Today it was announced at both churches that I have a new part-time pastorate in Connecticut starting in July after my retirement from full-time ministry here in Kirkville. I will begin…
Category: Joy Notes
Posts that intend to inspire
Italian Dinner was a Fun Event
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…
A little inside winter fun
Puzzle fun What do you do in winter when the snow is flying and the temperature is dropping? Well, among my wife’s and my favorite pastimes for winter evenings after Christmas are…
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…
A Thanksgiving Tribute to My Mom
November 20th, my Mom, Dorothy I. Jones, went to be with her Savior. She had turned 90 in August. Though she had been declining for months as a consequence of slow congestive…
More fall pictures
I emptied another camera and added more pictures to gallery of fall pictures from our camera carrying walk at Green Lakes a few weeks ago.
Visit to our daughter and family
JoAnne and I took a couple days off to go to Connecticut this past week. It’s a combination of things. For one, we acknowledge that we are pretty taken with our…
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…
Great golf fun today
I haven’t played golf in a couple years. But I was invited to go out today to Casolwood in Canastota with Mark Boswell, Shaun Harrington and Peter Moon. It was great friendship…
Fall colors make walking a double joy
We love walking JoAnne and I love walking at Green Lakes. It’s good exercise, it’s calming to the spirit, and there is just something about nature that invigorates. I think God made…