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Newsletter Here This year sure has flown by and I would like to take this opportunity to give a bit of a recap. This year, as most of you know, our family had three weddings. I also performed a wedding at the Heritage Wedding Barn for a lovely couple that spends weekends in Pentwater however… Read More »

Newsletter Here Every November I can hear the words of Irving Berlin sung by Bing Crosby, “I’ve got plenty to be thankful for” from the Christmas class movie Holiday Inn. It’s a good time to start the Thirty Days of Thankfulness for this year! I think that it kind of aligns with Wesley’s three simple… Read More »

Newsletter Here They were completely unprepared for anything of this nature. The mountainous hillside areas of the Smokey Mountains have never, in their written history, been flooded due to a hurricane. Hurricane Helene struck so far north in Florida’s panhandle as a category 4 and the effects had major impacts in the states that are more… Read More »

Newsletter Here I never seem to be ready for this month of September. There are reports that have to be completed for church conference, and planning begins for Halloween and Advent. That seems like a contradiction in terms, doesn’t it? School begins, the weather starts cooling down and fall golf means looking extra hard under… Read More »

Newsletter Here I have considered myself as a “vital pastor” for the entire 12 years of my ministry. I’ve been asked, “What makes a church vital?” So I thought that I would respond for all of you to know what comprises a vital church. A vital church is one that has a distinct place in… Read More »

Newsletter Here As I was driving into the office this morning in late June, I passed by the leftover remnants of the festival that was held in Rothbury last week while I was traveling out West. “Isn’t it awful?”, we cry, “all of those people leaving such a mess for others to clean up?” It… Read More »

Newsletter Here Every June I have a tendency to start thinking, and sometimes singing that classic song from the movie Carousel by Rogers and Hammerstein, “June is Bustin’ Out All Over”.   “Y’ken feel it in yer heart,                            June is bustin’ out all over! Y’ken see it in the ground!                           All over the… Read More »

Newsletter Here As I write this, it is towards the end of April and I have been following as delegates from all over the globe met in Charlottesville, NC at General Conference. I would like to take this time to tell you that change is going to be happening. This is a good thing –… Read More »

Newsletter Here One of the classic, yet modern hymns that I enjoy singing every year is H#304 “Easter People, Raise Your Voices” by William M. James. “Easter people, raise your voices, sounds of heaven in earth should ring.” The thing is, I usually do not plan to sing it on Easter Sunday. That’s because we… Read More »

Newsletter Here So here we are – time for the old adage – will March come in like a lion or a lamb? If you’ve been keeping track of the weather roller coaster that we’ve been on it’s supposed to be nice on March 1st. That would mean that the March should come in like… Read More »