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WHY does the Bible tell us so much about what will happen at the end of the age? Beginning March 6, Pastor Chris Brauns will preach a mini-series from 2 Peter that will give clarity to that question.

Click here for the February 2016 Newsletter

Don’t forget AWANA families that our last cut-out clinic is tomorrow, Sunday January 31st, 1-3pm at The Red Brick Church in the lower level! This is a great chance to avoid the frustration of cutting out the design your child has chosen and allow you to focus on making memories! At the clinic you and your children can have fun … Read More

Click here for the January 2016 Newsletter PDF

Be sure to check out Pastor Chris’ article about Scripture Memorization. He just celebrated 25 years of using his systematic long-term Scripture memorization (SLTSM).

Register your teens for the 2016 Winter Retreat in Oregon, IL! January 15-18. Registration deadline is January 10.

If you’re not quite into the Christmas spirit yet, Sunday’s service is sure to help. Our children will be singing in both the 9 and 10:30 services. In addition to Christmas music, Pastor Chris Brauns will continue the preaching series in Luke: A Confident Christmas. The more we study Luke’s Gospel, the more confident we will be in the greatest … Read More

I found Christianity flourishing and reproducing church after church as they continue to reach the most remote parts of Togo. People are being saved. Churches are being planted. Pastors are being trained. It is exciting stuff.

“How many of you have heard the story behind Christmas?” Silence. No hands. None. Not one. It was December 2014. I was standing before a group of 80 Turkish Muslims at an end of year banquet at a hotel in Kadikoy, a suburb of Istanbul. My last three Christmas mornings I’ve woken to the sound, not of Jingle Bells or … Read More