From The Wesleyan Church website: Charles Wesley, the great hymn writer of the Wesleyan movement, was born December 18, 1707, in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England. The youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, he, like his siblings, received his early education from his mother. At age nine, he entered Westminster School, London, and [...]
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Happy Birthday, Charles Wesley!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged hymns, Wesleyan Church on December 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Mighty to Save
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged worship on December 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Several weeks ago, we attended a worship concert by BBC Atlantic — a worship band from Bethany Bible College in Sussex, NB. This is one of our five Wesleyan sponsored colleges and the only one that is specifically a Bible College. One of the last songs they played that night was this one, “Mighty to [...]
Bell Ringing Afterthoughts
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Contemplations, Salvation Army on December 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I went around thanking the people in the church who rang bells for the Salvation Army. As the compassionate ministry director, I put my time in ringing bells. I rang them with our daughter Anna. It was one of those “you know you are a pastors’ kid” moments. Several of our Senior High students [...]
Sunday Night Thoughts
Posted in Sunday Thoughts on December 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today was a busy day, but a good day. I commented yesterday that I was not able to ring bells for Salvation Army yesterday, that’s because I spent the whole day driving to Central, SC and back. I had to pick up our oldest daughter from college. She sings in the choir and the choir [...]
Worship Boxscore
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Worship Recap on December 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
December 16, 20073rd Sunday of Advent WelcomeLighting of the Advent Candle – Messiah Brings SalvationThe Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has annointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness [...]
No Room in the Inn?
Posted in Advent, Do You See What I See? on December 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago I read an interesting article about Christmas movies. The article stated that (and probably comes as no surprise) Christmas movies have darker themes than a few decades ago. The switch began in the early 80’s. Many movies have themes of depression and suicide and other dark themes. Redemption is typically not [...]
Bell Ringing
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Salvation Army on December 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today our church, stepped outside to do our turn ringing the bells for Salvation Army at our local K-Mart. I just looked at my friend Mark’s blog and found out it was cold in Hayward this morning; -15 degrees. It looks like it was the Wesleyan’s turn to ring the bell in several areas of [...]
The Perfect Gift
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christmas, Gifts on December 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In August of 2003, I started e-mailing Chaplain Gordon Ritchie. It was around Christmas of 2003 when he told me that his mother was an immigrant for Holland. Just couple of months before that I had met a woman , Tina who was herself an immigrant from Holland. I got an idea that the perfect [...]
Weekly Lectionary Reading
Posted in Lectionary, tagged Advent on December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
3rd Sunday of Advent December 16, 2007 Psalm 146:5-10Isaiah 35:1-10 James 5:7-10 Matthew 11:2-11 This week’s verses continue to anticipate the coming of the Lord. We are getting closer to Christmas in our Advent journey. I’m reminded as I say that that each day, we are getting closer to the Lord’s return. The passage in [...]
12 Ways to Keep Christ in Christmas
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christmas on December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I happened upon this from the Hayward Wesleyan Church website, where my good friend Mark Wilson is the pastor. As Christmas swiftly approaches, I encourage you to set apart some time to reflect on the true meaning of this season. So often, we get so busy in the holiday activities that we forget why we’re [...]
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