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Walking with Moses, a Real Mountain Top Experience

Read Psalm 8
It was a cold, brisk early morning in January. The bus picked up my tour group at 1:30am and we headed for what would be the experience of a lifetime. Our mission was to ride a camel ¾ of the way up the mountain and then hike the remaining 750 steps to [...]

Gratitude in Reverse

Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19:  “I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my supplications. Because he Inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. …What shall I return to the Lord for all his bounty to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation [...]

GPS Navigator

Jeremiah 29:11,13? For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord,…plans to give you hope and a future… You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
A couple of months ago I bought a GPS Navigator.  I was tired of getting lost and taking the wrong [...]

My parents told me to not talk to strangers…

My parents told me to not talk to strangers…So, how do I greet strangers?
Hebrews 13:2 says, “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.”
Traveling from Wisconsin to California with my parents was a “priceless experience” as MasterCard would promote. My father is a natural-born [...]

Greetings

Greetings new church family,
I am Susan Oeffler, your new associate pastor. I am originally from Wisconsin where I served as a local pastor to smaller rural churches for 5
years before attending seminary in CA. In May, I received my Masters of Divinity at Claremont School of Theology.
Most recently I worked as Director of Invitational (evangelism [...]