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”All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep…

I hope you're enjoying summer! With all of its activities and a different rhythm of life, it will soon be over; the kids will be back at school and our fall season of ministry will be in full swing. I…

I just came across some notes that a friend of mine, Dan Desrosiers, shared with me about the concept of "Third Places." Sociologist Ray Oldenburg has been credited with writing about this concept of creating community by focusing on what…

“A leader knows the way; goes the way, then shows the way.” —John C. Maxwell This was kids camp week at Vienna Christian Center. I have so many great memories of camp as a child and love seeing students today…

One of our core values at VCC is "we dream big but do small things well." Over the years I've seen too much of a poverty mentality in the church or a lack of faith to believe God for great…

Happy Summer Everybody! I'm not sure anyone has told you that in the last few days but summer is definitely here. I hope in the middle of all the great ministry opportunities, you are making room to take some time…

This weekend we celebrate Pentecost Sunday! Our prayer is that every IC in in our FEIC family will experience a fresh wind of the Spirit that empowers us to make a greater spiritual impact in our city! Jesus spoke about…

I was reminded by a friend this week of an important truth: while you can’t control your situation, you can control how you respond to it. We work in one of the most diverse environments in the world - International…

Henry Ford said "Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right!" God's Word frequently gives us instruction on eternal perspective because God knew how easily we become distracted with temporal challenges in life. Over the next…

We want to say Happy Anniversary to Pastor Daniel Constanza and Brussels Christian Center as they celebrate 40 years of ministry as a church family! We pray you guys have a memorial weekend as you honor the past, celebrate the…