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Stay Close to God in the Summertime Pastor Jim Dewar • First Baptist Church Bancroft
About now I think we would all agree that we welcome warm weather. I guess we could say we waited all …
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Pastor Jim Dewar
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6/8/23
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Baseball practices have begun for my preschool through first grade team. We have had two practices (despite all the rain) and plan to have a third as this newspaper hits the stands. I have ten kids …
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Clinton J. Davis
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5/16/23
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This past week has been a very busy on for many people in the Armstrong-Ringsted area. My weekend started with a trip to Spencer with my friend, Jeff Hardman. He is teaching me a little something …
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Clinton J. Davis
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5/9/23
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My second born son, Calvin, turned 2-years-old yesterday, May 2nd. It is hard to believe that he has already passed 2 years since the day he was born. He has started showing signs of who he will …
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Clinton J. Davis
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5/2/23
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I thought the often-repeated desire to weed out waste, fraud and abuse from government spending was something Republicans, Democrats and independents could all agree on in Iowa.
Boy, am I …
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By Randy Evans
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5/2/23
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Today I want us to learn from Jesus about leadership. Who has made the most impact on your life? From the passage below, we learn from Jesus which influences to reject and which influences to …
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Pastor Jim Dewar • First Baptist Church Bancroft
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5/2/23
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What a whirlwind this past two weeks has been in the Armstrong/Ringsted area. Quite literally in-fact. We have seen nearly 50 mile per hour wind gusts. To the point where the wind gust were hard …
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Clinton J. Davis
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4/18/23
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My friend Denny and I were as different as night and day. He was conservative; I was wasn’t. I accused him of being to the right of Atilla the Hun. He accused me of working for Pravda, the …
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4/18/23
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I hope all of our Armstrong Journal and Ringsted Dispatch readers had a great Easter weekend. I love seeing all the extra people and vehicles in Armstrong during a weekend like Christmas or Easter. I …
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Clinton J. Davis
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4/11/23
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Just a few days ago on Easter Sunday we celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Jesus died on the cross and three days later rose from the dead. With God’s Word, I will point out several …
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Pastor Jim Dewar – First Baptist Church Bancroft
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4/11/23
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Like most people in the Armstrong community, I enjoyed my last meal at my favorite restaurant. Johanson’s Café and Pizzeria closed its doors at their Armstrong location. As many of you …
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Clinton J. Davis
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4/4/23
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The Iowa Legislature and Governor Kim Reynolds cannot seem to make up their minds whether they support parental rights or are against Mom and Dad being the decision-makers when it comes to their …
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By Randy Evans
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4/4/23
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Summer is getting closer. Isn’t the saying, “it snows three times on a Robin’s back”? I think a better analogy would be that it snows on a golfers paid membership check three …
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Clinton J. Davis
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3/28/23
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The town of Armstrong has been missing Nick Mart for nearly one week as I type this. Nick has been in my life here and there since I was very young. I can remember moving back from Nebraska with my …
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Clinton J. Davis
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3/21/23
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I saw a short video online last week where parents would ask their child to make a pretend phone call. Most kids nowadays will hold their hand flat (like the shape of a smart phone) and then place …
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By Clinton J. Davis
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3/14/23
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The holiday which we celebrate on March 17th known as St. Patrick’s Day has really taken on an unusual character in recent decades. What originated in the early 1600’s as a …
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By Pastor Thomas Cowell
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3/14/23
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Last week my plans for going to the Woman’s Big Ten Tournament were scratched after receiving some extra print jobs and a long day of work Friday. Instead of going to the games with a couple of …
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Clinton J. Davis
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3/7/23
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Two Sunday’s ago Taylor got called into work the night before and worked Saturday night to Sunday morning. I decided that the kids were being fairly noisy while Mom was trying to sleep. So I …
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Clinton J. Davis
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2/28/23
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There is an interesting study in contrasts playing out right now in Iowa.
One example comes from the Davis County School District in Bloomfield. It is the 96th-largest of Iowa’s 328 …
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By Randy Evans
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2/28/23
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The Armstrong Heritage Museum met last week and talked about a few things. First we decided to start a project in the front room to have a small tractor or any other agricultural die-casts. We are …
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Clinton J. Davis
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2/21/23
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