Around the Table

Guests: Curt Frank, Greg Lehman, Ken Wuethrich

Guests: Herbie Knochel, Matt Manz Notes • What music do we listen to outside of church? • Music can be very personal; personal tastes are diverse. • Careful not to judge someone else's musical tastes. • Consider what is God-honoring. • Songs must set God apart. • God sees into the heart; is pleased by our music when our heart is right. • Secular songs can also be calming and used by God for g...

Guests: Herbie Knochel, Matt Manz Notes: • Lots of scriptural examples mentioning music, both Old and New. • Music can involve instruments and/or voice. • How music is used in scripture. • Scriptural instructions to sing as worship. • Singing is intended to be unifying. • Singing is intended to be mentally uplifting and emotionally stirring. • Music reminds us of days gone by. • The Holy Spirit fi...

Guests: Nick Gutwein, Frank Sauder, John Wiegand Notes: • “Baptism is entrance into the Christian community”. • “It’s that working together that gives God glory. That collective working together with Christ as head, that gives all honor and glory to Christ”. • John 13:34-35 loving one another requires us living in community with one another. • Connection between the “practical” body and the “broad...

Guests: Nick Gutwein, Frank Sauder, John Wiegand Part 1 Notes Questions/comments posed: There are too many strings attached to being a member. Why can’t I just be a follower of Jesus? In the Bible, baptism was typically done by local church, not an individual or parachurch organization. Exception explained: Phillip and Ethiopian eunuch. We tend to view membership in worldly terms (i.e., member of...

Guests: Dave Graf, Ken Manz, Joel Putt, John Wiegand Show notes: A group that recently visited Romania and Ukraine addressed the concerns that are on all of our hearts at this time: are the Ukrainian brethren in harm's way? Are their basic needs being met? Is their faith strong? Are the Ukrainian brothers at risk of being drafted into the military? What is the relationship like between the Uk...

Guests: MaryBeth Lehman, Kathy Sauder,  Lyn Wuethrich Show notes: • Anchored in scripture and flowed well with scriptural principles for building up the Body. • Practical suggestions for getting to know your gifts and discussing gifts with others. • Everyday ways to use gifts to make others lives better. • Not limiting ourselves to gifts we know and like, but willing to step out in faith when we s...

Guests: Rod Bajema, Brad Eisenmann, Tony Manz 

Guests: Lucas Frank, Dan Kilgus

Guests: Bruce Endress, Nick Gutwein, John Wiegand

Guests: Ted Steffen, Ken Wuethrich

Guests: Lucas Frank, Tom Klotzle

Guests: Gerry Hertzel, Scott Schafer, Fred Witzig

Guests: Frank Sauder, Lynn Stieglitz

Guests: James Fehr, Mike Leman

Guests: Bruce Endress, James Fehr, Steve Ringger, Mark Streitmatter

Guests: Bruce Endress, James Fehr, Steve Ringger, Mark Streitmatter

Guests: Brad Eisenmann, Mike Leman

Guests: Randy Gudeman, John Reinhard

Guests: John Jackson, Brad Strahm

Guests: Scott Aberle, Ben Wiegand

Guests: Randy Beer, Matt Manz

Guests: Dave Huette, Scott Schafer, Jeff Streitmatter

Guests: Scott Bahr, Nick Gutwein

Guests: Randy Beer, Brett Lanz