Recent Activities

Valentine’s Day Celebration 2024

Weekly Baking

My You Tube Channel is: chris_chernick_baking

Running. – I have been running mostly at Horseshoe Lake Complex

My testimony – which I will record a video of for the Hillside Lutheran Brethren Church

“All my life you have been faithful” – The Goodness of God is a modern hymn that tells of the true wonderful goodness of God.  Here’s how God’s goodness has shown up in my life.  

“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.”  Isiah 40:31.

In November 1974, I started working at a company called Buck Consultants.  I was assigned to an actuarial group a few months later.  We usually ate lunch at our desks.  Sometimes in the small lunchroom.

We had a small group of us that became friendly, John, Janet, Barbara, and me.  

I noticed that John would bow his head in prayer right before lunch.  I asked him about that and eventually he talked about his church.

I started going to his church on Sunday evenings, the Bible Baptist Church in Syosset, Long Island. Eventually I met some people my age and found them to be part of a young Christian group.

After the evening service a few of us would gather and sometimes go to a place to eat. I also went to a few bible studies, and one night I accepted Jesus into my life.

I tried to get my family to pray before meals too, but I wasn’t successful.

I met my wife, Megan through an inter church gathering and started riding the train with her to commute to and from work, and I would eventually go to the Presbyterian Church in Babylon Long Island where Megan went.

We were married in that church; the pastor asked me to say the background to the lighting of the marriage candle – he said I was so calm.  He had no clue how nervous I was.

After several years we moved to New Jersey on account of my job. We tried a few churches but did not feel right about them. When our son went to Nursery School, we started going to the church that school was held at – the Hillside Lutheran Brethren Church.

After some challenges about 10 or 15 years later we stopped attending.

In early 2022, I had a desire to do a devotional and I signed up for a daily email from Time of Grace. Then I had a desire to go to a Men’s Bible Study and through a friend I found one I have been going to since sometime in 2022.  Then the Lord prompted me to go back to the Hillside Church and I have gotten involved in several things at the church. On vacation I even watched the church service online, which was a true blessing.

The Lord has richly blessed me and guided me to this place.  My walk with Jesus has gotten stronger as I have attended weekly church services and volunteered at workday and coffee serving.

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s only son.  This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved the darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.”  John 3: 16 – 19.

Prayer really works, recently I had an unfair charge against me, and I got a letter from the Department of Motor Vehicles to provide certain medical information, which I did after visiting the doctors, I had several people praying for the violation to be cleared.  A few weeks ago I got a letter from the Motor Vehicles which said based on the medical information I could continue to drive.  I thanked God for this good result and answer to prayer.

Praise the Lord for his goodness to us.”