We thank God that we had great flights from Grand Rapids to Toronto, to Frankfort, to Abuja; we made all our connections, got a little sleep, and the food was good on the airplane. It started out a little rocky for Gremar, you know how she hates to fly. When she saw that 18 passengerContinue reading “God is Good”
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New Community Church Commissioning Service
This Sunday the people of New Community Church, Newaygo sent us off with God’s blessings. We thank God for a community that is committed to pray for us, encourage us, and support us as we partner together to serve God in Newaygo, West Africa, and where ever God calls. We are blessed! Praise God!
Nigeria 2011
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“live a life worthy of God’s Call”
10/31/10 9:30 AM, Grant CRC , I Thess. 2:1-12 God speaks to us: “Live a life Worthy of God’s Call” INTRODUCTION: Paul; begins by claiming his trip to Thessalonica as a success. We read the account of his visit in (Acts 17) and we see that he spent only three weeks with them. This churchContinue reading ““live a life worthy of God’s Call””
Ukraine Biblical Preaching conference
I arrived in Ukraine Sept 15th after 24 hr. of travel and two stops on the way; Cincinnati and Paris France. Flying over Ukraine is like any other place in Europe; Farms’ villages rivers and a few bigger cities. Once on the ground however things change fast. I was told we did not need aContinue reading “Ukraine Biblical Preaching conference”
On The Road Agian
We are on the way to Seattle via Las Vegas. We thought it would be nice to fly to Las Vegas and rent a van to drive to Seattle with all the paraphernalia for Becky’s wedding, including all the vases and stem wrapping material for the flowers Tina planned to arrange for Jack and Becky.Continue reading “On The Road Agian”
The Lord Exalted
Gremar and I working on our Action plan Gremar and I have recently attended the Timothy Leadership Training session in Grand Rapids. http://www.timothyleadershiptraining.org We participated in track two: Biblical Preaching and Teaching the Christian Faith. One of the passages we worked on is Psalm 46:10 “Be still and know that I am God. I willContinue reading “The Lord Exalted”
NCCN in Pictures
The Home Coming
06/06/10 Luke 15:1-2, 11-32; God speaks to us: Coming Home INTRODUCTION: We need to keep in mind that while the parable of the Prodigal Son is about God’s grace as well as repentance and salvation, Jesus tells this parable and the two before it; The lost sheep, and the Lost coin in reaction toContinue reading “The Home Coming”
Being thankful for what God has given us.
052310 Philippians 4:4-9; Being thankful for what God has given us. God speaks to us: Rejoice INTRODUCTION: We are so blessed! That was our comment to each other as we came home last week in the middle of the night. After tens of thousands of miles traveled and three months in a new place weContinue reading “Being thankful for what God has given us.”
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