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Passing the Mantle

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on August 18, 2007 | 3 Comments »

We have just returned from Central, SC to take Rebecca to college. The time together over the last 36 hours helped us with the transition. The highlight (my opinion) of our trip to SWU was this afternoon’s Passing of the Mantle service. We had a chance to pray over Rebecca as she begins this new [...]

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SWU Bound

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on August 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

This morning we are headed to Southern Wesleyan University to drop Rebecca off at college. I just received a note from one of my Continental tourmates and he couldn’t believe I had a daughter going to college. I still can’t believe it myself. Where does the time go? We wish Rebecca well. Our church gave [...]

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Wednesday Night Update

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on August 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Interesting night tonight! Our largest class was the high school and our ordinarily big middle school class was small. We also didn’t pick up many students on the van, but we had a good night. Our high schoolers went to Blue Ridge Nursing Center to visit one of our shut-ins. I didn’t go this week. [...]

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Music Mondays

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on August 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

This week’s video is another from the band Casting Crowns. How many times do we make the minor thing the main thing? The video is “American Dream.”

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Sunday Night Thoughts

Posted in Sunday Thoughts on August 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Today wasn’t a bad day, but it wasn’t what I would call a spectacular day either…and that’s ok. Last night I received a call that either Pam and I would have to teach the senior adult class this morning. They use the standard Wesley material. So I looked over it this morning. It actually wasn’t [...]

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Worship Boxscore

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on August 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Eleventh Sunday after PentecostAugust 12, 2007Call to Worship – Responsive Reading Jesus Christ is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn over all creation.For by him all things were created:Things in heaven and on earth,Visible and invisible,Whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;All things were created by him and for him.He is before all [...]

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State of the Church

Posted in Holy Spirit, State of the Church, Transformation on August 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

For the past five or six years, I have come to the congregation with what I call a State of the Church address. Many years, I have shared two of these; one for our local church and a second to share what God is doing in our denomination. I had fully intended to give this [...]

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Weekly Lectionary Reading

Posted in Lectionary, tagged on August 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Proper 14 August 12, 2007 Isaiah 1:1, 10-20Psalm 50:1-8, 22-23Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16Luke 12:32-40 Graphic design courtesy of www.Heartlight.org In this week’s readings, the prophet Isaiah’s words from God cut to the quick, especially for those of us who do “worship planning.” These words come from the opening passage of the book of Isaiah. If our [...]

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Inner Sanctum: Crazy Grace

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Phil Stevenson is a pastor and currently the Director of Evangelism and Church Growth at our headquarters in Indianapolis. He has just recently started blogging and because this post has to do with baseball as well, I thought I would share it. Inner Sanctum: Crazy Grace

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Thursday Night Thoughts

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on August 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Well, like most of the south, Martinsville is in the midst of a heat wave. Today, we topped the century mark again again topping out at 102. Pam took a walk down to the church and back and came back huffing and puffing. She said that these temps are as bad as the -25 we [...]

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