Pastor Chris Lister

Luke 19:10 tells us:  “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”  What a powerful statement. Jesus was solidly focused on his purpose. In Jesus’ day, the religious leaders in the culture were the Pharisees…the so called “respectable” people.  When the Pharisee’s began to talk about Jesus, well let’s call […]

When I think of April, I think of Showers.  This morning, I thought of April showers, and the contemporary worship song, “Let It Rain” came to my mind.  “Let it rain,  Let it rain… Open the floodgates of Heaven”. I think it is time for God to open the floodgates here at Church In The

This year Easter comes earlier than usual on March 31.  It’s not always easy to keep track of the Easter date. After all, unlike Christmas, the date changes every year. Of course, this also means that the beginning of Lent and Ash Wednesday change dates too.  The varied dates from year to year can leave

Lent this year begins with Ash Wednesday on Feb 14, and runs till Thursday, Mar 28.  Easter is early this year on March 31.  It will be here before we know it! When I was trying to decide what to write for our newsletter this month, for some reason It came to my mind that

A new year offers a new beginning, the chance to start fresh. There’s a reason January is the most important month of the year for gyms and diet programs, because it seems like a fresh chance to start again, to improve yourself. It seems like a natural time for beginning something, which is why lots

Christ came to Earth to pay for our sins so that we could spend eternity with a Holy God.  But it wasn’t just about eternity!  It was also about     today…the here and now.  Jesus said: “I have come so that you may have life and have it more abundantly.”  The gift of Jesus was for

I believe what happens in the Fall season, provides us proof that God created the heavens and the earth.  I believe God gives us many gifts and one of those gifts is the beauty found in nature, and not only that natural beauty, but also our ability to SEE that beauty.  Why is nature so

  I cannot believe the summer has almost passed us by already.  It seems like I was just running the rototiller!  The first day of fall is on    Saturday, September 23.  Soon gardeners will be harvesting their final crops. Did you know that the harvest was at a completely different time of the year in

  So we have successfully made it to Summer.  Are you like me?  In the summer I just don’t want to heat up the kitchen cooking. Its either fire up the barbeque or get take out.  I come in from mowing the lawn, all hot and sweaty, and the last thing I want to do is

In the Book of Hebrews, Paul says our lives as a Christian are a journey of faith, which we can compare to a race.  Our preparation to run the race is like that of an athlete.  In our race there can be obstacles and there may be ups and its downs. There are moments where