That’s Christmas To Me —  For as long as I can remember, the Christmas season has been one of my favorites throughout the year.  There is generally so much joy and love associated with this season for my family and I.  When I was younger, a large part of that had to do with getting… Read More »

It seems like a lot of people are enjoying the Christmas season this year. As Halloween ended and November began, I began to see Christmas lights and decorations on my neighbors’ homes and began to see Christmas trees in living room windows shortly thereafter. There is something about Christmas that gives us comfort and in a year like… Read More »

Wednesday Night ZOOM Class —  On Wednesday night’s in December, since our Bible Classes have been suspended until January, we will be offering “FYM Live” on ZOOM from 7pm-8pm (CST). This is a video Devotional for our students, their friends, and their families. We will be working through a series entitled, “It Matters.” Lesson 1:… Read More »

A.S.K. God for What You Need and Expect Him to Answer by www.churchleaders.com  “So I say to you: ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks,… Read More »

“You’ll be doin’ all right, with your Christmas of white. But I’ll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas.” Most of us have begun to listen to our favorite Christmas music. Holiday songs such as, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”, “Silver Bells”, “Deck the Halls”, “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” and “Have Yourself a Merry… Read More »

I noticed it happening a couple of weeks ago. My Facebook feed began filling with pictures of families that had put up their Christmas trees and other Christmas decorations. Each picture was accompanied by a similar statement saying, “we’ve never put out our Christmas this early, but felt the need to do it this year”. In a year… Read More »

Hymn: Give Thanks — One of my favorite hymns to sing and focus on during the Holiday Season year in and year out, is “Give Thanks.” We sang it last Sunday in our worship time here at Fairlane. The story behind the song:  In 1978, a young seminary graduate named Henry Smith was struggling to… Read More »

One Day Retreat — We had a great turnout to our retreat on Saturday night, November 14th. I was so disappointed that our Fall Retreat site remained closed for the rest of 2020, but some excitement returned when we announced that we were going to do an evening retreat that weekend.  I think we found… Read More »

“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” – Hebrews 10:23 Sometimes, it’s easy to view our world today and get somewhat depressed. We see the political division in our country and there just doesn’t seem to be any compromise or way to bring the different sides together. We see divisions… Read More »

“Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they put it on top of a lampstand, and it shines on all who are in the house.   In the same way, let your light shine before people, so they can see the good things you do and praise your Father who is… Read More »