Children’s Ministry

It is April, and that means I am celebrating another year of serving in ministry.  For the past NINE years I have been the children/youth/student director at Hope.  My title has evolved over [...]

In last month’s blog I wrote about Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills football player and his miraculous healing, and the power of prayer.  When faced with such a traumatic event, it seemed easier [...]

As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, let us take time to pause from the busyness of the season and give thanks through prayer.  Our prayers do not have to be long to be powerful—“short [...]

I’m writing this blog on the most beautiful autumn morning.  There is a crispness in the air with bright sunshine streaming through the windows.  Fall is simply the best season, in my opinion.  [...]

There is a verse in Daniel 11:32 that says, “…the people who know their God will be strong and take action.”  Though not lengthy in words, this verse is mighty in meaning.  If we know God, we [...]

Another school year is upon us, and as our students head back to the classroom, let us offer up prayers for them as they tackle another year. Pray that our students would be surrounded by wise [...]

Yay for summer!  Our students have made it through another school year filled with activities and work, and now it is time to rest and enjoy a few months off.  Parents have survived another year [...]

I am a big advocate for getting people, regardless of age, to connect, worship, and serve together.  I believe everyone can benefit from gathering together to build relationships grounded in [...]

We have all heard the terms: the Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z.  Generational theory, the grouping of individuals into particular social groups with a shared [...]

We are in the season of Lent. Growing up Catholic, this meant giving up something we enjoyed—usually chocolate—and not eating meat on Fridays for these six weeks leading up to Easter. It never [...]