Mothers Day Outreach

We are always looking for new ways to bless our community. 

This Mothers Day we have adopted a local daycare and will be providing a free oil change for every mom.  Now truthfully, we hope not every mom will take us up on the offer...that would be a whole lot of cars.   We will be doing the oil change on the daycare premises and providing a hospitality area for the mom's to hang while they wait.  It should be fun.

Just one more way in serving our community.

"Pneuma"

I forget to highlight it last week, but last Sunday we started a new series of messages entitled "Pneuma".  

Pneuma is the greek word for "breathe" and "Spirit"  So for the next month or so we are going to look at the person, purpose, and role of the Holy Spirit.  We will look at living IN the Spirit.  We will look at living WITH the Holy Spirit.  

Join us this Sunday as we explore this third person of the trinity. 

Small Group Leadership Event

This Saturday we are holding our first "Small Group Leadership Event"  In some regards its been a long time coming.  But I am excited to finally get one on the calendar and train and equip our leaders to be the most effective and passionate leaders out there. 

We are going to look at two small group leadership components.  1) Self-Leadership and 2) Creating Community.

It should be a great morning.

Confessions of a Pastor - Part THREE

This is the third of a series of post under the theme "confession of a pastor." My hope is that I'm not alone. That you can not only relate, but you will find encouragement and strength as well.

My hope wains
I look at our world. I look at my city. I look at my co-workers. And I see people far from God...and content with where they are. I have the Hope of the world but the world could care less. After rejection and disinterest...my hope wains. There's times I just want to throw in the towel and say "there's no way to reach this culture". My hope wains.

Maybe your there as well. A feeling like the world is beyond hope.

I read this this morning. "Love Never Fail" And if God's love never fails, then hope should never fail.

Isaiah 59:1 "Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.

God, help me believe that your saving, drawing, and convicting power can still work today.

Confessions of a Pastor - Part TWO

This is the second of a series of post under the theme "confession of a pastor." My hope is that I'm not alone. That you can not only relate, but you will find encouragement and strength as well.

I Question God
I hate to break it to you but believing God's way is the best way doesn't always seem to be the best way. I'm a pastor. I shouldn't think this way. But I do. Sometimes the plans of God interfere with my plans and it causes me to questions God.

Why am I here doing this, with this person, at this time, like this? Is this really the plan of God? It sure doesn't seem like it.

I am constantly having to remind myself that God sees the future and the past simultaneously and that he knows best. It's like God present perspective is "hindsight." And hindsight is always 20/20.

Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope."

God help me to believe your way is the best way!

Singing from my Son

Our oldest, Aiden, who is just 2,  wanted to show the world his fantastic singing ability.  Enjoy.  Hold out to the end...it's a classic ending.

 

Confessions of a Pastor - Part ONE

This is the first of a series of post under the theme "Confession of a Pastor." Here I will speaking transparently and openly about my struggles.  My hope is that I'm not alone. That you can not only relate, but you will find encouragement and strength as well.

I'm reactionary
I find myself not living the faith filled life that I am suppose to be living. I'm living reactionary and reactionary living based out of fear.

Maybe you've been there. All is going well. The sun is shining the birds are chirping and the angels are singing and then all of a sudden out of nowhere a bomb of bad news arrives at our door. And if your like me, one of the first things I start doing is I start praying more. "Oh, God please help...." "I really need you to intervene...." "Give one more...". Reactionary Prayers.

With out even realizing it 90% of your prayers are reactions to the events of your life. And the amount of prayers you pray just for the purpose of enjoying Jesus is reduced to a bare minimum.

My prayer life increase during times of trouble. Prayers of desperation. Reactionary Prayers. Where is faith that? Doesn't Jesus address this in Luke 12:22-26.

God help me to be so in tune to you that I don't get thrown off kilter in times of trouble!!  Amen.