On behalf of the Council and the Transition committee we are pleased to announce that Rev. Robert K. Tenglin will begin service as our new Interim Pastor on September 3, 2013. Bob stated:
“I am honored and humbled to be called, and pray that I will, by and with the grace of God, serve the congregation by faithfully fulfilling my responsibilities during this transition period in the church.”
We will be in contact with Bob throughout the summer for planning purposes and look forward to him starting with us officially in the fall. Please add Bob and his wife Judy to your prayers as we start this transition period with him in September.
- Pastoral Search Committee
- Fritz Lansky
- Brent Keller
- Lisa Kindstrom
- Bill Purtzer
- Our Senior High Youth and the group from Mexico as they make final preparations for the “Going Deep” trip to South Dakota leaving on Saturday
- Gavin Johnson who is on a Covenant Point Backpacking Trip this wee
Luke 11:29-36 (click to display NIV text)
July 7, 2013
Pastor Dwight A. Nelson
“For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.”
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
We have seen in Luke that Jesus proclaimed the goodness of God, and encouraged people to ask, seek and knock, for God is able to give good gifts. Life is very different when we open our lives to the goodness of God. In our text for today, Jesus speaks to the attitudes and behaviors that characterized people in his generation: a lack of repentance for sin, an inability to see what God is doing, a refusal to trust God. The goodness and kindness of God leads people to repentance, but many in the crowds around Jesus were not willing to repent.
Those who did not accept Jesus and his authority accused him of being a magician, of using the power of one spirit or demon to destroy the power of another demon. They tested Jesus by demanding a sign, a great miracle or perhaps something in the heavens. Jesus answered that their sign would be “the sign of Jonah.” What was that? Read more
Luke 11:29-36 (click to display NIV text)
July 7, 2013
Pastor Dwight A. Nelson
“For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.”
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
We have seen in Luke that Jesus proclaimed the goodness of God, and encouraged people to ask, seek and knock, for God is able to give good gifts. Life is very different when we open our lives to the goodness of God. In our text for today, Jesus speaks to the attitudes and behaviors that characterized people in his generation: a lack of repentance for sin, an inability to see what God is doing, a refusal to trust God. The goodness and kindness of God leads people to repentance, but many in the crowds around Jesus were not willing to repent.
Those who did not accept Jesus and his authority accused him of being a magician, of using the power of one spirit or demon to destroy the power of another demon. They tested Jesus by demanding a sign, a great miracle or perhaps something in the heavens. Jesus answered that their sign would be “the sign of Jonah.” What was that? Read more