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Jul 01 2009
"The Sin Tamer: Do We Ever Get to Stop Fighting Against the Evil Within?"
Written by Pastor David Donahue   
Wednesday, 01 July 2009

John Ortburg is the pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in Menlo Park, CA.  He is a prolific writer and conference speaker.  

This week an article was published in Leadership Journal that I wanted to pass on to you.  Check it out.

The Sin Tamer

Do we ever get to stop fighting against the evil within?

John Ortberg | posted 6/29/2009

 

How much sin should we expect in the church? We have gauges for other elements of church life. We generally monitor attendance. We know how many people are in small groups. Somebody counts the offerings. And often we don't just measure what we're interested in—we set goals.

Anybody hear of a church that set a goal for a 5-percent sin reduction next year?

I don't mean to be glib about this. Sin is, somehow, at the root of all human misery. Sin is what keeps us from God and from life. It is in the face of every battered woman, the cry of every neglected child, the despair of every addict, the death of every victim of every war.

Pastors have historically understood their primary battle to be not the battle to build a big church, but the battle against the power of sin. "We wrestle not against flesh and blood … ." Christians have measured the seriousness of the battle by the suffering and bleeding of Calvary.

 

 

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Jun 26 2009
Vacation Bible School 2009
Written by Pastor David Donahue   
Friday, 26 June 2009

Our theme this year for VBS was, "Studio Go: Game Show!"  Kids who attended had the chance to go through four stations of events.  Each station built on the theme of the day.  Those themes were:

Go Obey:  Peter

Go Tell: Mary

Go Serve: Ananias

Go Risk: Esther

Go Lead: Gideon

Throughout the week activities were built on the theme, service projects were focused on each and each character was presented in living color!

Enjoy a few images of the week!

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Jun 16 2009
"You Are Everything"
Written by Pastor David Donahue   
Tuesday, 16 June 2009

Hey all!  I am headed to Mexico today to help chaperone a Spanish Four trip.  We will be in the Yucatan peninsula for a week of adventure.  Before leaving I wanted to post a video clip sent to me by Nanyamka Edwards.

Nanyamka is a student of ours who attends Radford University.  She sent this clip a few weeks ago and I just got time to watch it.  Take five minutes to check it out and reflect on its meaning. It will take you a few minutes to get into the video, but it is well worth the time.

Blessings!

 


 
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