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“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, &ldquo… Read More

“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 … Read More

“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. … Read More

“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 pri… Read More

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 Doneg… Read More

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 Doneg… Read More

     “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 th… Read More

“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 classi… Read More

“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 birthda… Read More

“Inner Space”   I came across the most charming video on YouTube. 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 weathe… Read More