Second in a series of articles by recently appointed elders discussing their path to the eldership.     During my childhood in Australia, my family regularly attended services and Sunday School at the...  Read More

     AI is all over the news, with defenders and detractors arguing in sometimes existential terms about its benefits and dangers.     The rest of us, including Christians, busy trying to live the liv...  Read More

In the town of Iten, 60 young athletes, among thousands of runners gathered to train at the world famous HATC, listen as two men teach from the Bible. One is Don Hood, a College Church elder and Hardi...  Read More

     At the end of his first Corinthian letter, the Apostle Paul says this about the loving attention of three Corinthian brothers in Christ: “They refreshed my spirit” (I Cor. 16:18). He speaks for a...  Read More

     I was first asked to serve as an elder for the Northern Hills Church of Christ in western South Dakota around 2008. I was honored by the request, yet fearful of the responsibility, because it inv...  Read More

The smiling folks above are our Greeters. As part of the Involvement Ministry, they strive to help us be what Jordan, in a recent sermon, called “A Welcoming Church.”Our “greeters” matter. The ministr...  Read More

     Music is a gift from God. It connects people, cultivates learning, and is universal. It has been part of worship since the beginning. Countless chapters in the Bible are just people pouring their...  Read More

When I was a kid, I never wanted to become a minister.That is a surprising statement, but true. When I was born in Houston, Texas, my father was a youth minister. Sometime after my first birthday, our...  Read More

Note: This is a revised version of an article that appeared in the bulletin on August 16, 2026.          On Sunday, June 21st at College Church, as LJ Valentine closed his Bible and walked from the le...  Read More

Behind every budget number, there is a beautiful story of God’s love. A story of ministry—people using their God-given talents to serve others, to be salt and light for His glory. Those of us on the b...  Read More

I was blessed to grow up in a family that loves to sing and worship. My sister’s beautiful voice, along with my dad and brother’s great range of harmony as bass and tenor, respectively, were normal ar...  Read More

     Like the Cutlers of South Dakota, Clarence and Patty Wilson, long time members of College Church, worship online now.     In 2017, while serving communion in the auditorium one Sunday, Clarence w...  Read More