Jon Lane
Prayer, teaching, preaching, visitation, discipline, small group, education Email:godspromise4us@yahoo.com Phone: 605-946-5858W
605-724-2046H Testimony:
Hello my name is Jon Lane and I have the privilege of being the preaching elder at the Lighthouse Church. I came to trust Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior a little over 9 yrs ago. On and off throughout my life I attended different churches, but never recall ever contemplating where I stood with the Lord. It was at a Christian retreat that my wife forced me to go that I came to realize my need for Jesus and what He did for me at the cross.
Through testimonies and the hearing of the word of God, the Holy Spirit revealed to me how I had wasted my life in selfish, sinful living. I realized that I was not right with the Lord, that I had made a mess of my life, even though I had a good job, enjoyed much hobbies and had a wonderful wife and family. I knew I needed the Lord’s forgiveness and realized that Jesus Christ died for my sins and that through Him, I could be forgiven and granted eternal life.
It was on that Saturday evening, I simply went outside by myself and asked the Lord to forgive me, to take my life that I wasted for 35 years and do with it what He wanted. What a joy it was to have my sins forgiven, to be cleansed in my heart. It was like a 1000 pound load was taken off my back. All I wanted to do was live for Jesus and with that came new affections and desires and actions in my life. The Lord set me free from sexual immorality, filthy language, perverseness, greed and idolatry of all kinds. I was a “new creature in Christ” that the Bible talks about.
The Lord also brought restoration to my marriage and a week later my wife committed her life to Jesus Christ. Here I am 9 years later and by the grace of God I get to preach His word and serve Him in the capacity of a minister, what a joy. Although there have been many tests, trials and chastisements in my life since becoming a Christian, God has been faithful because of His steadfast love and I praise Him because He changes not. I am a living example that Jesus Christ came to save sinners and that there is no one, no matter what they have done, that is out of the realm of being saved by the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
May this website be a blessing to you, Pastor Jon lane
Testimony: Hello, my name is Aaron Timmermans. I would like to share a little about myself, and how Jesus Christ has transformed my life. I grew up in the Corsica/New Hollland, SD area, where I still live today. My whole life I went to church, attended a Christian School, and I even taught Sunday school before I knew who Jesus Christ was. My teen-age years and early 20's showed, through my lifestyle, that I did not have the Holy Spirit living inside of me. I lived a life of drunkeness, sexual immorality, and everything I did would benefit ME somehow.
BUT,.... Read I Corinthians 7:11, Ephesians 2:4-10
The Spirit of God started drawing me (John 6:44), and by God's mercy and grace, He revealed Himself to me. For the first time in my life, I knew I was seperated from a Holy God because of my sin. I always believed the facts of Jesus' life, but for the first time I asked Him in my life. This gift of salvation was the best gift I have and will ever recieve, and I did not deserve it. Nobody deserves it, but thanks to Jesus who took our punishment and is our mediator, we can spend eternity with God our creator.
The person that was most instrumental, and the tool that God used to share the Gospel with me was my (now) wife, Renae. She also has been through many things in her life. I am not going to go into all the details right now, but maybe in a future blog. When we first met, I did know she had something I did not, and lived an uncompromised lifestyle, something that was very new to me. For my 25th birthday she bought me a study Bible, (she knew I needed it) so I started reading it. I started in the New Testament in Matthew. By the time I got to the 10th chapter when Jesus addressed the disciples, that is when I found the Jesus I did not know before. He said things like, " I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." He also said that if you did not acknowledge Him, he would not acknowledge you before His Father.
My life then radically changed. We got married in December of 2000. We have 4 beautiful healthy children. I now like to go on missions trips instead of weekend binges. I look forward to Sunday worship instead of sleeping through church with a hangover. I also would rather talk theology with my friends/brothers instead of telling filthy jokes and perversed language.
JESUS CHRIST CAN SET ANYONE FREE, FROM ANYTHING, AT ANYTIME- JUST TRUST HIM
Scott Menning
Prayer, teaching, worship, deacons Phone: 605-946-5618 Email:casemen@siouxvalley.net
Testimony: Hello everyone my name is Scott Menning. I grew up in Corsica, SD. I was raised in a Christian family that went to church every week. I went to Catechism every Wednesday night. I thought I was fine with the Lord! The problem with the church in my case was I went to please my parents and it became nothing more than a habit "something you just did." I graduated from college in 1992. Shortly after graduation my life was turned upside down with trials. These trials lead me to alcohol abuse and an unforgiving heart. In 1995 my folks asked me to come back to the family farm. I knew I needed change so I thought this was the answer. Little did I know you can move a thousand times but if the heart doesn't change your ways won't either.
