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Archive for May, 2006

A Visit to Mount Airy, NC

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on May 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

This past weekend, we had the chance to take my mom and dad to Mount Airy, NC. Mount Airy is the hometown of Andy Griffith. It is the basis for the fictional town of Mayberry. We had a great time as we visited the various shops around town. We even took a long walk, instead [...]

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We Must Not Forget

Posted in Memorial Day, Salvation, Sermons on May 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

This morning we read of the origins of our Memorial Day in The United States. I want to take you back to another memorial day. About 4000 years ago, there was a nation waiting to cross in to the land that we now know as Israel. The area that they were staying was known as [...]

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SPAM

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on May 26, 2006 | 1 Comment »

Mark Wilson got me thinking about SPAM a few weeks ago. No, not the processed food or emails, but about what the letters mean. Here, take a look: Small Places Are MagnificentSmall-town Pastors Are MightySmall-town Pastors Are MobilizedSmall-town Partnerships Are MissionalSmall Place As Mission God has been teaching me that He can use us right [...]

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Lifesong

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on May 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

For several weeks now, the Casting Crowns’ song “I Will Praise You in the Storm” has been playing on the radio. While I was away at FLAME, I heard about the song “While You Were Sleeping.” In addition, my wife was starting to ask me about this CD, so as a belated Mother’s Day gift, [...]

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Serving at FLAME

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on May 24, 2006 | 2 Comments »

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to serve at FLAME. This is sponsored by the Department of Education and the Ministry of The Wesleyan Church. I had the opportunity to lead worship, which by the way was awesome as usual. In addition, I was able to help in other areas as needed. [...]

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Sunday Night Thoughts

Posted in Sunday Thoughts on May 22, 2006 | 1 Comment »

Today has been a good day. Our church had its Homecoming celebration, which means we celebrated 57 years of ministry to our community. We had our former District Superintendent speak and we also had a great childrens ensemble sing for us. After church we had a great dinner made by the ladies of our church [...]

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Reflections from FLAME

Posted in Sermons on May 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

This morning I want to celebrate the call to ministry. Some of you may wonder what this has to do with Mother’s Day, but we will get to that. Immediately following last Sunday’s morning service, I began the journey to Stroudsburg, PA. I had arraignments to meet Charles Thomas (a current FLAME student) in Roanoke [...]

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A Response to The DaVinci Code

Posted in Uncategorized on May 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

About eighteen months ago, we were meeting with the community clergy of Schuylerville and the Episcopal priest came into our Monday morning meeting. He asked us if we had heard about a new book titled, The Da Vinci Code. Most of us had at least heard about it. He suggested that we check it out [...]

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