Let's have church today! Or as Ernie Banks would have said, "Let's play two!" Let's have 2 services instead of one! Yea!

No Bible Study tonight

Well, the weather has struck again. We will cancel our initial Bible study for tonight and try to have our first one next Thursday night at 7pm. The weather has been awful here in Colo Spgs but we hope to have our services on Sunday. Stay posted

Thursday night study weather permitting

Thursday nights at 7pm we will be studying "Thinking Like A Christian" at the church. These lessons are designed to develop a Christian worldview in order to understand our times and how to live effectively and coherently in these days. Of course anyone is welcome to come and attend; it's not a worship service it's a time of learning and understanding of how a Christian should think about the world we live in. Our primary objective is not what to think as a Christian but how to think. We look forward to beginning this study.

No church for Sunday 2-22

No services tomorrow; cancelling due to the snow as more snow is supposed to fall tonight. All of you stay safe and warm and off the streets!

Stay Tuned for the Weather?

We'll keep everyone posted on the weather for tomorrow's services. We will make the call and post it to this blog or our FB page if services need to be cancelled. My normal routine on this is that if other churches are cancelling or some roads are closing we will cancel our services. We will try to contact everyone ahead of time but keep in mind if it's dangerous to drive don't try to get out to church even if you don't hear from us. The only people church should be dangerous for are atheists and sinners! (It's a joke, folks).
Greg will be singing on Friday March 13 for A Gospel Swing Concert featuring Doyle Combs and the 17-piece American Patriots Jazz Orchestra. The event is from the Music Evangelism Foundation. I'll be singing a jazzy rendition of "Go Down Moses" and will be in the choir along with fellow church-member Nancy Jenkins. It will be held at the Trinity Church of the Nazarene 5055 El Camino Dr which is behind the Red Lobster on North Academy. There is no admission charge and an offering will be taken. This band is excellent and you will so enjoy the jazzy, swinging renditions of old hymn favorites, old swing songs and patriotic themes. Come and enjoy

Come Alive Again!

It’s hard to know what to post on a blog on a regular basis. There are so many blogs out there that say so much and no matter what is said someone is going to get mad about it and post their displeasure. Most of the responses to blogs are vile and filled with bad language, I’m sure mostly to increase the shock value of the response. The viler the response the worse the blogger feels about writing whatever he wrote, pens a quick apology and crawls away whimpering never to post anything again that isn’t meaningless tripe. That's usually how I handle things, and that I suppose is the reason for responding in a shocking manner.

Most responses to what I read on various blogs are ad hominem character attacks and don’t answer the arguments the blogger is making anyway. Again, name calling and making people feel bad seems to be the goal, not discussion and meaningful dialogue.
This is especially true for Christian and church blogs: rarely is there a well-reasoned argument against what is said; there’s either full agreement or the author is attacked and accused of being a dog from the pit of hell! Well, I’m just going to post what I think some may want to hear; if you respond with something well-reasoned and objective I may take a look at it. Or not.

And if you are going to post and disagree, do it with good humor, intelligence and Christian respect. Humor is a sign of intelligence and good will and will get an audience a lot faster than insults and ridicule. Try it, you might grow to like it

If you are searching for a local Baptist church and come across this blog, keep some things in mind. I am not King James only. I come from a group of churches that are KJV only and after studying the matter thoroughly over many years I have come to the conclusion that we must read the English translation that best speaks to us. For me that is the New American Standard Bible. I understand that there are many folks out there that are passionately KJV only, but I’m not one of them and will not be one of them. Ever.

It is important that we love and search for the truth. If the truth contradicts some long-held personal beliefs we must repent of our personal beliefs and change our minds. You can’t go through life without changing your mind from time to time. We must pursue the truth wherever it takes us. God welcomes those who are searching sincerely and honestly, the search for Spirit and truth as it says in John, and He will honor and respect our genuine repentance and change of mind. We must go where the truth takes us, no matter what.

The worship of Jesus Christ is the most important thing we do; true worship, privately and corporately with God’s people, is the basis for our knowledge, fellowship and outreach to the world. We must keep Christ uppermost on our minds in everything we do, in church and out, and always remember He is with us, listening to us and watching us, speaking to us and reaching out to us. All the time, without fail. Sometimes He enjoys us, sometimes we grieve Him, but He will always be there. By constantly worshiping Him in everything we do we can keep the grieving part to a minimum.

I'm glad to be back on the blog and coming alive again; we'll keep you posted with various things our church will be doing and if you find us and you like us, we praise the Lord for His grace. His grace is all we have, anyway, so praise the Lord!

Oh the Weather Outside is Frightful!

It’s been awhile since I posted but with the holidays barreling down on us wanted to update all. The church is rolling on; the music our pianist extraordinaire Lisa has been doing lately has been exceptionally blessed and all have been greatly edified. The fellowship has been good and folks have been encouraging one another. The singing has been wonderful as the folks have been lifting their voices ever louder Sunday to Sunday. One of the greatest joys of my life is in raising my voice loud and proud so there’s no mistaking that I love the Lord. When I sing, I feel His pleasure. I am blessed whenever the sound comes up from my throat and out of my mouth. I want folks to know that I love the Lord when they hear me sing no matter the song or the setting. I’ll say it again: when I sing, I feel His pleasure and I know He enjoys me.
I have been working diligently full-time at the DMV and on my music for the Christmas season, especially with the Songspinners. The Songspinners is a group of volunteers who sing and dance for the benefit of the community and each other. They are a wonderful group of people and I consider myself lucky to be a part. Fellow church-member Nancy Jenkins is also a Spinner and has been with them for a long time; this is only my 7^th season (Spring and Christmas each year so 3.5 years now) with them. We are getting into the real teeth of our performances at nursing homes, civic organizations and churches.
We will be at the Pioneers Museum in downtown Colorado Springs tomorrow (Saturday Dec 7) at 12:30pm in the 3^rd floor courthouse. The Spinners will be at Heartsong Church Sunday Dec. 8 at 12Noon for their Friends and Family show and all are invited. Heartsong will have a potluck prior to the Spinners performance and you are invited to partake.
The Spinners will be performing at Freedom on Sunday night December 15 at 6:30pm. The church will gather for its annual Christmas Potluck at 5:30 and the Spinners will follow up. They have a performance at 5pm that day so will come to the church following that performance. For the first time maybe ever I won’t be there for the start of a potluck but Deacon Darrel will get the potluck going and the performance will be after dinner at around 6:30pm.
Come and enjoy our church; it won’t kill you to come to church and we’re not the worst church you’ll ever attend. And always remember, timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a Rain dance.