Mar 23, 2017
by John Pethtel There’s a big difference between a volunteer and a leader. A volunteer in your church will move stuff around. A leader will move stuff forward. Both are important, but leaders will provide exponential growth. A lot of churches are not very good at engaging, inspiring and working with volunteers. But we’re even worse when it comes to developing...
Feb 22, 2017
by Karissa Bornemann Milton SDB church, WI “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.” —Matthew 5:13 (NIV) This past January, 35 young adults traveled to Milton, WI, and braved the below-zero temperatures for our...
Feb 22, 2017
by Katrina Goodrich In the course of my college career I took a psychology class called Motivation and Emotion. The goal of the course was fairly self-explanatory — learn about emotion and motivation and how they work together. I can’t recall exactly what spurred the discussion — if there had been a recent crisis or if it was brought up in the flow of course...
By Katy Elliott Alfred Station SDB Church A remarkable trait among humans across the globe is a searching, curious nature. While the questions they ask vary as greatly as the people who ask them, there is always one common question that haunts every individual: “Why are we here?…What is the purpose of life?” Sadly, there are many who go through their...
Feb 22, 2017
by Patti Wethington I serve an incredible God. This year is going by so quickly and I feel like there are so many things left unsaid. I want to take a minute in March for a quick reflection on my thankfulness and once again to share how amazing I see my God in this. But first let me say goodbye to a dear sister, Stephanie Sholtz. Oh my word! When bad things...
by Barb Green, Parish Nurse Milton, WI A goal for 2017 is to make our church families more knowledgeable about mental health issues so that we can all understand and support those who experience mental illness within and outside the church. There will be an article about a different mental illness each month this year. It seemed appropriate to start out with...