Hello and Welcome to Day 1 of the Advent Free & Fit Challenge! Let us today seek to check on our own beginning, our own story and who is writing our beginning. If we allow ourselves to just drift in this world we will truly be misled, misunderstood and misrepresented in our already chaotic, confusing and over crowded world where everybody seeks a new beginning.  Choose your beginning, but make sure you are the one who writes it and who designs it. Where does our help come fro

Thank-Full by TJ Cheux Thank you for Holding my Hand through the Darkest Valley, Thank you for Hugging Me when I was Alone and out for the Count, Thank you for being my Strength in my Weakest and Lowliest moments, Thank you for being my Rock and my Redeemer, my Lighthouse and my Home! Thank you for Welcoming me when Nobody could Invest in Time with Me, Thank you for Seeing me when I was Absent and Not Aware of You, Thank you for Hearing me when I was on my Knees in Desperatio

Walking in Winter Wonder World! By Tim Cheux When we take life a little more slowly - when we stop and admire the sunset and when we cease our daily routines - we can begin to find a sense of calm. Perhaps the reason New York City got the nickname “Rat Race” is because there are so many people, so many rats, and they all run around! Soon enough, the number of people running around like rats will seem like a full-scale human version of what is going on in the basement beneath

Free & Fit - The Testing of Your Faith by TJ Cheux While seeking to grow a church plant in January 2020 during Covid-19, I was led to a small online group focused on healing from past hurt and trauma. It was an Eventbrite posting and seemed like a perfect opportunity to invite people to church. It appeared harmless, almost hopeful, and it gave me a chance to meet new people in the area where I was planting. Little did I realize that the “healing group” was actually an invitat

Free & Fit - Writing His-Story…by Rev. TJ Cheux Whilst awaiting the fall to start, I often think about what friends will do to celebrate, what outfit I will wear for Halloween, and what my pumpkin will look like. Then cue the latest objections I might receive for celebrating Halloween in the first place! Whilst there are so many traditions in the Church that relate to denominationalism, I always wonder why churches celebrate things like hymn-singing, the Hanging of the Greens