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Newsletter Here My newest daughter-in-law gave me a beautiful piece of African fabric as a gift. Now that she’s expecting, I learned that the tradition is that you make a piece of clothing for yourself plus something for the baby. What a beautiful tradition. The only thing is that I’ve only sewed one garment –… Read More »

Newsletter Here January has passed, and hopefully so has all of the worst of the bad weather. I’ve been hard at work planning new series for this year. I’m really looking forward to these because some will be learning, some just for fun and all about living life as followers of Jesus Christ. Here they are:… Read More »

Newsletter Here Happy New Year to all of you! This will definitely be a year of change for all of us. Not only will we be changing our service time to 10am, but we will also have opportunities for learning along the way. Since I have been in ministry, I usually take a week to… Read More »

Newsletter Here This year sure has flown by and I would like to take this opportunity to give a bit of a recap. This year, as most of you know, our family had three weddings. I also performed a wedding at the Heritage Wedding Barn for a lovely couple that spends weekends in Pentwater however… Read More »

Newsletter Here Every November I can hear the words of Irving Berlin sung by Bing Crosby, “I’ve got plenty to be thankful for” from the Christmas class movie Holiday Inn. It’s a good time to start the Thirty Days of Thankfulness for this year! I think that it kind of aligns with Wesley’s three simple… Read More »

Newsletter Here They were completely unprepared for anything of this nature. The mountainous hillside areas of the Smokey Mountains have never, in their written history, been flooded due to a hurricane. Hurricane Helene struck so far north in Florida’s panhandle as a category 4 and the effects had major impacts in the states that are more… Read More »

Newsletter Here I never seem to be ready for this month of September. There are reports that have to be completed for church conference, and planning begins for Halloween and Advent. That seems like a contradiction in terms, doesn’t it? School begins, the weather starts cooling down and fall golf means looking extra hard under… Read More »

Newsletter Here I have considered myself as a “vital pastor” for the entire 12 years of my ministry. I’ve been asked, “What makes a church vital?” So I thought that I would respond for all of you to know what comprises a vital church. A vital church is one that has a distinct place in… Read More »

Newsletter Here As I was driving into the office this morning in late June, I passed by the leftover remnants of the festival that was held in Rothbury last week while I was traveling out West. “Isn’t it awful?”, we cry, “all of those people leaving such a mess for others to clean up?” It… Read More »

Newsletter Here Every June I have a tendency to start thinking, and sometimes singing that classic song from the movie Carousel by Rogers and Hammerstein, “June is Bustin’ Out All Over”.   “Y’ken feel it in yer heart,                            June is bustin’ out all over! Y’ken see it in the ground!                           All over the… Read More »