By Pastor Wayne Sneller, Sully First Reformed Church
“Therefore, I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I discipline my body so that I myself will not be disqualified,” 1 Corinthians 9:26-27.
Recently, I was the discus official at a Lynnville-Sully High School...
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Walter Sylvester reports on Cambodia – Life on the Growing Edge
Walter Sylvester of Lynnville took an extended mission trip to Southeast Asia, including Cambodia and Thailand, Apr. 27-May 11. He visited a number of missionaries in the area and did a few tourist things also. “I hope to share with you a few experiences and maybe stretch your thought patterns with some of my observations,”...
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Pastor’s Pen: War on the Word
By Pastor Tim Morgan, Kellogg-Pleasant View United Methodist Churches
We are, perhaps, only weeks away from the most cataclysmic turning point in American history. Our government – ours because it is of the people, by the people, and for the people – is poised to declare itself in open and deliberate rebellion against God. The United...
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Pastor’s Pen – 5/14/15
By Travis Albers, Sully First Reformed Church Youth and Education Director
With the season of spring upon us, many of us find ourselves filled with hope coming off a long winter. We look at the flowers in bloom, the green grass, and the tractors in the fields, and we find ourselves filled with anticipation of great...
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Pastor’s Pen: Blowing Winds
By Jerry Morningstar, Sully Community Church pastor
Last summer, I saw a news story about an inflatable bounce house that took flight near Albany, NY, when a strong gust of wind lifted it off the ground. Inside were three kids – ages 5, 6, and 10. They tumbled out of the airborne fun center from around...
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April 30: National Pay It Forward Day, a Lynnville Heart of Worship cause
April 30, 2015, has been designated as National Pay It Forward Day. Let’s face it, who hasn’t gotten a little emotional when hearing how blessed people were by being on the receiving end of having a meal or coffee purchased for them by a complete stranger, just when they needed it most?
Lynnville Heart of Worship...
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Pastor’s Pen – 4/30/15
By Pastor Randall E. McNeer, Killduff and Reasnor United Methodist Church
Here is a question for you today: “What is an oxymoron?” An oxymoron is a combination of contradictory terms, which seem to cancel each other out. For example, bittersweet, jumbo-shrimp, authentic-reproduction, and House Ethics Committee.
Here is another, “Good Shepherd.” Certainly, to our modern ear, there...
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