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Many of us want something in our life that we can’t get by our own skill, power or ability. We can’t get it by our finances or by our wisdom. No, what we want is what only God can give and to this point in our lives He hasn’t provided it for us. Scriptures Isaiah 30:13; 40:30-31;... Read More →

Our thought life is the most powerful and the most private arena of our lives. Ralph Waldo Emerson put it this way: Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny. It’s not an... Read More →

The Milton Bradley game “Life” simulates a person’s journey through life from college to retirement. It includes salaries, marriage, children and crisis. Navigating through each spin and move culminates in a day of reckoning when all that’s been acquired is added up and the... Read More →

The Red Cross will be at Faith Fellowship from 3-7pm on Tuesday, July 7th. If you can give blood, please register for a time to give. You can do this online at redcrossblood.org or at the church Information Center. Call 618.466.8510 if you have questions. Read More →

A Men’s Breakfast will be held at Faith Fellowship on Saturday, June 13th from 8:00-9:15am. Pastor Ron Wenzel will be the guest speaker. Breakfast will be catered by Chef Bob. Tickets are available for $8. All men are invited to attend. For more information call the church... Read More →

Jonah and the great fish is a very familiar Bible story. We are fascinated by the details but most of us don’t grasp the full meaning of it. It’s much more than a fish catching a man. The story is one of grace and forgiveness, not only for a reluctant missionary but also for a... Read More →

The idea of submission does not align with our human desires. In the past, wedding vows included words like “submit” and “obey”, which have for the most part been replaced by more palatable terms. In a self-absorbed, self-gratifying society submission is distasteful, to say the... Read More →

We all know people who say they believe one thing but do the exact opposite. It’s hypocrisy and we have no respect for it in others, yet we tend to justify it in our own life. This is not a new problem, the writer of Hebrews warns the early Christians not to turn away from the... Read More →

Paul instructs Christians to bear one another’s burdens. Some of us are not naturally motivated to give care to others. Often we feel we have enough of our own problems to deal with and we’d like to make some progress rather than attend to someone else’s needs. Then others of us... Read More →