Blog: March 2020

Hi Goshen Families, I don't know about you, but I seem to be losing track of the days of the week! It's easy to let the hours and days roll by without noticing the new opportunities that God is giving to us with our family during this very different and in many ways difficult time. I would encourage you to keep your family connected to our church by sharing with your children the different lessons, songs, posts, and activities that we are sending out. We want to keep you all connected to the life of our church and your children need you to ...

Contentment.  Are you content in Christ today? How do the words of Paul (as a prisoner!) strike you?  “Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.  I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound.  In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.” (Philippians 4:11-12).  And then there’s Hebrews 13:15:  “Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, ‘I will never leave you ...

Helen Reid served in children’s ministry at Goshen Baptist Church for more than twenty years. She was a faithful servant in room 109 ministering to the two and three year olds who would pass through that room - most affectionately called, “Helen’s room.” Helen served so many people at Goshen and in her surrounding community. I had the privilege of seeing Helen minister to her young children in her Sunday school class with kindness, creativity, and faithfulness. Helen cared for the children who came into her room. She usually prepped her ...

Hi Goshen Families, I hope you all are adjusting to the new normal at home. I'm sure things are very different as each day brings new information and new things to process. Below are some ideas that you could use for family worship perhaps on Sunday or sometime this week: 1) worksheet for the Sunday lesson can be found here. 2) A video of the lesson for Sunday - Jesus Was Dedicated - can be found here. 3) A video to a song that the kids know and I will reference in the children's message time on Sunday. We are praying for you...!

Here’s a great question to be asking right now:  What hasn’t changed? Because it feels like everything has changed.  The coronavirus struck and, presto, within weeks we go from a stable and familiar way of life to massive disruption.  It’s like someone grabbed the world and flipped it upside-down.  Now the media overflows with COVID-19 coverage.  And schools close, churches go virtual, and travel, sports, entertain­ment, restaurants, and all non-life-sustaining businesses go dark.  And we all go home.  It feels like everything has ch ...

Goshen Family, Here in the age of Coronavirus, we'll be continuing our online virtual worship services for the foreseeable near future, even as we look forward to gathering in person again as soon as it is appropriate to do so. In light of this, our experience of Holy Week as a church family will be very different this year.  It's easy to quickly think of this as a loss--and much is lost when we can't be in each other's physical presence.  But God is up to something wise and right in the midst of all this, Christ is building his church, ...

Hi Goshen Families! We will miss being with you and your children on Sunday! We wanted to provide some information that you could use with your children on Sunday perhaps for a family church service at home! Below is a link to a video lesson that we would have covered this Sunday as well some text that you can use to engage your kids in the lesson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIHou7zh5LY After the angel Gabriel appeared to Zechariah and predicted the birth of John—the forerunner of the Messiah—he appeared to Mary and ...

Some of the last words of the Lord recorded in the Old Testament are found in Malachi 4—“Look, I am going to send you the prophet Elijah … he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers” (vv. 5-6). The Book of Malachi was written more than 400 years before Jesus was born. For centuries, God’s people did not hear from Him. They were back in their homeland but were subject to other ruling nations. Eventually, the Romans took over. The Roman emperor installed Herod as a leader over Judea ...

The Book of Daniel has been painting a picture of the future for us.  And these days, with Coronavirus uncertainty, volatile financial markets, and political angst of all kinds, everyone’s wondering about the future:  When the dust settles, what will tomorrow be like? There’s an old saying:  We may not know what the future holds, but we know Who holds the future. And with the knowledge that our good-wise-powerful Heavenly Father has tomorrow in his hands, we can rest. But still, that old saying isn’t quite right.  We actually DO know some ...

The prophecies concerning Jesus’ birth are numerous, and many of them refer to Jesus’ lineage. Old Testament prophecies tell of the promised Messiah being born from the seed of a woman (Gen. 3:15); from the seed of Abraham (Gen. 22:18), Isaac (Gen. 21:12), and Jacob (Num. 24:17); from the tribe of Judah (Micah 5:2); from the line of Jesse (Isa. 11:1); and from the house of David (Jer. 23:5). The prophecies said He would be born of a virgin (Isa. 7:14) and would be the Son of God (1 Chron. 17:13-14; Ps. 2:7). Jesus fulfilled all of these ...