Did you get the e-mail?

You probably received the same e-mail I did. Nearly everyone I know, in the “SDA world” has received it. Here a section from it:
7) Avoid traveling in September, 2008 as barriers and check points will be erected.  Those who do not have their papers or are on their round-up list will be imprisoned, exiled, [...]

Handling disunity

I’ve been thinking about and dealing with the issue of disunity in the church. It can be a really tough issue to deal with. I’ve done a lot of praying and study on the issue. This stuff does not just go away by itself. It has to be dealt with.
I came across some good counsel [...]

Church Retreat 2008

Castles and Crowns

Last week was Vacation Bible school at our church. Its always a lot of fun and a great way to minister to the kids of the community. The theme this year is Castles and Crowns. Every night the kids learned about a King or a Queen in the Bible. Its great to see the kids [...]

Changing Prayer Meeting into Prayer Meeting

Like most prayer meetings our prayer meeting was a bit of singing, a lot of discussion and a bit of prayer. It was prayer meeting in name only. It was really a midweek Bible study. The Lord is leading me to elevate prayer in the life of the church. I have to be honest [...]

Revive and Stay Alive!

Last Sabbath afternoon we finished our week of revival. Our theme was Revive and Stay Alive. In my experience revivals have lasted perhaps as long as the even itself. We had some good singing, powerful preaching from local Pastors and some fervent prayer. We had prayer and fasting to close the week. The last hour [...]

Presenting the Design Charrette Blues

I do this kind of stuff to keep me out of trouble.

Design Charette Day 3

We munched on pizza as we got into “it” last night. We had a site plan and some 3d modeling to discuss. Our new building has really begun to take shape. Flesh is really beginning to appear on the bones or is it drywall? This whole process has lifted our building committee onto [...]

Design Charette Day 2

We had an excellent start last night. We started around 6:30 pm with prayer, introductions and food! It was good to see that a good rapport developed very quickly between the building committee and the design team. There was a lot of back and forth which gave the design team a lot to work with.
I [...]

Design Charette

Today we start the design Charette for our new building. Three architects are flying in from Utah from the design and build company Building God’s Way. This is exiting. For the next three days we (the building committee and the architects) will be working together to produce a preliminary design for our church. Its going [...]