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October 19, 2026 • 10 Minute Read
Why God Says No to a Good Prayer
God always answers prayer. He simply does not always answer with yes. Scripture shows four responses He gives when we bring Him our requests: no, slow, grow, and go. Learning how God answers prayer changes the way you pray and the way you wait. Most of us have prayed something sincere and then heard nothing back. The job did not come. The healing did not happen. The door stayed shut. In that silence it is easy to assume either that God is not listening or that you prayed it wrong. Neither is usually true. Before we get to the four answers, there are two things worth settling first: why we pray at all, and what actually spoils a prayer. Prayer Starts With the Example of Jesus When we pray, we are following the example of Jesus. Luke 5:16 records that "Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray." He spent an entire night in prayer before choosing His disciples. He prayed often, and He prayed in the hardest moments of His life. Matthew 26:39 places us in the Garden of Gethsemane, with the crucifixion on the horizon. "And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, 'My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.'" Facing the worst night of His life, Jesus went to His Father. He also prayed for the people He loved. In Luke 22:32, just before Peter would deny Him, Jesus says, "But I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers." Imagine someone walking into the room and telling you they have been praying for you. That sentence likely stayed with Peter the rest of his life. In the Gospel of John, we see Jesus spending time praying for His disciples near the end of His earthly life, before He went to the cross. There is variety in how Jesus prayed, but the pattern is unmistakable. He practiced both kinds of prayer: the ongoing, running conversation and the set-apart times of prayer. He even said He did nothing unless the Father showed Him to do it, which is another way of saying that nothing happened until it was revealed to Him in prayer. Can You Pray the Wrong Way? Yes, though probably not in the way you fear. In Matthew 6:5-8, Jesus confronts two groups over how they pray, and neither problem has anything to do with vocabulary. First, the performers. "And when you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they will be seen by people. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. But as for you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you." This is prayer as a spiritual badge of honor, a gold star handed out in public for how often and how impressively someone prays. Second, the manipulators. "And when you are praying, do not use thoughtless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard because of their many words. So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him." The Gentiles prayed to a pantheon of gods, and their chants functioned more like incantations than prayers. The belief underneath was that enough repetition would force the gods to act. That heart is manipulation, the same impulse behind any spell or act of witchcraft, where the goal is to gain control or power over someone else. So what spoils prayer is the heart behind it. What does not spoil prayer is how eloquent you sound. Some people I grew up with were intimidated into silence because our church had people who prayed beautifully, quoting Scripture from memory and moving from one passage to the next without pausing. A newer believer would listen to that and think, I do not even know those verses. I cannot pray like that. Memorizing Scripture and praying it back to God is a wonderful practice. But if you are starting out, pray in short, simple, clear sentences. That is all you need. God does not need an essay from you. When we gather for nights of prayer and worship and get into circles to pray together, I encourage people to pray in sentences, not paragraphs, because the Father already knows what you need. What About Praying for the Same Thing Over and Over? There is a practice called intercession, and I believe God calls every one of us to it at some point. Intercession is standing in the presence of God, usually for a longer stretch of time, going before Him again and again about the same thing. That is not the manipulation Jesus warned against, because we are not doing it to increase our odds. We do it because God burdens us to do it and calls us to it. It is an act of faith to ask for the same thing for a long time with your hands still open, leaving Him free to answer however He wants. I can remember sitting in a hospital with a friend who had been in a horrific car accident with her daughters and had suffered severe brain trauma. My wife and I took turns with some other friends, and I would sit there and read