Tim and Lynn Collins have been invited to be the Pastors of Ignite Church that began in Freeport IL. Ignite Church is currently an online church that meets on zoom. On November 5th we will be leading the church and … Continue reading →

by Tim Collins What we believe will affect the way we live our lives. The following is what I have come to believe as I have followed Jesus for the last 40 years. “I’m not a strong writer so I’m open … Continue reading →

Phil 2:15 “For you will appear among them as shining lights in the universe offering them the words of eternal life.” In the beginning the Bible talks about darkness over the earth and God said, “Let there be light” and … Continue reading →

If you have come across our web site for Shift Church I want to let you know that we are not meeting as a church currently. Tim and I moved to Belleville to become third generation owners of his family … Continue reading →

Cleaning up the comments to our web site is very interesting….  lots and lots of words and adds and posts selling things, but not many with actual communication to me.  Our thoughts can be like this at times…. bombarded with … Continue reading →

The impression I keep getting is for me to simplify life….  to get healthy….  to stay unstressed…. To simplify life, changes are needed, these can create stress in the transition times.  But I had this impression of Pappa God cupping … Continue reading →

This morning I’ve been thinking about what transformation means…..   to me I am sensing that transformation should be each one coming into God’s dream for their life.  If there is anything in our thoughts that contradicts God’s dream for us, … Continue reading →

Shift as a name for a church seems to say we are different than all other churches. But I don’t think the name indicates that we are different from other churches, but rather a mission and a frame of mind. … Continue reading →