SPECIAL NOTE: We are in the midst of an office renovation that will provide us with a board/conference room for the first time. A part of this project includes re-carpeting of the office suite, which will be completed the end of this week or the first of next. This will require the moving of all furniture […]
The first day of spring is later this month. It’s not here yet, but it is coming! Keep calm and carry on. News Notes from last week: Received word that David LeRoy has been approved for a stem cell transplant procedure. Great news! The procedure will occur later this spring, quite likely in April. Met […]
The response to last week’s announcement concerning my nomination to serve as your DS for the coming term has been over-the-top and both surprising and humbling. Within 48 hours, I received, by actual count, over 100 contacts – emails, personal visits, tweets, text messages and phone calls – offering congratulations and amazing affirmation. I was […]
Join us in the Wesleyan Community Bible Experience February 24 – April 20, 2014. The Wesleyan Church has partnered with Biblica to challenge the church to read the New Testament in 40 days, coinciding with lent and Easter. For more information please visit the Community Bible Experience on the headquarters website. Pastors Take Note: A Flourishing Clergy Survey was in your […]
Every year all of our DS’s meet with the GS for the DS Institute. That meeting for 2014 was held at the Buena Vista Sheraton Resort in Orlando last week. This year, the Institute also included the Global Partners Leadership Team, District Directors of Global Partners (DDGP) and some Missions Pastors. Great days together. In […]
Deep Water’s North St location is ready to go. Looks great and it is a stirring example of redemption – bringing the building back to its original purpose. Onward and upward. Snowbirds take note. The annual Atlantic Snowbirds Breakfast will take place this Saturday, Feb 1, 2014 at the Country Kitchen in Brooksville at 9 AM. Gloria and I will […]
A Beulah 2014 snippet to wet your pallet for more….. Speakers will include Dr. Lenny Luchetti, Wesley Seminary; Dr. Jo Anne Lyon, General Superintendent; Rev. Isaac Smith, Northwest District Superintendent and 5 of our own tribe preaching in the mornings through the week – identities hidden – you will have to come and see. Luella Marie Clark […]
We are the PEOPLE OF GOD committed to the PURPOSE OF GOD believing in the PROVIDENCE OF GOD and relying on the POWER OF GOD. Gloria and I are enjoying a vacation break but our hearts, thoughts and prayers turn to the district every day. We will be back home on Jan 13th DV. As stated last week, I am checking email […]
A new year dawns this week. The year is new. The mission is not. The methods may change. The message will not. The future in uncertain. The faith is not. The pressures may multiply. The Presence is magnificent. Take heart. Be encouraged. As the Brits coined in their WW II phrase, Be Calm and Carry […]
Yesterday was the fourth Sunday of Advent – the angel candle or love candle on the Advent wreath – “God so loved, that He gave….” Stefan and Deb Gilbert have a new daughter, Lyra Nadine, their third, born on Saturday morning at 3:44 AM and weighing in at 8.2. Congrats and PTL for safe arrival. […]
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