It’s my prayer that all of you are having a VERY Merry Christmas season. Remember, we’re Unscrooged this year! That means that Christmas is first of all about Jesus, then about others. Don’t lose sight of that just because the series is over. Did you do anything in your family, or in relating to your…
It’s Christmas morning, and Connie, Murphy, and I are about to drive the 5 hrs to visit our parents for a couple of days. I’m listening to WCPE in the background playing classical Christmas music. Has God been good to Living Word this year? Yes, He has!!! I’m excited about the "One" series in January. …
Yesterday the support staff had their Christmas lunch, and invited the ministry staff, including Connie and I. Special guests included the office volunteers. We are so thankful for all of our volunteers, and those who work in the office are so great! God asks for our time and energy, not just our money, and our…
Every month, usually the 3rd Thursday, the staff at Living Word buys Starbucks Lattes and Coffees for about 25 surrounding businesses. We go to the businesses, take their orders, buy the drinks at Starbucks, and deliver them. There is no "hard sell" as far as getting people to come to Church, we just want the…
This past weekend’s services were off the hook! We had 50 firefighters at our services, and an added surprise was the women from the Helen Wright Center! We certainly didn’t request that they come, because we wanted them to know that what we were doing for them was entirely to be a blessing to them,…
New Development: Connie and I have been invited to the Firefighter’s Christmas Banquet tonight after our service. We are going to talk about 2 Chronicles 31, the heaps, why these men and women are our heros, and then be there when they give the checks to them! The rank and file fire fighters still don’t…
As the work at the Helen Wright Center progresses, I want to be sure that everyone knows about the blog… http://growingourcommunity.blogspot.com/ Here Jamie Tobler is keeping up with the progress on an almost daily basis, with pictures. BTW, Jamie is doing a great job co-ordinating this large project! Jamie, you’re doing such a great job…