by joe | Jul 20, 2017 | Newsletter
Thank You, Thank You and Thank You to everyone that helped with CLEAT Soccer Camp this week. The Lord is doing some amazing things. We have our largest group of players in both camps. I believe the total number is right at 140. There are also another 40 volunteers...
by joe | Jul 13, 2017 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
I was recently speaking with someone about our national holidays. The comment was made, “I wonder how many people really know what we are celebrating.” Yes, we know that many of these celebrations include a day off from work and even a three day weekend....
by joe | Jul 13, 2017 | Newsletter
Cleat Soccer Camp is underway. I am really excited for this year’s camp. We have over 103 players registered as of Wednesday, and we should expect a decent number of walk-ons Monday. All indications are that this camp could be larger than last year! Wow! We will be...
by joe | Jul 7, 2017 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
So what is faith? Now, maybe your response was with the synonym “trust.” What I really want to know is what does the New Testament consider as faith, the kind of faith that makes a person a genuine follower of Jesus? So, what is faith? How does my “trust” in God...
by joe | Jul 7, 2017 | Newsletter
Just a reminder that our Soccer Camp mail-in registration deadline is this Monday, July 10th. We will be accepting walk on players the day of camp. Please get the word out. Thanks to everyone that is helping out with camp. Please remember to get your snack donations...
by joe | Jun 29, 2017 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
I find it easy to point the finger of blame at others. This is true when it comes to the challenges of sharing the message of Jesus in our current culture and location. Yet, what I have learned as a church planter is that the problem is not with the culture, but with...
by joe | Jun 29, 2017 | Newsletter
We are off to a great start with our Soccer Camp registrations. We had a great turnout last year. I learned this week that we are ahead of our last year registrations to this point. Let me encourage you to keep praying. Just a reminder that we need all hands on deck...
by joe | Jun 22, 2017 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
All of us deal with deadlines. It could be renewing our car tabs, getting our kids to a practice or projects at work. I don’t think anyone ever thinks that the deadline or the obligation will go away. We instead choose to procrastinate, to our own peril. I do find it...
by joe | Jun 22, 2017 | Newsletter
It has been a couple weeks since we have released our Newsletter. The first week, I was back celebrating our son-in-law’s graduation from Medical School. The second week was spent on my back recovering from a bug I picked up along the way. It does feel great to be...
by joe | Jun 1, 2017 | Newsletter, Pastors Blog
I am sitting here asking myself, “Where has the past week gone?” It has been a busy week. It hit me that touching the lives of others involves work, actually hard work. Jesus modeled that in His life and I have experienced it too in serving Jesus, and so will you....