Jammin'

It was a great evening last night as we had the 5th annual JAM ( Jesus, Auction, and Music ) event along with the soup cook off as a fundraiser for "Speed the Light", a youth missions outreach. The soup quality has really risen to a new level of excellence and there was plenty for everyone to have their fill along with all the trimmings and desserts. The music was awesome with the sounds of guitars, mandolin, accordian, keyboard and bass along with voices ringing out in the east half of the Fellowship Hall. I am feeling very thankful and honored to be a pastoring this family of people that is focused on the basics of faith as well as able to have fun together.

Yesterday was also the day where we participated in the annual "Life Chain", a silent prayer gathering with people from many different denominations standing along the side of the road holding signs asking that abortion would be stopped.

Saturday night we participated in the Outreach in a neighboring town which is a benefit for the nursing home there.

It is wonderful to have the energy to be involved in worthy causes.

Relay for Life

My Blog topic this morning concerns the value of worthy causes. This evening we will participate in “Relay for Life” and we will prayer walk around the track in support of those who are fighting cancer and raising funds to find a cure. This is particularly significant for me this year as I have several friends fighting cancer right now, a couple of whom have recently entered the battle. We will also remember those who have lost their battle with cancer. It is an opportunity to take a stand with thousands of others. Our nation has been in support of worthy causes all through the years. Below is what you will find at the base of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor:

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.

Here is a quote from Abe Gubegna:

Every day in Africa a gazelle wakes up.
It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.
Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows that it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.
It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle.
When the sun comes up, you better be running.

What are we running toward today?

Involved in a cause

My Blog topic this morning concerns the value of worthy causes. This evening we will put together our team for “Relay for Life” and prayer walk around the track in support of those who are fighting cancer and raising funds to find a cure. We will also remember those who have lost their battle with cancer. It is an opportunity to take a stand with thousands of others. Our nation has been in support of worthy causes all through the years. Below is what you will find at the base of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor:

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.

Here is a quote from Abe Gubegna:
Every day in Africa a gazelle wakes up.It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows that it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle.When the sun comes up, you better be running.

What are we running toward today?