Aug 30, 2020

Pastor Kevin Butler had asked us to do a hymn sing for Conference in Grand Rapids this summer. So Pastor John Pethtel asked us to videotape a hymn sing for the virtual conference. We asked our Shiloh folks if they could come to church one evening and sing with us (safely and 6 feet apart!) so we would have a fuller sound. Some people did come out—and we sang...

Aug 29, 2020

  By Eric Bofinger This year’s Gospel Feet 5k was a huge success! Despite not being able to race in person, the SDBs banded together and took on the challenge of running, walking, or even swimming a 5k, in order to raise money for global missions. Everyone stood behind this year’s scripture verse from Acts 20:24: “My only aim is to finish the race and complete...

Aug 29, 2020

John 5:39-40 and 2 Timothy 3:14-17 By Matthew Butler I lied. When I was in 4th grade, I thought it’d be “cool” to wear glasses. So, I lied. I told my parents and teachers that I was having a hard time seeing the board. I would intentionally “strain” my eyes and squint in order to display my “struggle.” Truth is, I could see just fine. But I wanted to be “cool”...

Aug 29, 2020

Titus 2:11-14 By Matthew Butler On May 6, 1967, Robert Wideman found himself tumbling through the clear skies over North Vietnam. The control stick on his A-4 Skyhawk jet had jammed and there was nothing he could do to prevent the plane from spiraling downward. He launched his ejection seat and his parachute opened above him. Immediately after touching ground,...

Aug 29, 2020

John 1:1 and Hebrews 1:1-3     By Matthew Butler A few months ago, after one of our worship gatherings at Grace Point Church, I spotted an old acquaintance who used to attend our church. He had been a part of Grace Point and was in fact an elder candidate shortly before we arrived in Las Vegas. Our time together had been just a matter of months before he was...