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This Sunday at Church: Letting your pastor know you appreciate the years he’s devoted to ministry

I was ahead of the curve on this one, as last week on New Year’s Day I thanked our pastor for the years in our church (started 12 years ago this past October.) I had happened to see some of his former college ministry students the day before, people he worked with about 20 years ago.

Daniel

This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Letting your pastor know you appreciate the years he’s devoted to ministry. Today’s post is inspired by a special event for our church this Sunday: Celebrating the 40 years our Pastor has been in pastoral ministry.  That’s longer than I have […]

This Sunday at Church: Letting your pastor know you appreciate the years he’s devoted to ministry

This Sunday at Church: Repenting of sins from the previous year

This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Repenting of sins from the previous year. I think the Christian life means constantly repenting of our sins.  The battle against sin isn’t easy! When we think back of our last year we should think about our weakness and also go […]

This Sunday at Church: Repenting of sins from the previous year

This Sunday at Church: Talk to a Youth about the Incarnation

This was the lesson at our Youth Christmas Party.

Daniel

This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Talk to a youth about the incarnation. Incarnation can sound like a big theological term. But it simply means God the Son as the Second Member of the Trinity, has become fully man in the person of Jesus Christ.  Jesus is both […]

This Sunday at Church: Talk to a Youth about the Incarnation

This Sunday at Church: Give a book on the Incarnation or the Birth of Christ

This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Give a book on the Incarnation or the Birth of Christ. This idea isn’t just only during Christmas time.  It should be something we can do even other time of the year especially since the truth of God becoming man in the […]

This Sunday at Church: Give a book on the Incarnation or the Birth of Christ

This Sunday at Church: Pray for the Church Security Team

We are fortunate that we have a police officer who helps us run our security team (and I help, too!) Our team includes military veterans and former security guards.

And they are great men. (I just remembered I said I am on the team! I am definitely talking about them. They may have their own opinions of me.) They seek God and to protect His Word and His Church.

We live in a pretty safe area, but we have had a few issues even here, so their work is much appreciated. Join us in thanking God for them and that He keep us all safe.

Daniel

This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Pray for the Church Security Team.. These days there’s the concern for mass shooters.  There’s also other dangers. I imagine churches that have a church security team might not have information public. You don’t need to know everything about the church security […]

This Sunday at Church: Pray for the Church Security Team

This Sunday at Church: Express Gratitude for those who pick up the elderly to Church

I started my walk in a church that had two vans: one for kids who came from poorer and/or working parent homes and one for elderly.

Our current church, we don’t have vans or specific ministries, but there are a few people who get picked up for services by a few others. My wife and I often help, too, especially with getting one woman to prayer services on Wednesday nights. (She likes being able to grab a slice of pizza and some water from the youth dinner, too!)

I tell our families who pick up these folks regularly “Thank you,” because my wife and I have done it at so many churches, and we are too involved (kept busy?) at this church to be available most of the time.

Daniel

This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Express Gratitude for those who pick up the elderly to Church. Our church use to have a ministry where the church van would pick up members from the elderly homes to church.  I think those who do such a ministry should get […]

This Sunday at Church: Express Gratitude for those who pick up the elderly to Church

This Sunday at Church: Pray for unsaved recent visitors to be saved

This has been on our hearts this past month, as a man we have been praying for with friends for this past year finally started coming with them to church. He is asking so many great questions and often breaks down in tears.

Join us in praying for the lost!

Daniel

This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Pray for unsaved recent visitors to be saved. Around this time of the year there are people visiting churches.  Sometimes they are visiting because they have a sense of religiousness; yet they still don’t know and have not trusted in the Gospel.  […]

This Sunday at Church: Pray for unsaved recent visitors to be saved

This Sunday at Church: Not taking things at Church for granted

I am “not allowed” to take on more responsibilities at church because of all I already do. Yet, I have had to step in with every ministry at some point. People get sick, things stop working, life happens. And we currently are in a position of weekly set-up and tear-down.

These have helped me personally know things can happen, that I should not take for granted the flow of each church service and event.

Let us always be ready to jump in and help where needed.

Daniel

This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Not taking things at Church for granted. I think we can easily assume things will always be the same at church.  We can easily assume others will always be the ones that set things up for our church to be the way […]

This Sunday at Church: Not taking things at Church for granted

This Sunday at Church: Pray for those who care for an ill loved one

This almost feels selfish, because my wife and I currently make trips to help care for her elderly grandmother.

Daniel

This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Pray for those who care for an ill loved one. I know some of you on WordPress also are busy with taking care of your spouse with serious conditions.  I’ve prayed for you.  But it made me think about those in similar […]

This Sunday at Church: Pray for those who care for an ill loved one

Back Home from Fall 2022 Trip!

Worth a quick read from brother Jimmy.

Daniel

I am now home from my missions trip.  Basically my trip back home began 10 PM on Thursday California Time (Pacific Standard Time) and I got back on Sunday. Thank you all for your prayers.  I think I was more fatigue with jet lag with this trip than other previous trips.  I must be getting […]

Back Home from Fall 2022 Trip!