We were delegates for the n/w synods conference which runns today and tommorow !! one of the speakers at a workshop was our synods youth leader !! and she discribed that they are doing in her church and it's sounds remarkably close to what you want to do !!! If you want you can e-mail me and I'll get you the info!!
my address is tootall@bloomer.net !! the politics of these assemblies is boring but the speakers more then make up for it !!!
God is at work !!!
bruce
Our congregation is small and we had trouble finding a fill in Pastor when our 1/2 time pay /full time work semi retired Pastor is gone !!
He mentored several of us and we now use lay people to fill in !!
the 14th of june will be my 3rd attempt!! I had several ideas wraped around Mark 4:26-34 but was looking for something to tie the seed parable to getting our congregation more involved ,,then along came our conversation ,and with your permission I would like to use your confirmation /faith formation idea in my sermon ???
Your ideas and comments tie in perfectly !!
I asked God for some ideas and he gave me you !!
thank you so much !!
bruce
Patsy! Kansas? Great! I'm still in Wisconsin and Jim is in his tenure year at the University. I began my 4th year in ministry at Immanuel. Wow, time flies! Hope all is well! Christine
We have two wonderful interm pastors right now. Pastor Greg is awesome and helping all of us work together. Pastor Chon lifts all of us and is empowering us in wonderful ways. She and I just did a Created by God workshop for parents and their children in 5th & 6th grade. It was wonderful. God is working at SOV and I praise his name...........Love, Shirley
Hello Pastor Patsy Koeneke,
I have been wondering what this Book of Faith is all about. Lita Johnson had asked me to join and I didn't know what I was doing. What a pleasure to receive a note from you. I am still here at SOV and enjoy working with the children. Just returned from Family Camp. A young nine year old boy asked to spend some time talking about First Communion with his mother and myself. He ended up having his First Communion at Family Camp early Sunday morning. It was a blessing to all the families there in addition to his family. God is so good to us.
David now has an electric scooter, has lost about 60 pounds and is enjoying life so much more. Time to get to work. Love, Shirley
Glad you are doing well. Weather here is absolutely perfect, makes summer heat bearable. I look forward to seeing how congregations and leaders implement Book of Faith resources.
Steve Talmage
At 11:41am on November 8, 2008, Linda Gillis said…
Same here! Where are you??? I am doing well. Glen and I are spending a year roaming the USA. Right now we are in NJ with our daughter playing Granny Nanny to a newborn, Nate Robert. Much fun. We'll be home again in April!
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my address is tootall@bloomer.net !! the politics of these assemblies is boring but the speakers more then make up for it !!!
God is at work !!!
bruce
He mentored several of us and we now use lay people to fill in !!
the 14th of june will be my 3rd attempt!! I had several ideas wraped around Mark 4:26-34 but was looking for something to tie the seed parable to getting our congregation more involved ,,then along came our conversation ,and with your permission I would like to use your confirmation /faith formation idea in my sermon ???
Your ideas and comments tie in perfectly !!
I asked God for some ideas and he gave me you !!
thank you so much !!
bruce
We have two wonderful interm pastors right now. Pastor Greg is awesome and helping all of us work together. Pastor Chon lifts all of us and is empowering us in wonderful ways. She and I just did a Created by God workshop for parents and their children in 5th & 6th grade. It was wonderful. God is working at SOV and I praise his name...........Love, Shirley
I have been wondering what this Book of Faith is all about. Lita Johnson had asked me to join and I didn't know what I was doing. What a pleasure to receive a note from you. I am still here at SOV and enjoy working with the children. Just returned from Family Camp. A young nine year old boy asked to spend some time talking about First Communion with his mother and myself. He ended up having his First Communion at Family Camp early Sunday morning. It was a blessing to all the families there in addition to his family. God is so good to us.
David now has an electric scooter, has lost about 60 pounds and is enjoying life so much more. Time to get to work. Love, Shirley
Steve Talmage
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