By Pastor Jann Braaksma, Lynnville
They sometimes sleep through church if the staff doesn't wake them and remind them that it is Sunday afternoon. One day is so much like the other now.
It is a long walk from their rooms to the meeting room, walking with a walker or pulling themselves in wheelchairs. They still worry...
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Havengadventure in the Solomon Islands
Missionaries John and Lori Havenga and their three boys are soaking up time with family this week. They know that once they leave for the Solomon Islands this Sunday, Apr. 19, they most likely won’t be back in the U.S. for two years.
The Havengas are Bible translators with Wycliffe. They went to the Solomon Islands...
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Pastor’s Pen: Peace in the Storm
By Tom Pool, Lynnville Heart of Worship pastor
As we enter into the spring of 2015, the saying goes, “April showers bring May flowers.” With that in mind, we also know that Iowa springtime can bring some stormy weather. We know it, expect it, and deal with it. It is really not that different from the...
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On staff with YWAM, Ritter heads to India to serve with team
Anyone who has followed Lindsey Ritter’s travels over the last nine months knows the 2013 Lynnville-Sully grad has logged many miles in her world travels.
The daughter of Dean Ritter and Julie Zurcher, Ritter began her time overseas last July, serving with Youth With a Mission (YWAM) in New Zealand. YWAM is a global movement of...
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Easter events planned at area churches
Searsboro Community Church is hosting an Easter Breakfast on Sunday, Apr. 5, at 9 a.m. followed by church services at 10:30 a.m.
St. Andrews Lutheran Church, west of Sully, Holy Week schedule is:
Thursday, Apr. 2, Maundy Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at First Lutheran Church, Newton, with Holy Communion.
Friday, Apr. 3, Good Friday Tenebrae Service at Holy...
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Pastor’s Pen – 4/2/15
Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness…He humbled Himself and became obedient to death, even death on a cross,” (Philippians 2: 5-8).
This reading reminds me of this story...
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Pastor’s Pen: Varieties of Strength
By Coleen Van Dyke for Lynnville Friends Church
God knew the Bible would be read by a diverse group of people throughout the ages and wanted His message to be applicable and clear for all who study His Word. He inspired 40 different writers, including shepherds, fishermen, prophets, and judges, to fulfill this task of writing...
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