Crime in the Country

Last week, we had two tires, some break pads and part of the exhaust stolen off of our church van. I guess these are some desperate times!

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7 Characteristics of an Ingrown Church

Since I can’t find the time to write my own original thoughts, I’ll use someone else’s.
7 characteristics of an ingrown church
Churches are like people. Everyone thinks they are so original until they do one of those personality profiles and find out just how predictable they truly are.

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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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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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…Otherwise Things are Going Really Well…

I wanted to post something else so that last post isn’t lingering at the top. In fact, I am still struggling with whether to keep it up or delete it, but it stays for the moment. But this is what I wanted to post before all that stuff happened.
I am tremendously encouraged by what is going on in our [...]

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