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Jeremy Neckers

Lent

Day Five: The Inner Focus

Day Five: The Inner Focus Written by Jeremy Neckers Large, ornate churches have a strange effect on me. In Muncie, we have High Street and First Presbyterian. They’re beautiful, inside and out. But perhaps you’ve had the chance while traveling to see an actual cathedral.…
Jeremy Neckers
March 11, 2019
LentWriter's Circle

Day Two: Your Personal Journey

Day Two: Your Personal Journey Written by Jeremy Neckers “God is not interested in your “spiritual life.” God is just interested in your life. He intends to redeem it.” -John Ortberg The Life You’ve Always Wanted My wife Maggie has this great thing she says…
Jeremy Neckers
March 7, 2019
Nicaragua

Nicaragua Update

Nicaragua Trip Canceled We have been planning a trip in June with fourteen people from Commonway to travel to Caulatuú, Nicaragua. In the last six weeks, the country has experienced a level of unrest unseen in the past few decades. In response, Food for the…
Jeremy Neckers
May 23, 2018
Uncategorized

201 E. Charles St.

201 E. Charles St. Hopefully, you've heard us say recently that the move to our new church home is going to be a bit later than we had hoped. And if you've ever been involved in a building or remodel project, you probably weren't surprised…
Jeremy Neckers
May 16, 2018
Reflections

Matt & Liz Take a Sabbatical

Sabbatical In Hebrew: shabbat In Latin: sabbaticus In Greek: sabbatikos The word literally means "a ceasing." It is a rest from work, and traditionally, it finds its origin in the Biblical idea of Sabbath. In Leviticus 25, God commands the Israelites to take every 7th…
Jeremy Neckers
April 30, 2018
FH

Nicaragua Trip, Days 6 – 8

Commonway in Nicaragua Days 6, 7, & 8 Day 6 – Goodbyes After another morning in Caulatú, we stopped by the FH office in the afternoon to say our goodbyes. Regardless of how many of us make to Nicaragua in the next seven years, this…
Jeremy Neckers
February 19, 2018
FH

Nicaragua Trip, Day 5

Commonway in Nicaragua Day 5 Community Leaders When we talk about Caulatú at church, it probably seems like we’re only involved in one community. Really, it’s three. Caulatú is the largest and serves, somewhat, of a hub for the surrounding area. Yesterday we were in…
Jeremy Neckers
February 19, 2018
FH

Nicaragua Trip, Days 3 & 4

Commonway in Nicaragua Days 3 & 4 Day 3 (cont.) – Sponsored Children The highlight of the trip, for most, is getting to spend some time with their sponsored child. It’s remarkable how quickly a bond forms. It’s almost as if this child, who until…
Jeremy Neckers
February 19, 2018
FHUncategorized

Nicaragua Trip, Day 3

Commonway in Nicaragua Day 3 Day 3 – The FH Team We spent some time this morning at the local FH office. When we first came a year-and-a-half ago, they had a staff of 10 or 12. Today they have close to 30 folks (all…
Jeremy Neckers
February 15, 2018
Uncategorized

The Nicaragua Trip

Commonway in Nicaragua The First Two Days Our trip started with some unfortunate news. Both Liz and Audrey were too sick to make the journey, and so both of them and Audrey's daughter, Sophie, stayed behind. Our group of ten is now a group of…
Jeremy Neckers
February 14, 2018