Mill Creek Blog

Our prayers are with the Stewart family as our own family. 

Visitation for Eli Stewart: this Tuesday, 6-8 pm at First Baptist Church of Shawnee

Funeral for Eli: this Wednesday, 10am, First Baptist Church of Shawnee.

Map to First Baptist Church: click here. 

 But God has so composed the body...that the members may have the same care for one another.  If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. (1 Cor. 12:24-27)

--Pastor Gary 

I think this is an important series of articles. It's purpose is not to drum up new givers to the church...it is to develop a heart for the local church, to explain its importance in the plan of God, and to  foster a church full of people ready to give to God the things that are his.

A Healthy Church introduction (click here)

Question 1: Are you committed to the local church? (click here)

Question 2: Are you committed to the purpose of the church? (click here)

Question 3: Are you committed to supporting the local church (click here)

Question 4:  Are you growing in the grace of giving? (click here)

Is there any conversation more controversial today than taxes?  Discussions range from how much we should be obligated to pay to who is not paying enough.  While it seems like this discussion is as old as a Tea Party in Boston Harbor, the fact is - it is much older than that.  Around the time of Jesus' birth there was a revolutionary movement among the Jews that called for Jews to refuse to pay taxes to Rome.  They saw the taxation as a form of imposed slavery.  Some historians point to this passive rebellion as one of the factors that ultimately led to the destruction of the Jewish nation.

Jesus got pulled into this political hot-potato discussion.  But his answer was not so political.  Instead, he took the opportunity to remind us that our greater obligation...our first obligation...is to give God what is due Him.  No lesser, earthly obligations should take priority over the disciple's call to give God all that belongs to Him (Mark 12:13-17).

What does it mean for us to "render to God" what is His?  What would the church look like if we were to follow this simple maxim?  This Sunday June 6th, we will look at Jesus' statement in Mark 12 and what it could mean for Mill Creek.

I also want to encourage all Mill Creek members to attend a special Business Meeting on Sunday, June 13^th starting at 6:30pm at Gleason.  We will be voting on the Budget for 2010-2011 and Updated By-laws. If you would like to read these documents, please click here.