I have both picked on, and held in awe, our American fascination with sports in my last couple of sermons. Anyway, that got me thinking about our sports teams here in Washington right now. Maybe I'm just a homer, but with the Mariners out of the playoffs I have no interest in the Baseball playoffs. I won't watch the NBA (r.i.p. Sonics!). The Hawks have more supporters than they probably need already. I guess I'm just a college guy right now. I'm loving the Huskies football and basketball teams right now. Truth be told, since I went to PLU, I even like WSU (they're just a little harder to watch right now is all.) Funny how sports can engender passion and loyalty for no real reason other than your address is in the same state. But, still, Go huskies!
See you in church,
Pastor Bill
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Snow!
So, my friend called from Omaha on Saturday morning to tell me that they had 5 inches of snow fall in Omaha that morning. And I laughed and thought, I'm glad I live here. And then, I just heard reports that we have snow on the passes here in Washington! I guess snowboarding season is coming early. Always a bright side.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
My favorite meeting
Well, this past weekend, after finishing up my morning church duties, I flew to Minneapolis for my favorite meeting of the year. It's where I am fortunate enough to be able to give away money, as scholarships, to help with the schooling for men and women who want to serve as Christian missionaries. Again, in brief, I get to give money to people who want to serve as Missionaries. How cool is that!
It's all done in honor of my Father-in-law and Mother-in-law, Maynard and Nancy Nelson. When Maynard passed away several years ago, a number of his friends and family wanted to honor his passion for evangelism and sharing the Gospel throughout the world. So, some great thinkers came up with this idea, to create an Endowment fund that would provide money for Scholarships for years to come. The fund was in place before Maynard passed away, so he was able to see what we had come up with, and was deeply touched. Nancy, who is still with us, also serves as part of the committee, and it's such a blessing that she can see the fruit of these efforts firsthand.
We seem to be in a lot of meetings in our world. Work, school, what have you, there seems to be no issue that a meeting can't be called to discuss it. But this meeting, it's my favorite every year.
We'll see you in church,
Pastor Bill
It's all done in honor of my Father-in-law and Mother-in-law, Maynard and Nancy Nelson. When Maynard passed away several years ago, a number of his friends and family wanted to honor his passion for evangelism and sharing the Gospel throughout the world. So, some great thinkers came up with this idea, to create an Endowment fund that would provide money for Scholarships for years to come. The fund was in place before Maynard passed away, so he was able to see what we had come up with, and was deeply touched. Nancy, who is still with us, also serves as part of the committee, and it's such a blessing that she can see the fruit of these efforts firsthand.
We seem to be in a lot of meetings in our world. Work, school, what have you, there seems to be no issue that a meeting can't be called to discuss it. But this meeting, it's my favorite every year.
We'll see you in church,
Pastor Bill
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