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"Dad, you smell like people"
“Dad, you smell like people.”
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This is what I overhear our six-year-old daughter telling my husband after he gets home from a busy Sunday of being pastor to our congregation. My children and I are blessed to have him not only as our family’s spiritual leader but also as our pastor. The happiness on our children’s faces when they see their dad up at the front of church and their excitement to run up alongside other children for the children’s message bring joy to my heart as a mom.
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As my husband lives out his calling as husband, father, and pastor, he literally smells like his people. His people are his own wife and children and also every person he interacts with every Sunday from start to finish. It’s almost impossible for anyone to slip into church without a sincere greeting and hug, handshake, or fist bump from this man who is genuinely so excited and humbled to be the shepherd of this flock.
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After reading Abbie's article about her husband, Jonathan, keep scrolling to read Jonathan's article about Abbie (pictured above with their three children). Both articles are beautiful examples of how a pastor and his wife guide and serve their congregation and their family.
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Did you miss the first study in this new live online series?
Watch it now!
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Last Thursday, Oct. 3, Pastor Charles Degner led the first of his four-part live online Bible study on the topic "When politics drives you crazy." If you missed it, you can watch a recording of the first study. To register or learn more, visit forwardinchrist.net/online-study.
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“Sometimes I think, How did I ever get lucky enough to get tapped to do all this?” Mark Schulz, a member at St. Matthew, Janesville, Wis., not only feels lucky but also blessed by the opportunities he has had to use his talents to facilitate ministry work in his local . . .
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In the Lord's Prayer, “Lead us not into temptation” follows immediately after “Forgive us our sins.” Having just prayed for forgiveness, it’s only fitting that we pray for help not to fall again into sin. Satan is the great tempter. Satan has more power in . . .
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“I liked being able to talk to people and ask them how their lives were different when they were my age.” “It was fun to hang out with people that were older than me, not just my grandparents.” “It was fun to learn more about them while they learned about me through . . .
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