Church of the Living Water

Church in Muscatine, Iowa

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Bible Study Nights Spring 2025

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Beginning in February, we will have a Winter/Spring semester of Bible study and fellowship at the church building. We plan to run for 12 weeks and then take a break for summer. 

  • Every Wednesday 
  • 6:30pm-8pm
  • Starting February 19
  • Ending May 7 (12 weeks total)

Adults will have a time of Bible study and discussion. Pastor Ethan will lead the first four weeks of Bible study, and then we plan to go through a video-based series on the topic of healing taught by Randy Clark, from a ministry called Global Awakening. 

  • For small children ages 0-4, our nursery worker Peggy will be on-site to care for them.
  • For kids aged 5-10, we will have a kids program taught by Liliana Anderson. 
  • There’s no meal planned, but feel free to bring snacks to share if you’d like!

Looking forward to a time of study and fellowship! 

David Kerr

Longtime church member and friend David Kerr passed away on Friday.

Please keep his wife Deb and their family in your prayers.

The church is invited to the memorial service:

Friday, February 7th, at 11am, at the church building.

Official obituary →

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Holy Spirit 101 With Guest Speaker Clem Ferris

An introduction to the Holy Spirit over a weekend of teachings from Clem Ferris.

The Bible talks a lot about the Holy Spirit. 

The first-century church made a big emphasis on understanding and interacting with the Spirit. Who is He? How do we meet Him? What does He do? How do we interact with Him?

We want to be like the early church in this aspect. We want to understand more about the Holy Spirit and to develop a relationship with Him. 

One of the emphases of our church is to fully embrace what is called the “Spirit-filled life.” 

Our friend Clem Ferris will be here in March to help us understand and embrace the Person and work of the Spirit. 

For over 30 years, Clem has traveled nationally and internationally equipping believers through a strong combination of teaching and prophetic ministry. He currently serves on the oversight teams of ten churches and as a church consultant. 

Learn more about Clem at his website.

We will have some extra meetings while Clem is here, to learn from him. 

These meetings would be good for you if you are:

  • New to the idea of the Holy Spirit, and curious.
  • Skeptical about the Holy Spirit, but open to learning more.
  • A lifelong learner and you want to keep building your relationship with the Spirit. 

No matter which category you’re in, you’re sure to pick up something from these meetings. The whole church is invited and encouraged to participate. 

Friday, March 7

  • 6:30pm-8pm

Saturday, March 8

  • 9:30am-12noon
  • Donuts and coffee hot and ready at 9am, come get settled in, we will start promptly at 9:30!
  • 9:30am-10:30am session 1
  • Break
  • 11am-12pm session 2
  • End at 12 noon

Sunday, March 9

  • Regular service times
  • 9am Worship & Prayer
  • 9:45am Coffee and carbs
  • 10:15am Main service

For each of these meeting times, there will be: 

  • Childcare for kids aged 0-4
  • Activity boxes for kids aged 5-10

See you there! 

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Guest Speaker Billy Wagler

Our friends Billy and Brooke Wagler and their family will join us this weekend.

These two just ooze love for Christ and a passion to live for Him.

They have compelling life stories of how God rescued them from their past lives and brought them where they are today: a strong marriage, growing family, successful business owners, and serving in prison ministry and many other ways.

Billy will share from the Bible this Sunday.

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School of the Spirit

When Jesus was walking here on earth, he said, “It’s good that I go, because I will send a Helper to you.” He was talking about the Holy Spirit.

Who is this Holy Spirit? What does He do?

This weekend we will spend time digging into this topic with a guest speaker, Fred Herzog. Fred is a veteran church planter and leader from Minnesota.

  • May 18, Saturday, 6pm
  • May 19, Sunday, 10:15am

This would be great for you if:

  • You are interested in embracing more of the Holy Spirit in your life.
  • You are skeptical of this stuff but open-minded.

More About Fred Herzog

Fred Herzog is a sought-after church mentor and trainer. He has had the opportunity to plant and develop more than 50 churches around the world. His lifelong focus of seeing the Gospel reach the ends of the earth is shared by International Christian Leadership Connections (ICLC), a global network of churches that he helps oversee as a part of the North American apostolic team. 

After nearly 60 years of ministry, Fred has become a specialist in counseling, deliverance, healing, and spiritual warfare. His prophetic words and wisdom have brought release to thousands of individuals in both church and business settings. A perceptive pastor once remarked, “Wherever he goes, people are set free.”

Fred and his wife Karen have recently started a new church network called Bridge Network. It consists of starting micro churches in various communities.

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Colombia Missions

Our church in Muscatine supports a ministry called Global Transformation Ministries (GTM) in Medellín, Colombia.

Dr. Brian and Katherine Miller have been serving street children in Medellín, Colombia since 1996.

The ministry rescues children from the streets, victims of sex trafficking, and sexually exploited girls facing a crisis pregnancy.  

Living Water supports GTM on a monthly basis by sending a portion of the tithes and offerings that comes into the church.

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Let’s keep Colombia in our prayers!