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June 29, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That….God helps those who help themselves” Ephesians 2: 1-10

by Connie Detwiler | June 24, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

Hello everyone! This coming Sunday’s wrongly-attributed-to-the-Bible scripture is “God helps those who help themselves,” which is a bit of a complex idea with a lot of various interpretations. The phrase sounds somewhat like Biblical wisdom and is spoken often...

June 22, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That….Everything Happens for a Reason”

by Joyce Lehman | June 18, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

“Everything Happens For a Reason” by Pastor Carl Another phantom scripture that (spoiler alert) doesn’t exactly exist… But many have said it, always with the best of intentions, based on being convinced of God’s sovereignty in spite of our inability to make...

June 15, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That….That’s Not Fair!”

by Dustin Dawe | June 10, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

We are in the middle of VBS this week at Marion! This Sunday we will embrace the VBS vibe and our worship space and worship will reflect our VBS theme… True North. As we continue our summer series of phantom scriptures, I am not going to tell you the phantom...

June 8, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That…. God won’t give you more than you can handle”

by Dustin Dawe | June 3, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

A couple years of years ago, 2021 to be specific, a famous (or maybe infamous) pastor tweeted the following statement… “God will not give you more than you can handle. If you have a big challenge today, that means you have a big destiny.” I think we have all...

June 1, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That…This too shall pass”

by Dustin Dawe | May 27, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

It is officially summer! Sorry students if you are still in school, but according to the church calendar, June is the beginning of the summer quarter. This summer we will be looking at common phrases that are attributed to being in the Bible, but they are...

May 25, 2025 – “Dudes with Bad Attitudes….Jonah”

by Dustin Dawe | May 20, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This Sunday we will look at a prophet in the Old Testament whose book is not about God speaking through the prophet, but more about the prophet’s life. Any guesses… The book is only four chapters… 48 verses… The book ends unresolved and with a question… If you...

May 18, 2025 – “Dudes with Bad Attitudes….King Saul”

by Dustin Dawe | May 13, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This week, I would like to start with a question. A riddle of sorts… What do the following people have in common… Richard Nixon Lance Armstrong Bill Cosby John Wilkes Booth O. J. Simpson King Saul … Any guesses? … I’ll wait… These guys all experienced a “fall...

May 11, 2025 – “Dudes with Bad Attitudes…. Samson”

by Dustin Dawe | May 6, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This week as we continue our look at dudes with bad attitudes, we find ourselves in the book of Judges. The book’s name comes from the types of leaders Israel had in this period. Before they had any kings, the tribes of Israel were ruled by judges. Don’t think...

May 4, 2025 – “Dudes with Bad Attitudes….Pharaoh

by Dustin Dawe | April 29, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

Exodus chapters one through eighteen is a super intense part of the biblical story, which raises some heavy theological questions. The epic showdown between God and Pharaoh over the fate of the enslaved Israelites is a page-turner. Pharaoh is a really bad dude; he may...

April 27, 2025 – “Dudes with Bad Attitudes….Cain”

by Dustin Dawe | April 22, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

Lent is over, we actively observed Holy week, and we celebrated Easter. Did you find some Sabbath in the midst of everything last week? This week we are starting a new series. This five-week series came to mind as we spent last summer looking at the women...

April 20, 2025 – “Christ Collides with Death”

by Dustin Dawe | April 15, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

Are you anticipating Easter? We are so close, but in some ways, we are so far away. To quote English theologian and historian, Thomas Fuller… “It’s always darkest before the dawn”. That sort of sums up this week for me. I appreciated Monica’s lent...

April 13, 2025 – “Christ Collides with our Expectations”

by Joyce Lehman | April 9, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

Are we done colliding yet?!! By Carl Kniss How has our Lenten theme of “Christ Collides” felt to you? Are you excited each week to see which new aspect of our lives Christ collides with, anxious for another growth opportunity? Or has it felt tiring… and...

April 6, 2025 – Lent 5 – “Christ Collides with Our Blinders”

by Dustin Dawe | April 1, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This Sunday, as we continue in our Lent Series; Christ Collides, we will be looking at how Christ collides with our blinders. We have a variety of stories that are all connected by not seeing. Luke 18:31- 19:10 I invite you to dwell in this passage this...

March 30, 2025 – Lent 4 – “Christ Collides with our Selfishness”

by Dustin Dawe | March 25, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

Our Lent theme this year is Christ Collides… have you felt it yet? Has it been the parables? Maybe it has been the Lenton Breath Prayers or the Lent Reflections. Is it a song that has stuck with you? Whatever is colliding into you this Lent season, don’t quickly...

March 23, 2025 – Lent 3 – “Christ Collides with Our Priorities”

by Dustin Dawe | March 18, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

Happy Tuesday Church Family, As we continue with our Lenton theme of Christ Collides, this week we are looking at how Christ collides with our priorities. Our scripture is on the longer side this week with 3 very familiar parables… Luke 15:1-32 Go ahead and take...

March 16, 2025 – Lent 2 – “Christ Collides with Our Condemnation”

by Dustin Dawe | March 11, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This Lent season, we are looking at the teachings of Jesus, specifically parables. We talked on Sunday about how parables are meant to collide with our lives and our faith. That is apparent in our scripture for this week. Luke...

March 9, 2025 – Lent 1 – “Christ Collides with Our Bias”

by Dustin Dawe | March 4, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

What do you call today… Fat Tuesday? Shrove Tuesday? Fasnacht Day? Mardi Gras? Fasching is the term used in Germany Carnival is the term in some South American countries. Just another Tuesday Regardless of what you call it is the last day before Lent...

March 2, 2025 – “Why Lent?”

by Dustin Dawe | February 25, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

Good day Marion church family, the season of Lent is almost upon us. Wednesday, March 5 is the beginning of Lent this year. It seems like Lent can sneak up on us if we are not watching the calendar. Often, I will hear people say, oh I forgot about...

February 23, 2025 – “I Am the True Vine”

by Dustin Dawe | February 18, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

Do you like to watch movies? Do you have favorite movie scenes that you like to watch over and over? When I planned this series on the “I Am” statements of Jesus, I have been looking at this “I Am” statement in John 15 with eager anticipation. If you...

February 16, 2025 – “I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life”

by Dustin Dawe | February 11, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This week we find ourselves in John chapter 14 in search of our sixth “I Am” statement of Jesus… John...