Pastor Chris Teien shares how Emmanuel Church in Virginia, MN put together over 700 Teddy Bears for the local InFaith Adopt a Senior Ministry.
Author: Chris Teien
Sunday 10/10: Too Little? Too Much? I Need Enough Exercise!
Does God care about your health and fitness? Is there a right balance between too much and too little exercise? In the Bible we see that Paul instructed Timothy: “Physical training is good, but training […]
Oct 1st is a New Beginning
Oct. 1, 2001 I left the Iron Range to move down to Belle Plaine, MN to start River Rock C&MA Church. Oct 1, 2021 I am returning to the Iron Range to be the lead […]
Sun 10/3 Take a Selfie before Communion
Once a month we celebrate Communion during our Sunday morning worship service. This Sunday we are going to look at ways to examine ourselves before we take communion as God’s Word instructs us: “… you […]
Our New Adventure is in Virginia, MN
My wife and I are committed to follow Jesus wherever He leads us. We loved our last adventure: planting a church in Belle Plaine, MN and all the friends and church family members we shared […]
Candidating Weekend Sept 17-19 in Virginia
Honored to have the opportunity to candidate Sept 19th to be the Lead Pastor of Emmanuel Baptist in Virginia. Already starting to love the people there – including Dan C. in the video here. Pray […]
Watch FBC 150th Anniversary Greeting Video
Video Greeting I sent to First Baptist Forest City, IA for their 150th Anniversary I was unable to attend
Encouraging Song of the Week: “Wonder Working” (by All Creatures)
Every week I seem to find a song that brings me encouragement and inspires me to live for and serve Jesus. Here’s my song for this week: Lyrics: [Verse 1]I’ve seen so many miraclesI forgot […]
Influenced by Preachers, Podcasts and Videos
As I have been interviewing for a new pastor position I find “Who are you following?” or “Who influences you?” or “Who are some of you favorite authors?” is a common question. I looked through […]
Easy way to see old versions of websites Wayback in Time
A lot of people don’t know that there is an internet history time machine capturing pages from websites in its data archives that you can access for free. Enter a website url and use their […]
Easy Answering Service
As a church planting pastor without an actual church building with staff and volunteers working from coffee shops, the library and home we used cell phones and web based church management programs. We had a […]
Easy Podcasting
I have tried many different Podcasting services over the years. I didn’t like Podbean.com because they often advertise other podcasts that may be like yours and I didn’t want that. They do offer an audio […]
Easy Background Checks
Three services I have used in church ministry to get easy background checks for church volunteers that work with kids under 18 and impaired adults. Your church insurance company most likely requires it. Check out […]
Listen: Pastor Chris – Church Live @ County Fair
I filled in for Cornerstone Church (they were listed on the schedule but unable to make it) Sunday August 8th. Had no idea what to expect but I knew the Lord could use me to […]
Easy Websites with WordPress.com
I am actually writing this to help some other people I am working with learn WordPress.com and I don’t want to spend time make my own video tutorials right now. So let me give the […]
Save Time by just using a Font for your Logo and Brand Identity
I used to work in marketing for a well known camera manufacturer that had a simple logo. Back then we had to use use scanned images of the PENTAX logo in Aldus Pagemaker but I […]
Encouraging Song of the Week: “When I met Jesus” (by Emily Faith)
Every week I seem to find a song that brings me encouragement and inspires me to live for and serve Jesus. Here’s my song for this week: Lyrics: I’ll praise God in the sanctuaryOut on […]
Why Smaller Churches can be better
I was the pastor of a “small” church for many years. I had often been reminded being a pastor of a large church is not easier, more fulfilling or more effective. I was not opposed […]
Time for a New Adventure
After 20 years I have left River Rock Church and am on a New Adventure seeking God’s will for the church where He wants me to serve next. Since I do not know how long […]
Watch 21-0725 “A WELL Life is full of Faith, Friends and Farewells”
Pastor Chris’ last Church at Home Pre-Recorded message at River Rock Church As we follow Jesus on the narrow road of life He leads us to various places to grow in faith, serve Him and […]
New Posts Coming Up
This is my Church “Farewell Weekend” with “Appreciation Picnic” on Saturday and last sermon here as pastor on Sunday morning (maybe they will invite me back someday). As I have time I plan to share: […]
What I learned About Church Trailers
Planting a church and never being able to acquire our own building meant that I had been the keeper of the church trailer in my driveway for the last sixteen years. It also meant that […]
Watch 21-0718 “Five Keys to Getting your Needs Met”
The Apostle Paul ends his letter to the Philippians with some great promises for us to claim when we are in need. We love to claim Philippians 4:19, “And my God will meet all your […]
Encouraging Song of the Week: “Evermore ” (by Jonty Lees)
Every week I seem to find a song that brings me encouragement and inspires me to live for and serve Jesus. Here’s my song for this week: Verse 1:You hold the stars, you sit enthroned […]
Easy Video Editing with Filmora Wondershare
I am actually writing this to help some other people I am working with learn Video Editing and I don’t want to spend time make my own video tutorials right now. We actually had an […]
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