At our LWCC staff gathering this week, Pastor Aaron Kunce guided us through prayer prompts from the book of James, adapted from words by author Jessica Van Roekel. As you work through reading James this week, use the prompts below to guide your prayer time. 1. Rejoice in Trials [James 1:2-4] Pray with a renewed […]
Three Resources for Better Bible Reading
For many of us, the new year is a great opportunity to commit to a daily Bible-reading plan. We are just one week into 2021, and it’s not too late to commit to reading scripture each day. There are so many resources to help you as you commit to reading the Bible. Here are just […]
Prayers of Blessing for Living Word in 2021
Somehow to say Happy New Year, Living Word just sounds so inadequate. In light of 2020, and the realities of 2020 that continue into 2021, at least for a time, to say “happy” just sounds at least a bit superficial. Instead, I’ll say a Blessed New Year to everyone at Living Word. Blessed. Now, that […]
Beauty From Ashes (Guest post by Doris Evans)
Today, we have a special guest post from LWCC attendee Doris Evans. Doris was kind enough to share her story about how God has been working in her life in 2020. Thank you so much for sharing, Doris! It had been a very long goodbye to my mother, age 91, who was suffering with […]
Christmas Gifts to Our Local Community
Despite some of the setbacks of 2020, we still moved ahead with the same generous spirit our church community brings to Christmas each year. Thanks to the generosity of LWCC: Approximately 125 gifts were given for Community Progress Council/Head Start kids. 1,262 shoe boxes were given for Operation Christmas Child. 42 Young Lives moms and their kids were given gifts by growth groups, […]
A Pastoral Letter, Part 2
If you missed “Part One” of this pastoral letter, you may want to skim through that first. THE WORD OF GOD THAT SHAPES US When I was growing up, my dad told me, “Brian, you can do anything you want, if you want it bad enough to work hard enough for it.” Dad also said, “Brian, you can put up with anything for a while if you […]
A Pastoral Christmas Letter from Pastor Brian Rice
I had a number of things I wanted to share that were on my heart as we are so close to Christmas. So I reflected a bit and jotted down my thoughts. I will share some of them today and the rest tomorrow. There is light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, but we all know this December part […]
Hope for the Family Is What Christmas Is All About
The main biblical insight from Sunday’s message is this: Christmas is a season, a message, and a Savior full of GRACE. Because of the Good News of GRACE in the Christmas message, our families can have so much HOPE. During the holidays, family is more important and perhaps more painful than any other time of […]
Giving the Best of Ourselves (Guest Post by Rebecca Rice)
Today’s guest post is from Rebecca Rice, Director of the LWCC Counseling Center. Here, Rebecca shares some practical tips for giving the best of ourselves in marriage. We can all agree that marriage is complicated. Even though marriage can bring us great joy, it can also bring us disappointment. Too often spouses are preoccupied, annoyed, […]
Thanksgiving at Living Word
Yesterday, a crew of volunteers from Living Word served 215 Thanksgiving dinners. Volunteers, led by Living Word attendee Jay Englar, have been serving Thanksgiving dinners for those who need a place to eat for the past 11 years. On Thanksgiving Day in 2009, Jay was convicted to help people who had nowhere to go on […]