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25120 Front Ave Mattawan, Michigan
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Our Name and What to Expect
    • The Team
    • Members’ Affirmation of Faith
    • ReCAST Supports…
  • Connect
    • Grow in Service
    • Grow in Community
      • Women’s Network
      • ReCAST Men
    • eCAST – ReCAST News and Announcements
    • Facebook
  • News
  • Teaching
    • Sunday Livestream
    • Sermon Audio
    • MP3 Archive
    • Don’s Blog
  • Kids
    • ReCAST Kids Gallery
    • Student Ministry
    • Parent Resources
    • Volunteers
  • Contact Us
  • Give Online
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Mar92023

The Blessing of Local

Church, Pastors' Blog, PersonalBy Don FilcekMarch 9, 2023Leave a comment

I have commented over the years that I grew up in a town that was very similar to Mattawan.  Middleville even starts with an “M”. Just a couple of traffic lights, no McDonald’s, huge school district, quality education, farming community that was growing into a bedroom community for a larger city a few miles away.…

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Dec152022

Reading the Bible in 2023

Christian Living, Church, Pastors' Blog, Personal, WorldviewBy Don FilcekDecember 15, 2022Leave a comment

I have learned two things in nearly 20 years of pastoral ministry. 1.  I need a personal time in the Bible on a routine basis. I remember when I was younger, I would think that spending time each day in the Bible would make my DAY go better.  I will have a better morning, a…

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Dec72022

The Glory Packed in the Manger

Church, Pastors' Blog, Personal, WorldviewBy Don FilcekDecember 7, 2022Leave a comment

Throwback from 2019! How much glory was obscured in that manger?  Who was this baby, that came to us in such strange circumstances? This week I will be preaching from Matthew 17:1-13 to identify just how much Jesus was hiding.  I believe that many of us drift off theologically this time of the year.  We…

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Nov232022

Throwback Blog…Thanks For the Things I Complain About

Christian Living, Church, Pastors' Blog, PersonalBy Stefanie KoernerNovember 23, 2022Leave a comment

Throwback Blog from 2016! This blog is not written to make you feel guilty. It is more of a confession that I will let you all in on with the hopes that it moves us all along further down the road to gratitude. So let me state at the outset, that I can be a…

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Sep142022

The Solace of Prayer

Church, Pastors' Blog, UncategorizedBy Don FilcekSeptember 14, 2022Leave a comment

Way back in early 2020 we began a movement to institute a more routine opportunity for people to come forward at the end of the church services at ReCAST for prayer.  It may be that there is a unique difficulty, a particular struggle, a poignant movement of conviction, or even a unique praise that needs…

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Aug182022

Invisible Six Days a Week and Incomprehensible on the Seventh

Church, Pastors' Blog, PersonalBy Don FilcekAugust 18, 2022Leave a comment

I am a reluctant follower.  My past experience and upbringing without a father, quite distant mother, and way too much freedom has made it hard for me to overcome a radical independence.  And I have a nearly lethal measure of confidence.  (Remember that pride is a sin and sin leads to death…) Eugene Peterson has…

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Aug42022

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Sticky Church

Christian Living, Church, Pastors' Blog, UnityBy Don FilcekAugust 4, 2022Leave a comment

At some point between the idea of planting ReCAST and the actual first church service in that basement over 13 years ago, I attended a conference called Sticky Church.  Another church planter had an extra ticket and I was available that day, so I went along.  The gist of the conference was well intentioned, if…

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Jun302022

When to Ask For Help

Church, Pastors' Blog, PersonalBy Don FilcekJune 30, 2022Leave a comment

I think I have noticed a trend.  Maybe it’s just in my local context, which I can speak to quite well.  But I imagine that what I am experiencing is likely happening in the broader context of other churches as well. First of all, I think many people cannot define what a pastor exists to…

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May192022

Why Community?

Church, Pastors' Blog, PersonalBy Don FilcekMay 19, 2022Leave a comment

I am preaching the very difficult passage of 2 Samuel 11 this week.  David and Bathsheba is a super shocking passage in context.  Everything is going great in David’s life and then *WHAM* he’s raping one of his soldier’s wives and murdering her husband as a cover up!  And the text is starkly unemotional about…

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May122022

Clergy/Laity: Are We Really That Different?

Church, Pastors' Blog, PersonalBy Don FilcekMay 12, 2022Leave a comment

I have never been a huge fan of a major distinction between clergy and laity, pastor and parishioner, shepherd and sheep.  There are certainly responsibilities I have by virtue of my occupation.  And I certainly believe that I will give a certain type of higher accounting for my calling before God as a teacher and…

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Apr72022

3 Baptism Trends

Church, Pastors' Blog, PersonalBy Don FilcekApril 7, 2022Leave a comment

I have baptism on my mind, because we will be having a baptism service on Sunday immediately following our 10:30 service.  I love baptisms!  I love what they mean for the body of believers.  We get the privilege of hearing about the way that God brought a person to faith and trust in Jesus Christ.…

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Mar242022

Enthusiastic Informed Worship

Church, Pastors' Blog, WorldviewBy Don FilcekMarch 24, 2022Leave a comment

I wrote a sermon this week on 2 Samuel 6:16-23.  In this passage, King David of Israel is bringing the ark of the covenant up into Jerusalem effectively moving the center of Jewish worship to that city for the first time.  And he is dancing and leaping and shouting praises to God while dressed down…

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