Quick Hits (7/28/08)

Here are some miscellaneous links, thoughts, and resources I’ve been collecting for a while. Some (like the sermon and a few outreach ideas) are quite serious. Another (the Wordle of Ephesians) is fascinating, I think. And others (including a shocking article about a Florida friend, a thought about HomeSat, and a “you might be a [...]

I Am Full!

This is a full week—even fuller in these parts than in most places. This week has been chock-full of undeserved blessings for me, and I’ve taken a few minutes to rehearse them for my own benefit and the benefit of a few friends who may eavesdrop as I talk to myself.
1. We enjoyed a wonderful [...]

Several Prayer Needs

I haven’t made many substantial posts here for quite some time. Life and ministry trump blogging. (Shocking, I know.) Anyway, I’d like to ask my friends “out there” to pray with me for several needs:
1. Please pray for Tracy, a dear lady in our church. She and her husband have been believers for quite some [...]

An Historic Day: Our First “On Site” Service!

Several months ago I explained that TCBC was looking for a tent in which to hold our summer prayer meetings. Well, God has graciously provided a tent from a sister-church in Conewango, New York. The tent was erected last night, and we’re using it for our worship time this evening: our first official [...]

Drying Out

Well, the flood waters are seeping back to their rightful place. Considering that we just endured the storm of the century (3 months’ worth in 24 hours), we’re amazingly well.
Nevertheless, I’m investigating a contingency plan with this flood in mind. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. This one is my personal [...]

Gulp

This picture tells the bad news. The sign which is barely dry is actually about 4 feet off the ground. That’s a lot of water.
The good news?

Our actual building site is high & dry. We just need canoes for the driveway.
It’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing. Lord willing. A “100-year storm” is defined [...]

More Help: Architect & Engineers

My dad, Pastor Chuck Anderson, is designing TCBC's new building. That's been a great blessing to our church financially and practically, as he has a tremendous amount of experience designing and building churches over the last 3 decades..
We're now at the point where we need to have specialists work on the plans with him. [...]

Help: TCBC Looking for a “Tabernacle”

After spending most of our Saturdays for the last 3 months handling chainsaws and chippers, the men of TCBC are almost finished clearing some 200 trees from the 10-acre site of our future building. Just a bit more clean-up and we'll be finished with this portion of the job, praise the Lord!
As about 10 [...]

Finally! Work Days!

I was privileged to be the church-planting pastor of Tri-County Bible Church when it held its first service in October of 1998. Over the last 7.5 years, the Lord has done tremendous things here: drawing sinners to repentance, gathering a body of like-minded believers who love Him and one another, raising up godly men [...]