Category Archives: Ministry

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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Pastor’s Pen: God’s Faithful Ones

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

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

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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