Blog vs. Church

I've noticed I haven't posted much throughout December. I started at Living Free Fellowship on December 7th! I wonder...

By the way... we had a great service this morning. I look forward to what God will do in 2009!

Family and Christmas

It has been a great week! My brother has come in from Manhattan and my wife's brother has come in from Houston. It's always good to see family. I wish we could all be closer in terms of geography, but I know that is not possible at this time in life. Jenny and I enjoy when they visit.

Christmas has always been a memorable time of year. I hope each of you had enjoyable memories with family this holiday season.

3... 2... 1... Christmas Has Come!

I missed the 3, 2, 1. I know I'm a day late but I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Jesus has come! Let's not keep that to one day a year... let's celebrate Him all year long! He is more than the reason for the season... He is the reason for life!

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Four days until Christmas... Are you ready?

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Five days until Christmas... Are you ready?

The Day of the Lord

Today has been a great day. We had a wonderful service at Living Free Fellowship this morning. God is moving! It was a joy to have the Tennessee District Secretary/Treasurer Todd Alexander in service with us today. He assisted us during praise and worship by playing the keyboards for us. We are grateful for his time. Following the service, we had our Christmas luncheon. We had enough food to feed an army. The people at Living Free are awesome. It is a joy to serve as their pastor. I look forward to what God is going to do in the community of Portland!

They Sang, They Fainted

I went to the Hendersonville High School Choir recital tonight with one of our families from church to see their daughter sing! The concert was an hour and a half long. Apparently it was rather hot on the stage. They had two students pass out during the concert because of the heat and the length. After the second student passed out, they dropped a song and cut the concert short. I can honestly say that I've never seen anything like that before. However, it did make the concert interesting. The students received medical attention and are doing fine. There's never a dull moment at the high school!

Our First Sunday

I look forward to tomorrow. Our first Sunday at Living Free Fellowship begins in just a few hours. My wife and I are ready and anticipate a great day in the Lord.

Our kids have been working with their grandmother (our new children's director) on tomorrow's songs for kid's church. They are excited about being involved in ministry to their peers. I look forward to seeing what God does in their lives.

Keep us in your prayers. We serve a great God, who does great things. Trust Him with your life and follow where He leads. You won't be disappointed.

My Last Sunday

Tomorrow is my last Sunday at First Assembly of God in Hendersonville. Jenny and I have served the church for the past ten and a half years. We have been blessed to serve under two great senior pastors - Gary Ferrell, who I worked with my first 3 years before his retirement, and David Jenkins, who I have worked for the past seven and a half years.

The people at First Assembly have become some of our most dearest friends. We are going to greatly miss seeing them on a weekly basis. My prayer is that God would continue to bless the ministry and the people of this great church. You will be missed.

Giving Thanks!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Give thanks in all things.