Great Day of Helping
The mission of the Winona Lake Free Methodist Church is to serve Christ, His Church and our Community by making more and growing better disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Recently adopted, but passionately felt is this mission statement of ours. We’re going to serving our community through something we call The Great Day of Helping. This will take place on Saturday, June 22, 1-4 p.m.
We are inviting those who are in need to come and join us. Among other things, we will be offering canned food and other non-perishable foods, personal hygiene items, haircuts, and family photos.
If you are interested in joining us and helping plan this event, contact the office. There are many people working together to make this event a success. There will be plenty of things going on that day, including activities for children. So there is plenty of things needed before we get to the event.
Love Never Fails
The more in love we are with the Father and with our Savior, the more we become like Jesus Himself. And that’s not unique to the relationship between our Creator God and us, His creation. Maybe you’ve noticed that couples who have been married for a long time say that they know each other well enough to be able to complete the other person’s sentences.
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Parent’s Progress 5.16.13
Welcome to another week of parenting resources and encouragement. Keep in mind, you may not be a parent yourself, but you probably know of one. Pass this on to them.
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Embrace All People
In a recent update from the Free Methodist Church Bishops, we were sent several videos which we thought would be helpful in your own growth as you consider how and who you reach out.
Children Leading
The day had been a stressful one, and my patience had ebbed away, when my son Brett looked at me and said, “Dad. Chill.”
In one word he told me to slow down, not take life—or myself—too seriously. Not bad advice.
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Free Methodist Historical Society
Spring 2013 Newsletter
The Spring issue of the Historical Society’s Newsletter is here. Included are articles about the new renovations being made at the Marston Memorial Historical Center; Mother Martha Lee, a Free Methodist who ran a rescue mission in Omaha, Nebraska; and a book review of PK: A Preacher Kid Comes of Age During the Great Depression and World War II by Bob Haslem.
Love Accepts All Things
Love . . . always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NIV)
Love . . . bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NKJV)
Wouldn’t it be nice if love were like a cafeteria line? What if you could look at the person with whom you live and select what you want and pass on what you don’t? What if parents could do this with kids? “I’ll take a plate of good grades and cute smiles, and I’m passing on the teenage identity crisis and tuition bills.”
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From Faux Hawks to Faith
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Ministry Happens
When we don’t pace ourselves, we tend to miss divine appointments right and left. In fact, they seem like human interruptions. We get so consumed with trying to get where we think God wants us to go that we put on spiritual blinders and miss the Goose trails He wants to take us down. The key is slowing down your pace, taking off your sandals, and experiencing God right here, right now.
…Spiritual maturity has less to do with long-range visions than it does with moment-by-moment sensitivity to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. And it is our moment-by-moment sensitivity to the Holy Spirit that turns life into an everyday adventure.
Excerpted from Wild Goose Chase by Mark Batterson
Thank God For His Mercy
Elaine and I moved into the assistant pastor’s parsonage at the Sacramento F M Church in late August, 1974. I was to begin my new position as Director of Youth Ministries at the church on September 1. The Job Description and Job Profile had been given to me. In addition to planning and coordinating activities and ministries for the youth, I was to direct the youth singing group known as The New Experience. When we began, there were about 12 senior high students and about 8 junior high students who were regularly attending the youth meetings.
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