Is faith enough? What does it take to be saved?

Are we to think of ourselves as worthless before God or valuable in His sight?

The message from February 16, 2025. Are we supposed to be hungry or filled? This begins a series of messages addressing supposed contradictions or conundrums presented in the Bible.

This message is in mp3 format and can be downloaded for offline listening.

We may actually be building soon! The engineering process is complete, and the next step is getting a permit to begin building. Please pray with us that all of this can be done smoothly.

Obviously, after nine years of waiting for approval and action, our financial resources have less value than they did. We are trusting the Lord to help us through that as well. More than that, we are excited to see what He does.

We have grown in our faith, and we have welcomed good new friends. Life in the Chapel family has been moving slowly, but we are becoming excited to look forward. Again, please pray with us.

In the coming weeks, we will share progress on the building and opportunities for donations and more. I have felt strongly that we should not raise money for the project until we have a permit and can move on building. That time will be here very soon.

• Pastor Dave

Jeff informed us this past Sunday that our completed application has been sent to the various offices of the county. It is our prayer that a building permit will be issued soon, perhaps by the end of the month.

Keep watching here, and please keep praying!

The Chapel continues to share the good news of God’s love in Jesus! We are still meeting at the BTCA building at 10AM on Sundays.

It has been a long time waiting for our new building, but we are grateful to see new enthusiasm and movement. It is our prayer to have a new building on the old site this fall! Please join with us in praying that the obstacles are overcome, that finances are or become sufficient, and that the whole project is an exciting testimony to God’s faithfulness.

The old story of the Parthian shot, where an archer turns to send one last arrow toward the enemy and hits the king, seems to be an illustration of our congregation’s battle with Covid. We all made it through the “pandemic,” with several getting and surviving the virus. But the end of last summer brought a series of losses for our little congregation. Four of the long-term and key members of our church family passed away in the last few months. For a small congregation to lose so much energy has been a challenge. Besides that, we miss our friends. Our hope is in the Lord and the promise of Heaven.

At the same time, we praise God for bringing new folks to worship with us! We continue to be convinced that the Lord wants a stable congregation in the Drake community. The message of His love is needed. So, we are excited to think of a building dedicated to Jesus once again in the community.

These updates may be spaced far apart, but we hope to have more to share in the coming months. Watch here for news of what God is doing with the Chapel in Drake!