Morningside Community Church

How do you define love?   Everybody seems to have a slightly (or not so slightly) different  idea how to define love.   But, what does God say that love is?

Join us as we study Love, in the eleventh and final message in Pastor Joe’s series, “Surviving the Moral Maze”.

As always we hope you will be challenged, encouraged and blessed by the  power of God’s  Love this week!

Love  - Part  eleven in the series “Surviving the Moral Maze”.   This message was recorded live on November 26, 2006.  

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Chester L. Larsen was born on April 27, 1917 in Dell Rapids, SD the son of Wilhelm and Anna (Christiansen) Larsen.   He died on Saturday, November 18, 2006 at the White Care Center in White, SD at the age of 89.

Chester received his education in a rural school near Arlington, SD.   He was employed by Western Union in Chicago and then worked for the Bibby Creamery in Brookings, SD before he met and married Dorothy Tellinghuisen on April 4, 1947 in Brookings, SD.   He then began farming in Argo Township and continued to farm until his retirement in 1990 due to health reasons.

Chester was a longtime member of Morningside Community Church.   He also served on the Argo #53 School Board.   He enjoyed hunting and especially spending time with family and friends.

Chester is survived by his wife Dorothy of White, SD; their three sons - Richard (Roberta) of White, SD, Randy (Renee) of Arlington, SD and Steven of White, SD; one daughter - Lorene Lauseng of Junction City, KS; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one brother - Ronald Larsen (Nancy) of New Ulm, MN.

Chester was proceeded in death by his parents, his daughter Karen, his brother Ralph and his sister Marjorie.

Chester Larsen Funeral - A recording of the funeral service that was held at Morningside on Wednesday, November 22, 2006.

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Feliz Navidad, Gezur Krislinjden, and Sretan Bozic. That’s merry Christmas in Spanish, Albanian and Croatian. Thanks to your generosity, children around the world will be smiling when they receive their shoeboxes. Morningside sent a total of 146 shoeboxes to Operation Christmas Child. That easily beat our record of 130 two years ago and is a great example of partnering in mission work. Thanks to the 30-plus people who helped at the shoebox packing party Sunday night as well as the many more who brought shoeboxes, gifts, and prayed.

Challenge: Pray for your shoebox recipient from now through Christmas.

Did you know that we see, hear and say 1,000 lies a week?!

Actually, no, that was a lie…but, the real number is worse…the truth is that we see, hear and say over 200 lies every day!

We have a real problem with honesty!   This problem of deciet, manipulation, exaggeration and fabrication has so overwhelmingly saturated our culture that we don’t even hesitate or balk at most of it.   Even in the church the truth can easily (and often) be bent, hidden or ignored…and we accept it!

Well, in this message Pastor Joe exposes a great variety of ways that we lie, or at best listen to lies…many of which we have become so used to we don’t even think of them as lying anymore.

We hope as you listen to this message you will be both challenged and encouraged.

Honesty  - Part ten in the series “Surviving the Moral Maze”.   This message was recorded live on November 19, 2006.  

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This week we heard an excellent message about Kindness by Associate Pastor TJ.

We hope you will be encouraged, blessed by the  simple power of Kindness shared  in this message!

Kindness  - Part  nine in the series “Surviving the Moral Maze”.   This message was recorded live on November 12, 2006.  

NOTE: Because of space issues, this message has been removed from the website.   However, if you would like a copy of this or any other messages or full series, either  on an mp3 CD, as a set of regular audio CDs, or as individual mp3 downloads, please  contact Pastor Tim. Thank you for your interest and your understanding…we apologize for any inconvenience!

PS…ALL of the small group study guides are still available for download!

Study Guide - Questions to help you dig a little deeper in your own personal study or as a discussion starter for a small group ministry.

Would you like to see either of the video clips that Pastor TJ showed in this message?
Just click on the links below to see them online!

World’s Strongest  Dad - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4B-r8KJhlE

Amusement Park Ride - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMPbt6Vmm7s

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An excellant message about Purity, Pastor Joe approaches this subject with wisdom and care.

A common mistake when many of us hear the word “purity” is to immediately assume the context of the discussion is going to focus solely on “sexual purity”.

However, in this message Pastor Joe reveals a number of areas that many of us may struggle with and not even realize that the core issue of our struggle is impurity!

You will be encouraged, challenged and set free by the truth in this message!

Purity  - Part eight in the series “Surviving the Moral Maze”.   This message was recorded live on November 5, 2006.  

NOTE: Because of space issues, this message has been removed from the website.   However, if you would like a copy of this or any other messages or full series, either  on an mp3 CD, as a set of regular audio CDs, or as individual mp3 downloads, please  contact Pastor Tim. Thank you for your interest and your understanding…we apologize for any inconvenience!

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