In 1996 I met Audra who was also looking for change. We started going to church together. One year later we got married. Up to this point I was living in unforgiveness and selfish ambitions.
After our first child was born we were at a baptism service when I realized that I couldn't raise a child in Christ when Jesus wasn't in my own heart. Shortly after that service I cried out to the Lord. That is when the Holy Spirit revealed my heart was full of unforgiveness and bitterness. I also needed to ask for forgiveness for my many sins.
2 Cor. 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
I am a living testimony that there is new life through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. No man will be denied if he calls upon the Lord Jesus Christ and repents. My question is for you then, are you looking for change? Call upon the Lord Jesus Christ and He will turn your darkness into light.
The Lord has blessed me with my wife Audra, daughters Erika and Courtney, sons Clayton and Cordel.
Randall Kuyper
Prayer, teaching, new members, new converts, visitation Email:randall.kuyper@dtn.com
Testimony: Hello my name is Randall I grew up in the Stickney area and have lived here my whole life. I also grew up in a christian home and had all the knowledge of what the bible said about being a christian, I had even many times went forward and said a prayer to accept Jesus into my heart.
All the time I was being told that I needed to come to Christ and He would be there for me and help me and somehow make my life better. I lived a life of rebellion to God and all the time was attending church and doing everything a christian should do. And yet in the back of mind I was saying to myself that I would have plenty of time to serve Christ when I was older.
I then went to a promise keepers and as I was listening to the message and hearing the law presented it made me see my sin and made me realize I was living my life for myself and what I wanted, I then realized that it was time to truly serve the Lord,and that I was older now and it was the day that I had put off for years. I also listened to a message called " Hells best kept secret " This made me see my sin at a very deep level and I knew that this teaching was exactly what we needed in this area. I strongly encourage anyone that has not heard that message to ask us for a copy of it.
I am also living proof that Jesus can save you from any sin that stands between you and God. He can also save you from the idolatry living of thinking that God approves of your lifestyle, and that being a good person, and going to church, sitting on church boards and doing all the things that we would consider a christian lifestyle is not good enough for God's holiness. Unless we see that one lie makes us a liar, one stolen thing makes us a thief, and one look with lust makes us adulterers ( Mathew 5:28 ) and one time of taking God's name in vain makes us a blasphemer. We need to realize that God looks at the intent of the heart and we will all stand guilty unless we repent and turn from that sin and put on Christ.
I am very humbled to be a part of this church and being asked to be a elder of this church is truly a blessing from God. I know there will be trials and persecutions in this position and want to give all the glory to God for what he has done in my life and my families life, and what he is going to do in this church.
May God bless you as you view this site!
Chad Moser
Prayer, teaching, technology, education, preaching, Aurora Plains Academy
Email: chadmoser@thelighthousecorsica.org
Phone: 605-732-4425
Testimony: My testimony began when I met my wife about like 15 years ago.Other than some issues with self esteem in my teens, I had a great life with lots of friends, a good job, and material things.I was not looking for God, but I found out He was looking for me.Anyway, when I mentioned to my friend that I met my "Dream Girl", they said I had to be a church-goer to have any opportunity with her.I told them, "No problem I can do that. how hard can that be.!!"After all,I went to church as a youth.So I went to church... her church specifically.It was unlike anything I ever encountered in my life.The worship was real and vibrant.They were celebrating something/someone I did not know. The people in the church were authentically in Love with Christ.I liked it and I felt really great.Then the preacher spoke.Every word he said resonated with my life.I fell under deep conviction.I told Jazz, "I can handle church and the God stuff, but I didn't think that too much of the 'Jesus thing,'was healthy."She smiled and told me, "Well then your missing the whole point."It was all she said, but that was disturbing enough!As the preacher continued, my conscience was awakened, my heart of joy was turned into a heart of mourning for my sin.He spoke of Hell and punishment for the wicked...Then he told me Christ would be coming again. Inwardly, I cried out, "WHAT? I am not ready!! "Over the next few weeks, I learned of the forgiveness of Christ from Jazz's family and the preacher of that church and so many others. I found myself repenting for the sins of my past.Jazz was praying.Then, at a Newsboys/Josh McDowell concert, I went forward. I went forward again at her church.I went forward whenever I could, because I, my friend, fell in love with God. I became born-again into Life eternal and was filled with the Holy Spirit.I have never been the same since.God has blessed me with a wonderful family:my wife-- Jazz and my children---Rachel and Joshua.We have been given a ministry to youth and adults alike. Praise Jesus!!"...old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new."
