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New Christian
Congratulations - you’ve decided to follow Jesus! Your eternity is secure, but this is only the beginning…
Use the resources on this page to begin reading and listening on your own. When you’re ready, make a connection with the contact person. That email will also come to me (Pastor Mike), and before you know it, we’ll connect you with someone who will pray with you, help you navigate the resources and plan your next steps…
→ Contacts:
Men: Tyler Pilkington (Send An Email) | Women: Donita Parizek (Send An Email)
• Living in Christ Booklet
• The Case for Christ (Strobel)
• The Purpose Driven Life (Warren)
• The Power of Praying Through The Bible (Omartian)
• Simply Christian (Wright)
• Victory Over Darkness (Anderson)
• The Screwtape Letters (Lewis)
• Systematic Theology (Wayne Grudem)
• Personal Disciple Making (Christopher B. Adsit)
• My First Thirty Quiet Times (Ty Saltzgiver)
• Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis)
→ Online Resources:
• Basics Of Christianity
• Discipleship Tools
• Life Concepts Studies: for New Believers by CCC – 5 lessons
• Satisfied Booklet (How to Walk in the Power of the Holy Spirit) by CCC
• How to Know God Personally: Booklet by CCC
Finances
Maybe you’re facing some of the toughest times in your life…God is bigger… and he has a purpose for you.
Use the resources on this page to begin reading and listening on your own. When you’re ready, make a connection with the contact person. That email will also come to me (Pastor Mike), and before you know it, we’ll connect you with someone who will pray with you, help you navigate the resources and plan your next steps…
→ Contact: Cap Clegg (Send An Email)
→ Books:
→ Online Resources:
• Crown Financial Ministries
• Dave Ramsey
• Ron Blue
→ Opportunities:
• Local Dave Ramsey Seminars
Pre-Marital
Use the resources on this page to begin reading and listening on your own. When you’re ready, make a connection with the contact person. That email will also come to me (Pastor Mike), and before you know it, we’ll connect you with someone who will pray with you, help you navigate the resources and plan your next steps…
→ Contact: Paul and Kelly Vorst (Send An Email)
→ Books:
• His Needs Her Needs (Harley)
• Money Before Marriage (Burkett)
• From Blushing Bride to Wedded Wife (Taviano)
Marriage
Whether your marriage is “fine” and just needs a tune-up, or it seems hopeless at the moment, we hope the resources on this page contain some encourgaement for you. Begin reading and listening on your own, and when you’re ready; make a connection with the contact person. That email will also come to me (Pastor Mike), and before you know it, we’ll connect you with someone who can pray and talk and encourage you in your next steps…
→ Contact: Paul and Kelly Vorst (Send An Email)
→ Books:
• Sacred Marriage (Thomas)
• Fit to Be Tied (Hybels)
• Building Your Marriage (Rainey)
• His Needs Her Needs (Harley)
• The Marriage Builder (Crabb)
• The Five Love Languages (Chapman)
• Devotions for Couples (Morley)
• Love Life for Every Married Couple (Wheat and Perkins)
→ Opportunities:
• Family Life – Weekend to Remember Conferences
→ Messages:
• “Divorce: Marriage Missed”
Health
Maybe you’re facing some of the toughest times in your life…God is bigger…and he has a purpose for you.
Use the resources on this page. Begin reading and listening on your own, and when you’re ready; make a connection with the contact person. That email will also come to me (Pastor Mike), and before you know it, we’ll connect you with someone who will pray with you, help you navigate the resources and plan your next steps…
→ Contact: Lynette Streator (Send An Email)
→ Books:
• Blessed Are the Caregivers (by Danny Cain and Bob Russell)
It is a simple devotional for caretakers of Alzeheimers patients.
• Battlefield of the Mind (by Joyce Meyer)
This resouce discusses a war going on and your mind is the battlefied. I think this would be helpful for anyone but in particular those who struggle with depression, anger, critical thinking, worry, doubt,- or any other damaging thoughts that prevent a person from knowing the peace and freedom of Christ.
• When God Doesn’t Make Sense (by Dr. James Dobson)
This is a wonderful book about our faith in the midst of struggles, trials, heartache, disease and the big question of “Why?”. Lots of relevant stories, and scriptures.
• The Eldercare Handbook (by Stella Mora Henry)
This book explains issues that arise when caring for elderly parents ( ie which sibling is the most appropriate caregiver, sibling roles, stages of dementia and the need for 24hr care, how to select a nursing home, types of long term care, medical crisis preparations, and how to maneuver the medical, legal and insurance maze.)
• When Your World Falls Apart (by David Jeremiah)
The author, David Jeremiah is a pastor who developed lymphoma in 1994. He wrote this book to describe: the valuable lessons he learned, how God is in the center of pain and suffering, the people that God brought alongside him through the crucial times, how God uses “disruptive moments” to teach, sustain, guide and comfort us.
→ Online Resources:
• Christianity.com Devotional: Sign up for this and recieve a dailly devotional newsletter
→ Video: The Story of Zac Smith: Don’t Waste Your Cancer
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→ Articles:
• Allow for Space in the Music: By Carolyn Arends – Acknowledging the mystery of pain.
Unemployment
Maybe you’re facing some of the toughest times in your life…God is bigger…and he has a purpose for you.
Use the resources on this page. Begin reading and listening on your own, and when you’re ready; make a connection with the contact person. That email will also come to me (Pastor Mike), and before you know it, we’ll connect you with someone who will pray with you, help you navigate the resources and plan your next steps…
→ Contact: Paul Cash (Send An Email)
→ Books:
• The Search For Significance (McGee)
• Your Work Matters to God (Sherman/Hendricks)
Grief
You’re facing some of the toughest times in your life…be assured, all hope is not lost…God’s mercies never fail… But we’re not trying to suggest that although true, that makes the pain and grief go away…
Maybe some of these resources will help some. Begin reading and listening on your own, and when you’re ready; make a connection with the contact person. That email will also come to me (Pastor Mike), and we’ll talk about connecting you with someone to walk with you in this season of your life…
→ Contact: Billy and Amy Martin (Send An Email)
→ Books:
• Soul Healing (Smith)
• Heaven (Alcorn)
• Mommy Please Don’t Cry (Deymaz)
• Holding On to Hope (Guthrie)
• Silent Grief (Hinton)
• One Year Book of Hope (Guthrie)
→ Articles:
• Allow for Space in the Music: By Carolyn Arends – Acknowledging the mystery of pain.
→ Online Resources:
• Grief Share
• Grief Help
• How To Help Your Grieving Friend
→ Video: Billy & Amy’s Testimony
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Parenting
Use the resources on this page to add to your “tool kit” for parenting. If you’d like some support, make a connection with the contact person. That email will also come to me (pastor Mike), and before you know it, we’ll connect you with someone who will pray with you, talk and encourage, help you navigate the resources and plan your next steps…
→ Contact: Tim and Cindy Eisel (Send An Email)
→ Books:
• See Parent Equipping Track for books in your child’s age group
→ Articles:
• Segregated in a Whole New Way: A church family from the same generation isn’t much of a family. (by Mollie Ziegler Hemingway)
→ Opportunities:
• Moms In Touch Prayer Groups
• Parent Equipping Classes
• Vista Family Events
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