Somethings Gotta Give

Have you ever been white water rafting? I have and it’s quite an adrenaline rush. But what looks really wild is the white water kayaking. I was watching the “Mountain Games” (or something like that) on TV a couple months ago and one of the games was white water kayak racing where they had to [...]

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Church Website

Our finally got some work done on our church website and it’s starting to take shape. It’s amazing that I struggled all summer to get done what I did in one night. The site is nothing fancy, but functional. It’s meant to be temporary while who we are as a church continues to unfold. I [...]

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9 Lives

I like cats. I don’t love them, but I don’t hate them either.
Our boys (especially our oldest) have been wanting kittens ever since we moved to the country. We finally broke down this summer and got two kittens. One week after we got them – and two days after we spent $150 on them at [...]

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Comeback Churches – Intentional and Strategic Church Evangelism

Most Comeback Churches develop a more intentional and strategic evangelism process. “Comeback churches think and live evangelism.”
This is the phase we are about to enter into as a church. In many ways we already have with our worship services in the park this summer followed by a free lunch – which has been very intentionally [...]

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Wedding in the Water

Yesterday, we had our annual baptism celebration at Camp Shamineau. They have a wonderful setting for baptisms with an ampitheater equipped with sound right on a beach. I had the privilege of baptizing a young couple who have been coming to church since Easter. It was a wonderfully beautiful occassion that could not be overcome [...]

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