1) A Joint Choir is being formed for July 21 when the Bishop visits. Please sign up at church or reach out to Bella at 812 483 5077.

2) Blessed July 4th to you and yours!  
As we enjoy the holiday weekend with family and friends please take time out to pray and give thanks for our country! We are thankful for the freedoms we have and for the men/women who died for those freedoms, and still serve around the world. 

3) Bishop Bill Gafkjen will be with us on July 21st, 10a at St. Andrews! (NOTE: change in location) and all are welcomed. You are invited to donate to an endowment fund set up in his name. You can contribute at church, or online electronically. I encourage you to donate to this great opportunity for future leaders

As always, I am standing by to serve and to be with you or yours in any way.  Just let me know.  God be with you until we meet again!

Pastor Doug Givan

The Fruit of the Spirit is Kindness

 “I will tell of the kindnesses of the Lord, the deeds for which he is to be praised, according to all the Lord has done for us. . . .”—  Isaiah 63:7

Kindness can be described as a friendly, generous, considerate disposition toward others. But, sadly, this trait can be elusive in our everyday world—especially where there is a lot of competition. When we look for kindness in our world, we can find it, but we also tend to find a lot of unkindness.

Isaiah tells about the kindnesses of God and all that the Lord has done for us. Already in the garden of Eden we see the kindness of God to our first parents. God had warned Adam and Eve of the dire consequences of disobeying his command. When they disobeyed anyway, they became aware of their guilt and were afraid. But God displayed at least two great acts of kindness. First, instead of bringing about the punishment of death right away, God promised to send his Son to take on the ultimate punishment for sin. Second, God took care of Adam and Eve’s immediate needs and gave them clothes to wear. From that time forward, God’s kindness has been on display as he points to his Son, Jesus, the Savior, as the way of forgiveness, restoration, and full life forever.

Kind God, move us to see your kindness today, and guide us to find ways to reflect your kindness to others as we forgive those who wrong us and seek to lead them to your wholeness. For Jesus’ sake, Amen.