This will be an exciting Lord’s Day as the Mitts family joins the ministry of the church! In addition, all four of their children will be baptized on Sunday. Due to the extended baptism, we will only be singing one psalm and one hymn before the sermon, but we will make it up with a new hymn of praise just before Communion. This is a piece written by Greg...

Sep 6, 2010

I am blessed to serve a wonderful church full of many unique and gifted households. While there is great diversity in our congregation, we also share many important commonalities and goals, one of which is to fill the earth with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. This is fulfilled in the success of the Great Commission. This...

Sep 5, 2010

On Sunday afternoon, October 3, members of Providence Church will join with Christians around Central Illinois to stand in defense of human life. This is a time of prayer and silent protest as we seek God’s divine help to end the legalized killing of preborn Americans. We will stand together in the city of Peoria for an hour, crying out to God to move...

Psalm 23 My Shepherd Will Supply My Need My Shepherd will supply my need: Jehovah is His Name; In pastures fresh He makes me feed, Beside the living stream. He brings my wandering spirit back When I forsake His ways, And leads me, for His mercy’s sake, In paths of truth and grace. When I walk through the shades of death Thy presence is my stay; One word of...

Aug 30, 2010

I have too often heard the modern refrain, “No creed but Christ, no law but love.” This relatively simple platitude is viewed by many as a spiritually deep proclamation of their commitment to the historic and profound battle cry of the Reformation, Sola Scriptura. Adherents to this catchphrase are not just those who would align themselves with the emergent...

Aug 27, 2010

As many of you know, my undergraduate degree is in Mechanical Engineering. Engineers deal with what they see in the real world, with equations and calculations—with things. Engineers are concerned with making things work, leveraging energy and materials to make the world a better place. Yet, in God’s Providence, I was called into the realm of philosophy and...

Aug 22, 2010

Genesis 29:1-30: Jacob’s experiences at Laban’s house are so close to home. We often forget God is with us in the everyday events of our lives, leaning more on our own understanding that than acknowledging Jesus. We also miss the way God uses even the consequences of our sin to refine us. And then, the Father even uses sinful people, people who would...

Aug 22, 2010

We, the Session of Providence Church, have undertaken a study on the topic of the nations of men and the resulting implications of these nations on our church and our families. This study is presented below in a series of affirmations. It is our prayer that these affirmations will help us work through this topic in a spirit of unity and peace. We affirm that...

Aug 14, 2010

“Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled…” (Hebrews 12:14-15) Bitterness is a common sin within the sons of Adam and the daughters of Eve. It is one we...

Aug 9, 2010

This past week marked the 65th anniversary of the devastation of Hiroshima by the United States through the fury of the first atomic bomb. This is an anniversary that brings out much emotion on the topic of just war. We quickly make judgments on the decision of President Truman to unleash the horror of atomic weaponry on Japan. Some castigate the decision as...