Working for the church is a lot of work but also a lot of fun. I have often said to myself over the years when growing up and in young adulthood “It would be nice if I could just get a career in talking.” It is funny how God knows us so well that He…
Author: Starla
Name: Starla Smith.
Top titles: Wife, Mom, and Lala
What I do: Executive Pastor at Springs of Life Church
What I Enjoy: I love coffee, sunshine, cinnamon candy, llama's, photo quotes, books, and all things media. I love to write and share what God is giving.
What I am Passionate about: I want to see people find Jesus and freedom in their soul through the renewing of the mind which is the gatekeeper of the heart.
Personal Mission Statement: Fearless in Living, Faithful in All, Forward Regardless
My Favorite Quote: Don’t worry about tomorrow, God is already there.
Adventures & Landmines
We had a plan for a couple of weeks to take a road trip. Corinne moved here from Oregon. She had mentioned she liked hiking, mountains, waterfalls and Oregon rain. She’s lived here in Iowa little over a year. She is my youth worship coordinator. I really love the way she thinks. She has this…
Sunday2Monday
To be honest, I have been highly distracted in mind and heart lately. I need to push pause on some good things to make room for the greater things. I am transitioning from a single youth ministry coordinator to a multiple nextgen ministry leader and well I am overwhelmed. I haven’t quite got my feet…
Sunday2Monday: Servant – Part 1
Matthew 20:25-28 But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 26 It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, 28 even as…
Growing Up By Growing In Love
We finished up our series on Ready? Then for the last couple of weeks, we have had some guest speakers come through our church. This Sunday instead of jumping right into our new series called Servant, Pastor Lynn wanted to do this stand-alone message called Growing up by growing in love as a bridge message…
Heart Dams
Shared as a prayer focus at youth group 5/20/2018 I use to not like when people would talk about sin. I thought it was negative. I would rather them focus on love. I just thought, “tell me how much God loves me and how we should love one another.” The problem is that if we only…
