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If you prefer to print the newsletter, you may download it here: Printable December 2023 Here is also a printable December calendar: 12 2023 Calendar elder’s perspective By Susie Kirkpatrick, Elder As the last of the leftovers disappear from our refrigerator and the season of Thanksgiving yields to the celebration of the coming of the Christ child, I continue to be grateful for so much in my life and in the life of our church. As one of the eight elders,…

If you prefer to print the newsletter, you may download it here:  Printable November 2023 Here is also a printable November calendar: 11 2023 Calendar pastor’s perspective “the gospel according to isaiah” By Dave Hendrickson, Lead Pastor When you think of the gospel what comes to mind? You might think of the four gospel books which begin the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. You might think of the term “good news”. You might say that the gospel is…

If you prefer to print the newsletter, you may download it here:  Printable October 2023 Here is also a printable October calendar: 10 2023 Calendar elder’s perspective By Sarah Rundell, Elder There are seasons in life when I find myself acutely aware of my propensity for failing to live up to Godly standards. To translate this to everyday English—sometimes I can be a real jerk. To clarify, I don’t struggle with The Great Big Sins: murder, adultery, theft, etc.—this is…

If you prefer to print the newsletter, you may download it here: Printable September 2023 Here is also a printable September calendar: 09 2023 Calendar pastor’s perspective “Bahamian Mission Trip” By Dave Hendrickson, Lead Pastor If you thought it was HOT in Longview the last few weeks of August, you should have been with the mission team on Abaco Island, Bahamas. Even though the air temperature was slightly higher in Longview, the heat index number was worse in the Bahamas. The…

If you prefer to print the newsletter, you may download it here: Printable August 2023 Here is also a printable June calendar: 08 2023 Calendar elder’s perspective By Sean Kelly, Elder While I haven’t had a lightning bolt experience, I have had a vision. Nothing dramatic like what Old Testament prophets and the apostle John have shared with us. It came in a dream. No blinding light and thunderous words. It happened on a small, silent retreat at an abbey.…

If you prefer to print the newsletter, you may download it here: Printable July 2023 Here is also a printable June calendar: 07 2023 Calendar pastor’s perspective “keeping in step with the spirit” By Dave Hendrickson, Lead Pastor As we continue our study this summer on the Holy Spirit, I want to look at Galatians 5:25. Here Paul says, “If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.” Just recently, Jonny and I were walking…

If you prefer to print the newsletter, you may download it here: Printable June 2023 Here is also a printable June calendar: 06 2023 Calendar elder’s perspective “i met jesus through children’s ministry” By Lorraine Little, Elder During this last year, I have had the privilege of serving as an Elder here at Longview Community Church. And over the last 15 years, many of you may also have seen me singing on the Worship Team, doing skits during Vacation Bible…

If you prefer to print the newsletter, you may download it here: Printable May 2023 Here is also a printable May calendar: 05 2023 Calendar pastor’s perspective “Summer of the Spirit” By Dave Hendrickson, Lead Pastor Back in my March newsletter article, I discussed the “Awakening” which Asbury University experienced. Students, faculty, staff, and the local community felt thepresence of God in such a mighty way that people from all around the country and world were traveling to Wilmore, Kentucky to…

If you prefer to print the newsletter, you may download it here: Printable April 2023  Here is also a printable April calendar: 04 2023 Calendar elder’s perspective “My church home: place, people, memories, investments” By Patrick Allen, Elder (Dave has asked the Elders to share responsibility for this article with him on alternating months in 2023 in order to give them an opportunity to share about themselves or something that is on their heart, and for the congregation to get to…

If you prefer to print the newsletter, you may download it here: Printable March 2023 Here is also a printable March calendar: 03 2023 Calendar pastor’s perspective “awakening” By Dave Hendrickson, Lead Pastor Awakening (awak-en-ing) means to arouse from sleep; rousing from inactivity or indifference; a revival of interest in something. In the 1730s and 40s, the colonies that would later make up the United States experienced a movement from God. It was during a time when rationalism and enlightenment…