Come worship with us at 9:30. Join us in person or or watch our livestream Sunday morning on our YouTube channel , or view the service on the YouTube channel on Sunday, July 14.   Pastor Heidi Williams will be preaching on Mark 6:14-29. Here is a devotion from God Pause:  I can’t help but wonder how the discussion might have gone, with Paul and his friend comparing the spiritual experiences of being “caught up to the third heaven” with “having a vision of Jesus where he called me by name, and I was struck blind for three days.” Wo ..read more

Come worship with us at 9:30. Join us in person or or watch our livestream Sunday morning on our YouTube channel , or view the service on the YouTube channel on Sunday, July 7.   Please join us for Worship in the Park for this Sunday’s service at Madison County Historical Society at 815 S 2nd Ave, Winterset, IA .  Here is a devotion from God Pause:  This is a classic reading for Stewardship Sunday. Paul appeals to the Corinthians to contribute to the collection for the relief of the Jerusalem church, some of whose members hav ..read more

Come worship with us at 9:30. Join us in person or or watch our livestream Sunday morning on our YouTube channel , or view the service on the YouTube channel on Sunday, June 30.   Pastor Heidi Williams will be preaching on Mark 5:21-43. Here is a devotion from God Pause:  Many good things come from our suffering. There is no one who thinks that going through labor is a wonderful time. Yet most would think that it is a wonderful thing when a new life joins us in this world! Though we often go through hardships, no matter who we are ..read more

Come worship with us at 9:30. Join us in person or or watch our livestream Sunday morning on our YouTube channel , or view the service on the YouTube channel on Sunday, June 23.   Pastor Heidi Williams will be preaching on Mark 4:35-41. Here is a devotion from God Pause:  Jesus’ parable reminds us that tiny things can have a mighty impact, far beyond what one might expect. The mustard seed—so very small—has the potential to become a veritable tree. Last year this tiny seed spawned an uproar, when the Minnesota State Fair seemed re ..read more

Come worship with us at 9:30. Join us in person or or watch our livestream Sunday morning on our YouTube channel , or view the service on the YouTube channel on Sunday, June 16.   Pastor Heidi Williams will be preaching on Mark 4:26-34. Here is a devotion from God Pause: In today’s reading, the Apostle Paul recognizes the fallibility of our human existence. He acknowledges that our human nature is temporary and is wasting away. Yet even in the midst of the hardships and shipwrecks of life, Paul finds hope. When this life is wasting awa ..read more

Come worship with us at 9:30. Join us in person or or watch our livestream Sunday morning on our YouTube channel , or view the service on the YouTube channel on Sunday, June 9.   Pastor Heidi Williams will be preaching on Mark 3:20-35. Here is a devotion from God Pause: Most of my faith teachers have invited me to see all of God’s laws as God’s gifts to help build and sustain faith-active people in community. Today’s reading joins the many other references to the Sabbath in explaining that giftedness—the promise of rest for all in the ..read more

Come worship with us at 9:30. Join us in person or or watch our livestream Sunday morning on our YouTube channel , or view the service on the YouTube channel on Sunday, May 19.   Pastor Heidi Williams will be preaching on John 3:1-17. Here is a devotion from God Pause: An eye-catching sunset can cause us to pause from our worldly attentions to focus on the nature of the divine as our knees seem to weaken at such an awe-inspiring sight. The One who gives breath also takes our breath away as the beauty of the sky transforms second by sec ..read more

Come worship with us at 9:30. Join us in person or or watch our livestream Sunday morning on our YouTube channel , or view the service on the YouTube channel on Sunday, May 12.   Pastor Heidi Williams will be preaching on John 17 6-19. Here is a devotion from God Pause: In yesterday’s reflection on this week’s gospel reading, we focused on Jesus’ call to “abide” in his love and to keep his command to love one another. Any disciple worth their salt will recognize that as quite a tall order, far outstretching any power in ourselves to fu ..read more

Come worship with us at 9:30. Join us in person or or watch our livestream Sunday morning on our YouTube channel , or view the service on the YouTube channel on Sunday, April 28.   Pastor Heidi Williams will be preaching on John 15:1-8. Here is a devotion from God Pause: The writer of First John says we know God’s love because Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. Abiding in that love, means that we also ought to be helping those in need around us. After retirement, I began delivering groceries twice a month to five or ten people who ..read more

Come worship with us at 9:30. Join us in person or or watch our livestream Sunday morning on our YouTube channel , or view the service on the YouTube channel on Sunday, April 21.   Pastor Heidi Williams will be preaching on John 10:11-18. Here is a devotion from God Pause: One night after putting my children to bed, I looked in the mirror and recognized features of my parents’ faces in the reflection. The jaw line, the angularity of the nose, the shape of the lips disclosed their likeness. I thought of the likeness as a genetic thread ..read more