Scripture over her. I prayed every verse in the Bible about healing over her, and when I finished, I started over. That was a good thing to do. It was a God honoring thing to do. That is intercession. How Does God Answer Prayer? He answers. We see it all through Scripture. Reading the Old Testament account of Solomon dedicating the temple, you watch as Solomon prays over that building, and then God meets with him and tells him plainly that He has heard the prayer and will answer it. That is one example among many. The real question is not whether God answers. It is what His answers look like. There are four of them. When God Says No Sometimes the request itself is off. What you are asking for can simply be wrong. I am not someone with a long list of enemies, but when I have perceived someone as one, I have been tempted to pray some of the things David prayed in the Psalms. Those prayers are descriptive, not prescriptive. When David prays against his enemies, Scripture is showing us what he did, not instructing us to copy it. So there were times I prayed, Lord, smite them, and the answer was no. Here is the part that should settle any doubt about whether a no means God is distant. God the Father said no to His own Son. In Matthew 26:39, Jesus asked that the cup pass from Him, and the answer was no. That cup could not pass. Notice the heart posture underneath the request: "Yet not as I will, but as You will." Jesus asked, and He left the Father calling the shots. When God Says Slow or Grow Sometimes the request is right, but the timing is wrong, and the answer is slow. Sometimes the request and the timing are fine, but the spiritual condition of your heart is not ready, and the answer is grow. There have been times in my life, and there will be in yours, where you ask for a genuinely good thing, and the Lord says, not yet. Other times, you ask for a good thing, and the Lord raises questions about your motives and your maturity. This happened to me directly. I was praying about what God had next for me when I was offered a promotion. More money, more authority, more influence. As I looked at it, I sensed the Lord saying it was neither the right thing nor the right time. The role included no teaching, and when I was sixteen years old, I had a calling moment where the first thing the Lord told me about my calling was that I would teach and speak for Him. I have let that word direct my steps ever since. So I turned down the promotion and told them there was another role that better aligned with my gifts and skills. That is the track I stayed on for the next ten years, and it was the right one. I have also prayed for promotions I was not ready for, and God put up a brick wall. He withholds things when the timing is wrong or when something in us needs to change first. Hurdles and Brick Walls Here is a way to tell the difference. When God calls you to something and you start moving, you will face hurdles. Jumping hurdles is fine, and it actually gives Him glory, because He gets a chance to be the one who carried you over. Occasionally you hit a brick wall instead. The question to ask then is who put it there, because it might be Him. It might be the Lord saying He does not want you going any further in this direction, either for your safety, or for your good, or simply because it is not according to His will. Our church leadership team worked through this when we began praying about our next step. I felt directed by the Lord that renovating our worship center was the move that would make the biggest impact the soonest, and we had the opportunity in front of us. As we talked it through, I told the team exactly what we were watching for: hurdles and walls. If God threw up a brick wall, we would know not to go further. Until then, we would keep walking the path He gave us peace to walk. So we took one conversation and one step at a time with our hands open, telling the Lord He could shut it down whenever He wanted. If we were not ready as a church, or if He wanted to do something in us first, that would be completely fine. When God Says Go This is the favorite answer, and it means yes. At this point, God is saying that your request, your timing, and your spiritual condition are all where they need to be, so move forward. Our responsibility in that moment is to act in faith and obey. That matters just as much as the waiting did. Not My Will, but Yours No, slow, grow, and go. Once you know how God answers prayer, silence stops feeling like rejection and starts looking like one of four responses from a Father who already knows what you need before you ask Him. The posture that holds all four together is the one Jesus took in the garden: not my will, but Your will be done. Ask boldly, keep your hands open, and let Him call the shots. Start today with one short, simple sentence. That is all He is asking for.
