Guest Column written by Pam Stone, Executive Director of United Way of Marion County To all of the 220-plus Tri-Rivers students and staff who participated in the 2011 Make A Difference Day: First, let me thank you for serving our community through 17 different projects. That is a most significant accomplishment, and you should all […]

Recently, I put together some thoughts for the facilitators of the Home Groups at our church on how to build intimacy in our groups. I thought I might put them out here for others as well as solicit other ideas that I might not have thought of as of yet. – Ground Rules: The first […]

The Bible says to “Train up a child in the way he/she should go, even when old they will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:15) How often this passage has been misused to control, conform and confine children to the dictates of those over them. In a youth culture that has gone perverse and promiscuously […]

Candice gave the following talk at the Women’s Business Council in Marion today. Ok, so she went off script a bit as all great speakers do, but this is the write-up. As always, we’d love to get your feedback, just leave a comment. Today it’s more important than ever that businesses and organizations have a […]

An old blog of mine but timely for the season…. What’s the best thing about October 31st? It’s my friend Monica’s birthday! (Just sucking up since I know she’ll read this). OK, let me say this first as I tackle this…this is A Christian’s perspective (my perspective not all Christians). A lot of people are […]

The church I pastor, The Shepherd’s Fellowship is having a special event on October 22, 2011 called “A Night at Matthew’s”. This is going to be a different type of event for us but will be filled with live music, catered food, fund raising to help “Bridges out of Poverty” and a wine tasting. Yes, […]

This past week Marion Online asked in their poll question if people had ever used a QR code. While 14 percent said they had, about 80 percent selected “What the heck is a QR code.” If you are one of those people, never fear, the answer is actually very simple. QR codes stands for Quick […]

Below are some of our favorite stories that we’ve run across the past week. Stories include lessons for digital age parenting, advice entrepreneurs should ignore, why websites still matter, and more. 5 Lessons for Parenting in the Digital Age There are so many more reasons to stay inside these days. This article has tips on […]

You head to your favorite search engine, YouTube, or even Facebook to look for something or to read the latest information. Maybe you’re looking for something serious, maybe just for fun. More than likely you are confident in the results that you get when you do your search or read your newsfeed, but did you […]

Last weekend, I was on sabbatical for a few days. Just some time out in the woods for some rest, family time, and solo Bible Study. One of the stories from the Scripture I revisited during this time was the story of Jacob in Genesis. As I read through it again, I caught something in […]