Titus 2 “Older women … train the young women to love their … children” Tuesday July 31 we held our first “Women to Women” Discussion for women at ReCAST Church! Pam S, Sharron S, and Julie P. sat on a panel to discuss some more awkward parts of raising kids! Issues like talking with them…
DetailsAt ReCAST Church, our fiscal year runs from July 1 – June 30. Praise God for his faithfulness to our church this past year! Here are the numbers for July 2017 – June 2018: Total giving $438,073 ($77,000 of this was expansion fund giving) Total budget of $420,000. Spending (minus the building) was $347,796 Budgeted spending…
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I have a strong sense of duty and obligation to my country. At times, it even feels like an inordinate pull on me. I have been moved by the singing of America the Beautiful. I am thoughtful when I have said the pledge of allegiance and quite often I truly contemplate the words when…
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Peace to you. For anyone who is in Christ, peace is yours. For those who are not in Christ, peace is available to you. But a glance around at the wind and waves of culture would lead all hearts to another conclusion. If we listen, see, and feel with our emotions alone, cries of division…
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The media makes money by reporting that which is sensational. I get that. But words I have heard from celebrities slung at each other in the past couple of weeks do not seem to go against trends I see in the broader culture. We are slouching toward division, lurching toward unkindness, and oozing away…
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I like to blog about light and fluffy things. I tend to like to make people smile and laugh. But I take God and his Word seriously, even if I at times see humor there as well. This is not a light and fluffy blog. This is a painful blog. It is painful on many…
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Mattawan, Michigan has now been my home for going on 10 years. Prior to moving here I had very little knowledge about the community other than some demographic study and a few people that I knew who lived here. God developed a church planting team back in 2008 and we began to pray for this…
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If you were at the ReCAST volunteer luncheon a couple weeks ago, you heard us announce that Jackie Kline is going to work for Heartland Hospice full-time as their bereavement coordinator. If you were at our family meeting last Sunday, you heard Nathan announce that he’s going to air traffic control school in Oklahoma next fall. …
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