What We Do
We Live
We live a Messiah centered lifestyle in the context of a believing community, returning to the ancient paths spoken of by the prophets and our Messiah Yeshua of Nazareth.
We Teach
Our website materials are our best description of who we are as well as being our primary outreach and teaching tool.
As an equipping ministry, we teach about:
- What we have learned about maturing in Messiah.
- Both individual and corporate aspects of relationship and community.
- Restoration from emotional traumas, small and great.
- Shepherding and leadership skills.
- The Place of Accountability in Community.
May we suggest that new visitors to our site start with our Foundational Teachings information.New articles or presentations are featured on the right side. Our articles include PowerPoint presentations as well as documents and are listed alphabetically on the Articles page as well as by topic in the drop down menus. Audio files & listings are on a separate page.
Developing a new Messianic fellowship?
There is a great deal of material here related to leadership and relationship issues but you may enjoy checking out our mini site, which gleans from this site specifically for those developing new groups: Plant and Grow Messianic Fellowships
Who We Are
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Local Community Group & Equipping Ministry
Messianic fellowship that functions as a Torah pursuant Life ModelTM community. Our halacha is a discipleship model with prayer and time invested in each person.
"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations,
Matthew 28:19a NKJV,
To learn more about our community, check out About Us, Introducing Local SAM, and Services.
After watching our "Be Ye Set Apart" video above, one leader had some comments we appreciated, and a very good question:
How do You Keep the People Who Need What You Offer?
If you are in the area and would like to visit with us for Shabbat gatherings or another time, please contact us by email or telephone to make arrangements.
To learn more about how we view fellowship group dynamics and stages check out Our Definition of Community.
If you'd like to learn more about our Kenya brothers and sisters, in Yahweh's Set Apart Ministries, you might like to check out my travel blog from the February 2011 visit.
For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer [is] worthy of his reward.
1 Timothy 5:18
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the corn].
Deuteronomy 25:4
We are honored to be called and enabled to be of encouragement to the Body of Messiah and strive to present what the Ruach has been showing us here in ways that will benefit others.
As a small fellowship the cost to keep this website up to date as well as our mini site available can be difficult at times.
If you have found encouragement, help and wise counsel in these pages or through our teleconferences, will you please prayerfully consider helping us cover our costs so that we can continue to make it available?
May you be blessed and strengthened in our Messiah Yeshua!
What's New?
May 2012
A PowerPoint Video Presentation for those who are not yet quite certain about the relevance of the Whole Word of YHWH
&
The Importance of Echad In Messianic Community
Are Both Now Available!
Comparing what people say with what the Word says in a time we are to look up and lift our heads!
Poor, Blind & Naked from Eden to Laodicea
A Related Article from February, 2011
April 2012
Does the command to
Be Perfect
concern you?
Check out this brief new video!
Be Perfect: A Frightening Command
It seems Barb is to be making a sort of "circle tour" in and around Wisconsin and the UP in June or July. Please let me know if I can stop by and visit with you and your community!
What Shepherds Need to Know....Series
The portion on the meaning of the Rod has been most visited recently.
In order to best understand this series, it is important to read the Introductory Comments
Our community evaluation process and results summarized
Investigating the "Lunar Sabbath" Calendar
Another Little Gem for the Series on What Shepherds Need to Know About Stubborness. A chiasmus observed by Janell Schroeder in our weekly studies
March 2012
If You Love Me, Obey My Commands: What does it "look like" to become Torah Pursuant?
Messiah Yeshua's Followers Becoming as Judah?
Roots of "Messianic Judaism" as a Faith Group
How did this "movement" come into being? Where is it going?
Early Morning Thoughts: Are New Believers coming straight into a Torah pursuant walk?
Scroll down for an intriguing brief video from 119 Ministries.
The Unanswerable Questions.
These are many of the same questions we grappled with 12 years ago. Though we can't offer a "blanket recommendation" for this ministry with whom we are newly becoming acquainted, they have surely been doing some good work of exhortation and rightly dividing the Word!
Click on the narrow picture frame to view it on full screen.
During Shabbat study this past week, in consideration of 1 Samuel 14:2, we found an interesting comparison. Here is a very brief word study:
Article written for Wisconsin Christian Newspaper
The Callenges of Corporate Prayer & Differences from Personal Prayer
A Position Paper In Development:
Calling, Anointing, Ordination:
Under Whose Authority Do You Lead? & How Do You Recognize One with YHWH’s Authority?
February 2012
Can you read Dutch? Barb was just blessed to have the article on Love Vs. Fear Based Faith presented in a beautiful magazine in the Netherlands. Here is a link to the online version.
Expanded from Wisconsin Christian Newspapers article
Managing Difficult Personal Reactions and Circumstances Using the Sword of the Word:
Thematic Parallels From the Beginning to the End
Poor, Blind and Naked: From Eden to Laodicea
A Wonderful and Detailed study by Andre Roosma
The Magnificent and Most Lovely Name of the God Who Was There, Who Is There and Who Will be There!
The Sword of the Word
One aspect of our spiritual disciplines is that of memorizing Scripture. We don't think that it can be overemphasized in importance and want to encourage everyone to make it a regular part of their life.
If you would like some assistance to set up your own plan and choice of verses,and you like working on the computer, you might like the site that has provided this rotating Scripture verse.