Upcpoming Events: Join us for our 1st Annual Family Week, starting August 2-6 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. There will be games, Bible teaching, back to school backpack giveaway, and Parent fun nights. Our special closing ceremony will be Sunday August 8th at 10:30 A.M. Click here to register online!
June 17, 2021 by James Thacher | Tags: love, God, money, Jesus, cheap, cheap skate, poor, tight wad, envious
There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword (Proverbs 12:18a, NKJV) All of us at one point in our lives will be faced with a tough decision, do we do the right thing, do we obey our parents, or do we do the wrong thing. I still recall one summer day when three of us were playing catch with a softball near a wooded area of a Boy Scout Summer Camp. We were enjoyin...
Keep ReadingJune 15, 2021 by Pastor Doug Hornok | Tags: love, God, money, Jesus, sacrifice, inheritance, inherit, will, last will and testament
Dear Friends, I trust you are doing well and looking forward to Sunday. Last week I read the sad story of Cathy Boone who died in January 2020 in a warming shelter after living on the streets of the city of Astoria, contending with drug and mental health issues.Boone grew up in thePortland area and later moved to Astoria, where her mother lived after her parents had se...
Keep ReadingNovember 7, 2020 by Pastor Doug Hornok | Tags: God, money, Jesus, faith, giving, Tithes, Finances, help, Covid-19, PPP, financial support, offering
Dear Members and Friends, I trust you are doing well and looking forward to ourservice this coming Lord's Day! The following article is longer than most, but it contains something that needs to be said. Last week I was reminded that earlier this summer some of the largest and more prosperous mega-churches in the country received anywhere from $5 to $10 milli...
Keep ReadingFebruary 16, 2020 by Pastor Doug Hornok | Tags: love, God, money, Jesus, riches, Rich, power, Finances, fame
Jesus raises a very practical question in the parable he told in Luke 16. The question that He raised was simply this: What are you going to do with the money God gives you? That question is important on a number of fronts not the least of which is this: If we do not master our money by using it for the glory of God, then it will master us, and we will end up bankrupt fo...
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