Give thanks to the Lord call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done Enter his gates with thanksgiving And his courts with praise; Give thanks and praise his name. Glorify the Lord with me; Let us exalt his name together. Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise, Glorious [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Thanksgiving (Responsive Reading)
Posted in Uncategorized on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday Set List
Posted in Sunday Set List on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
November 22, 2009 Pre-Service Video – Presidential Prayers (Thanksgiving) Welcome and Announcements Mountain Ridge Community Bell Choir – Chimings of Thankfulness/arr. Dan Edwards Call to Worship – Thanksgiving Songs of Praise and Worship Forever (Tomlin) Come Ye Thankful People Come (Alford/Elvey) Give Thanks (Smith) Connecting Through Prayer Songs of Worship For the Beauty of the [...]
Running Update
Posted in Running Update on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Walk in the Park? I Think Not! Yesterday’s rain is gone and this morning was absolutely beautiful. I knew that I would like to run this afternoon in the park. We have a great city park here in Staunton — lots of runners (usually) and walkers — great scenery. It’s a great place to [...]
Weekly Lectionary Reading
Posted in Lectionary on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Reign Of Christ November 22, 2009 2 Samuel 23:1-7 * Psalm 132:1-18 * Revelation 1:4b-8 * John 18:33-37 Grace and peace to you from the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come; from the sevenfold Spirit before his throne; 5 and from Jesus Christ. He is the faithful witness to these [...]
Seeing the World Through Different Eyes
Posted in Uncategorized on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I took the Global and Intercultural Ministries class at FLAME. It was designed to teach us how to minister in a different culture than the one we grew up in or live in. An interesting thing happened to me. As we were studying how other cultures may see the world, it became a [...]
Wednesday Night Update
Posted in Wednesday Night Update on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cloudy, Cool, Rainy — Very Fall Like We are heading into late fall here in the Shenandoah Valley. Most of the leaves are off the trees, although here and there, there are leaves. The days continue to get cooler and this afternoon, it began to rain and cool down. It was rather dark tonight [...]
Do You Know Which Way to Go?
Posted in Uncategorized on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of my past times is being a road geek. I didn’t even think there was a name for it when I discovered that there are many websites dedicated to the various roads of the United States. A picture like the one might be featured on one of those sites and the above picture would [...]
Should Have Known Better
Posted in Uncategorized on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
That’s at least one title for today’s post. It could have been “I Wish I Hadn’t” or “What Was I Thinking.” Here’s what happened yesterday. As I wrote in my running update yesterday, I was able to run a full four miles before a blister short circuited me. Monday is grocery shopping day in our [...]
Running Update
Posted in Running Update on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Run for the Prize We woke up to a beautiful Monday morning here in the Shenandoah Valley. The air was clear — the sky was blue — the sun was beginning to crest the mountain behind our house. As Pam and James left for school, I began my run. I really wanted to get back [...]
Can You Believe?
Posted in Uncategorized on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I was driving James to school this morning, I began channel surfing on our Sirius Satellite Radio — Our new van came with a three month complimentary subscription. As I was channel surfing, I pressed one of the presets and what came out of the radio was Christmas music. Christmas music in November, before [...]

