03
Jul

thankful thursday…

sooo, i would like to try something out here… we’ll see if it tanks, or if it takes off… but I NEED YOUR HELP… i would like to make thursday the official day of each week to be thankful here on the bloggggggg… so i need you to leave your comment(s) about what you are thankful for…

i’ll get things started…

i’m thankful for the opportunity to be a father… i’m thankful for bath time and the way molly just cracks me up… i’m thankful for being able to get her up in the morning and put clothes on her that don’t match, and she doesn’t care!!! (did that this morning, and didn’t realize the strawberries on the pants weren’t flowers…it was too early!?!) i’m thankful for all that she has taught me in the 14 months that i’ve known her…

sooo, there’s a start… let’s hear it…

thankful thursday…

02
Jul

it’s official…it’s crazy!!!

sooo, this past weekend the Source venue pastor, john zerbe, announced that i am now the Source venue worship pastor… i’ve been doing the job for two or three weeks now, but the timing for the announcement had not been right… i felt somewhat akward, for whatever reason, as i was standing there… but it was pretty cool, because people actually cheered and clapped when he made the announcement… no joke… i can’t say that i was expecting that at all!!! but it was a huge encouragement to me…

i’m seeking God’s wisdom and guidance as i dive in and do the scheduling and more so as i pick out the worship sets and arrange things… i have to say it’s pretty cool to get back at it and do what it is that God has given me the ability and passion to do… even though we’ve had some set backs each week, God has shown up in the services and He’s been working…

for instance… this past week we ran through the first two tunes and things were going pretty smooth in rehearsal… we had two guys joining us from the usual saturday night band but things were coming together… then i get to this new song that i had been planning to teach to the congregation… problem was the band never got the music, nor the charts for the song… UH OH!!! but God gave me complete peace about it all… the tech team brought up the song on youtube and we listened to it… ONCE… then we just ran through the song twice on our own…

we lead worship for the junior high and went in for our tech meeting… we came back out and ran through the rest of the set and returned to that new song… the one that i was teaching the congregation and THE BAND!!! i couldn’t get the lyrics to save my life, but the song itself was pretty strong after two more run throughs… however it was time to stop rehearsing…

i would say that God showed up BIG for me on sunday!!! the band pulled off the song… and in my opinion did a great job… God even helped me pull off the lyrics… and at the end of the service we had a great ministry time thanking God for Who He is and what all He does for us… i was able to truly focus on God and give him everything i had…

sooo… you’ll have to check out the Source website… be patient though, it’s up and running, not finished by any means… i guess it’s hard to work on a website when you have two or three jobs and a family at home??? and if you get the chance, you’ll have to check out the service!!! sunday mornings at 10:45am in the axis, on the campus of lima community church

it’s official…it’s crazy!!!

30
Jun

lasting impact…take two!

sooo, tonight we had a little birthday party at our house… my great aunt marguerite is in town from grand rapids, mi… and today just so happens to be her birthday… she is in her mid to late 80’s and is the sweetest woman i have ever met in my life… as we were spending time with her tonight it reminded me a recent post… she is definitely someone who has left a lasting impact on my life…

when i was in college she gave me an extremely simple gift… she gave me this book… and i read through it a couple times over and studied the lives of men in the bible and how God used them to do great things… i have to say it has come to mind numerous times in the past few years as i study or hear messages about these men…

then i have been able to watch her interact with molly the last couple of visits… she absolutely loves spending time with molly!!! tonight we read books, ate cake and ice cream, did gymnastics, played the guitar, and danced to the keyboard… when grandma told margauerite it was time to go… she asked if they had to… it was awesome… molly is now leaving a lasting impact on marguerite… she brings great joy and laughter to her life!!!

i’m still being challenged to leave a…

lasting impact

29
Jun

a day at home with dad…

mommy worked on saturday…sooo molly and dad were home alone alllllllll day!!!

this is what molly thinks of that…take notice of the shirt!!!

what make you…feel like that???

23
Jun

plans…what plans???

sooo, this past weekend had a theme…every plan that we had made was just blasted out of the water and up onto dry land…it was definitely a weekend where i just had to laugh to keep from becoming irritated…

friday night we were heading down towards columbus to have dinner with my dad and his wife…first the road that i usually take is closed…so i go down to the next road and take it…about 8 miles into the trip, molly is vomiting in the backseat…i pull over and turn on my hazards…kasey is cleaning molly and i am cleaning up the car seat…back on our way…until she did the same thing about 5 miles further down the road…again we pull off, clean up everything the best we can, but then head back home for the night…and she vomited one more time before we got home, just for good measure…once we were home she was fine, no fever, she wasn’t acting funny…?

saturday evening we were all set up to attend a wedding reception (after a GREAT golf scramble!!!) we got all dressed up and ready to go…off we go in the saturn…problem was, we didn’t know exactly where we were going…i go to the union hall i think it’s at…WRONG!!! we make some phone calls and find out that we are no where near it…so we head to applebees for a family dinner, all dressed up of course…we did end up going to the reception much later and only for a very short time…back to the house to hang out!!!

sunday was just a continuation…songs and service orders were literally torn and tossed in our service tech meeting…and GPS service projects were rained out…

all i could do is laugh…everything that could go wrong in our eyes, DID…but at the same time we had a great weekend!!! i’m convinced that God was just trying to tell us to stay home a little more often and not be so busy…?! or maybe he was just reminding us that He is ultimately in control…?!

plans…what plans???