The Journey

I am sitting here listening to my wife take a piano lesson.  Her instructor just made this statement “I’m not giving you all of the chords to the song because that stretches you.”  I immediately applied it in my mind to preaching.  This is the strength of preaching principles, it brings forth spiritual growth and [...]

2Chr. 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
John Wesley once said, “Everything by prayer, and nothing without it.”  A study [...]

Most of you know by now that Pentecast is the podcast for the Church.  Well, we now have it where you can subscribe through iTunes.  So if you don’t have iTunes you can download it from here for free.  Then all you have to do is go back to the Pentecast page and hit the [...]

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This picture was taken back on Christmas Eve ‘05

Friday Evening – 4/21

6:00-8:00  Sal O.
8:00-10:00  Art L.
10:00-12:00  Kathy T.

Saturday – 4/22

12:00 – 2:00  Johnny V.
2:00 – 4:00  Joe D. and Rebecca L.
4:00 – 6:00  Sharon L.
6:00 – 8:00  Alice D.
8:00 – 10:00  Catharine R.
10:00 – 12:00  Reina L.
12:00 – 2:00  Youth Alive
2:00 – 4:00  Pastor
4:00 – 6:00  Rebecca L. and Youth [...]

“A Pastor who is not conformed to the busyness of culture can actually lead families to a healthy rhythm.”  – Unknown
I’m not sure who wrote the above quote, but living in fast-paced OC I find myself convicted.  It is so easy to jump on the fast lane, but I am making a conscious decision to [...]

Today, as I was driving down the 5, I found myself thinking about Youth Ministry and a conversation that I had with another Pastor about the subject a few days ago.  I thought I would place some of my thoughts into writing so you can have a sneak peak into my mind.  LOL.
1.  I am [...]

April 10, 2006 an article was written that ended up being posted on ninetyandnine.com, this article was entitled “So We’re Apostolic – What’s So Special About That.”  He began with these words, “OK, I’m mad.”  I knew instantly that I was in for a good read.    I also knew that there would probably [...]

KJV
Psa. 149:1-9 Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.  Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.  Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the [...]

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We held our first “PRAIZ06″ Service. We used the singspiration format and there was a lot of great anointed singing. Youth Alive sold Hot Dogs and drinks and we had a [...]