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God of All Comfort
Reading through the book of 2 Corinthians recently, the familiar passage describing the comfort that is ours in Christ, took on fresh meaning...
Read Article »The Many Faces of the Church Office
When the first church secretary was hired she used a typewriter and mimeograph machine to complete her tasks. Now we use computers and printers. While the methods and tools used have changed, our mission has not; To support....
Read Article »Getting to Me Through My Bookshelf
I love looking at the books on people’s shelves. I love trying to figure out what books they actually read vs. the books that are on display. I think you can understand and get to know a person by observing the books they read. So…here are the last five books I’ve read....
Read Article »Two Worlds One Heart
We came from two different worlds. Yvonna was the oldest of three girls. RIch was the second of four boys.
Read Article »Grease, Grit, and Grime
Most of you know me or at least know who I am because of my mom, Sally Angliss. I grew up at WHBC but until I moved back to town in August I had been living in the Chicago area for the past 6 years. Throughout that time I volunteered and helped out in ministry but I could never really find something I felt called to do. It was something I struggled with.....
Read Article »Makes Me So Thankful that I Could Just…
A few years ago on WLW Radio out of Cincinnati there was a popular segment on the Gary Burbank Show that featured a fictional figure named Earl Pitts. Burbank as Pitts would start every segment with the words “You know what makes me sick, you know makes me so angry I could………” He would complete the line with....
Read Article »Seeking Lost Sheep
One of the greatest challenges to those of us in ministry is making friends and building relationships with those outside the forever family. The demands of study, message preparation, worship/preaching services, counseling, administration and our own spiritual health are....
Read Article »He is in Control
In late summer, 2008, I found myself on a 3 day mission trip to east Cleveland. WHBC was there to do some work and provide a VBS for the Faith Baptist Community Center, started by our missionary Norma Nulph. As we transitioned to our VBS program for Saturday, I had my doubts that things would go off without a hitch. The weather was calling....
Read Article »A Normal Partnership
“Do you like being a gringo, or would you rather be normal, like me?” asked a little girl at a public school in Guatemala. It begs the question. What is normal? Who defines normal?
Ixcan is a region in north central Guatemala near the border of mexican state of Chiapas. The people are primarily of Mayan descent. The Guatemalan Civil War ran from 1960 to 1996. It was mostly....
Read Article »Two New Additions to the Office Staff
We are pleased to introduce two new additions to the office staff, though neither are new to the church.
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