By Darin Avery If you’re anything like me, walking past a tray of freshly sliced fruit and not helping yourself to some of it is all but impossible. I love fruit, especially when I don’t have to wash it, peel it, or slice it. But when fruit is out of sight it’s much easier to go for the chips and cookies. When…

by Pastor Darin Avery For the most part it was cold in Missouri last week. But thankfully, while Deborah, the kids and I visited family and friends in the ‘Show Me’ state over Christmas, we were blessed with a couple of milder days and a chance to get some fresh air. While enjoying one of these blue skied afternoons I couldn’t help…

By Pastor Darin Avery Lying snug in my bed early this morning (albeit with a touch of heartburn) I found my thoughts drifting to those shivering souls waiting anxiously outside of department stores for unbeatable deals on everything from electronics to eye shadow. Only just a couple of years ago did I learn the term “Black Friday” referred to the hope that…

Normally when we hear the word ‘concert’ we envision a relatively small stage where one or only a few performers sing or play music–compared to a rather large seating area filled with hundreds or even thousands of audience members ready to hear and respond to what comes from the stage.  But a concert of prayer is different. In a concert of prayer…

Dates:  November 8th, 5:30-10pm and November 9th, 7am-2pm Location:  Painesville Baptist Church, 140 Park Road in Painesville Twp. Cost: $30- Includes dinner on Friday, breakfast and lunch on Saturday. Register by Wednesday November 6th. Click Here to Listen to Promo Click Here to Register    

Sunday, October 6th, 4-7 pm ***Due to the good possibility of inclement weather we will be at the Perry Community/Senior Center,  2800 Perry Park Road, Perry OH 44081*** We will have games for the kids, a corn hole tournament for the adults and lots of yummy food.  If you have a great chili recipe feel free to bring a pot and enter…

Join us for a great week of Sports Camp where you will have fun and learn some great skills from experienced coaches and high school athletes. Children entering kindergarten through 6th grade can participate in Flag Football, Tennis, & Cheerleading/Dance.  We will also have volleyball for children in grades 3-6th.  If your kids are 3 years old to Pre-K we will have…

“The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ.” -Romans 8:16-17a What does it mean to be an ‘heir’ of God? How can someone be an heir of someone who doesn’t die? Yes, Jesus died on the cross and He’s God, but He’s mentioned…

Anyone with debt of any size knows the strangulating feeling of being financially obligated to other people or institutions who essentially own part of you. Paul uses the language of debt in Romans 8:12 to illustrate the spiritual reality of debt to the flesh and argues that this is a bondage that sons and daughters of God no longer need to endure.…

Life may not have been great for  Christians in the capital of the Roman world in the first century A.D., but compared to the trials to come it may have seemed so at the time Paul’s letter arrived. Eager to preach the gospel to the Roman Christians, the apostle Paul could not afford to wait until he could visit them in person.…