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Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - Join Pastor John for a Daily Devotional

"Peace" Several years ago, a young, 11 year old girl named Marie, share what life was like living in the Middle East, specifically, the country of Lebanon.Her whole life has basically been living in that war-torn land.She explains her difficult situation by writing, "Our country is on fire, I could cry.I am in fifth grade of the free school and I have never known anythi...

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Monday, June 29, 2020 - Join Pastor John for a Daily Devotional

"Aged to Perfection" Yesterday was another great day of worship at Chestnut Level.At 8:00 A.M. the weather was beautiful outside, the music upbeat, and the preacher not half bad.It was a joy to welcome Connor Musser, Olivia Musser and Luke Smith as Communicant members at Chestnut Level.I thought that things went off without a hitch, despite the parade of Amish buggies p...

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Friday, June 26, 2020 - Join Pastor John for a Daily Devotional

"Faithfulness" Tony Campolo tells about a friend of his who was traveling on a train just outside London.He was sharing a compartment with two other men.About twenty minutes out of the station, one of the men fell to the floor with an apparent epileptic seizure.His body grew rigid as the seizure took control.Immediately, the man's traveling companion dropped to the floo...

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Thursday, June 25, 2020 - Join Pastor John for a Daily Devotional

"Telehandler Encouragement" A couple of weeks ago I was working at the church, when Chestnut Level's own Tom Henry called me.He said he needed to see me right away.So, I went there quickly, thinking it was a pastoral emergency.Instead, Tom beamed with pride as showed me his JCB Telehandler (aka teleloader) that he has had for about a year.I watched as Tom deftly grabbed...

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Adult Bible Study, Thursday, June 25 - 11:00 A.M.

Join Pastor John and his guest co-leader, Rev. Dr. Michael Wilson, who will be leading a Bible Study tonight on Matthew 24:32-35, The Parable of the Fig Tree. Everyone welcome to join us for this study and discussion! Michael Wilson is the Stated Clerk/Facilitator for Developing Leaders for Donegal Presbytery.In this role, he helps to shape the flow and process of our p...

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Adult Bible Study - Tonight - Wednesday, June 24 - 6:30 P.M.

Join Pastor John and his guest co-leader, Rev. Dr. Michael Wilson, who will be leading a Bible Study tonight on Matthew 24:32-35, The Parable of the Fig Tree. Everyone welcome to join us for this study and discussion! Michael Wilson is the Stated Clerk/Facilitator for Developing Leaders for Donegal Presbytery.In this role, he helps to shape the flow and process of our p...

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Wednesday, June 24, 2020 - Join Pastor John for a Daily Devotional

"Not Perfect" Ken Medema is a Christian musician who was born blind.His parents taught him to play games, ride a bike, and even water-ski.It isn't that they were callous to his condition of not being able to see, it's just that they were more interested in affirming him as a person of worth, created in the image of God.With this inner peace, Ken Medema sometimes almost ...

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020 - Join Pastor John for a Daily Devotional

"No Need to Fear" One of the joys of being a child growing up in the 1960's, was the abundance of classic cartoons on TV.You know they are "classics," because they had stood the test of time and are still watched by children today.When I talk about classics, I mean true classics like Scooby-Doo, the Flintstones, Bugs Bunny, Speed Racer, Popeye, the Jetsons, Rocky and Bu...

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Monday, June 22, 2020 - Join Pastor John for a Daily Devotional

"What 'This' Is" In the movie, "City Slickers," Billy Crystal plays a New York advertising agent who has a terminal case of the mid-life blues.He is bored with his job, bored with his marriage, bored with his life.On his thirty-ninth birthday he says to a friend, "Have you ever reached the point in life where you say to yourself, 'This is the best I'm ever going to lo...

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Friday, June 19, 2020 - Join Pastor John for a Daily Devotional

"Inner Space" I came across the most charming video onYouTube.It's about a dad who sent his son's little toy train into space.This dad took his little boy's favorite toy, A Thomas The Tank Engine train, hooked it up to a weather balloon, and then attached a small camera and an old cell phone with a GPS to track it.And then he let it fly.Well, that little train floate...

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