This weekend our church had to deal with its first incidence of church discipline. As a part of the elder team, I have been in on the meetings and interviews and entreaties to change that have preceded it until there was no other choice. It is heart-rending since I have been a good friend and [...]
Hey guys. So going into the fall, I’ve been put in charge of Yard Teams – an outreach into the community where we visit people who have unkempt yards and offer to clean up, mow, trim and weed their place as an act of love in community. We had to do a little promotion at [...]
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Our faithful friend Megan once again reminded me it has been too long since I have written anything here. I can only plead busyness – work has gone ballistic in the sense that I feel like I am in a rocket right now at work. IT is a good thing as God has been blessing [...]
The Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches holds annual regional focus retreats where pastors and elders can get together and encourage each other and build relationship. The Northwest Focus Retreat is just the Northwest District, so most everybody knows each other… except us. This was the first retreat where we as Community of Hope’s leadership board [...]
I should post more often so that I don’t end up trying to summarize an intensely busy week in a post short enough not to bore you all to tears. Let me quickly summarize the events of the past week: Wednesday – Staging for 1st Community of Hope Leadership Retreat. Phil tasked me with setting [...]
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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 [...]
So in my travels on the internets I found another Grace Brethren church planter. His name is Mike Silliman and he pastors a new plant called Elk Creek Grace Brethren Church in PA. He blogs at Mistake Maker. Apparently, he has quite the collection of leadership CDs by John Maxwell, a famous speaker and teacher [...]
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She is worth far more than rubies. (Proverbs 31:10) Just this weekend I was reminded about how wonderfully gifted my wife is. She is a counsellor, leader, organizer, coordinator, so many wonderful gifts that will be critical to our success as a pastoral couple. At times I almost feel overshadowed at how effortless she makes [...]
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Mondays are definitely becoming a debriefing day for me. It gives me a chance to reflect on all that went on Sunday – and the way we do church up here, a LOT happens on Sundays. The discipleship class I teach is proceeding really fast. I feel like anytime I have less than 4 people [...]
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I need to figure out what this word means. How does one not give away the farm when one knows stuff that the person you’re talking to probably could use it, but you’re not sure if it is your place to say? I’ve faced two different situations in the last 4 days where I have [...]
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