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Category Archives: Ministry
Fifty Years Ago This Month
With so many graduations going on this month, it occurred to me recently that I graduated from high school FIFTY years ago. Yep, a half-century ago, I marched with the Camarillo High School class of ’63. More significantly, it also … Continue reading
Posted in College Avenue Baptist Church, Ministry, Personal
Tagged Don Goehner, Ministry, Pastor to Generations, YFC, youth ministry
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CABC@PineValley Was a Hit!
Our church (College Avenue Baptist Church) recently held it’s first-ever intergenerational, all-church retreat at Pine Valley Christian Camp, about 30 minutes out of San Diego. It turned out to be the coldest weekend San Diego county has had in quite … Continue reading
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Tagged College Avenue Baptist Church, Community-Building, intergenerational, Pine Valley
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Parenting Tips for the New Year
Actually, I wrote these tips about twenty years ago but they were recently reprinted in HomeWord’s January 2013 Parent Newsletter. Here they are for a whole new generation of parents: Parenting adolescents can be a scary prospect, as kids get older … Continue reading
YS Lifetime Achievement Award
After being assured that receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award doesn’t necessarily mean your lifetime is over, I was pleased to accept a LAW from Youth Specialties at their recent San Diego National Youth Workers Convention. From what I hear, this … Continue reading
Posted in Bluegrass, Ministry, Personal
Tagged banjo, Bluegrass, Brush Arbor, Ministry, YFC, youth ministry, Youth Specialties
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Taking Your Kids to “Big Church”
Every 5th Sunday at College Avenue Baptist, we cancel all of our childrens programming during the morning worship hour so that families can worship together all in the same place. Our services are intergenerational in the sense that our youth … Continue reading
Mexico Family Mission Trip #2
Just returned from our second mission trip to Mexico this summer and it was a very special one. I have to admit, I wasn’t sure about this trip because most of our July team were newbies and we didn’t have … Continue reading
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Tagged College Avenue Baptist Church, Ensenada, Mission Trips, YUGO
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Mexico Family Mission Trip #1
I just got back from a week in Mexico with a group of families from my church, the first of two trips that we are doing this summer. Thirty-three moms, dads and their kids spent July 17-20 at YUGO’s Ensenada … Continue reading
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Tagged College Avenue Baptist Church, Ensenada, Mexico, Ministry, Mission Trips, YUGO
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The Eighth Deadly Sin
Pastor Carlton Harris (College Avenue Baptist Church) just completed a powerful series of sermons on the Seven Deadly Sins. One of my takeaways from the series was that the Seven Deadly Sins are particularly troublesome for Christians, for those who … Continue reading
Posted in Ministry, Personal
Tagged Busyness, Carlton Harris, College Avenue Baptist Church, Jim Burns, Ministry, Sin
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Facebook and the Seven Deadly Sins
Once a month, I write a short article for “CABC Parents,” an e-newsletter for parents at College Avenue Baptist Church. Here’s the latest: The Danish philosopher and theologian Soren Kierkegaard wrote a story about a group of very clever burglars … Continue reading
Mary Rice Hopkins @ CABC on April 21
I’m very excited that my sister Mary (along with her puppet partner Darcie Maze) is coming to San Diego to do a concert at the church where I now serve as Pastor to Generations, College Avenue Baptist Church. The concert … Continue reading
Posted in College Avenue Baptist Church, Family, Ministry
Tagged CAPS, College Avenue Baptist Church, Mary Rice Hopkins
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