Discipleship is More Than an Event

Discipleship is More Than an Event

Note from the Editor: FOCUS Weekend begins March 1. As the student team prepares for a few days of intense discipleship, Grant Hoover explains the philosophy behind these events, specifically about what they can and can’t do. Discipleship is always happening, even in...
What We’re Thanking God For This Year

What We’re Thanking God For This Year

Thanksgiving week is upon us! This is a special time to reflect on all that we have to be thankful for. I happen to be writing this the day after the Texas Rangers won their first World Series Championship. I know that there are many who are thankful for this in our...
Remembering the Reformation

Remembering the Reformation

Most days are pretty boring. We wake up, do our routines (for me that includes precariously holding my toddler in one arm while I cook an egg and get her “sheirios” ready for breakfast), go to work, come home, go to bed, etc. Rinse and repeat. Rarely do we wake up and...
A Firm Foundation for Future Generations

A Firm Foundation for Future Generations

 After almost a year of discussion, prayer, and study the elders of Providence Church have voted to adopt the 1853 New Hampshire Confession of Faith as our official statement of faith. We recently shared this news with the congregation at our most recent Member...
The Surprise in Singleness

The Surprise in Singleness

It’s the undisputed right of the eldest daughter to be mom any time kids play house, and I was no exception to the rule. I rocked baby dolls to sleep and bossed my younger siblings. Those hours of pretend play shaped my expectations for adulthood—eventually I’d trade...
A Call for Spiritual Mothers

A Call for Spiritual Mothers

Elisabeth Elliot once wrote, “The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian makes me a different kind of woman.” The Word of God transforms not only our hearts and minds, but also our womanhood....