Pastor’s Message (Page 19)
Hi Family, Let’s celebrate this Sunday on the grass (or online) and sing to God, learn and see each other. Oh, and it’s Cupcake Sunday! Why? First, I’m telling you stories about bakers – one who lives far away and one who lives close by and goes to Valley. Here’s one of the two, hard…
Robert Fulghum’s “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” is a wonderful book full of many simple but profound pieces of wisdom. One of my favorites is, “When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together.” The reality is that we all heard this from…
This weekend my sermon title comes directly from 1 Peter 4:1 that literally says, “…arm yourselves…” So, are you armed? I’m not asking if you have two appendages connected to the upper part of your body! Nor do I mean are you “packing heat” with firearms. What I’m asking is, are you prepared, equipped, ready…
The name “Marty Moates” is a legend in the motocross world. He scored a historic victory as one of the first Americans to win in the U.S. Grand Prix of Motocross at Carlsbad Raceway. For most people riding a motorcycle at high speed around a dirt track crowded with other riders while navigating obstacles and…
Did you take music lessons as a kid? We know Glen took piano lessons but it didn’t stick! Same with me! Seven years of piano scales, musical theory, and subjecting my parents to hours of piano practice! I don’t remember much of it, but I do know this. God gave His creation a beautiful gift…
Dearly Beloved, If it feels good, just __________! How would you fill in the blank? If you have been programmed by Nike then the answer is simple, “Just do it!” However, you should think about whether this is a good axiom for living one’s life. Peter’s message to Christ followers in 1 Peter is that…
“Carrying a Load? Go Lite!” Those five words form the basis for everything we’ll say this week at our Good Friday and Easter gatherings. You can see it on the banner. Maybe you have a friend or relative who needs some elevation. Please invite him or her to Good Friday and Easter. You could say,…
Dear Friends, When you go to the store to purchase a particular drug do you tend to buy a brand-name or a generic-brand? We tend to feel mistrustful of anything we deem a “knockoff,” assuming we will end up with a lesser version of the real thing. With “we get what we pay for” a…
If two of the first words that children learn how to say are “no”, and “mine”, then the first sentence they learn is, “That’s not FAIR”! We all have a deep sense of fairness, don’t we? Especially when we feel we’re treated unjustly! No doubt all of us have been misunderstood or maligned at some point…
Dearly beloved, When I was a youngster, one of my most frequent complaints was, “That’s not fair!” Everything had to be fair, and if it was not then I was not a happy camper! My dad, if I remember correctly, told me in so many words on more than one occasion that if I thought…