Exceptional Volunteers

We have exceptional volunteers here at KCC! They continually go above and beyond what is expected of them in serving others.

John McColley has been volunteering at KCC for years, but recently he worked 3 straight weeks at the church building! 4 of those days (8 hours each) he spent removing ice from the church roof in temperatures hovoring in single digits!

John is on to another project now, but still laboring away for the Lord. Thanks John! I appreciate you and all you do for God's Kingdom!

Jesus Gives Life

Jesus gives man a new lease on life. He did it long ago, He does it today, and He'll do it in the future.

Well-known phrases:

"I was blind, but now I see."

"I was dead, but now I live."

"I was lost, but now am found."

"I was in chains, but now I am free!"

What has God done for you?!

Do you pray with your children at night?

Do you pray with your children at night before they go to sleep? We've practiced this discipline every since our children were born. We pray and sing every night without fail by their bedside. I'm sure most of you do the same.

Last night after I prayed and sang with my daughter, she startled me with a question. "Daddy," she said. "Why don't big people pray and sing?" Immediately I thought the message my daughters is getting is that praying and singing is just for kids and once she grows up she'll no longer practice it.

I told her I prayed in my mind before I went to sleep at night, but I prefered to listen to music rather than sing it. But I am making plans to pray with my wife before bedtime and even make sure my children are aware of it.

What about you? Do you pray and sing before bed each night? It might not be a bad idea. Especially if you have children.

Through Sorrow and Death

Wow! I just read John 11:1-16 where Lazarus dies with Jesus' full knowledge and ability to spare his passing. Jesus loved this family, but yet allowed this tragedy to befall them. He allowed them to go through the mourning and suffering before demonstrating the wonderful power of God.

How often do we see God in this way? Simply allowing sickness, or accident, or even death to disrupt our lives in such a devastating manner? There is something to going through the valley that prepares us to climb the mountain of victorious life.

I think of movies and how their plots develop. You can almost know there will be a crisis or tragedy that will occur within the film and then after that the resolve.

I believe God does this to develop in us a deeper faith. A depth that cannot be obtained any other way except through terrible circumstances beyond our control.