Blog: May 2020

Hi Families, We are looking forward to being with you all soon! In the meantime, we continue to pray that God has been blessing your worship time together as a family at home. Here are some ideas for your family time together for this Sunday: Here is a worksheet for the lesson on Jesus and the Samaritan Woman: https://sharesync.serverdata.net/us/s/SwDJiFVk11vWMaCfZzWkyl003d1554 Check your email for a video to accompany the lesson. Here is some wording that you can use for this lesson: At the time Jesus was on earth, Jews ...

As we all shudder in horror at the brutal killing of George Floyd, and as we watch terrifying footage of looting and burning and devastation in Minneapolis, we have to pause and consider:  What is going on? What kind of society do we live in?  What have we become? Let me give a word of caution (mostly to myself):  It’s easy to watch from a distance in a condescending way, and to think, “How can they do that?  We’d never do that!”  But wisdom cuts in and compels us to think again.  And humility begs us to ask why is it that we aren’t the ...

Hi Families! Just a reminder to register TODAY for your child's Rocky Railway - Home Adventure. Registration is open and seats are filling on this train adventure! We hope your family will be able to join us. Below are some ideas for you and your family for your worship time on Sunday. Our lesson continues to follow the life of Jesus. This week we look at the conversation Jesus had with Nicodemus. Here is a worksheet for the lesson: https://sharesync.serverdata.net/us/s/3f9MpO1TCxqwushGuRm84I003d1554 Check your email for a video to ...

“One Thing.”  Is there a sense of focus and priority about how your life is going?  Or are you just ambling along, reacting to any ping or tweet or push notification or breaking news that comes your way? Consider three biblical passages about “one thing”: David declares, “One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple” (Psalm 27:4). Jesus tells busy Martha, “One thing is necessary” (Luke ...

Dear Goshen Families, We are excited to invite your children to participate in "Rocky Railway - Home Adventure" - an at home adventure for the week of June 15! For more information and to register today please use this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfCaOjNoWoSFs973PY6MxbjIUkF4BEnkiLYAfucwnLJsbDXnA/viewform Below are some resources that you can use for your Sunday worship time together: Here is a video of the lesson - Jesus taught in Nazareth https://sharesync.serverdata.net/us/s/TYS3TuWhpIVMZ3X8hKcI5W003d1554 Here ...

As the weeks and months of the Coronavirus outbreak pass, Christians everywhere are grappling with the implications for church gatherings.  And it’s a complicated situation—no simple solutions. On the one hand, government authorities have issued stay-at-home orders and are discouraging (and in some cases prohibiting) gatherings of more than ten people for “non-life-sustaining” purposes, including church services.  And they are doing this in order to “flatten the curve”—that is, to slow the spread of Covid-19 so that hospitals are not ...

Happy Mother's Day! Thanks, moms, for all you are doing especially during these times to love and support your family! On this special day, I'm reminded of the verse found in Ephesians 2: "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." Do you know what your day holds today? Probably not. But God does, and He's given you enough grace for today. Walk with Him! Below are some resources that you can use for you family Sunday worship time. We continue with the life ...

Today is Thursday, May 7, which is the National Day of Prayer here in the USA.  Of course, we can and should pray for our country every day; there’s no special spiritual benefit in praying on a certain date.  But still, designating a day to focus on the need for God’s guidance and correction and provision and blessing upon the people of a given country can be a great positive—it can be a way to help believers remember to pray, and to convey to non-believers the truth that all people and nations are accountable to God. To encourage all of us ...

Hi Goshen Families, Welcome to May! We hope you'll be able to find some time this weekend to share with your kids the Sunday lesson: Jesus calls his disciples. Our hope is that these resources encourage you to have good conversations with your kids and that they provide opportunity for you as a family to enjoy a worship experience together at home. Here is a video for the lesson: https://sharesync.serverdata.net/us/s/FCmZDOd8U0XI6KJkWikiXk003d1554 Here is a worksheet that can accompany the lesson: ...

On March 29, Time magazine published an article by N. T. Wright entitled, “Christianity Offers No Answers about the Coronavirus.  It’s Not Supposed To.” No doubt the title was intended to grab the attention of readers (I do wonder if it’s the title that Wright himself wanted). In case you’re not familiar with N. T. (Tom) Wright, you should know that he’s a committed Christian, a leader in the Church of England, and a major contributor in New Testament scholarship (with 80-some books to his name, Wright is a prolific author if ever there was ...