Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Funny things my kids said yesterday
Leanne - While watching me brush my teeth she said this...
“When I grow up I am going to brush mommy’s teeth.”
Timothy - This came from nowhere as we were eating dinner on the deck...
“Daddy were you nervous when mommy drove to work in the snow?”
Parker - We were building a castle and we had to have a drawbridge... duh
“Let me count how long my drawbridge is... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and a half. My drawbridge is 6 and a half long.”
My kids are awesome.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Weird stuff is happening
Over the past couple of weeks people have been doing things for me out of the blue. I have received cards and gifts it seemed like for no reason at all. These nice gestures made me feel so appreciated and loved. Really, I have never felt so appreciated in all my years as a pastor. I just couldn’t understand why people were doing these nice things for me. Then Dana told me someone had offered to keep our kids for half a day while we do whatever we want. I asked her what for, that is so weird. Then she told me it was Pastor appreciation month. Then the light bulb flash on and it all made sense.
Thank you to everyone who has said something, done something, or sent something to show your appreciation for me. You have lifted my spirit more than you could ever imagine. All of you are awesome and I love being one of your pastors.
Thank you to everyone who has said something, done something, or sent something to show your appreciation for me. You have lifted my spirit more than you could ever imagine. All of you are awesome and I love being one of your pastors.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Sunday was awesome…
It really was in Kannapolis. These are just a few of the reasons why I think things were so great:
· We had first time guest. This is so cool because people are looking for a place to attend church that is not the same as what they have been going to. Also, people are inviting others. To me there is no better way for someone to visit our church.
· I got to speak on something that is one of my biggest passions in life – marriage. If you read just a couple of my blogs you will realize this. God has showed up in a major way in my marriage and I want to tell everyone about it.
· We have Kannapolis people volunteering in areas that I would otherwise do or someone who is on loan from the Salisbury campus. Our goal is to have Kannapolis people taking up all the volunteering spots. We haven’t set a date for this but we need to so that we will push ourselves to raise up leaders and encourage members that live near Kannapolis to serve.
· We had a 3 piece band but it felt very full to me. The guys did an excellent job. Rick does an awesome job with the sound. Thanks Rick. The songs were great and the invitation time was very moving.
· In the span of a week we had two Kannapolis faithfuls in the hospital with not good news. Then we began to pray for them. One person came to church and played the bass a couple of days after having a heart cath. and the other came to church yesterday (that was Anita). Anita was told she would loose her job if she didn’t go back to work on Saturday and her doctor said she couldn’t go back to work until next year at least. Like I said not good news. After we prayed for her she saw a specialist and was told going back to work was fine as long as she didn’t over work. She went back to work Friday. Praise God. I gave her a big hug on Sunday when I saw her and she looked fabulous. I am so stoked that she is feeling better. BTW – she was diagnosed with MS a while back and needs your prayers regularly for her health and her family (husband, 2 beautiful little girls).
Let’s do it again next week.
· We had first time guest. This is so cool because people are looking for a place to attend church that is not the same as what they have been going to. Also, people are inviting others. To me there is no better way for someone to visit our church.
· I got to speak on something that is one of my biggest passions in life – marriage. If you read just a couple of my blogs you will realize this. God has showed up in a major way in my marriage and I want to tell everyone about it.
· We have Kannapolis people volunteering in areas that I would otherwise do or someone who is on loan from the Salisbury campus. Our goal is to have Kannapolis people taking up all the volunteering spots. We haven’t set a date for this but we need to so that we will push ourselves to raise up leaders and encourage members that live near Kannapolis to serve.
· We had a 3 piece band but it felt very full to me. The guys did an excellent job. Rick does an awesome job with the sound. Thanks Rick. The songs were great and the invitation time was very moving.
· In the span of a week we had two Kannapolis faithfuls in the hospital with not good news. Then we began to pray for them. One person came to church and played the bass a couple of days after having a heart cath. and the other came to church yesterday (that was Anita). Anita was told she would loose her job if she didn’t go back to work on Saturday and her doctor said she couldn’t go back to work until next year at least. Like I said not good news. After we prayed for her she saw a specialist and was told going back to work was fine as long as she didn’t over work. She went back to work Friday. Praise God. I gave her a big hug on Sunday when I saw her and she looked fabulous. I am so stoked that she is feeling better. BTW – she was diagnosed with MS a while back and needs your prayers regularly for her health and her family (husband, 2 beautiful little girls).
Let’s do it again next week.
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