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January 4, 2026 – Epiphany, “Be Amazed: Come and See”

by Dustin Dawe | December 30, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

2026 is coming! Do you have any New Year’s Eve or New Year’s celebrations? Do you make New Year’s resolutions? Is January 1 an opportunity for a fresh start, to break a bad habit or start a good habit? My mom and dad always ate pork and sauerkraut on New...

December 28, 2025 – “Be Amazed…God Among Us”

by Dustin Dawe | December 23, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

Christmas is this week Marion Church Family! Are giving and receiving gifts a part of your Christmas celebration? Each year, Twila and I pick out an ornament for Jonathan and Abigail that tries to capture something about that year. We usually give the kids their...

December 21, 2025 – Advent 4 – “Be Amazed…Love Comes Down”

by Dustin Dawe | December 16, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This week as we are approaching the fourth Sunday of Advent, we are getting closer and closer to the arrival of baby Jesus… Our gospel reading and our focus on our time together on Sunday is John 1:1-18. John's Gospel doesn't speak of the manger and...

December 14, 2025 – Advent 3 – “Be Amazed….Joy in the Desert”

by Dustin Dawe | December 9, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

How is your Advent season going so far? What helps you in the participation of Advent? What do you read, listen to, or do differently during these four weeks of Advent, to help you wait, to anticipate, to slow down and Be Amazed? Each year, Twila and I talk...

December 7, 2025 – Advent 2 – “Be Amazed…Peace in the Valley of Dry Bones”

by Dustin Dawe | December 2, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

Prepare to BE AMAZED! As we continue in our Advent series, this Sunday we will be invited to BE Amazed; Peace in the valley of dry bones. Our scripture takes us to the time that the southern kingdom of Judah is in exile in Babylon, in the 500s BC. They were...

November 30, 2025 – Advent I – “Be Amazed, Hope in the Furnace”

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

This Sunday we will begin our observance of Advent. Four weeks of hope, peace, joy, and love. This Advent season our theme is… Be Amazed, where we will look at some AMAZING stories in the Bible. This week, as we think about, Hope in the Furnace, we...

November 23, 2025 – “The One Anothers….Teach One Another”

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

Good day Marion Church Family! This Sunday will be the last message in our One Another series. We will be looking at the invitation to… teach one another. As I was reading and doing some research for our last message in this series, I came across a blog...

November 16, 2025 – “The One Anothers….Share One Another’s Burdens”

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

Dallas Willard wrote in his book, The Divine Conspiracy, that instead of random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty we as Jesus Followers ought to “practice routinely purposeful acts of kindness and deeply intelligent acts of beauty.” In other words,...

November 9, 2025 – “The One Anothers… Serve One Another”

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

This Sunday we are going to talk about serving others… The Bible has a lot to say about serving others… In Galatians 5:13, Paul writes: You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another...

November 2, 2025 – “The One Anothers….Welcome Each Other”

by Dustin Dawe | October 28, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This Sunday we will continue our series on the One Another’s. Our focus this week is one from the book of Romans, chapter 15… This week, understanding the back story and the context of Paul’s invitation to “one another” is very important. So let me try and set...

October 26, 2025 – “The One Another’s…. Encourage One Another”

by Dustin Dawe | October 21, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

Greetings Marion Church Family! This week we are continuing our series on the One Another statements in the Bible. During our time together this Sunday, we will be focusing on one verse. 1 Thessalonians 5:11… This verse starts with one of my favorite...

October 19, 2025 – “The One Another’s….Love One Another”

by Dustin Dawe | October 14, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This week we are beginning a new series where we will be looking at some of the “One Another” statements in the New Testament. If I counted correctly there are 59 one another statements in the New Testament. Most of these one another statements are encouraging,...

October 12, 2025 – “Lament”

by Dustin Dawe | October 7, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This week as we look at lament, we find ourselves in the middle of Isaiah’s lament… Isaiah 63:15 – Isaiah 64:12 ...

October 5, 2025 – “Lament”

by Dustin Dawe | September 30, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

It was a good weekend to spend time together… To talk together. To remember together....

September 28, 2025 – Church Retreat at Cove Valley Camp

by Dustin Dawe | September 23, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This week the calendar tells us that autumn has begun. When does fall start for you? Is it post Labor Day? Is it the beginning of football season? For many of us, it may be the weekend of our church retreat at Cove Valley Camp. This...

September 21, 2025 – “Lament”

by Dustin Dawe | September 16, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This week we will be looking at the lament of the prophet Elijah. I invite you to read his lament and a portion of God’s response in 1 Kings 19:1-15a… 1 Kings...

September 14, 2025 – “Lament”

by Dustin Dawe | September 9, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This week as we continue our series on Lament, I am inviting you to read the short book of Habakkuk. It is only three chapters, depending on the translation you use, it is a little over one thousand words. It is about a ten-minute read. Go ahead and check...

September 7, 2025 – “Lament”

by Dustin Dawe | September 2, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

This Sunday we will be starting a five-week series on lament. What did you think of when you hear the word lament? The Oxford dictionary defines lament as… “a passionate expression of grief or sorrow.” Have you had times of lament in your life? What has...

August 31, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That….Love is Blind”

by Dustin Dawe | August 26, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

“Love is blind, and lovers cannot see”. This quote is from Jessica in Act 2 scene 6 of “The Merchant of Venice” by William Shakespeare. Is love blind? It is a popular phrase. Perhaps you have even used the phrase. In my preparation for this message I have...

August 24, 2025 – “I Didn’t Say That….Speak Your Truth”

by Dustin Dawe | August 19, 2025 | I'm Engaged, Towards Sunday | 0 Comments

Howdy Marion church family, This week as we examine another phrase that isn’t found in the Bible, I realize I might get myself in trouble. I am no stranger to getting into trouble. This week I am going to disagree with Oprah Winfrey. I know I am such...