Category Archives: Ministry

About my faith and my vocation.

Lost and Found Keys in Mexico

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Wayne Rice

I just returned from another incredible week of ministry in Mexico. For the past six years, I’ve led a family (intergenerational) mission trip designed to give families and individuals an immersion experience in serving the poor and living in community … Continue reading →

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MexiGO! 2015

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Wayne Rice

One of the things that I continue to do at College Avenue Baptist Church is to organize and lead a family mission trip to Mexico. Here is a video that describes the trip. Thanks to my buddy Ed Watts for … Continue reading →

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Not Just a Desk

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Wayne Rice

I sold my desk this week for $75. I put it on Craigslist, first for $300, then for $200, then for $100. Somebody offered me $50 and we settled on $75. I even delivered the desk across town in my … Continue reading →

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On Not Using “R” Word

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Wayne Rice

“So how do you like being retired?” Having resigned my staff position at College Avenue Baptist Church last month, that’s the question I keep hearing from well-meaning folks who assume I’ve stopped working and have all kinds of free time … Continue reading →

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Speed Mentoring

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Wayne Rice

This past weekend, our church held its third annual all-church retreat at a conference center in the mountains near San Diego. CABC@PineValley, as the retreat is known, is designed to bring all ages of the church together for a weekend … Continue reading →

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Where is Your Keilah?

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Wayne Rice

A few months ago I attended a conference for aging baby-boomers called “Recalculate.” I had a chance to reconnect with some good friends from my YFC and Forest Home days, Bob and Carol Kraning, their son Kent and his wife … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Party for All Ages

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Wayne Rice

Over the past several years, my wife and I have been invited to attend many of the Christmas parties hosted each year by various groups at College Avenue Baptist Church. Word got around that I was good for some cheap … Continue reading →

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Sequoia Farming

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Wayne Rice

A little over five years ago I accepted a staff position at College Avenue Baptist Church in San Diego with the title Pastor to Generations. I was not a member of CABC at the time, but I knew of it. … Continue reading →

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Cross-Generational Ministry

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Wayne Rice

Last month our senior pastor Carlton Harris preached a vision-casting sermon based on Ephesians 2:14-22. This passage stresses how Christ created a new humanity out of two cultures (the Jews and the Gentiles) that were previously incompatible with each other. … Continue reading →

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Annoying Expectations

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Wayne Rice

Our pastor is fond of saying that Sunday morning begins Saturday night. I learned that same idea as a child growing up in a home where we always took Saturday night baths, shined our shoes, pressed our shirts and generally … Continue reading →

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