Growing up, Saturday was Chore-day. Dad would assemble us kids and then begin handing out chores: Chris, mow the lawn, Mike, wash the van, Jana… you get the picture. I remember one time I was assigned to mow the lawn, but when I went to start the lawn mower it was out of gas. When I went back…
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District Conference, in the Rocky Mountain District (RMD), is held every two years. Due to Covid-19, the RMD family was unable to gather in person in 2020, rather, we had a 90 minute Zoom session. Some might prefer that again this year — not because of the virus, but because of the time, effort and…
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Dear Friends, Greetings from my new workspace at the District office. As you might have heard the office experienced a water leak last September which caused damage to the building. Last week we moved all furnishings to storage so repairs could begin today. I must tell you my new colleagues-Jonathan, Chris and Mary have not let…
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Missions Partnerships are one of the best vehicles a church can use to engage fully in missions. A healthy partnership will contain five elements, and the first element is Staying Aware. If we are to be good partners, we must be intentional about staying connected and maintaining a good relationship with our IW counterparts. Staying…
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February is National Heart Month in the U.S.A. Pretty smart designation with Valentines Day on February 14th! I love statistics and found that Heart Disease was the number one leading cause of death in America in 2020 (the last year statistics are fully available) with 696,962 deaths. Second was cancer at 602,350; third was Covid at 350,831; fourth…
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“Well, that all depends” is generally the answer. If you sell cars, I imagine the most important thing is to sell a lot of them at a big price to make a great commission for yourself and the dealership. If you have a daycare business, I imagine the most important thing is to provide a safe…
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One of the common questions that comes up in conversations with church leaders is, “How do we start a missions team?” These are good churches who want to be on mission, but for whatever reason – poor experiences in the past, people who have moved away, etc. – find themselves needing to build a missions…
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Recently, Mrs. Misty Vannett, wife of Rev. Vince Vannett, lead pastor at Saratoga (WY) Alliance Church, sent the following story to the District Office. We wanted to share this with you and received Misty’s permission to do so. I wanted to share with you my story of healing from IGNITE this year. I really feel like…
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If you have raised kids you remember the questions they had about the “__” word. You know, the “d” word, the “h” word, the “s” word, and on and on they go. In the church world we have one of those seemingly taboo words too, the “e” word… Evangelism. I think there are three things…
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Recently, a pastoral colleague and I were talking about many different topics. It was one of those invigorating, wide-ranging great conversations that happen rarely. As we visited a comment was made that stuck with me. It went along the lines of, “these days, it seems that everything is big — nothing is small or inconsequential…
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