Pastors Blog

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If the Lord be with us, we have no cause of fear. His eye is upon us, His arm over us, His ear open to our prayer – His grace sufficient, His promise unchangeable.”  John Newton It’s not surprising those who don’t know Christ are terrified over the spread of COVID-19. The virus is known to […]

“Not having children in your church is a far more deafening sound than the noisiest child. Be thankful you have children in your church.” That was a post I read on Facebook recently. A friend of ours had an uncle from Germany visit their church in metro Detroit.  He couldn’t get over all the children he […]

This week Sue and I have been invited to attend a Pastors and Wives Forum hosted by Ethnos360 (formerly New Tribes Missions) in Sanford, FL. Ethnos is paying our travel, food and hotel costs. Other pastors and wives will be present – listening to and discussing world missions. Sue and I are honored to have been included. Pray […]

Are you naïve? I recently read the US Coastguard got letters in the 1960s about a group of people stranded on a deserted island. I guess folks thought Gilligan’s Island was real. When the drama-soap-opera Dallas was being aired on TV, Pastor AW Criswell, then pastor at First Baptist in Dallas, received a letter urging him to make a pastoral call on […]

I’m so thankful for the dozens of people here who are serving Christ.  Ministry cannot be accomplished by the elders or ministry team alone.  It takes everyone using their gifts to see the body grow. And yet there is a special group of servants in the church called “deacons.”  Unfortunately, we haven’t had anyone in this […]

Paul Krepps and I are pleased to announce we are asking you to consider Tom Davis to join the elders. Tom is a godly man – we believe biblically qualified to serve as one of our elders. He has a heart for God, his Word and for this church. He has been attending our elder meetings since […]

Disclaimer: This pastor’s pen is not intended to be political. Last month Kamala Harris, Senator from California ended her campaign to be the Democratic presidential candidate. She said that the country just wasn’t ready for a black woman president. I find that interesting since Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in 2016 and Barak Obama won two elections prior.   […]

1/5/2020 Happy New Year!   This week on Wednesday we’re doing something new.  From now till May (we’ll re-evaluate and see then) the second Wednesday of the month we’re going to have what we call concerts of prayer.  Two opportunities are available for you. Nic Martin will facilitate a prayer time from 11:30 am till noon and I will […]

12/27/19 Wow. Thank you for praying for Sue and me this past week. We both came down with influenza A (too bad we had the shots for influenza B … the doctor didn’t think that joke was funny, but we did have the shots).  I started feeling better Monday, Sue on Tuesday.  So appreciated everyone filling in […]