Category Archives: Ministry

FOCUS youth serve wherever needed in Nashville

FOCUS youth serve wherever needed in Nashville
Lynnville Friends Church youth group members dedicated a week of their summer to serving however and wherever needed in Nashville, TN. They returned home with closer connections among the youth group, a greater awareness of people in need, and a deepened faith in God. The FOCUS youth group headed out on July 23 and returned July 29....
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Pastor’s Pen: Soured on Serving

I recently returned from our annual family vacation in Minnesota. One of the activities I love to do is fish. No surprise to those who know me and have heard a few of my sermon illustrations. On one of those mornings as I sat in my boat, I sat before my tackle box pondering what would...
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Everyone invited to joint rededication service Aug. 27

Everyone is invited to the Rededication Service held jointly by Sully Christian Reformed and First Reformed Churches at the Lynnville-Sully High School gym on Sunday, Aug. 27. Rob Roozeboom of Rise Ministries will be speaking at 9:30 a.m. Like many small-town boys growing up in the Midwest, Roozeboom’s desire was to be a farmer and an...
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Pastor’s Pen: The Eyewitnesses

By Jerry Morningstar, Sully Community Church pastor There is an old remembrance I have from my childhood days growing up in Lincoln, NE. My brother and I were returning home from a walk to the store. While walking along on the sidewalk, a car slammed into the rear of a parked car along the side of...
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Rocky Mountain High – a mountaintop experience for local youth

Rocky Mountain High – a mountaintop experience for local youth
Members of the Sully First Reformed Church youth group, Faithwalkers, hopped on a bus and headed to Colorado to tap into their inner adventurer on July 20. They were heading to Rocky Mountain High, a Christian conference held every three years that has been a special tradition for Faithwalkers since the late ‘70s. This year,...
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The Perfect Remedy – 7/20/17

In the world we live in, it seems everyone is looking for the perfect remedy for the perfect lifestyle: More money, be in better shape, material goods that claim they can bring happiness. What if there was a foolproof and proven way to find peace and contentment? In the Word of God, John 10:27 simply says,...
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Pastor’s Pen – 7/6/17

On a recent Saturday morning, I decided I didn’t feel like sharing the road with all rock trucks and other traffic so I took my bike to Pella to ride on the Volksweg Trail. I started by Central College and rode to the end of the trail out by Robert’s Creek. On my ride, I...
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