Scott and Kathy Haxel: We Have Found a Home

For many years I marched through my life going through the motions of church. Whatever church I was attending at the time I would usually sit in the pew counting the minutes to lunch.  Eventually I married and began to lead my family down the same path. Church became a chore and usually a fight with the kids ending in us being very late or not going at all.  For years God would call and I would give a tiny effort or ignore Him all together.

Eventually my family started falling apart. I was not leading them, and it was evident in every aspect of our lives.  Finally in a desperate attempt to patch my family back together I turned to God to help me "fix things." After several months of chasing God for the wrong reason, there was a revelation in my life, and for the first time I saw God for the glory that He is.  From that point on I wanted to follow Him because He is worthy.  After that my life changed, and it had to do with listening to God and wanting His will instead of mine.

At this point we were looking for a church we could get INVOLVED in and were having no success.  The one day we were at a neighborhood pool function called "Dive In Movie" when we noticed it wasn't the usual  suspects running it.  Instead, it was a group of people wearing Commons Church tee shirts - so I inquired about who they were.  I talked at length to a man named Thomas about a new church in our neighborhood led by Pastor Steve Bezner.  After several failed attempts at finding a church on my own I realized God was leading me and my family to a church we could serve.  So, we let God take the reins and we followed Him to the Commons.  It was there that Godly men showed me how to lead a family in Christ, and what it is to truly submit in obedience to God.  After a year at the Commons, and growing closer to God, I have seen my family united, my marriage healed, my daughter baptized, and my children have grown in their love for God and their church.  I'll never forget what my wife said after a sermon Steve gave on Grace within the Church, "We have found a home."  Everything the people of this church does points to God and not themselves.  The Commons is truly a church of Disciples.

~ Scott, Kathy, Abby, Rob, and Steve Haxel

Why do you love going to the Commons Church?
"I like how it is so small and we get to know everyone.  It's like a second family." - Abby
"To hear the Word of God, and be with my friends and family." - Rob
"I love everything about it." - Steve