I’m cold
It’s like 50 degrees in our office… Have you ever felt like you just needed to whine and complain to feel better? :)
New Worship Pastor
The elders announced to the congregation yesterday about Justin Lavik, the new Worship Pastor who will be starting this Friday at Antioch. Justin is married and has two daughters. Their family is currently living in San Clemente, California. Justin will be moving up ahead of his family (as they stay until some details are wrapped
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Sermon Biography Series
This will be the second year in a row that I’ve worked on a “Sermon Biography Series” in January. The big idea is to spend two weeks on the life and times of someone in Church History. The first week allows us to look at our own culture through the lens of a different time
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Uganda in February
Things in Uganda are a bit precarious because of the turmoil in neighboring Kenya. Kenya is living through a nightmare as the results of the recent Presidential election are in dispute (something that is unfortunately all too familiar in Africa where almost no leaders allow themselves to be voted out once in power). Anyway, Uganda
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Killer New Website!!
Check out the killer new Compassion & Advocacy website that Courtney, Gary and Esther worked on while I was in Uganda. It’s not completely finished, but it still looks great and has tons of good info!! http://www.humanrights.antiochchurch.org/
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Children’s Ministry Workday
This last Saturday we had the first (of probably many) children’s ministry workdays. It was a blast!! The team built sets, portable bookshelves for the book ministry and other things to move ministries forward. Thanks to Mark & Suzi Wells for the generous use of their workshop and to all the time they put into
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Rick McKinley
Really enjoyed Rick’s message this morning. He is as authentic a guy as there is and I’m glad it came across in his talk. Click here to see the webcast.
Upcoming Sundays
Someone asked me in a comment on the blog when we’re going to talk about the February Uganda trip etc. It’s a good question. I also think it makes for a good opportunity to share what’s coming up at Antioch on Sunday mornings. This Sunday, Rick McKinley from Imago Dei in Portland, will be joining
Tough Call
The last two days have been rough. Yesterday I had to make a tough call and cut our Uganda team in half for the upcoming trip in February. I’m not too big on backtracking or giving bad news to some great people. In the end, however, we are committed to being responsible and strategic in
Congradulations Linda!!
Linda, Antioch’s Middle School Director (and close personal friend), got engaged last night on New Year’s Eve to her boyfriend Travis at just past midnight. The whole clan jumped in the car this morning when we heard the news and went down to Starbucks where Linda was working to see the ring and hear the
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