October 19, 2026 • 2 Minute Read
2026-10-19 Weekly Update
Welcome to the weekly roundup 👋 This is your one-stop spot for everything happening in our church family. From kids to adults, small groups to special events, here's how you can get connected over the next seven days. This Week: Going Around the Corner (How to Share Your Faith Training): Tuesdays in October | 6:30-8:00 PM | Discovery Island (contact Nick if you have any questions) MomCo Meeting: Monday, 10/19 | 6:30-8:30 PM | Student Center Prayer Requests: Our Mission: Renovation Progress/Process. Our Community: Be praying for the dental clinic coming up in November – pray for Nick as he’s arranging volunteers and pray for the neighbors we will be serving – folks will call in starting on November 2nd to secure appointments. Our World: Pray for our global partnerships and continued relationships being built there. Also, Operation Christmas Child will launch in early November.New here? We'd love to connect. Watch last week’s sermon 👇Watch Online Generosity Your generosity makes our work in this community possible. We’re so grateful for you. One way you support our community is through the food pantry. We’ve given out over 100 bags this year. You can see our weekly food and household needs here, or click the link below to see our Amazon wishlist!Food Pantry Amazon Wishlist Stay Connected 📩 Subscribe to this Collection to get these updates delivered directly to your inbox. 📸 Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. 💬 Pastoral care or questions? Connect with us here. Services: Sundays at 8:30 AM, 10:00 AM & 11:30 AM
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October 12, 2026 • 7 Minute Read
Bible Reading Feels Like a Chore? Try This Instead
If Bible reading feels like a chore, the problem may not be your discipline. It may be your approach. Scripture was never meant to be one more box to check before bed. It was meant to be a place where you meet God, and there is more than one way to get there. Abiding with Jesus through the word is a journey with the Holy Spirit, and that journey has room in it for variety. Why Bible Reading Starts to Feel Like an Obligation I was raised in the church. I heard the Bible from the time I was small, and yet for a very long time reading it felt like such a chore. There was a long season as a young person when I thought, "I have to do this every day." So I asked the obvious question: what happens if I don't? In my setting, the answer was that bad things would happen if I did not read my Bible every day. What I eventually realized was that I had been approaching the Word with fear. Being faithful to read the Bible daily is what showed me the difference. This practice has shaped my character. It carries what I actually need. Abiding with Jesus Is a Journey with the Holy Spirit You are going to hear me talk about the Holy Spirit a lot here, and there is a reason for that. Jesus told His disciples it was better for them that He go, because He was going to send a counselor. He is a comforter. He reminds us of everything Jesus said. He leads and guides us into all truth. So the Holy Spirit is something like our coach. He illuminates Scripture. He helps it connect. This means that opening your Bible is not merely an intellectual exercise. It is a supernatural one. You are not reading alone, and you were never meant to. Why Variety Matters in How You Approach Scripture It is really, really good to practice variety in your spiritual life. Things can get stuck when you do the same thing over and over again. I have seen that in my own marriage and in my friendships, and the same dynamic shows up in our time with God. Some personalities love waking up and doing exactly the same thing every day, and they find real comfort in it. Others get bored. That is why it helps to have more than one way to come to the word. An organization called the Navigators created a simple way to remember five ways to connect with God through the word, using the five fingers of a hand: hear, read, study, memorize, and meditate. You do not have to practice all of them all the time. There may be one in particular that God says is yours for this season, and the invitation is to lean into that one. The question worth asking is simple. Lord, as I come to the word, what do You want me to do with it today? Hear the Word The first way is to hear it. Romans 10:17 says that faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of God. I grew up hearing the Bible read. My parents read it to me. My mom liked to play it in the house on the cassette players we had back then, so I was exposed to hearing it early. A Sunday gathering does the same thing. When Scripture is read aloud, you are hearing the word of God. This is something I still do every day. I listen to at least one chapter of the Bible read to me, and I enjoy it. I use a Bible app with a narrator whose voice I do not get tired of, and there are plenty of good options out there. If you have a commute, listen to the Bible on your commute. I do not think hearing replaces the other ways, but it is one way I practice variety in my time with the Lord. What Did the First Christians Do Without Printed Bibles? They listened. The early church primarily engaged with the Bible by hearing it, because there was no printing press and paper was expensive. So they gathered, and much of the time they spent together was someone reading the Word of God over them. Hearing Scripture read aloud in a room full of people is one of the oldest Christian traditions. That same need still exists. A translation effort underway in Malawi, in partnership with Wycliffe Bible Translators, is producing three languages in spoken form