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Mosaic Student Ministries

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on August 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Last night we “kicked-off” our new student ministries program. We are calling it Mosaic for several reasons. A mosaic is made up of many different tiles to create a beautiful work of art.Similarly, Mosaic Student Ministries is made up of a diverse group of students Kindergarten through 12th grade. The are diverse in more ways [...]

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Praise You in This Storm

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on August 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Today I continued our series titled “Lifesong Lessons.” The series is based on the CD “Lifesong” by Casting Crowns. Today’s sermon was “Praise You in This Storm.” (emphasis mine) How difficult is it to praise God when everything is going well? How much faith does it take to praise God when “the world’s all as [...]

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The Smell of Love

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on August 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Tomorrow I turn 43. Happy birthday to me! I will be the first to tell you that getting older has its downside. Earlier this week, I ended up with a terrible pain in my shoulder. It’s gone thankfully. My wife had injured her thumb, so instead of the wonderful romantic scent of candles, we had [...]

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Praise You In This Storm

Posted in Lifesong Lessons on August 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Life can be full of difficulty. In this past year, throughout the world there have been earthquakes, famine, flooding rains, and hurricanes. Just over a year ago, we watched as hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast. We have all seen the pictures. We remember seeing the pictures of the tsunami in Southeast Asia. In addition [...]

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Lifesong

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on August 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

A couple months ago, I purchased a CD by Casting Crowns called Lifesong. I had been hearing some of the songs from the CD on the radio and liked them enough to search our the CD. As I began listening, I noticed that a theme was woven through the songs. Mark Hall and the rest [...]

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Lifesong: What Does Your Life Say About You?

Posted in Lifesong Lessons on August 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

As many of you know, this past spring I went to serve at FLAME. While it keeps you busy, occasionally during the afternoon there is downtime. My friend, Wayne Richards, who is also the director of FLAME and I were sitting in the sanctuary talking about music. We like about the same styles of music [...]

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Celebration of Praise

Posted in Sunday Thoughts on August 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Tonight for church we had a semi-regular feature called “Celebration of Praise.” Many years ago, we would have called them a Singspiration or Hymn Sing. I was in charge tonight, usually I hand this off because it gives me a chance to worship with the congregation instead of leading it. I’ll use the term in-charge [...]

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Sunday Night Thoughts – August 6

Posted in Sunday Thoughts on August 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

For some reason, August 6 has always had significance in my life. Many years ago, I was working for a time management company in their customer service department. August 6th was the day we switched over from our old software to new software including an upgrade to a new computer system. Needless to say, it [...]

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Vacation Bible School Here We Come

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on August 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Tonight, I spent some time over at the church with others who were getting ready for Vacation Bible School. We are trying something this year that I’ve never done before and that is an all day event. We have excellent leadership for this program and I’m looking forward to the results. My two daughers and [...]

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