Richard Weikart, an author and history professor at California State University, Stanislaus, recently teamed up with Emmy-Award-winning cinematographer and producer Jim Gromer on an exciting documentary project. To commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, they filmed at many sites in Germany and Switzerland where Luther and other Reformers made history.

The 2017 fall issue of Church of God Engage has been released and is available digitally at www.cogengage.org.

The journal for ministers, church and lay leaders, offers a variety of articles for those working in ministry on a regular basis. Different than Church of God Evangel, Engage offers practical ministry ideas and resources, as well as items for the local church to implement.

This issue has articles that address such pertinent topics as the tithe of tithes, ways we quench the Holy Spirit, and leadership development. Guest writer Pastor Rick Warren offers “Four Ways a Pastor Can Show Love for His People.”

Regular columns include Legal Notes and Financial Matters that appeal to the minister and local church. In a special emphasis this issue, former first lady of the Church of God, Sandra Kay Williams, speaks about the role as a pastor’s wife as it relates to the church staff. She and her husband, Mark, now serve at the North Cleveland Church of God. There is also a section which looks back at the last four months of Church of God happenings as reported on Faith News Network.

Published three times a year, Engage is first emailed to ministers and leaders in the Church of God. It is then made available to anyone simply through logging into the website www.cogengage.org. On the site, the publication may be downloaded for print, or viewed in a convenient two-page spread. There are also archived copies of the publication going back several years.

“Remember ever, and always, that your country was founded by the stern old Puritans whose first act on touching the soil of the new world was to offer on bended knees thanksgiving to Almighty God” (paraphrase of Henry Wilson; 18TH U.S. Vice President).

I recently spent some time updating a list I have of scriptures related to health and wellness. It now includes over 66 verses that follow.

Cleveland, TN–Lee University’s fall student enrollment is up, according to information released by Vice President for Enrollment Phil Cook. The profile confirms an ongoing trend of steady growth and features a set of new records.

Atheists masquerading as a so-called Satanist Temple group recently ended its after-school program at Point Defiance Elementary School in Tacoma. The After-School Satan Club ceased meeting soon after teachers from the Seattle Satanic Temple offered their first meeting in December 2016. Apparently, only one child joined the club.

As we lead in the presence of the Holy Spirit, we love as we breathe.

While Operation Compassion continues sending supplies to Houston in response to Hurricane Harvey, the survivors of Hurricane Irma are also being attended. With the whole state of Florida being affected in some manner by Hurricane Irma, Operation Compassion, an independent benevolent organization with roots in the Church of God, began deliveries on the Saturday before Irma even cleared the state. Since then, Operation Compassion has sent 29 trucks of supplies and products to 18 disaster relief sites across Florida’s peninsula.

“SPIRITUAL WARFARE IN THE MARKETPLACE” is coming October 16-22 to The Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, 9939 Universal Blvd, Orlando, FL.