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Washburn University has announced its fall 2023 Dean's List honorees. To qualify for the Dean's List, a student must be enrolled in 12 hours of graded credits and earn a semester grade point average of 3.4 to 3.99.

Kurt and Julie Maurath of Oakley are happy to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Leigh Ann to Abraham Thomas Pfannenstiel. Abraham is the son of Dale and Donnell Pfannenstiel of WaKeeney and the grandson of the late LaDonna Schneider and Don Schneider of Stockton. The couple will be married at Oakley Christian Church on April 6, 2024.

Dale and Donnell Pfannenstiel of WaKeeney are happy to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Gracie Nicole to Dallas Joseph Schneider. Dallas is the son of Rob Schneider and Christi Schneider, both of WaKeeney. Gracie is the granddaughter of the late LaDonna Schneider and Don Schneider of Stockton. The couple will be married at Christ the King Catholic Church on June 1, 2024.

Phone: 785-994-6370 (home) or 785-476-5206 (cell) This heading could be 'news from the snowdrifts,' but the fun now is dealing with mud thanks to warming temperatures. At least the stock tank's ice is melting.

Maturity, by definition, is “a very developed or advanced form or state.” What would that definition look like if you were talking about spiritual maturity? In our continued look at Growing in Grace and Knowledge, Pastor Matt had us consider spiritual maturity by first looking at what spiritual maturity is NOT. The scripture he focused on was 1 John 2.

TRUE WORSHIP. It's one thing to read your Bible; it's another thing to possess such awe and respect for God and His Word that it causes us to tremble. Isaiah 66:1-2 says, 'Thus says the LORD: 'Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest? For all those things My hand has made, And all those things exist,' says the LORD. 'But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles atMyword.''It'sonething to offer up to God lip service and to go through the motions of worshiping Him; it's quite another thing to serve and worship Him from the heart. Jesus told the Pharisees, 'Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: 'These people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me'' (Mark 7:6). It's one thing to sit in silence; it's another thing to implement Psalm 46:10, which exhorts us, 'Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!' It's one thing to plop down in our favorite pew; it's another thing to sit reverently at the feet of Jesus. After Jesus healed the demon-possessed man, people 'went out to see what had happened, and came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind' (Luke 10:39). It's one thing to hear God's Word; it's quite another thing to heed God's Word and obediently do what it says. 'But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves' (James 1:22). It's one thing to join in singing the Doxology; it's another thing to desire nothing but God's glory as Paul wrote, 'Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ' (Romans 15:6).

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The first sentence of Rick Warren’s book, The Purpose Driven Life is this: “It’s not about you!” If we are honest with ourselves, coming to this realization can be difficult but, at the same time, life-changing.