by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jan 29, 2026 | Weekly Words
On Sunday, there was a repeated theme, not in the sermon, but in some of the other aspects of our liturgy. Pastor Andrew used Psalm 33 for our pastoral prayer. We had a reading from Psalm 46. We sang a song based on Psalm 40. A different pewrson picked each of these...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jan 28, 2026 | Weekly Words
At our church meeting, we addressed the current feeling of instability in the world around us and how we plan to address it as a church. This was what was said at the meeting: One of the common conversations that we had in our elder meetings over the last year was...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 31, 2025 | Resolutions
Over the last few months, certain themes have been coming up in our elder meetings, in sermons, and in our times of reflection. The elders decided to compile these as an end of the year list: 26 thoughts for 2026. Truthfully, it is 13 ideas, complimented by 13 verses....
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Oct 21, 2025 | Weekly Words
This is the third post in a series on responding to the cultural moment. The first post outlined the issue and looked at what we are doing when we gather on Sundays. The second post was looking at the role of preaching in this. Today we will look at the work of...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Oct 21, 2025 | Weekly Words
Yesterday, I started a blog series that came from a talk I gave at our church meeting. This is/was to provide background on how we interacted with current events at our Sunday service. What are we doing when we are preaching? The act of preaching is to deliver the...
