Living His Love

Wow Kids! meets every Wednesday starting March 16 at 6:00 pm and runs for 6 weeks.  Each evening begins with a meal and a time of fellowship followed by music, a story, and a lesson time.  The evening concludes with a craft and game time.

Wow Kids! is open to all grade school age kids and is free to all.  This is a wonderful opportunity for your children to interact with fellow Christians and learn more about the love of Jesus Christ.

This spring’s theme is The Search for Treasure.  We hope to see you there!

For more information, contact Art Holden at 605-371-3928 or use the contact form here.

The service will include sharing the Sacrament of Holy Communion as Jesus did with the disciples and draping of the cross in black to remember our Savior’s sacrifice in a visual way.  We will also be sharing a Seder meal with Pastor Dave presenting it in a similar fashion as it was served in the Upper Room.

Maundy Thursday service is April 21 at 6:30 p.m.

Starting Tuesday, March 8, Barbara Thomson will be leading a  Bible Study from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the church.  The study book is Women of the Bible:  A One Year Devotional Study of Women in Scripture by Ann Spangler and Jean Syswerda.

If you are interested or have questions, contact Barbara at 336-835, or come to the meeting Tuesday evenings.

You are invited to join Pastor Dave every Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m.

This is an opportunity to explore the various books of the bible together – perhaps more in-depth than you have before.

You do not need to be a member of Wild Flower to attend, and it is not necessary to have studied the Bible before.  This is a casual and fun opportunity to grow in you faith and knowledge of God’s word.

Our children’s Christmas program was a bunch of good fun.  This year the kids from WoW performed Santa Gives Back Christmas, a fun play where Santa, the elves and the reindeer tell the story of the Birth of Jesus.

We’ve posted the photos on our Facebook page, you can view them here.

Calling all kids through 5th grade.  Join us Wednesday evenings from 6:00pm to 7:30 pm for a fun night of bible stories, games, crafts and prizes.

Don’t worry about cooking Wednesday, we’ll feed the kids a light meal at 6:00pm.

WoW Kids is free and open to the public.  It is a fun way for youth in the community to experience the love of Christ and to grow in their walk with Jesus.

We are in need of volunteers to help with preparing the meals or assisting with craft projects, please contact Art Holden or Vicki Leuking if you’d like to help.

Invisible Heroes: Footsteps to the Cross
By Jim Lewis (brother to Jeff and Mark)

I would like to recommend the book, Invisible Heroes: Footsteps to the Cross, written by my brother Jim. We
have a signed copy in our church library that I hope everyone takes the opportunity to read. I could possibly be a little biased since the author is my brother. Nonetheless, I have read the book and feel that all who do will come to the
realization that there is more to being a hero than trophies, wealth and earthly accolades. The focus here is on the daily lives of others,–most of whom you will know–and how they inspire others through their friendship, words and actions while they take their own journey to the cross.
Each chapter profiles an individual whose caring, selflessness, discipleship, integrity, courage, compassion and repentance have made a difference in their own lives and the lives of countless others. Please take the time to read the book, and as you do, also take the time to reflect on how your daily life is an inspiration to others.

My nephew Jason (my sister Janice’s son) is a graphic artist and helped my brother by designing the cover. If you would like to purchase a copy, there are instructions on how to do so listed in the book. All profits from the sale of this book go to the church my brother and sister-in-law attend in Conklin, MI. The book will soon be available at Barnes & Noble as well as Amazon.com. Enjoy it – I did!

Jeff Lewis

We’re starting youth group off right this year. What could be more fun than humiliating our new pastor at
Mario Kart, owning Art at Ban Hero or making Vicki weep during Wii Bowling?
Youth Group starts off with a fun night of pizza, fellowship and videogames. Feel free to bring your friends and join us Wednesday night, September 8 from 6-7:30 p.m. Pastor Dave is excited to meet everyone!
Youth Group is for any youth in Middle School through High School and their friends.

The Man Who Knew God: Decoding Jeremiah
By Mordecai Schreiber

The Man Who Knew God decodes the complexities of the book of Jeremiah and argues that this prophet is the key figure in shaping Western civilization. Author Mordecai Schreiber posits that Jeremiah is not only the one
who eradicated paganism among the Hebrew people, but he can also be considered the founder of the post-biblical Jewish faith. Offering intriguing insight into Jeremiah’s role in the founding of Western monotheism and the
eradication of paganism among the Hebrew people, this book should be read by all those interested in Biblical
studies, Jewish studies, and religion.

Rabbi Mordecai Schreiber is the author of over 50 books on Judaic and linguistic topics. He is the author of
Ask the Bible and Light to the Nations: From Biblical Promise to World Peace.

Pre-publication praise for the book by leading Bible scholars follows:

“The Book of Jeremiah continues to sound its assurances and its demands in challenging, contemporary ways. Rabbi Schreiber here provides an accessible entry into this remarkable prophetic person, voice and tradition that
live in the extremities of faith. Accenting the key issues in this prophetic articulation, Schreiber shows the bold
way in which Jeremiah moves in revolutionary leaps beyond the closed tribalism of his antecedents. This wise
book merits careful and sustained attention. It will evoke conversation that will continue to vex and nourish
responsible faith, just the vexation and nourishment the prophet himself intended. The move toward an inclusive openness voiced by the prophet continues to be a demanding agenda for his present-day readers.”
Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary

“Rabbi Schreiber’s central idea, that Jeremiah was the model upon which the author of the famous Suffering
Servant songs in the book of Isaiah based these poems and which in turn, served as a significant inspiration for
Jesus’ ministry, is both elegantly simple and profoundly important for Jews and Christians. It is high time that we celebrate what we have in common rather than fighting over our differences. Rabbi Schreiber helps us to do that.”
Alice Ogden Bellis, Howard University School of Divinity

This review from Lexington Books was forwarded to us by email from one of our members

Feelings Buried Alive Never Die …
By Karol K. Truman

“When we are single-minded about what we desire in life, life works for us instead of against us. Because, the FEELING, or heart, always wins. What we feel is literally the “prayer of our heart,” and we always receive the “prayer of our heart!” Prov. 23: 7 “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he…” Our thinking and feeling need to be in unison. If not, then what we are feeling will be the winner. Consider James 1:8 “A
double minded man is unstable in all his way.”
Fear is negative. Love is positive. If I pray with fear in my heart, I will bring that very fear upon me. When a person thinks God will answer
and feels that God will answer, he has a knowing that God has already answered his prayer.

[This is only a partial glimpse at one of many exciting concepts explained in this book.. It is a good friend that I go back to again and again. I recommend it.]

submitted by Leola Bergeson