Evergreen Connection Blog
On Your Mark, Get Set, Mow!
I haven’t had to think about mowing my lawn since last fall, but the winter break is almost over. The ground is saturated with water, the daylight and temps are steadily increasing and the grass is ready to leap into action. Lawns never look better than they do in late spring. If they are well […]
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A Merry Band of North-Goers
As you may recall, I shared in January with the church body about an upcoming mission trip opportunity. My family and I are planning to spend a week at Rock Nest Ranch this summer to serve First Nations kids at a Bible Camp, and we were just wondering if anyone would want to come with us. We […]
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Chicken Farms and Mission Opportunities
This past weekend, Pastor Ryan Donovan shared during our spotlight time about a current mission project in Senegal that the mission team would like to help support for the next couple weeks. When I went on the EBC mission trip to Senegal last July, one of the things some of our team had the opportunity […]
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We Seldom Get the Church We Want
Last week – as the snow was softly falling outside and my wife and daughters were enjoying the coziness of the day and the fun of the lush white front yard, I was in bed with food poisoning. Worse yet, my wife had warned me to refrain from consuming what I had chosen to, promptly, […]
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Be Snow and Know That I Am God
Snow prompts a wide array of reactions from those us on whom it rarely falls. Some laugh and clap their hands, while others groan and hang their heads. I recommend trying to like it as well as you can, because when God says to his heavenly storehouses, “Fall to the earth,” it falls, whether we […]
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GriefShare
If you were at church on Sunday, you may have heard me mention in the announcements that we are in the process of launching a new-to-us ministry called GriefShare, which is a 13 week video-based support group, designed to care for the needs of people who are experiencing significant grief due to the loss of […]
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Lois Souder Gave Jesus to her Generations
Having been a pastor for so many years, I rarely get to simply attend a memorial service, but today I had that privilege as we gathered to remember Lois Souder. As always happens, my knowledge of Lois increased exponentially in the space of an hour and I came away overwhelmingly blessed by the story of […]
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Remember Our Spanish Ministry
I went to the doctor this morning and it was wonderfully boring. I went simply because it has been a few years and my miles are getting high enough that wisdom calls for periodic checkups. Happily, I have nothing to report. That is quite humbling when so many others are facing very difficult health problems. […]
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What’s Next?
Alicea and I are preparing for the next chapter in our lives. We are closing up shop in Vancouver and are heading to Weatherford, Texas. Weather-where? It is North-East Texas near the Dallas-Fort Worth area. I will be stepping out of vocational ministry for the time being and I will be pursuing a career in […]
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Mission 2023: Rock Nest Ranch
When I was in high school (quite a few moons ago now), I took a trip with my youth group to north-central British Columbia, where we served under the umbrella of UIM International. UIM exists to help First Nations / Native American people come to know and follow Jesus. They have missionaries serving in Canada, […]
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