As you serve Evangel with your gifts, I’d like to encourage you to recall that something as simple as mowing our grass is Kingdom work. In Genesis 2:15 God issued man the creation mandate, “The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of READ MORE
Current Topics
How Important is Hospitality?
Recently Jenny and I had a group of people over for dinner. As we began to prepare for our company, we started looking at the condition of our house. We were surprised by how much we needed to clean up and rearrange so that when people came, we could feel comfortable hosting them and they READ MORE
Ask Pastor Tim
Q. Is it possible for me to lose my salvation? A. In John 17:2 Jesus prays to His Father, “…You gave Him [Jesus] authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life.” This tells us that God has a people that He has given to Jesus and READ MORE
Loving God and Loving Others
Do you ever wonder what you can do for God’s Kingdom? There are many ways that your gifts can bring glory to God in His Kingdom as you love God and others, in your neighborhood, community, and in our congregation. Romans 12:1-2 says, “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to READ MORE
A Prayer of Confession
By Sydney Edwards “O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens” (Psalm 8:1). You have created the world and everything it holds and your creation cries the praise of their Creator. Even marred by sin and death the earth you have formed READ MORE
Love God • Love Others
Love God; love others. This is a common motto that one hears in the church. It is an appropriate motto, for it clearly summarizes what Jesus said in Matthew 22:37-40. When Jesus was asked, “’What is the greatest commandment?’ And He said to him, ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, READ MORE
The Art of Neighboring
By Kendi Fiscus We are true neighbors when we have compassion and mercy on those around us, as Christ has compassion and mercy on us. When we dwell in fellowship with our Lord and invite others into that fellowship, our joy becomes truly complete. But what does that look like on a day to READ MORE
Sing!
FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, in the autumn of 1517, a German monk named Martin Luther began what became known as the “reformation” of the church through the preaching and the singing of the Word. You might understandably think of Luther primarily as a theologian, or preacher, but he was also a focused and READ MORE
Meal Ministry
2018 Numbers: 8 Families Blessed | 50 Meals Provided Why does Evangel have a meal ministry? It is a tangible way to show Christ’s love by caring for people. Liesel Engelbrecht says, “I have often shared with others how our church family is a family, and a big part of that is because READ MORE
Pastors’ Installation Update
On Sunday evening, April 7, 2019 our congregation gathered for a special worship service to install Rev. Tim Rackley as our Senior Pastor and Rev. Don Rackley as our Associate Pastor. A message on Encouragement (from 3 John 1:1-15 & 2 Kings 4:8-17) was brought by Ruling Elder James “Bebo” Elkin, who had been a READ MORE