Growing Old, Isn't Easy
We have had a small team (the Building Renewal Team), charged by the council to meet and study the future needs of our 27 year old...
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swendler1
Mar 8, 20232 min
Ever wonder about Lay School?
About two years ago, Pastor Nate came up to me and said, “You know, I think you should go to Lay School”. It was completely out of the...
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sselle3
Mar 1, 20232 min
A Place for Everyone
A few months ago, during a staff meeting, Pastor Nate asked us each what our favorite church season was. I wrestled in my head for awhile...
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swendler1
Feb 22, 20232 min
Fast From...Feast On
We hear these words shared at the Ash Wednesday service: As disciples of Jesus, we are called to a discipline that contend against evil...
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swendler1
Feb 15, 20232 min
Cash Flow Crunch
1. Generous Giving & Cash Flow You will not be surprised, your CtK Finance Manager, Aubrey, keeps an accurate cash flow statement and we...
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swendler1
Feb 8, 20232 min
Takeaways
I Celebrate! Rejoice! Give Thanks! for all who attended the CtK annual meeting. I have learned through the years that when I attend an...
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swendler1
Feb 1, 20233 min
Practice Makes Perfect
This motto applies to many areas of life, if you want to do anything well and grow in such endeavors, you have to practice! You learn...
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swendler1
Jan 25, 20232 min
Choose Happiness
The holiday parties have come to an end. Christmas vacation is over. We’re back at work and school. There are long hours of darkness....
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swendler1
Jan 18, 20232 min
Did You See?
As fellowship is coming to close on Sunday mornings, I love to see the Sunday school children coming from class. This past week many of...
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swendler1
Jan 11, 20236 min
Part 2 Of the Story - Francisco
My time in Italy came to an end, and it was time to travel to Mexico. However, I couldn’t travel directly to Mexico as we had planned our...
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swendler1
Jan 4, 20236 min
Conducting in Italy
Many of you know that during the months of November and December, I traveled to Italy for an orchestral conducting competition, and to...
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swendler1
Dec 28, 20222 min
New Year, Newer You...
The start of a new year is a wonderful time for reflection of the past but also to look to what we want for the future. If you are like...
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swendler1
Dec 21, 20222 min
Pa rum, pum, pum, pum!
Advent has been a great season of preparation for Christ’s birth! Throughout this season Isaiah has shown us the “Way to go.” “Way to...
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sselle3
Dec 14, 20222 min
God's Love Song
Both Mary and I were pregnant at this time 58 years ago - she with her second child, I with our first. Even though my sister-in-law was...
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swendler1
Dec 6, 20222 min
Youth Ministry in Seminary Education
People often ask what we learn in Seminary when it comes to Youth Ministry, and to be transparent, we have one required class in our 3...
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swendler1
Nov 30, 20221 min
It's that time of year
when we find our calendars getting filled with cookie decorating, ugly sweater parties, shopping for gifts, school programs, and...
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swendler1
Nov 15, 20225 min
Be the Church
Be the Church Quotes “We will never change the world by going to church. We will only change the world by being the church.”–Unknown...
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swendler1
Nov 9, 20222 min
Membership? OR Partnership?
We’ve all done it in the classroom or on the playground to break into groups or teams. We hear the count off “1, 2, 1, 2, oneeeeee, 2....
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swendler1
Nov 2, 20222 min
Fall into Christ! Or Zombie Jesus vs Resurrected Jesus
Last week I noticed through my office window the golden leaves on the trees letting go and floating to the ground into a pile below the...
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