first rather than written form. There are not enough people literate in those languages for a written translation to serve them well, so the Bible is being translated into an audible form they can download onto the phones they already have and onto devices being distributed there. People will hear Scripture for the first time in their heart language, the language they learned on their mother's knee, the same way the first church heard it. Read the Word Daily, Read It All, and Read to Connect The second way is the one most of us are familiar with. Revelation 1:3 says, "Blessed is the one who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy and keep the things which are written in it, for the time is near." Reading the Word is a big deal. Three thoughts help here. Read it daily, read it all, and read to connect. Read it daily. Right now I am mostly reading one chapter a day. Sometimes I come across parts of the Bible that are harder to get through. I just finished 1 Chronicles, and the first ten chapters are genealogies. Ten chapters. They are in there for a reason, and I did a little digging to learn something about them, but I was not going to read one genealogy after another for ten days straight. That was not going to be good for my soul. So I moved through those a bit more quickly, then slowed back down and took the narrative chapters one at a time. I do this with a friend, and we encourage each other. Read it all. It is not strictly commanded, but it is a wonderful thing to start in Genesis and finish in Revelation. You see the narrative of Scripture in its entirety. You see the thread of Jesus running from the Garden of Eden all the way through to the New Jerusalem, which comes down at the very end of time. You see Him in all of it, and you simply do not get that experience unless you commit to it. Read to connect. Read with purpose and intention to actually connect with God. That is what it is for. Does God Reward How Much Bible You Read? No. There are no prizes for how much Bible you read. When you get to heaven, there is not a separate, special place reserved for people who read more Scripture than the next person. That is not how it works. Volume is not rewarded. What is rewarded is connection, and the reward we experience in this life and the next is that our character is shaped and we are genuinely changed. Where to Start This Week Pick one of the two. If your reading has gone dry, let someone read it to you this week. Put a chapter on in the car and simply receive it. If you have been listening but not sitting with the text, open it yourself and read slowly enough to notice what is actually there. Either way, start here, in John 15:4-5: "Abide in Me and I in you, as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, and you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit. For without Me you can do nothing." Read it with your own inner voice. Then read it again. If Bible reading has felt like a chore, the way back runs through connection rather than pressure, with the Holy Spirit as your guide and you doing the one thing a branch has ever had to do: stay attached to the vine.
October 12, 2026 • 2 Minute Read
2026-10-12 Weekly Update
Welcome to the weekly roundup 👋 This is your one-stop spot for everything happening in our church family. From kids to adults, small groups to special events, here's how you can get connected over the next seven days. This Week: Going Around the Corner (How to Share Your Faith Training): Tuesdays in October | 6:30-8:00 PM | Discovery Island (contact Nick if you have any questions) Prison Ministry: Thursday, 10/15 | 6:30 PM Fallin’ Into Fun: Friday, 10/16 | 5-7 PM | B&B Farms, Lincolnton, NC Hesed House: Sunday, 10/18 | 6:00 PM Prayer Requests: Our Mission: Renovation Progress/Process. Our Community: Be praying for the dental clinic coming up in November – pray for Nick as he’s arranging volunteers and pray for the neighbors we will be serving. Our World: Pray for our global partnerships and continued relationships being built there.New here? We'd love to connect. Watch last week’s sermon 👇Watch Online Generosity Your generosity makes our work in this community possible. We’re so grateful for you. One way you support our community is through the food pantry. We’ve given out over 100 bags this year. You can see our weekly food and household needs here, or click the link below to see our Amazon wishlist!Food Pantry Amazon Wishlist Stay Connected 📩 Subscribe to this Collection to get these updates delivered directly to your inbox. 📸 Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. 💬 Pastoral care or questions? Connect with us here. Services: Sundays at 8:30 AM, 10:00 AM & 11:30 AM
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October 5, 2026 • 10 Minute Read
Why Saying Sorry to God Isn't Working
You confessed it. You meant it. And a week later, you are doing the same thing again. The reason saying sorry to God is not working is usually that confession was treated as the finish line, when Scripture presents it as the first of two steps. The second step is repentance, and that is the one that changes anything. Every one of us aligns our lives with some standard, and the question is which one. To align your life with God's Word, Scripture does four things: it carries authority, sets the standard, convicts, and corrects. The Apostle Paul lays all of this out in a single verse, beginning with a claim about the origin of the Bible. What Does It Mean That Scripture Is God-Breathed? Paul's first claim is the foundation for everything else. All Scripture is God-breathed (2 Timothy 3:16). The literal translation from the Greek means it is breathed out by God, all 66 