Maybe you will be inspired to read something totally new and different this year!...
Gift suggestions for kids on your list...
Dante's Divine Comedy, beginning with Dante's Inferno, is one of those huge classics of Christian literature that many have heard of, but few have tackled, given its unwieldly nature. ...
Ways God blessed our ministry to Power Source kids in Hamilton....
The Christian East is in mourning right now, and we should join them...
In an interview titled, How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation, dated December 3, 2020 at vox.com, author Anne Helen Petersen talks about the pervasive problem of burnout among the millennial generation....
supplementary material to help families engage with the Journey to Easter video...
supplementary material to help families engage with the Journey to Easter...
Supplementary material to help families engage with the Journey to Easter...
Supplementary material to help families engage with the Journey to Easter...
Supplementary material to help families engage with the Journey to Easter...
Supplementary material to help families engage with the Journey to Easter...
Supplementary material to help families engage with the Journey to Easter...
As she says goodbye to her ministry at ECC, Sarah Evans reflects on what ECC has meant to her...
How do we respond to the grievous report about Ravi Zacharias? Michael shares here a few ways we should think about this...
Family Ministry has been active this winter creating opportunities for those looking for a safe place to be to have fun and create memories outside of their house. ...
How a loaf of blueberry bread led to eternal lessons...
2020 was a year of pruning, but the promise of fruitfulness follows....
“And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” Colossians 3:17...
Let me introduce myself by telling you how God brought me to Cincinnati. ...
The issues surrounding this year's election remind me of Daniel 7, that most strange chapter in the Bible with beasts....
Several of you let me know how you were encouraged by the blog post about praying for my neighbors. Here is an update. ...
Pastor Rich provides practical suggestions on how to get the most out of reading your Bible....
COVID-19 may be turning our normal patterns of life upside-down; but it won't stop us from growing in following Jesus. In fact, it just may help us do so more!...
After five months, the coronavirus is getting old and people are wearied by all the limitations associated with it. As a result, there are a number of people who are short on patience with one another. How should we think about these things?...
Following up on Sunday's sermon, I mentioned a number of books that you may find helpful for the Care piece of application. Here are some to take a look at....
So your summer plans have been canceled or severely limited. Now what? Let me challenge you to read....
Want a source of news that will truly encourage you? Try this.........
Are you ready for the reopening of Church tomorrow? ...
Tina Miller's father shares his testimony of family discipleship....
in an interview Tina Miller's father, Gene Burke, shares his testimony of family discipleship...
Sarah offers a suggested playlist for life at home during the coronavirus pandemic....
If you even glimpse the news right now, the world seems to be falling apart....
I love knitting socks. Most all of the socks I wear now have come from a yarn store, not a clothing store. Small, relatively fast, and very satisfying to knit this tube that turns 90 degrees at the heel. That step is always magic to me I do it over and over on every sock but I still don't fully understand why it works. And don't get me started on the joy of shaping the to...
Keep Reading Family Ministry has been active this winter creating opportunities for those looking for a safe place to be to have fun and create memories outside of their house. ...
Keep Reading “And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” Colossians 3:17...
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Book Report I confess I have not been doing as much reading as I thought I would during this extended pandemic. But I have read some things that have encouraged and educated me. I am hoping some of you might also find these books to be helpful. I am in the process of reading None Like Him by Jen Wilkin. This book presents the incommunicable attributes of God and how th...
Keep Reading Several of you let me know how you were encouraged by the blog post about praying for my neighbors. Here is an update. ...
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The hurricane which is roaring through Louisiana and other states as I write this seems like an appropriate metaphor for our current times. There are so many storms in our world right now CoVid restrictions, rioting, racial issues, political turmoil, conflict with friends, feeling isolated and alone I could go on, but let's get to the more encouraging part. I am drawn t...
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The Session Elders are calling for ECC to join with the EPC and two other denominations in setting aside Good Friday, April 10,as a day of fasting and prayerto cry out for God's help with concern for the coronavirus pandemic. The following is the communication sent out from the Stated Clerk of the EPC, Jeff Jeremiah and it offers further explanation: ...
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There are so many Christian conferences available to us. Why should you take the trouble to travel somewhere else to hear people you have never heard of? ...
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After a six month sabbatical, I expected that life would be very different when we returned home. That turned out to be true, but not in the way I thought........
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Hospitality is a subject we talk a lot about. God seems to be pushing me to actually DO something about it..........
Keep ReadingYesterday, I wrote about the importance of Family Worship. If you never have tried Family Worship or you are looking for a new model, let me suggest one example: Read, Sing, Pray. Keep in mind, this is not the only way to do Family Worship. So if you have a pattern that works for you, keep it! Our practice takes only 10-15 minutesmuch more and our family would probably spo...
Keep ReadingWe live in a time and a culture in which asking for help is perceived as weakness. And our busy-ness often causes us to offer our help in very non-specific ways. How can we become a Body who finds joy in serving one another in caring, creative ways?...
Keep ReadingGod's grace is freely available to us, and we need it to live and grow as Christians. How do we KEEP it freely flowing?...
Keep ReadingWhy Community Groups? What possible reason do we believe you should be involved in Community Groups? Here are three reasons that exist behind Community Groups at ECC....
Keep ReadingI have experienced the community of believers here at ECC in a very real way recently. You all have taught me what it means to care for each other. ...
Keep ReadingGetting married is not an isolated event between two people. Rather, a Christian wedding invites the entire community of the people of God to look in and peer on your marriage. Are you married? Then guess what...your relationship to your spouse is open to accountability from everyone else!...
Keep ReadingHow well do you really know the people in your neighborhood? Michael posed that question on the blog a couple of weeks ago, and it's been haunting me. I know I've done an awful job of getting to know my neighbors since we've lived in our house. This is not, as Michael noted, an isolated phenomenon. In many of America's communities, the easy familiarity we once had with o...
Keep ReadingDid you ever wish someone would reach out to you? Here are three ways you can help build a culture of reaching out at ECC. ...
Keep ReadingCommunity is not just a buzzword. It is important to all of us. We need to value the work of building community. We need others, and others need us....
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