Years ago, I attended a once-thriving church and was shocked to see how small the congregation was inside their large, beautiful sanctuary. I was taken there by a friend who lived nearby, and when the service ended, I asked my friend how the church could survive with so few people. He assured me that they…
After two years of pandemic delays, Broadway has invited the Northern Illinois Covenant Churches to our Maundy Thursday service, April 14 at 7 p.m. It’s another sign that we are returning to familiar patterns of ministry, and I hope you will join us as we welcome brothers and sisters from local Covenant churches. In the…
We don’t celebrate Lent like we do Advent. We don’t put up a Lent tree or decorate our homes with Lenten lights. I suppose it’s not that sort of season. Lent calls us to quiet reflection, fasting, sacrifice, repentance and gratitude toward our Savior who walked steadfastly to the cross where He saved us from…
We read in Luke 18:35-43 of the blind man who called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” It’s the cry of desperate need all of us feel in our hearts when we are hurting, afraid or lost. Jesus asked the man, “What do you want me to do for you?” Our world…
This month please pray for Peter and Ruth Dutton who are in Thailand. Peter and Ruth started their mis-sionary career in 1981 working in Thailand’s refugee camps. After three years, they attended Fuller School of World Mission and have been serving mostly in Laos and Thailand ever since. Last year Thailand received some of the…
Well, here we are again. Another year has passed, and a new year dawns before us. This time last year, as we put the challenges of 2020 behind us, I wrote these words: “[A]s we stand on the brink of a new year, we can only hope in faith that the coming months will bring…
The new session of Immerse will begin Sunday, January 9. During 2022, we will read through the entire New Testament with Immerse: Messiah. Books and reading schedules are now available (many of us already have a copy of Messiah). Immerse is the adult Sunday School class and meets each Sunday morning at 9 a.m. downstairs…
Advent is a season of waiting and anticipation. As we light advent candles marking the weeks until Christmas, we celebrate Jesus coming into the world to fulfill God’s great promise of salvation. People long ago waited in faith for the Messiah to come. His advent, brought about in the surprising and wonderful manner of a…
Let’s be honest, sometimes we don’t feel like giving thanks. When life is hard and we’re having trouble seeing the good through all the bad, it may be tough to put on a happy face and show gratitude. But here we are, on the doorstep of another Thanksgiving, and whatever the condition of your life…
We will meet Monday, October 4 at 6:00pm in the Fellowship Hall for a potluck dinner. Please bring a dish to share. After dinner there will time for fellowship, devotions and sharing any prayer re-quest. All are welcome.