books of it. It is called God-breathed because the Holy Spirit inspired human writers to communicate divine truth, which we read about in 2 Peter 1:20-21. God used approximately 40 authors over approximately 1,500 years to construct this book. God went to great lengths to provide this way of life, so that we can know God and His ways, and partner with Him in representing who He is to the world. There is an overarching narrative running from the first page to the last: God's redemption of His beloved creation. Since Genesis 1, God has desired to dwell among His people and partner with us so that we can rule and reign with Him over the creation He made good. But men and women have a choice. Will I follow God, or will I reject God? Time and time again, people fall away, choose other things, and come out of alignment. But God, in His grace and mercy, never stopped pursuing us and ultimately went to the greatest lengths by sending Jesus to do for us what we could not do for ourselves, to bring us back into alignment with Him. Why a Book This Old Still Speaks to You Today Scripture is not only inspired by God but also living and active. The writer of Hebrews puts it this way: "For the word of God is alive and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart" (Hebrews 4:12). The Bible lives because its Author lives, which means there is always something more to be gleaned from it. You may have read Proverbs 3:5-6, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." But you can read that verse for the 150th time, and God illuminates something you never saw before. The Word of God knows you better than you know yourself. The old adage says that when we read the Word of God, the Word of God reads us. God knows exactly where you are today and exactly what you need. He is aware of the job situation, the bills that need to be paid, the addiction you are wrestling with, and the confusion you are up against, whether you are standing on the mountaintop or sitting in the valley. God communicates in a multitude of ways, but one of the primary ways is through His God-breathed, living and active Word. He wants to give you a perspective outside your circumstances, and the only way we gain it is by being in this book. What Standard Are You Aligning Your Life With? If God's Word has authority, the next question follows naturally: what exactly are we to align our lives to? Paul says all Scripture is useful for teaching, and because of its authority, God's Word establishes the standard for what is right. As a follower of Jesus, I believe there is an absolute, objective truth, despite what the world tells you about truth being relative. And God set that standard not to incarcerate us but to liberate us, because He knows best how we are to live according to how He created life to be lived. There is a standard in Scripture for how we align our lives. It teaches men how to love and respect their wives and serve them as Christ did the church, and wives how to love and respect their husbands as unto the Lord. There is a standard for how parents raise their children, for how we steward our time, our treasures, and our talents, for how we steward our sexuality, for how we handle the temptations and desires of our flesh, and for how we treat other people, especially the people we do not like. So here is the question. What standard are you aligning your life with when it comes to your finances, your sexuality, your home, and your job? What we have to be honest about is whether it accords with God's Word, or with what the world tells us is right. I am almost 50 years old, and I have been doing this for a long time. This may feel a little heavy-handed, and maybe it should be. I believe there is a standard that leads to life, and I believe there is a standard that leads to death. I have watched people try to figure out a standard on their own, or take the way of the world, and it has led them to some very dark places. God has a way for us to do life, a life that is abundant, flourishing, free, and liberated in Christ Jesus. But God will not force Himself on you. He will never stop pursuing you, but He has given us the freedom of will to choose, because you cannot have true love without it. God desires that we choose to love Him and walk in His ways because He first loved us. God always moves first, and His motivation is always that of love. Is Conviction the Same as Condemnation? No, and the distinction matters. Once we accept that God's Word holds authority and sets the standard, we begin to see where our lives do not align with it. Scripture teaches us what is right, but it also teaches us what is wrong. Paul says it is useful for rebuking. Rebuking is a heavy word, and the original language carries other connotations. Another way to say it is that the Word of God exposes, bringing into the light the things in our lives that are out of alignment. As you come to Scripture sincerely asking God to speak, He will bring conviction at times. You know you are supposed to forgive, but you keep harboring bitterness toward this person, and really, the only person still in the prison is you. But please hear this. Jesus did not come to condemn us. "For God did not send Jesus into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him" (John 3:17). The Word of God and the Spirit of God do convict us, because God loves us just the way we are, but He loves us too much to keep us that way. Conviction brings about transformation; the more technical term for it is sanctification. God is always shaping us more into the likeness of Jesus, and at times conviction is what causes that. How God's Word Corrects What Is Out of Alignment Thankfully, God does not expose what