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Sunday School at 9:00am
Worship Service at 10:15am
Messages
Facing Opposition
Nehemiah’s wall is going up, and so is the opposition. In this message from our series through the book of Nehemiah, we look at Nehemiah 4 and how mockery, threats, and discouragement threaten to derail the work God called His people to do. We see how Nehemiah responded to critics by going to God first and then back to work. We also learn what it looks like to pray and act together, to encourage weary people, and to stand beside…
All Hands Build
Nobody builds a sandbag wall alone. In this message from our Nehemiah series, we look at Nehemiah 3, a chapter that names the real people who rebuilt Jerusalem’s wall, gate by gate, side by side. Some built near their own homes. Some refused to put their shoulders to the work. Others did double duty. People from outside the city joined in even though the wall didn’t protect them. Priests, goldsmiths, merchants, and daughters all worked together. Along the way, we…
Taking the Lead
What do you do when the ruins around you become normal? Nehemiah arrived in Jerusalem to find a wall that had sat broken for 140 years. Everyone had gotten used to it. In this message from Nehemiah 2:11-20, we look at how one leader quietly prepared, told the truth about the damage, and got a whole city to say, “Let us start rebuilding.” We look at it two ways: what it teaches us about leading, and what it says about…
Blog Posts
The Story Our Scars Tell
Our scars tell the story of the life we have lived. They are a visible marker of the struggles we have gone through, evidence to the world of something we survived. Several years ago, my mother-in-law had surgery on both her knees. With fresh eight-inch scars down the front of each one, someone saw her in a skirt, pointed, and said, “Hey, you have new knees.” The scars told her story. Similarly, I watched a man walk into the gas…
Who Am I Really Trying to Please?
As part of our “Favorite Bible Verse” series, I got to share the verse that’s stuck with me for years: Galatians 1:10. “Obviously, I am not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.” (NLT) I first came across this verse not long after I recommitted my life to Jesus. I’d picked my Bible back up, started actually reading it, and this verse jumped off the…
The Author of Life: From the Cradle to the Cross to Eternity
Genesis 1:26-28, Psalm 127:3, John 10:10, and Romans 6:4-5 We are a people obsessed with life. We buy multivitamins and new shoes. We research sleep and track our steps. Some of us reach for creams that promise younger skin or dye our hair the color it was twenty years ago. We do all of this — almost instinctively — because something deep inside us refuses to let go of life. We want more of it. Better of it. Longer of…
Location Details
205 S. Grand St. Chariton, Iowa 50049
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Sunday School at 9:00 am
Sunday Service at 10:15 am