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Sleepers RSV

Well, yesterday's post on sleepers created no little email storm of opinion. First, let me clarify that none of the aforementioned people were sleeping this Sunday, but they did ha…

I love people who sleep in church

From time to time some people do fall asleep during my message on Sunday. Every pastor has to face the fact that it will happen and get over the distraction of totally boring some …

What do you do when you are in a valley?

I love to watch survival shows on Discovery channel. My favorite was Survivorman, a Canadian guy who would lose himself somewhere and video tape his escape by himself, but he must …

Watermelooza Schmooza

What a fun event. Everyone was so helpful, from Extreme Jumpers who provided the water slide, to Larry the HOA president of Westridge subdivision who hosted the event. We were able…

Tall meets small

FOX News posts this picture today of the World's tallest man in a meet and greet photo opt. You can read the story here . In all the bad news in the world it is good to see that we…

Watermelooza

This weekend is going to be a blast! On Saturday we will meet at the school at 9, to go over the Westridge community and pass out fliers for our kidZone and free watermelon event. …

A little about blogging

Below is the text of an email I sent out trying to explain how we use blogging. Hopefully it will give you some ideas on how to blog or read blogs. Blogs are a shortened name of "w…

Your house is on fire... NOT!

Not much time for blogging today, but thought you might enjoy this video of the police kicking in the door on the wrong house. LINK…

Too Late for Gardening

I told my kids that we would have to wait until after camp and vacation to plant a garden. They have been wanting to do something for years and now I will do my fatherly duties of …

Dealing with Departures

Today I will be preaching to a group of preachers. It is a bit intimidating for a young pastor to address such a audience, but God's Word will do all the teaching, all I have to do…

Pray for Pastor Bruce

We got a call this morning that Bruce Wanless, our pastor to senior adults broke his leg on a Harley. He had surgery this morning and he is recovering well. Be sure to lift him up …

Watermelooza Etc.

Here are some things we are working on for the rest of the summer 1. Conversations - Our new interactive message series where you the listener get to choose the topic. We will have…

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