Archive for June 2002

 
 

When Old Glory Passes

By Kenneth L. Pierpont

Saturday our oldest daughter Holly rode with the National Baby Food Festival Queen’s Court in a parade in Muskegon. It was an all-American, beautiful day. While we were waiting for the parade to start I was instructing the little guys on the proper way to behave when Old Glory passes.

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3 Essential Ingredients for Godly Fathering

We could easily become complacent in our fathering as Christians when we see the current statistics for homes that lack the physical presence of a father. We may think our children will be all right because we are there. But we risk being virtually absent as fathers if we do not have three essential ingredients as part of our practice of fathering.

The following is the sermon I preached at Jonesville Baptist Church on Father’s Day, June 16, 2002. You may want to send it to a father dear to you.

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I’m Going to a Pastor’s Conference - Virtually

I’m going, virtually - by way of recording, to The Basics of Pastoral Ministry 2002, a conference in it’s third year, lead by Alistair Begg noted author and pastor of Parkside Church of Cleveland, Ohio and host of the radio program Truth For Life.

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Easy Ezine Formatting

Have you ever wanted to send a nice looking ezine to your church members or others on your e-mail list. Maybe you’ve thought about sending a monthly or weekly e-mail with a devotional thought and announcements of your churches activities. If you’ve tried this you’ve discovered how challenging it can be to make your message look better than just a regular e-mail message? Well, here’s a handy tool. Judy’s EZ Ezine Template is a tool that will help you with the layout of your ezine and keep it orderly. This handy web-based tool will give your ezine a little polish. Give it a whirl and if you have any suggestions leave a comment. I just might share your suggestion here in the near future.