I Need Jesus
I remember sitting in a restaurant close to Messiah College (now Messiah University) quite a few years ago. I happened to overhear a...
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Pastor Lawton Jacobs
- Apr 26
- 2 min
Practicing Wisdom in a Crazy World
We would all agree that we are living in challenging times. We often scratch our heads and wonder where some of the ideas that seem...
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Pastor Lawton Jacobs
- Apr 13
- 3 min
Ignorance is Bliss
This month’s article is from April, 2008. I was looking in my articles folder for one from the past to use and when I read this one it...
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Pastor Lawton Jacobs
- Mar 1
- 2 min
Are We Fulfilling Our Mission?
Every week you see our mission statement in the Family Connection, but have you seen how we envision living that out. I thought this...
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Pastor Lawton Jacobs
- Feb 10
- 2 min
Year Beard
Have you ever heard of Year Beard? This is an annual fund raiser that began at The Tide with Mark Story, the Director of Development. He...
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Pastor Lawton Jacobs
- Feb 10
- 2 min
Inspiration for 2021
What is our inspiration for 2021? What is going to motivate us to move forward in these challenging times? We might feel like all we’ve...
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Pastor Lawton Jacobs
- Feb 10
- 2 min
The Paradox of Christmas
The birth of a baby is meant to be a big deal. Parents should be excited about the gift of life that is going to change their lives...
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Pastor Lawton Jacobs
- Feb 10
- 2 min
Praying for Our Church
In the November newsletter, I wanted to continue our theme on prayer. One of the reasons we give for not praying is we don’t know what...
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Pastor Lawton Jacobs
- Feb 9
- 2 min
New Guilford & Enduring Faith
If you recall, starting last year we were building excitement for 2020. We were looking forward to celebrating 150 years as a church....
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Pastor Lawton Jacobs
- Sep 9, 2020
- 2 min
40 Days of Prayer
On September 27th we will begin a church-wide campaign called 40 Days of Prayer. Prayer will be the emphasis of both our worship service...
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Pastor Lawton Jacobs
- Jul 6, 2020
- 2 min
Our Story
We are in the middle of a sermon series on the Church. On Sunday, June 28th, we talked about the church as a Gathering Place. It becomes...
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Pastor Lawton Jacobs
- Feb 25, 2020
- 3 min
If I Only Had Time...
The other day I was doing something rather menial and then something fairly simple went wrong. I remember feeling like I don’t have time...
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