Archive for • Challenge to Action
• San Telmos-Kid Mission
It was another great Kid Mission to San Telmos in May. Our team, of over 50 members, took a two day journey two hours South of Ensenada into Baja Mexico to continue our ministry among the migrant workers from Oaxaca, Mexico. Hundreds of farmers come North from Oaxaca to work the fields during the growing […]
• Playground for India Kids
Build A Playground for Mission School in India The India Web is coordinating the building of a playground with Kids Around the World for India. In 2002 there was a devastating earthquake in northern India. When our missionary Chako Vadavana (C.V.) arrived on the scene to provide humanitarian relief, he discovered that all the schools […]
• U.S. Church Demographics
I ran across this interesting demographic research of the distribution of denominations. This research was produced by the Glenmary Research Center (a Catholic group). The fine print indicates that the County designations are based on the total number of adherents reported by each church body divided by the county population in 2000. Majority counties are […]
• A Fragile Jury System?
On the occasion of my recent Jury Duty experience this week, I observed once again just how fragile our justice system can be. I have been called upon over the years to perform my just and right obligation to serve my community. In the early years with four children and being the only provider of […]
• Confessions of a Stuck Leader
After forty, plus, years in the ministry experience, I must confess I have been “stuck” many times. “Stuck” is a kind of quagmire experience that I can “wallow in” that basically renders me immobile to forward progress. It comes when I am over committed to big events and I try to recover by being too […]
• A Church with Closed Doors?
That’s Right! Whittier Area Community Church closed it’s doors this weekend. The doors are closed because it is Serve Weekend. This is now the third annual Serve Weekend where the whole congregation is encouraged to show love and compassion to others by practical service projects in our communities. The mission of Serve Weekend is to […]
• Moving Forward, & Backing Up
Would you believe it? I am making progress one step at a time? This reminds me of the dance lessons my wife and I had to take so we could dance at the weddings of our children. Progressing around the room with deliberate steps forward and back. In early February, I went to the Apple […]
• Friend in Need, Friend Indeed
I do not always hear the results of my ministry. Then again, out of the blue, I do. Recently, I received this encouraging email from Debby DeBernardy. I remember staying in her home during a ministry tour in Phoenix, AZ. It has been years since we have had any contact, but this […]
• India-Web Update
This week was the first formal meeting of the India Web at Whittier Area Community Church. This initial meeting of “select” friends that have encouraged me in going to India. It was our purpose to define the purpose of this support group and discuss the scope of our monthly involvement, before seeking to enlarge the […]
• Kid Helper Resources, LLC
We have formed a new Resource Company called Kid Helper Resources, LLC. My Board of Directors has authorized me to relinquish my involvement with the daily task of making of our products. I have been struggling with how to do this for some time. This last summer we finally came up with a plan to […]
