Archive for December, 2007

Route 66 this week

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Our #1 initiative as a church this year is to have every person at Palm Valley read the Bible in 2008. I have been praying that each of us would hear from God every day as we read His Word. In order to help, we’ve concentrated on doing these things together…

We’re all reading the One […]

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Men’s Camp

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

I’m fired up about men’s camp next weekend. If you’re a guy from Palm Valley Church, you need to be going! Walk, don’t run to www.palmvalley.org and sign-up. I’m speaking at two of the sessions, and I can’t wait to share about some of the things God is doing in my life.
And no, I won’t […]

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Down Time

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

I’ve taken a few days to get away with the family up the the snow of Pinetop. Some friends let us use their cabin, and man is it awesome! I’ve had a blast just hangin’ out with no agenda. I didn’t realize how tired I was until I find myself sleeping 12 hours per night, […]

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Christmas at PVC

Friday, December 28th, 2007

Okay, I’m just recovering from 5 incredible Christmas services. All I can say is Wow! Some thoughts…

Our volunteers rock! Thanks to the hundreds of you who served all weekend to make this happen. You gave up valuable time to welcome people, love on kids, lead worship and the dozens of other roles to make it […]

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Chicago Is Very Cold

Friday, December 28th, 2007

Last wednesday the video team (Michael, Derrick and Darius) flew with me to Chicago to shoot some video for the Route 66 series.  We had to get up VERY early, which is never a good start to the day. The flight to Chicago was great, landed about 1:00 pm. This is where reality set in!
We […]

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Continuing Impact

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Mike Bullock is a guy who is having a huge impact at Palm Valley Church, as well as in the world. Mike is a passionate follower of Jesus Christ, and a committed servant at PVC. He works the sound board, and is always willing to help wherever necessary. I love his heart. He and his […]

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weekend reflections

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Had a blast this weekend just hanging out on the patio and talking with people. It’s not often that I’m not teaching on a weekend and have the opportunity just to walk around campus and see what’s going on, but it was fun to do that this weekend. Here’s some thoughts…

It’s a great privilege to […]

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More Impact

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Extreme Faith Productions is sponsoring an area-wide competition, the Arizona American Christian Music Showcase (ACMS).   The competition started with 24 bands, and two bands represented by Palm Valley have made it to the semi-final round.
One band, About The Author, is led by our Jr. High pastor Jeremiah. Jeremiah’s a great youth pastor, and I’m told […]

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PV Sightings

Friday, December 14th, 2007

I love the fact that Palm Valley has an impact on our community, and it always amazes me that I see PVC’ers everywhere I go. Two weeks ago at a school assembly (one of my boys was student of the month ) the principal brought 3 boys on stage. All 3 were on a […]

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weekend reflections

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

I wrestled with this week’s message as much as any message I’ve ever done.  As of Thursday I had 7 or 8 different directions on my heart.  But one thing I’ve learned about wrestling through the message preparation process: often the more I wrestle, and the more uncertain I am going into the weekend, the […]

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