Archive for the ‘Church’ Category
A Community…
Friday, November 4th, 2005Another thing I love about this church family is our friendliness and our eager desire to welcome people into our midst. The immediate love and warmth that you offer to people who are looking for a church home is refreshing and encouraging. I have had the luxury over the years of visiting ...
Children Matter
Friday, October 28th, 2005One of the things I love most about this church family is our commitment to children. This is so immensely important to me, not just because I have three beautiful girls, but because I believe that is what Jesus would have us do. If we are not intentional about our ministry to ...
Pick the Logo
Saturday, September 24th, 2005We are working on a new logo for our church. Here is what has been proposed for us so far. Any suggestions or thoughts? Let me know which one you like.
Poppin’ Pills
Friday, August 12th, 2005A couple of years ago an interesting story appeared in the news. It seems that scientists have discovered that a pill used in tuberculosis patients may help people overcome theirphobias. Take a pill for TB and overcome your need to wash your hands 50 times a day. What a ...
A Day for Vision
Thursday, July 14th, 2005This Sunday we present our vision for the upcoming school year at church. Many hours have been put into crafting a mission statement, discerning what our core values are, and engineering a vision plan to achieve our goals. We have prayed, wrestled, and struggled with what God is calling us to ...
The Lost Art of Confession
Thursday, June 16th, 2005I have a confession to make. It's not something I am necessarily proud of but I feel I need to come clean. I love reading blogs. I love seeing into the minds of other people and their views on life. I would link more, including some of my favorites, but it seems that ...
A Few Random Thoughts on Innocence and Relevance
Thursday, June 9th, 2005I have been in ministry in one form or another since I was 21 years old. I have sat through many sermons, classes, lectures and devotional thoughts. I have given my share of them as well. Yet I have never heard anything stir my heart as when my family joins ...
The Incomparable Blessings of Church Membership
Thursday, April 14th, 2005We are so blessed by our church family. A shower was recently given to us in preparation for our upcoming newborn. As this is our third child most of the things that were needed were already in place. We are up to our necks in clothes. We are full up ...
Wednesday, January 26th, 2005
How Do You Talk to Girls? I'll never forget the moment that she asked the question, "What are you doing tomorrow night?" She, in this story, was Lucy**. Lucy was one of my classmates. I had known her all of my life. We, of course, had never been friends. You see, while I was still ...