as we celebrate Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Sunday here at Elimsport! This a a kid-centered event with upbeat songs from previous Vacation Bible Schools and other special elements designed with kids in mind. We will be learning more about Samaritan's Purse OCC program, watch a recorded testimony of how a shoebox changed…

Living By Truth

I was reading over some of my daughters notes from her class on conflict resolution. I was struck by all the ways that we as humans can be different from each other: Different in gender, different regarding our family of origin and its structure, different regarding our culture and ethnicity, different in temperament, different in…

Standing Strong in the Lord – Part 2

At the time Paul was writing the letter to the Ephesian church, he was a prisoner of Rome. Jewish leaders that hated him and the Gospel that he preached, had brought false accusations against him. He had a strong case for his innocence, but had appealed to see Caesar in Rome because political pressures in…

Yearly Archives: 2020