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How are you part of God’s plan? Paul tells us that God equips His people. How have you been equipped? 12 His purpose was to equip God’s people for the work of serving and building up the body of Christ 13 until we all reach the unity of faith and knowledge of God’s Son. God’s goal Read More

There are many more stories of church leaders burning out than I wish there were. Burning out is not something only associated with church leaders. However, as a church leader myself, I am more aware of our struggles. Carey Nieuwhof has a great podcast found at careynieuwhof.com. He has a number of episodes where he Read More

The Storyteller Tells a Story of Faith…   Connecting with those in our community takes many forms as we have seen in this series of stories. This is another example where devoted people have found a way to connect with others around us to show God’s love by caring for others.  SWAP (Seniors Without A Read More

Do you have the green grass syndrome? You know. This is the feeling that the grass will be greener some place else. I confess, I often find myself having this “syndrome.” If I get too stressed or things are not going exactly right, it becomes easier and easier to wonder what might be better. Is Read More

A few months ago I told you, “You are more successful than you know!” Too often we define success fully as the result. Hear again: Andy Stanley, in his book Visioneering. God’s Blueprint for Developing and Maintaining Vision, talks about success versus the rewards of success. “There is a tendency to confuse success with the Read More

Most Sundays are filled with people getting up and going to church. This was not the case last Sunday when winter storm Jonas went through much of the east coast. Instead of going to church, many went outside to work in the snow, helping each other, being a community. A former seminary professor of mine, Read More

Due to the weather conditions all Sunday services are being cancelled at Barnitz and Mt. Zion for Sunday January 24.  Please stay safe and take some of this time to connect with and help your neighbors as you are able.   Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean;     wash me, and I will be Read More

The Storyteller Tells a Story of Faith…   Matthew 2: 11 “On coming to the house, they saw the child with His mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshipped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.”  KJV   What do we give Read More

You can do a quick Internet search for “get what you want” and find thousands of items that will help you, well, “get what you want.” There are numerous good suggestions. Be specific in what you want. Expect to get what you want. Ask for it. Be persistent at trying to get it. Visualize it. Read More

There are about 240,000 people in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Looking a little smaller, our churches are in the Mt. Holly Springs area of Cumberland County. Here, in a 5 mile radius, there are about 20,000 people. Within this same radius, around half of the people consider themselves to be spiritual and 20% feel that it Read More