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Sunday Night Thoughts – July 30

Posted in Sunday Thoughts, tagged on July 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Today we took in four members at Preston Wesleyan Church. Two are coming in as Covenant Members and two as Community Members. The Discipline of the Wesleyan Church gives us two options for the ritual. I elected to take us through the long form even though those who were coming in as members had already [...]

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Paul’s Final Instructions

Posted in 1 Thessalonians, Membership on July 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Membership Sunday1 Thessalonians 5:12-2812Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who work hard among you, who are over you in the Lord and who admonish you. 13Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. 14And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, [...]

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Jonah – Veggietales Style

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on July 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Tonight we invited our K through 5 ministry – KICS – or Kids in Christian Service over to the parsonage to watch the Veggietales movie Jonah. The creators do a great job of telling the story of Jonah, the Old Testament prophet. Jonah was suppose to go to Ninevah, but heading in the opposite direction. [...]

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Student Ministries

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on July 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

This past week I have been doing some brainstorming regarding our student ministries this fall. Over the past several years, the Lord has impressed upon me the importance of student ministries. During our Local Church Conference Celebration, I gave this important statistic from Child Evangelism Fellowship, which says that 84% of all adults who have [...]

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Our Glorious Hope

Posted in 1 Thessalonians, Hope, Second Coming on July 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

I’ll never forget my first introduction to Christ’s second coming. It was at a youth rally and I was probably a little older than James at the time. At the youth rally they showed the film “A Thief in the Night.” I remembered seeing clips of it on television. Several years later, probably at youth [...]

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Sunday Night Thoughts – July 16

Posted in Sunday Thoughts, tagged on July 17, 2006 | 1 Comment »

It’s been a while since I’ve been home on a Sunday night to journal the day’s events. It can be summed up with one word, “Wow!” As I started preparing for this week’s sermon, I could sense that God was doing something special. The district rallies only spurred that on. As I entered the sanctuary [...]

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Living to Please God

Posted in 1 Thessalonians, Holiness on July 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

For the past three weeks, we have been taking a look at Paul’s letter to the Thessalonians. We have discovered that for the most part the church at Thessalonica was thriving despite persecution that was happening around them. The first three chapters overflow with thanksgiving from the pen of Paul. This morning’s passage begins with [...]

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Year of the Bible Thought

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on July 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Our church is participating in the Year of the Bible like many others are in the Wesleyan Church. Many in our congregation are reading through the Bible this year. This morning caught me by surprise. In the middle of all the names that we have been struggling through, comes a song of praise written by [...]

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Power 06 – Last Entry

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on July 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

This week I have been relating to you messages from our District Conference and Power Rally events. Our Power Rally is really a two night campmeeting event. I enjoyed the worship and fellowship that the rallies bring. Monday night Steve Wilson spoke on being on holy ground. His message was based on Exodus 3:1-6. Our [...]

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Power ’06 – Sunday Night

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on July 13, 2006 | 1 Comment »

As I’ve mentioned previously, I wanted to give you a little taste of the teaching we received while at Shenandoah District Conference. David Klob from Bethany Bible College did a great job leading worship with the band made up of musicians from the Shenandoah District. Rev. Steve Wilson, pastor of Greeley Wesleyan Church was the [...]

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