Category Archives: Ministry

Thought: Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Did you know, if you put a buzzard in a pen that measures six feet by eight feet and it is entirely open at the top, the buzzard, in spite of its ability to fly and the open pen, would be...

“Welcome home!” My family has heard this phrase plenty of times the past couple of months. We left Iowa 18 years ago to pursue a call in youth ministry. Our time away included two stops in Indiana and one stop in Michigan before we ended up back here in Iowa. Much has changed in the time...

Servanthood First By Travis Albers, Christian Education and Youth Director, Sully First Reformed Church I recently attended a conference where one of the main speakers said one of the greatest tools of temptation Satan uses in our lives is that of comparison. He said that throughout our lives, we are constantly falling into the trap of comparing...

Some eschatologists speak of the antichrist as a person whose advent on earth is yet to come. This term is used by the Bible only in the letters of John and there, antichrist is referred to as a spiritual contagion that is not only coming but already here (1 John 2:18; 4:3; 2 John 7)....

By Pastor Jerry Morningstar, Sully Community Church Musicians and sports players have something in common. They all know the importance of practice. The basketball player who wants to improve his free-throw shooting will put in time shooting the ball over and over from the free-throw mark. The baseball player who wishes to improve his game will...