Church News (Page 28)
When You Can’t Fix It All
As the world keeps moving around us and we go from one tragedy in our world to the next, it can seem to be overwhelming. This stress and sense of being overwhelmed can get so bad that we not only have spiritual aches, but it can affect us physically as well. When I was a child and I would hear an older person saying “they died of a broken heart”, my mind could simply not understand the words. I never…
SFNAZ Newsletter 06/04/2020
Click here to view the pastoral devotional. SFNAZ Happenings Reflecting God Devotionals The “Reflecting God” devotional books for the summer months have arrived. If you would like one mailed to you, please contact the church office (office@sfnaz.org or 509-467-8986). Church Office Hours Beginning June 1st, the church office will be open with limited hours which will be Mondays and Thursdays from 12pm – 4pm. The phones will continue to be monitored during the regular business hours (Monday – Thursday from 9am…
Blinded by Christ’s Love
May we always and only see others through the lens of Christ’s love. The view is completely different depending on which pair of glasses we use for our view. Below is an article that was written by the Board of General Superintendents in the Church of the Nazarene. As I read it, I felt it was important for everyone to ‘hear the heart’ of those who help guide us as a denomination. I value these words from Peter: “Peace to…
SFNAZ Newsletter 05/28/2020
Click here to view the pastoral devotional. SFNAZ Happenings Reflecting God Devotionals The “Reflecting God” devotional books for the summer months have arrived. If you would like one mailed to you, please contact the church office (office@sfnaz.org or 509-467-8986). SFNAZ Call Team We now have a SFNAZ Call Team to call and check on the members of the congregation on a weekly basis during this time of social distancing. If you have any prayer requests or needs, they will collect…
Choose Faith and Ask for Help!
“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.” Philippians 4:6 (NLT) When faced with the reality of a situation that is overwhelming, the best thing you can do is focus on God. The disciples, in Matthew 8, knew that Jesus could do something about the storm that threatened their lives as they were tossed on the sea. Their answer to the overwhelming storm was to ask Jesus…
Restful Presence
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30) In our Zoom youth gathering the past couple of weeks we’ve been looking at the twenty-third Psalm. This has caused me to reflect on the biblical notion of rest. In this…
SFNAZ Newsletter 05/21/2020
Click here to view the weekly pastoral devotional. SFNAZ Happenings SFNAZ Zoom Paint Night Thanks to everyone that participated in paint night! Thank you to Karen Snyder for instructing, a fun time was had by all! Last week, we had some of our SFNAZ family spend time working in the church courtyard. Thank you to Vicki Wintersteen and The Poolers (Ryan, Oliver, & Lorelai) for making our courtyard area beautiful! Reflecting God Devotionals The “Reflecting God” devotional books for…
SFNAZ Newsletter 05/14/2020
Click here to view this week’s pastoral devotional. SFNAZ Happenings SFNAZ Zoom Paint Night: Saturday: May 16th – 6pm Unfortunately, we will not be able to do our Bob Ross themed paint night, but we are excited to have LIVE instruction from our talented church family member, Karen Snyder. We will be meeting in Zoom with Karen who will give painting instruction. The exciting detail of this painting is that you will be able to choose the scene as well…
Relaxing in the Truth
As the weeks go by in this time of separation from others I have found that there are good days and some not so good days. When those not so good days come I discover that even keeping busy doesn’t keep the low feelings at bay. Those moments are when I begin to search for scripture that will turn my day around. Then I decided that if I was going to search for scripture that was uplifting to me then…
SFNAZ Newsletter 05/07/2020
Click here to view the weekly pastoral devotional. Click here to view the SFNAZ National Day of Prayer Video SFNAZ Happenings SFNAZ Zoom Paint Night: Saturday: May 16th – 7pm Unfortunately, we will not be able to do our Bob Ross themed paint night, but we are excited to have LIVE instruction from our talented church family member, Karen Snyder. We will be meeting in Zoom with Karen who will give painting instruction. The exciting detail of this painting is…
Our Faithfulness to Care
There is a theme running through commercials, news casts, newspaper ads and social media posts. “We’re in this together.” “If you need help, call someone!”, “Help others. Be kind whenever you see the opportunity.” A few years ago, I made a decision that if someone was racing to get ahead of me in line at Starbucks or Wendy’s I would just let them go ahead and smile. When there is road construction and people forget which lane to use, I…
