by Jeff Kephart | Feb 4, 2021 | Encouragement
The American church has been shaken by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. As followers of Christ, we need to ask God to show us what we must learn from the past year to help us better fulfill Jesus’ mission for His people moving forward. The understanding of the...
by Annie Gill | Feb 2, 2021 | Encouragement
Since our first week together in LifeWise Pandora-Gilboa, we have been chronologically going through the Bible starting in Genesis. From the creation of the world, creation of man, sin entering the world, Cain and Abel and then Noah and the Flood, we have discussed...
by Matt Naylor | Jan 12, 2021 | Encouragement
Dewight contacted Community Relief in early 2020. He asked me to look at his house, as it needed quite a bit of work, and he didn’t know where to turn. Through the evaluation process, I learned that 5 years ago, Dewight had invited someone else who was down on...
by Jeff Kephart | Jan 12, 2021 | COVID-19, Encouragement
Many Christians have understood the COVID-19 pandemic as a detriment to the Church in general and their local church families in particular. Indeed, the virus has caused upheaval on multiple levels. Some have experienced the death of friends and loved ones as a result...
by Hannah Wise | Dec 10, 2020 | Encouragement
Hannah Wise is a Gen Z disciple movement leader. The MCECR is partnering with her as she seeks to develop a movement of multiplying disciples among the Gen Z age group in West Central Ohio. It seems like you can’t turn on Christian radio and not hear Brandon Lake’s...
by Jeff Kephart | Nov 4, 2020 | Encouragement
Growing up in a country music-loving household, I recall the words of a 1970 Lynn Anderson country hit: “I beg your pardon—I never promised you a rose garden!” Those lyrics come to mind as I hear more than one Christian asking, “Why has God allowed all these terrible...
