Category: Churches

MATT’S MISHAPS

“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” – Matt  What is Your Choice?  – Dust, Tar or Paint Gravel roads are a great invention!  Gravel roads are cheaper to build and maintain.  In Elkhart County, Indiana, local officials…

MILLION MEAL MOVEMENT

Brotherhood Mutual and Million Meal Movement recently packed Mac-N-Cheese meals that will provide 9,000 meals to families in Fort Wayne and Allen County Indiana. Million Meal Movement is an Indy charity that holds community meal-packing events and donates millions of meals to Indiana food pantries. The Indiana Pacers and our own Fort Wayne Mad Ants…

Matt’s Mishaps

“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” – Matt  Watch Where You Drop Middle America’s historic marsh has left us with relatively flat and productive soil in many places.  It would be a dream combination for many…

LifeWise Academy Expanding to Paulding Junior High

LifeWise Academy in Paulding, Ohio will be expanding by offering classes to Paulding Exempted Village School students in grades 6-8. Students will travel from the Paulding Junior High to the Paulding United Methodist Church where they will receive Bible-based character education. LifeWise Academy already serves students at Paulding Exempted Village Schools in grades K-5. “Thanks…

MATT’S MISHAPS

“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” – Matt    Strange Substitutes Have you tried a strange substitute for an ingredient in a favorite dish?  I think foodies call it “fusion” when you combine different styles of…

Ukraine Missionaries To Speak at Payne NAZ

Payne Church of Nazarene welcome you to come listen to Pastor Andriy and Maryana Tahktay, Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Director in the Ukraine. Hear their testimony on how God is still working through the chaos of the war. Thursday, June 30, 2022 – 7:00 PM. Church of the Nazarene, 509 East Orchard St, Payne, OH. 

MATT’S MISHAPS

“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” – Matt  PUSHING A LITTLE FRENCHIE I have learned, if push-starting a car, pray it be a small one!   I grew up like most people watching movies and TV…

PARSON TO PERSON          

By: Dr. James Bachman Dear Parson I get really discouraged. My life seems useless. What is the sense of living if I’m not accomplishing anything?  If you have not received Christ as your Savior, God is still giving you a chance to do so. It is too late after you die and find yourself in…

Dangers of Abortion Spoken at Hicksville youth group

St. Michaels Catholic Church in Hicksville, OH was the recipient of a visit by Allison Stump from the Toledo Diocese Pro-Life Office. Her Fact Filled presentation to the youth group and many adults focused primarily upon the dangers associated with chemically induced abortions, primarily to the unborn baby but also to the mother. Topics also…

MATT’S MISHAPS

“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” – Matt  When the horse is dead, dismount Do you love your pets?  My grandpa farmed and loved his shire work horses like pets.  He farmed with no cab Ford…

Pro-Life Speaker Visits Local Youth Group

St.  Michaels Catholic Church in Hicksville, OH was the recipient of a visit by Allison Stump from the Toledo Diocese Pro-Life Office. Her Fact Filled presentation to the youth group and many adults focused primarily upon the dangers associated with chemically induced abortions, primarily to the unborn baby but also to the mother. Topics also…

MATT’S MISHAPS

“Serving overseas as a small-town boy from America is intense, stressful and humorous! Enjoy a light-hearted story with me from our last 20 years overseas!” – Matt  TRYING NEW FOODS My world was pretty small growing up in small-town middle America, which was often a good thing!  I took my first plane ride when I was…