“You are the salt of the earth”  Matthew 5:13God provides for us all that we need.  When He placed Adam and Eve in the garden they saw all the food that grew.  After the flood, Noah was told to eat meat as well, perhaps up to that point, everyone was naturally a vegetarian.The staples of the ancient Israelite cuisine primarily included bread, wine, and olive oil, but also legumes, fruits and veget...  Read More

A ROYAL ROBEIsaiah 6:1 “In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple.”King Ussiah reigned for fifty-two years.  His death must have caused worry and anxiety for many in Israel.  It can be tempting to depend on current leadership in running the affairs of the nation.  Isaiah likely went to the temple to pray and...  Read More

Music To My Ears!Frances Jane Crosby, more commonly known as Fanny Crosby lived from 1820AD – 1915AD.  At six weeks old, she caught a cold and developed inflammation of the eyes, the treatment likely blinded her, although modern physicians think that her blindness was more likely congenital and, given her age, may simply not have been noticed at first by her parents.Her father died when she was on...  Read More

Your Answer is Coming!Do you know that Heaven will be a place of great understanding and knowledge of things that we never learned down here?  Billy Graham wrote in one of his devotionals about heaven, he explained it  like this: Sir Isaac Newton, when an old man, said to one who praised his wisdom, “I am as a child on the seashore picking up a pebble here and a shell there, but the great ocean of...  Read More

Over the years, thousands and thousands of school kits travel from First Mennonite to all around the world.  It’s truly an amazing feat!  On August 4th another 1200 bags will be packed in the church basement! According to MCC (Mennonite Central Committee), over 94,000 were shipped last year to  Jordan, Lebanon, Mozambique, South Sudan, Syria, and Ukraine.  They are treasures for families who strug...  Read More

PURE IMITATIONOne recent evening at VBS, the lesson encouraged kids to imitate the faith of the Centurion in Matthew 8:5-13.  Imitation is not a hard lesson, especially for kids.  They love to play “Simon Says” or to suddenly stop like a statute when the leader says “Freeze!”The Centurion displayed faith in Jesus by believing that Jesus could heal his servant simply by saying the word.   The Centu...  Read More