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A Fun Experience…

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Back in early June, my church put together an appreciation dinner for all the volunteers.  As part of the evening I participated with our worship pastor, Janette, in putting on a special presentation.  Someone there recorded it and posted it on youtube.  What do you think?  I cringed watching it…(at least we had fun!)

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Sunday Nuggets (03/01/09)

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Got this weeks thoughts on Sunday out later because of a nasty cold I’m still trying to fight off…

This Sunday I sat in the “Bread and Breakfast” class which is held during the first service.  This class is for young adults and they start with a free breakfast of pancakes, fruit and the usual breakfast stuff and then have a lesson.  Currently Merrie Eizenga is teaching on Daniel.  The reason I went to the class is because I’m going to be teaching it in April and I wanted to hang out and see what it is like.  It’s awesome!  If you’re a young adult and you’re not attending this class then you need to get there!  I’m looking so forward to spending time with this class in April.  

  • Prayed with Pastor Marshall, Walt Semeniuk, and Drew Eizenga at both services.  They are leaving for a couple weeks to do a tour of Africa visiting our missionaries in the field and seeing what’s happening over there.  I pray they are impacted and God uses them while they are over there.
  • Before the service began I dealt with a temperamental computer at our Kids Corner.  The wireless key wouldn’t connect to the router.  Got it fixed.
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Thoughts on Sunday (January 25th)

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Sunday was my wife’s birthday and  she’ll say I forgot (but I really didn’t)  but I will admit I was pretty cheesy about it.  Still – I think the kids and I pulled off an okay day for her…  It was tough with Sunday being the busiest day of the week for me!  Thanks to those of you who gave her gifts and birthday greetings – I know she really appreciated it!

Here’s my thoughts for Sunday:  

  • have I said I love being a pastor at WPA yet?  Well consider it said!
  • Rev. Jim Reese spoke in the morning services, “Just Live by Faith”.  Very inspiring and I loved the sound of his voice (listen to the .mp3 to hear it for yourself!)
  • Jim’s definition of faith: “In Christ alone, by grace alone, according to scriptures alone”
  • Using what Hebrews 11 had to say about Abraham – Jim outlined how you live by Faith:
    • Faith Obeys and Submits (11:8)
    • Faith Separates (11:8b) – “No to sin, and yes to God’s righteousness”
    • Faith Sojourns (v9) – means “you’re going on a trip no one else has taken”
    • Faith Seeks (v 10, 13-14)
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Thoughts on Sunday

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I think I’m going to try doing some regular posts on my observations of service at my church each week.  Of course the first one is a bit late but that’s okay.

Here we go:

  • Pastor Marshall continued his series on Spiritual Disciplines – talking about serving and stewardship.  Wow – pretty brave to tackle such tough topics together! – but I think he did a great job.
  • “Serving God is not an option” (Joshua 24:15)
  • We don’t serve God to BE forgiven – we serve because we ARE forgiven

Some points on Stewardship:

  • God Owns Everything!
  • Giving is an act of Worship
  • Giving reflects faith in God’s promises.
  • “get ready to give”
  • “give generously”
  • “go for the great harvest”
  • “give cheerfully”
  • “generate blessing”

Sunday PM:
Sunday night the team that went to the Ukraine (of which I was a part of) shared about our experience.  Pretty cool.  I’m going to be posting some video and powerpoints of the presentation on our church website this week sometime and I’ll update the links here.  It was really neat reliving our experience there.  I’m also hoping this week to post observations from my trip to Ukraine on my blog.  

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A New Adventure

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Well it’s official (and I can announce now). I’m going to be starting a new ministry as the Assistant Pastor of Waterloo Pentecostal Church. I’m really looking forward to this new position and working with the leadership team there. It’s absolutely incredible (and I confess a bit of a whirlwind too!) the journey God has been bringing my family and I through this past two months. I’ve posted more information and thoughts about this change on my family blog. You can read more there.