is wrong and leave us there. Because of His love for us, He shows us how to come back. Paul says Scripture is useful for correcting, which means to make straight, to make right, to restore something broken or out of alignment. The psalmist models the posture: "Search me and know me, O God. See if there is anything wicked or offensive in me"(Psalm 139:23-24). That is what we do when we come to Scripture and ask God to reveal anything that needs to change. Correction follows in two steps, and the first is confession. Confession is an admission of misalignment. I acknowledge where I am out of alignment and confess it because I trust that God is good, kind, gracious, and merciful, and that He will not condemn me. With God, it is okay to say you are not okay. It is just not okay to stay that way. So we confess. I confess that I lied here, that I am harboring bitterness, that I sinned in my anger, that I said I would do this and did something else instead. We come trusting that He is gracious, merciful, and kind, and He is. "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9). The last thing our loving Savior wants is for us to carry around guilt and shame. That is what the enemy wants, and shame takes us into hiding. When we confess and receive His forgiveness, our conscience clears, and we feel free because we have been set free by Jesus and what He came to do for us. What's the Difference Between Confession and Repentance? Confession is an admission of misalignment. Repentance is returning to alignment. That is the difference, and it is where a great many sincere people stop short. You recognize you are heading in a direction. The Holy Spirit and the Word of God convict you, you confess it, and then you turn from it to come back into alignment. You can have confession without repentance, but I do not believe you can have repentance without confession. I say this in love. Many people stop at confession and continue to do the same things over and over again, consciously and habitually, and I would say to you that this is an abuse of grace. It is an abuse of grace to ask for forgiveness, receive it, and then willingly continue in the very same pattern. Does this mean we confess, repent, and never fall short again? No. We fall short, and we confess again. But there is a desire in us to walk in the ways of God. Cheap grace is confessing and changing nothing. Does Your Sin Grieve You? When we mess up and the Holy Spirit convicts, something distinguishes the response of someone who truly wants to walk in God's ways. There is a difference between godly sorrow and worldly sorrow. Worldly sorrow says, "I'm sorry I got caught." Godly sorrow says, "God, I'm sorry I sinned against You." The Word of God says it is godly sorrow that brings us to repentance (2 Corinthians 7:10). When I recognize the grace, mercy, and love shown to my life that I do not deserve, and grace is getting something you do not deserve- unmerited favor- why would I willingly continue to sin against this amazing grace? One more question worth sitting with. Does your sin grieve you? And if it does, why? Is it worldly sorrow, or godly sorrow? Where to Go From Here To align your life with God's Word is not a single decision. It is a pattern of returning. Scripture carries the authority, because it was breathed out by God and remains living and active. It sets the standard, because God knows best how life was designed to be lived. It convicts, not to condemn you but to expose what keeps you from the life God intends. And it corrects, walking you back into alignment through confession and then repentance. Open the book. Ask God to speak. When He exposes something, confess it honestly, then turn from it, because the turning is what makes the apology real. And it is this loving kindness that draws us back every time, because God always moves first.
October 5, 2026 • 2 Minute Read
2026-10-5 Weekly Update
Welcome to the weekly roundup 👋 This is your one-stop spot for everything happening in our church family. From kids to adults, small groups to special events, here's how you can get connected over the next seven days. This Week: MomCo: Monday, 10/5 | 6:30-8:30 PM | Student Center Staff Training: Tuesday, 10/6 | 9 AM – 4 PM | Student Center Going Around the Corner (How to Share Your Faith Training): Tuesdays in October | 6:30-8:00 PM | Discovery Island (contact Nick if you have any questions) Church Office Closed: Thursday, 10/7 due to power company maintenance Child Dedication Breakfast: Saturday, 10/10 | 9:00 AM | Wonder Way Prayer Requests: Our Mission: Renovation Progress/Process. Also, pray for the Going Around the Corner small group starting this week as Nick helps folks get comfortable with sharing their faith. Our Community: Be praying for the dental clinic coming up in November – pray for Nick as he’s arranging volunteers and pray for the neighbors we will be serving. Our World: Pray for our global partnerships and continued relationships being built there.New here? We'd love to connect. Watch last week’s sermon 👇Watch Online Generosity Your generosity makes our work in this community possible. We’re so grateful for you. One way you support our community is through the food pantry. We’ve given out over 100 bags this year. You can see our weekly food and household needs here, or click the link below to see our Amazon wishlist!Food Pantry Amazon Wishlist Stay Connected 📩 Subscribe to this Collection to get these updates delivered directly to your inbox. 📸 Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. 💬 Pastoral care or questions? Connect with us here. Services: Sundays at 8:30 AM, 10:00 AM & 11:30 AM
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