Italian Night, a great theme event One of the things JoAnne and I will miss from Community Wesleyan is the themed fellowship dinners. Over the years we have attended many of…
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Encouragement for leaders
Lenten & Easter Series Planned
Pastor Eric kicked off our Lenten Easter series called Walking with Jesus this past Sunday. He and I have been working behind the scenes on the entire outline for this series. Our goal…
Expository Preaching Course Concludes
Teaching Preaching Once again this winer I took my turn in serving as teacher for the Burmese Bible School, Syracuse location. My assignment was a new one—to teach a course in expository…
State of the Church address
At the semi-annual church conference, I changed the format of my usual report and instead presented a “State of the Church” address. It was meant to summarize the achievements of my pastorate…
Sermon coordinated Bible reading for November 4-24
Our Big Bible Bonanza reading contest has been very successful in encouraging daily Bible reading. Though people could choose to read any passage of at least five verses that they wanted…
Big Bible Bonanza increases Bible reading
Blue Angels vs. Goldfish Everyone a winner – that was our goal at the beginning of the Bible reading emphasis. More specifically, the goal was to increase the number of…
Thank you so much for pastor appreciation month
It’s been a great month This has been a great pastor appreciation month. My associate, Pastor Eric and I say thank you to all of you—so many kind words, gifts, food donations…
October and November Messages Planned
I haven’t blogged in a couple weeks because I have been traveling part of each week. But now that the schedule has returned a little more to normal, I will try to…
On Celebrating World Communion Sunday
On October 7, we at Community Wesleyan, Kirkville, will join Christians around the world in the celebration of World Communion Sunday. This year, I did a little research to see what some…
FRC Simulcast marks a new first
Hurrah for a landmark event. Last Sunday evening our church hosted its first simulcast, the Family Research Council (FRC) I Pledge event. We met in the sanctuary and viewed nationally known speakers…