Homecoming

Homecoming

This past weekend, our church held a homecoming service.  We invited dozens of members and former members who had once called Stephens home but had since moved off.  When we first started preparing for the weekend, I wondered how many people would travel back to our...
Missions and the Small Church

Missions and the Small Church

The Fifth Annual Stephens Roadrunner 5K will take place this Saturday.  Our church and town will host about 100 participants and spectators in the heart of Stephens in an effort to send a mission team on our fifth trip to the village of Kobuk, which lies about 30...
Justifying the “Small”

Justifying the “Small”

This week was the last Sunday of a six-week discipleship course on the Holy Spirit. After starting in week one with an eight-member class (huge!), tonight only my wife and one deacon showed up. Now, the weather has been terrible all week and we were under a tornado...