Elders

 
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Jerome Peterson

Preacher

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Shawn Leonard

Education

 
 

Deacons

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Curtis Wright

Finance

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Harley Dehart

Maintenance

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Michael Kimble

Widows

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Sick & Shut-in

Services needs of the elderly who are unable to attend services. Visitation includes those confined to home, elderly housing facilities, or hospitals.

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Widows

Provides encouragement, comfort, and support for women who are journeying through a new life after the loss of their husbands.

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Youth

Develops our young people as they journey from childhood to adulthood, developing them spirituality, and equipping for discipleship.


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Thanksgiving Feed the Hungry

The Churches of Christ Inc. sponsors a Thanksgiving Feeding Program annually to feed those people who may not be able to enjoy a meal during the Thanksgiving holiday. It is a non-profit organization made up of seven local congregations that collaborate to feed the hungry, which we are proud to be apart of.

What We Believe

About God

God is the loving Creator of all that exists, both seen and unseen. God is eternal and completely good, knowing all things, having all power and majesty. God exists as the Godhead, in three persons, yet one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God passionately desires a relationship with us and toward this end continually invites us into a relationship of faith, friendship, learning, and service.

Scripture references:  Genesis 1:1; John 14:6-9, 15-17 and 16:7-15; Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14; 1 John 4:9-10

About Jesus Christ

God expressed himself in human form through Jesus Christ, the Son of God, born of the virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life, was crucified for the sins of us all, was buried, rose again from the dead, and ascended to heaven.

Scripture references: Colossians 1:13-23 and 2:8-14; 1 Corinthians 15:3-8; Matthew 22:36-40 ; John 14:1-3; Hebrews 1:1-3; Acts 10:42-43; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

About the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit, sent from God to live inside all who believe in Jesus Christ, teaches, comforts, and empowers us, giving each follower diverse gifts, fostering unity, interdependence, productivity, Christ-like character, and love among Christians. The empowering of the Holy Spirit, the promise of the Father, is available for every Christian.

Scripture references: Acts 1:8; 2:4; Romans 5:5 and 8; 1 Corinthians 12-14; Galatians 5:16-25; Ephesians 3:16, Ephesians 4:3-4, and Ephesians 5:18; John 14:26 and 16:7-14

About the Bible

We believe that God speaks to us in the Bible, and that it is our privilege to seek to understand God's message and apply it responsibly to our lives. The Bible is our standard in all we say and do. We believe that God's unchangeable biblical message ought to be presented in relevant and contemporary ways, free of religious jargon and understandable to the people of our community.

Scripture references: Matthew 5:17-19; 2 Timothy 2:15 and 3:14-17; Hebrew 4:12; 2 Peter 1:16-21 and 3:14-18; Psalm 19:7-11 and 119:9-16; Joshua 1:7-8; Acts 17:11

About Salvation

All people are created with dignity and value in the image of God, to live in a vital relationship with God. Unfortunately, through our sin (failing to live by God's moral standards), we break our intended relationship with God and we experience the destructive consequences of that broken relationship; spiritually and socially, in this life and beyond.

However, God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to rescue us from those consequences and to restore our broken relationships with God and others, through Christ's death on the cross, a perfect act of redemption for each of us. Salvation comes to people on the basis of God's grace through their faith in Jesus. They receive the free gift of forgiveness and are spiritually reborn through repenting of their sin and believing in Jesus Christ.

This trust in Jesus is evidenced with confessing Him as God's son and the Messiah and being baptized for the forgiveness of sin. Hallowed by Christ, the baptismal response expresses faith in the dying and rising Savior, and expresses the resolve of the baptized individual to die to a former sinful life and rise to a new life.  Good works and a holy life, although totally unable to save anyone, are the natural product of repentant, believing people.

Scripture references: Mark 16:15-16; Acts 2:38; I Peter 2:24 and 3:18; Romans 3:9-28, 6:1-6, 23, and 10:9-10; John 3:16 and 5:24; Ephesians 2:1-10; Titus 3:3-8; James 2:14-26