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by Dahlia Orth, Cuyahoga Valley Church--Missions Coordinator This month, we had the privilege of having 3 sets of missionaries with us that were raised at Cuyahoga Valley Church. Each person has accomplished different things for the Kingdom in different parts of the world. Here is a snapshot of each missionary and how God uses them to…
Ron and Jo have had distinguished careers in medicine in Northeast Ohio. We now send them as missionaries cleverly disguised, with our blessing, to North Carolina where Jo will continue in an exciting new season of her career.
Lent is not mandatory for Christians. Do not feel obligated to participate. But if you are looking to grow in worship, your relationship with Christ and experience a more meaningful appreciation of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, then we highly recommend participating in this Lenten season.
Over the past several months, as Rick Eimers and I have taken over leadership of the missions department, I have realized my grave need for more knowledge when it comes to the study of missions. One of our top objectives for 2017 is educate the body of believers at CVC in the area of missions. By educate,…
Chad led us in an exercise to open our fists, to symbolically let something go, and then to receive the blessing that He gives to those who practice the discipline of release.
But exactly how do we do it?
During a recent staff meeting we read through a bit of Joshua about being courageous risk takers and reflected on how God is calling us to move spiritually, conversationally, relationally, and financially.
n a message on the life of Sarah, the matriarch of the Jewish people, we discovered reasons why she could have disqualified herself from doing great things for God. She was small, wrong, mean, doubting, and old. Yet God use her to bless the world.
I’ve been wrong over and over and over again and again. I’ve believed a lie – that my wrongs have disqualified me from taking risks to serve God.
Sarah teaches us that faith pleases God and that He rewards those who seek Him. Faith waits on God. Risk-taking faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible, and receives the impossible.
People often ask me about ways to be involved with our missionaries. One of the best ways to do that is through prayer efforts. They have seen much answered prayer, both on the field and here in the states. T
on’t Waste Your Life is an exceptionally motivating read because John Piper weaves together our call to live life to glorify God, Christ’s challenge to pick up our cross and die to self while compassionately confronting our fleshly default to comfort, pleasure and spiritually fruitless pursuits that can unintentionally culminate into a “wasted life”.
Pr@yer is the power behind T&K, our partners on the ground, and pr@yer is the power behind all of those from CVC that will make that trip to Pearl Island both in 2017 and in the years to come.
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