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Welcome to Benton’s website. We are glad you have taken the time to check out what is happening at the church. We believe the church is instructed by Jesus to be a place where anyone could find an open invitation into a real and dynamic relationship with God. We are a place where relationship with God is strengthened through belonging to an open family of people who are growing in their faith. Our hope is that you will find yourself drawn into a deeper understanding of God’s nature, ways and plans for your life. 

Wherever you are in your spiritual journey you are welcome here. We hope as you enjoy exploring the website that you will get a sense of who we are and what we believe. We are ordinary people like you, seeking to grow in relationship with our extra-ordinary God. We hope you will join us in the journey.

Musings and Memos

Pastor Dave's weekly musings on various and sundry matters.

• It Is What It Is

  January 7th, 2012

  "It is what it is." I am hearing this statement a lot these days, in numerous contexts. Odd. And I am not sure I like it!

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  Who Was At the Cradle?

  December 22nd, 2011

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor and theologian, executed weeks before the end of World War II for his part in a failed assassination plot against Hitler, wrote this:

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• Happy Holidays?

  December 10th, 2011

  Should we leave Christ in Christmas? 

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• Lighting the Advent Candles

  December 1st, 2011

  We are into the advent season. The word means "coming." We are celebrating the coming of Christ as a virgin-born infant.

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• Love or Marriage: Which Comes First?

  November 24th, 2011

  I am reading a wonderful biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pastor who stood against the Third Reich during WWII, and was executed on April 9, 1945, mere weeks before the end of the war, for his part in several failed plots to assassinate Hitler.

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