You Could an All-Star!
By Administrator | July 26, 2008
From the introduction of my “God’s All-Stars” message…
Hebrews 11 is often referred to as the Hall of Faith, making the people listed members of the hall of fame in the matters of faith. These people, these hall of faithers could also be referred as God’s All-Stars. After all, they people who did amazing things. You should realize that you too could be an all-star for God. When you read such a sentence your mind probably floods with reason you couldn’t. Weaknesses, disadvantages, failures, background etc. However, all of those reasons you couldn’t are actually proof that you could. The end of Heb 11 states that these all-stars had problems and faced some serious obstacles. Research into the history of these names only demonstrates that truly these were people like you and me. They were regular men and women who became spectacular, extra-ordinary, and beyond average because of faith.
You could be an all-star!
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Vacation Bible School
By Administrator | July 24, 2008
We had a great week of Vacation Bible School! In years past we have topped out around 25 for attendance. This year, attendance started out there and progressed through the week to 38 on the last day. The most exciting part was the program on Sunday. We had 22 kids present as well as several parents! The kids did a great job singing songs and reciting memory verses they learned through the week. The theme was God’s All-Stars and the verses and songs centered around the sports concept. My message also centered around the all-star theme. Looking at Hebrews 11:13-16, we covered the attributes that are present in an all-star’s life. After the program, the kids had opportunity to shop in the VBS store and they cleaned us out!
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Girl killed in Chandler
By Administrator | July 9, 2008
Chandler had a tragedy yesterday. A young girl out riding here was bike run over by a trash truck. I just happened to be in this trailer park visiting some kids to let them know about VBS. As I was leaving I saw the ambulance, police, and local news. I stopped and talked to some of the neighbors and they told me what had happened. Later I was able to pray with the girl’s grandmother. Our hearts go out to this family…
This horrible accident is a reminder to me of just how important our ministry to children and their families is. My burden for our community’s kids has been sharpened. I pray we will make a difference through VBS, van routes, GNC, and whatever means we have to share hope with kids.
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Serious Technical Difficulties
By Administrator | June 26, 2008
Yesterday I sat down to watch the last 30 minutes of the Turkey vs. Germany soccer game. I haven’t watched any soccer in at least 3 years, but I had been following Turkey’s unlikely wins to make it to the semi-finals. Anyways, I am watching the game and suddenly it shuts off. Apparently the live feed for the world was experiencing technical difficulties, so no one could see what was going on - even in Germany where auto makers shut down their plants to watch the game. The only place the game could be seen on TV was in Switzerland outside the stadium. When the feed would go down, ESPN would show the crowds outside the stadium watching the game. Unfortunately, the world could see people watching the game but not the game itself. Both teams scored a goal during this blackout. The feed came back in time to show Germany scoring a winning goal, but went back out before the game ended. ESPN actually watched the crowd and announced the game was over when they began to go crazy. I was frustrated, I figure there were riots in Germany.
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Publicity Stunt or Irresponsible Journalism?
By Administrator | June 24, 2008
Yahoo greeted me this morning with the usual line up of new stories. One of which was a retraction of sorts. Photographer José Carlos Meirelles produced a picture a couple of months ago that he claimed was proof of a “lost tribe” in the amazon. Several major news outlets carried the photo and story (including yahoo). Just recently Meirelles has admitted that the photo is actually of a known tribe and that the lost tribe story was to produce publicity for environmental causes. Few outlets are reporting or featuring this follow up to the story.
So what is so interesting about that? Not a whole lot really. What I found interesting were comments about the on the internet. Apparently, many people are okay with making up a lie for the sake of publicity for “good” causes. This brings two questions to mind.
1) What causes are okay to make up a story for? Only environmental causes? How about political causes? Political supporters have been making stuff up for years and no one seems to like that….
2) How much faith can we have in the news when it becomes a platform for promoting a cause, a company, or a person through fictitious stories?
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How Cool is St. Louis?
By Administrator | June 20, 2008
My cousin Marc and his wife Casie were in town to share their mission to Suffolk, VA. They are planting Crosspointe FWB Church with David and Charity Sexton. While they were in town we took a day and a half trip to St. Louis. We checked out the arch, walked around downtown, had some frog legs at Laclede Landing, went to Grant Farms, ate lunch in Lafayette Park, and caught a Cardinals game! I was really impressed with how clean the city was. Plus I could not believe how many parks and squares there were. The weather was great and we had a blast.
Marc has a video about the church plant in Suffolk and you can watch it here.
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An Interesting Trip Home
By Administrator | June 15, 2008
When we flew home from VA Beach after my sister’s wedding, we ran into some difficulties as we made our connection in Cincinnati. When we got on the plane for Evansville, there was a mechanic in the back with a small part in his hand. I assumed he was replacing a light or something small. He finished and we prepared for takeoff- you know the whole tray tables and seat backs thing. We even got the safety instructions covering how to fasten your seatbelt. However, we did not take off. Apparently whatever the mechanic had been working on was not fixed. He came back on and worked for another 30 minutes, but with no progress. We were then told to exit the plane and wait for instructions on boarding a new plane. As we waited for word on our new plane, we heard that severe weather was moving into the area. 
A few minutes later ticket agents and ground crews directed everyone to the lower level. Basically we went into the tunnels under the airport. We stood in the tunnel next to a conveyor belt for luggage for about 40 minutes. Adding to all this excitement was the fact that we were traveling with our dog. He became pretty popular in the tunnel. Since no one had cell service or wireless access, he was the only source of entertainment. After the tornado passed, we were able to return to the concourse and catch our flight home. We arrived only 3 and a half hours late. Not bad since we had a broken plane and a tornado!
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