admin on April 5th, 2009

It occurred to me yesterday that we have not formally announced the results of the tour that we got back from only 7 days ago. To go back a couple of steps, let’s talk about Thursday night, March 26. At this stage, we had just finished a visit to Spruce Grove and Stony Plain, and [...]

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admin on February 16th, 2009

A bunch of quick things, none of which are postworthy in their own right, but relate to our journey. Sunday we had a lady in the church let us know that they have relatives in Southern Alberta who have a Bed and Breakfast.  They have hosted church speakers and evangelists before, and she suggested we [...]

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admin on December 23rd, 2008

That wraps up our look at possible locations.  There are a couple of other slim possibilities, like Airdrie and St. Albert, but they won’t get as much attention, barring God changing our minds in no uncertain terms. You might also ask, “Why not X or Y community?”  The reality is there are many more communities [...]

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admin on October 27th, 2008

I had some very nice feedback by two men I respect after I preached yesterday.  It was constructive and I appreciated it a lot. But the most important feedback I had was from my wife.  She said, “In my eyes, you became a pastor today.” Nothing else matters.  If she believes in me and God [...]

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admin on July 1st, 2008

It occurred to me the first post I did on how we got here, I didn’t really get into much detail about how we leaped from a short term missions trip to Rwanda to where we are right now.  The real impetus came in the fall of 2006. We heard there was a church planting [...]

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