This Sunday we return to our standard worship times with 3 worship services at  8:30 / 9:50 / 11:10 a.m.

This week during worship Dr. Jim Mead will be preaching.

Jim is the chair of the Religion Department at Northwestern College and a minister member of East Sioux Classis of the Reformed Church.

We are excited to announce some new features that have come from switching our online giving system.  Those wanting to give can now more easily manage and monitor their donations, we have added debit and credit card functionality, and we have also added Text to Give.  Like always you will be able to use offering envelopes to give or by …

This Sunday we will have two Sunday morning worship services at 8:30 & 9:50 a.m.

This week during worship Michelle Christy will be preaching, and we will be celebrating Communion and commissioning our new Elders & Deacons.

This week we continue a series on expectations as we look at the shepherds and angels in Luke 2:8-20.

Often we have expectations of how Christmas is going to go!

• We want the house to look a certain way with the lights and decorations on brilliant display.
• We hope the meals we share could be highlighted on the cover of a Christmas cooking magazine.
• We want to give and receive just the right presents.
• We want our relationships to be good with joy, laughter and no fighting or discord.

But how often does it really go this way?  

There is no LIGHTHOUSE Kids on December 21 or 28.  We will resume on January 4 at the Orange City NWC RSC.  FAMILIES SAVE THE DATE: Lighthouse Kids Family Night On Wednesday, January 4th Lighthouse Kids will be having a family night at Northwestern College RSC.  Come join from 6:30-7:30 p.m. for games, Minute to Win it, and family fellowship …

This week we continue a series on expectations as we look at Zechariah’s song from Luke 1:67-79. Each of us have dreams and ideas of how things should work out.  When our reality doesn’t meet our expectations it can make us doubt and lack trust.  Zechariah heard, knew, and sang over what John was to become.  God sees what each …

This week we continue a series on expectations.  Expectations have a huge influence on how we experience our lives, and there may not be any time where we feel more of the weight of expectations than around Christmas.  The food needs to taste just like Grandma used to make it.  Everyone needs to make it to every gathering and get along.  We need to get everyone everything on their Christmas list.  Oh, and we’re supposed to have some spiritually meaningful moment because, after all, this is about Jesus, right? 

Sometimes there are no words.  None suffice for Sunday evening.  None except, perhaps, “Thank You,” and most definitely, “Thanks be to God.”   Rarely do pastors experience what Ann, our kids, and I have experienced for these nearly 18 years in Orange City.  God has done a remarkable thing, and we are privileged to have had a front-row seat to …

This week we begin a new series on expectations.  Expectations have a huge influence on how we experience our lives, and there may not be any time where we feel more of the weight of expectations than around Christmas.  The food needs to taste just like Grandma used to make it.  Everyone needs to make it to every gathering and …

This week will be my 932nd Sunday as the Senior Pastor of this congregation.  It will also be my last.  Yes, I will be present next week for a farewell, but my title comes to an end on Wednesday of this week.  

While I believe in my heart that God called me to a new role as President of Words of Hope, this good-bye is not easy.  Counting college years, Ann and I have lived in Orange City longer than we have lived any other place.