Living His Love

Affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), our purpose is to be a Christ-centered community that lives His love through invitation, worship, training, and service to all.

We would like to invite you to worship with us. Come as you are, you’ll never be singled out or put on the spot. Come and enjoy Christian fellowship.

• Worship Sunday’s at 10:00 am

• Sunday School at 11:00 am

• Wednesday Night WOW Kids! at 6:30

Wild Flower Presbyterian Church
4800 East 6th St.
Sioux Falls, SD 57110

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605-334-8412

Our new Youth Leader, Beth, took over Youth Group last Wednesday and everyone had a great time. Beth and the rest of the Wild Flower youth have decided they would like to meet more frequently. Youth Group will now meet every other Wednesday until summer.

If you haven’t had a chance to meet Beth yet, make sure you come to Youth Group next Wednesday, March 10th.

There are plans yet this year for a lock-in and a service project.

Hey kids, it’s time for WOW Kids! to start again.

We’ll start meeting every Wednesday night at 6:00pm to 7:30pm starting on February 24th and going until Easter.  This year’s theme is Searching for Clues for a New Life with Jesus.

Each evening will start with a light meal, followed by a childrens worship and story time.  The evening will conclude with a craft and game time.  This is a fun time for children in pre-school to grade 5.

All children are welcome and the event is free to the public.

Let’s Celebrate a New Life in Jesus!

The 4th Annual Taste of Italy Dinner Theater and Talent Show will be on Saturday February 21st at 6:00pm.  Come for an excellent 3 course Italian meal.  Enjoy entertainment from the Wild Flower Players, along with a performing dance group and piano solos from Braden Madison and Megan Holden.

It’s sure to be a great evening for the entire family.  The proceeds from this year’s meal will be going to the rising cost of snow removal.

Mama Mia! That’s a great meal!

Dear and Glorious Physician
By Taylor Caldwell

A report will be coming soon of this book, but for now, we submit the following:

Lucanus (Greek version of Luke) was born a Greek to a freed-slave couple, and grew up as the stepson of a wealthy Roman soldier, Diodorus Cyrinus who was assigned to govern Antioch.

When Luke was ten years old he witnessed the Star of Bethlehem from a hilltop in his back yard in Antioch.
He knew it heralded the “Unknown God.”  He consecrated himself to find the Unknown God, and to serve Him, and in His Name to serve man.  He knew he could best serve man as a physician.  At that young age certain healings were already attributed to him.  He knew the philosophers and physicians of Greece, and had read their books of remedies for the ills of men, both mental and physical.  He was learning other languages, including Egyptian and Aramaic, so that he could speak to sufferers in their own tongues.
The book follows his path, until just one year after Jesus’ Ascension he locates and interviews Mary, the
disciples James, John and Peter, and Paul with whom he travels.  He stayed in the palaces of both Pilot and Herod and heard their first hand witnesses of Jesus.

Submitted by Leola Bergeson   

Follow the Star — Christmas Stories That Changed My Life
By T.D. Jakes

Bishop Jakes is the founder and pastor of Potter’s House, one of the fastest growing churches in the nation, where he pastors an interracial congregation of more than 26,000 members.  He is the author of several books and has a daily morning show, The Potter’s Touch.

In this book, Jakes tells what Christmas is all about and how the Christmas stories touched his heart and shaped his life.  With gentle guidance and inspirational messages, Bishop Jakes takes us on a journey to Christmas past and present and leads us to embrace fully the magnitude of the miracle as we celebrate the birth of Christ. Some of the 20 chapter titles invite you to read it and take in the lessons, such as: Life is a Journey, You Have His Word on It,” “Angels Watching Over me, My Lord,”  “Be Careful What You Wish For,” “God’s Timing is Perfect,” “ God Always has a Plan,” and more.

It is easy reading.  The last paragraph is quoted here.  “As your life returns to normal when the Christmas season has ended, I encourage you to take the Gift wherever you go.  Oh, how I hope you will continue to unwrap His wonder in your everyday life and show Him off to those around you.  You know the world needs the Gift that you have, and in your own unique way, you can bring a little Christmas into every day.”

Submitted by Eugene R. DeHoogh

First Born Series
By Karen Kingsbury

There are five books in this series:

Fame:  A story of hope, healing and God’s divine leading; even in the face of impossible circumstances.

Forgiven:  About God’s divine direction and the realization that peace comes only after forgiveness.

Found:  Again about God’s divine leading and the truth that God rewards those who seek Him with all their heart.

Family:  A story of the search for renewed hope and the desperate need to be loved and to belong.

Forever:  About surviving tough times and drawing strength and hope from family and deep faith.

Submitted by Diana Anderson

Day Break
By Belva Plain

This story is fiction.  It’s about two families who each took home the wrong baby boy from the hospital and raised them for 19 years.  It deals with sickness and death in one family and good health and hatred in the other.

The living son was influenced by the wrong people in college and by his bigoted father.  He became a radical anti-semite.  The story makes one realize how easily a young mind can be led down the wrong path in life.  It tells how the two mothers deal with the volatile situation with lots of love and patience.

Submitted by LaVonne Volzke

This book studies God as a literary figure, giving the reader a distinctly different view of how God moves through history.  Miles sees God as someone who changes and grows along with his creation.  This book is a challenging read but I found it helpful in giving me a clearer view of God’s character.

Miles is a former Jesuit priest turned Episcopalian.  He follows the Hebrew order of the Old Testament, which gives the reader a different take on understanding the Old Testament. Without delving too far into the reasons for the editing of the Hebrew Bible by a Christian, I will just suggest that it helped to link the New Testament with the Old.

This book challenged me to a deeper, more nuanced view of God and enriched my appreciation for the richness of the Bible.

Submitted by Rev. Steve Corum

If God is Love: Rediscovering Grace in an Ungracious World