Announcements Events Serve Give Marriage Retreat My wife Christine and me have begun planning the Marriage Retreat which will be held at the Green Lake Conference Center on October 20th through the morning of the 22nd. We are getting excited.  How did this idea come about? Well…how does the Holy Spirit work?  About a year ago, Jack Von Rutenberg … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give Know your limits “Let your Word be ‘Yes, Yes’ or No, No’ anything more that this comes from the evil one.”     Matthew 5: 37 During the first few weeks of being the director of Port Saint Vincent, I was sorely beset. The past director had been a well-loved man. During his tenure, he had asked several men to leave because of … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give Take time to Hang Out with God “Be still and know that I am God” Psalm 46: 10 In the year of our Lord 2011, 29 people gathered together in the chapel of Christ Presbyterian Church. It was a diverse group. There were Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Episcopalians, Evangelical Free … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give Out of head-thinking and into heart-living I have been looking for the right way to pray for years.  I looked for a program, a prescription, a blueprint, a list of right and wrong behaviors or beliefs. I wanted something I could learn with my head so that my heart would follow. I read spiritual books, followed daily prayer structures, attended … [Read more...]

Announcements Events Serve Give Opportunities to experiment Three of the more curious items we discovered when the MIF Committee did the All-Church Survey was that: 1. 40% of our congregation was not engaged in any FPC committee, mission partner opportunity, small group or larger fellowship group.  This finding is not meant to be a judgement, … [Read more...]