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Baptisms, Confirmations, and New Members

There is a revival in Garwin! If a Church is like a sailboat, then you can’t make the wind blow, but you can have open sails. Over the last year, God has been helping us to fix up our boat and teaching us to open our sails again. Now, by God’s grace, the wind is blowing! This April and ...

Dengler Domain: Consolidation

There are plenty of old wives tales like if it rains before seven, it is done by 11. Another agriculture one is, which I did not believe was true at first, when farmers start making money, everyone else in the ag industry makes good money. I am also a numbers person. I was phenomenal with ...

Dengler Domain: Do Something

Do something. This mantra has been stuck in my head since I read Gabe Brown’s book, “Dirt to Soil.” It is about the regenerative agriculture movement which gives a unique perspective on agriculture. It should not be taken as gospel, but it provides different viewpoints. While talking ...

Pastor’s Corner: Spring Cleaning

It’s that time of year when people start thinking of spring cleaning; sprucing up their home or wardrobe after the long winter. (The following thoughts are adapted from a blog by Elizabeth Lynn and Mark Ramsey, of Macedonian Ministries on 4/10/19 about church boards.) The tradition of ...

Laity Reflection: Seeing is Believing . . . Or Is It?

Sun Courier note: Due to space issues, this column will publish in next week's print edition. Looking back we remember that Easter was not only an end, but more especially it was a beginning. However, Jesus' disciples, even though they had been told of the upcoming events at the end of Jesus ...

On Nature: Climate Models Do Work

Climate change is complicated science, and climate models bear that out. Relationships are not a smooth line and there is much variability in the projections. This variability is often seized on by climate deniers instead of looking at the overall picture. When you do, it is clear that carbon ...

Pastor’s Corner: Remembering Your First Love

I think all of us remember our first-grade school love or crush. Maybe some of you went on to marry that person. The idea of first love has different meanings to different people. Of course, those who profess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior know it to have a special kind of meaning. A meaning ...

Pastor’s Column: On 80 Year Old Political Leaders

One of the most striking facts of the upcoming presidential election is the age of the two candidates. The combined age of Trump (77) and Biden (81) sets a record for the oldest combined age of any two candidates, a record previously held by Trump and Biden in 2020. An ABC News/Ipsos poll in ...

Dengler Domain: Spring has sprung

By the time you read this sentence, spring has sprung. What a beautiful time of year. Winter is in the rear-view mirror. While this last month was unseasonably warm and was eerily uncomfortable, it is exciting for spring to be here. It being 60 degrees with no snow on the ground is meant for ...