Unfortunately, we have all probably experienced times when people who claim to be Christian, but who do not act very Christ-like when they are out in public.A waitress at a Cracker Barrel said that her least favorite day to work was Sunday because of t…

[Next Sunday, October 13, Logan Waldie, one of our church members who serves on our Leadership Board, will be sharing his testimony at both worship services. It’s a Sunday you won’t want to miss which is the theme of this week’s focus on the importance…

     We have been spending these past few weeks focusing on some very basic components of what it means to build up our faith. During this time we are looking at six key spiritual disciplines and we’ve already looked at the importance of…

[This picture was taken during our Noisy Bucket offering to support Athens County Food Pantry and next week’s Athens County CROP Walk. Since our worship service focused on the importance of reading the Bible, it’s only appropriate that the altar bible …

     During these Sundays in September and October, we are focusing on the key disciplines that every Christian is encouraged to practice in order to be a fully devoted follower of Jesus Christ. Last Sunday, we talked about the importanc…

[We continued our 7-week series on “Faith Builders” by focusing on the importance of prayer. Click here for the sermon. To help encourage our congregation to pray, our church offers two daily prayers at 11:00 and 4:57. The L Prayer @ Eleven r…

     Imagine this as your assignment. You are to transform the entire world, not just make it a better place, but to totally change it for good.     You are just beginning your assignment and you know that there is no time…

[Our Chancel Choir sang two beautiful anthems on Sunday. This anthem, “If We Just Talk of Thoughts and Prayers” included the congregation singing the final two verses. The first verse was particularly fitting for our worship theme on the importance of …

     Almost. It’s a sad word in anybody’s dictionary. It keeps company with expressions like “if only” and if you’re from the South, “near ‘bout.”     Almost is a word that speaks of missed opportunities and fumbled chance…

[Our college student ministry is up and running through Sunday lunches, worship, and small group ministry. What a holy privilege it is to be a home church for college students while they are at Ohio University.  During Sunday’s worship services, w…