Category Archives: Ministry

About my faith and my vocation.

Parenting Tips for the New Year

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Wayne

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 →

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YS Lifetime Achievement Award

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Wayne

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 →

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Taking Your Kids to “Big Church”

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Wayne

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 →

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Mexico Family Mission Trip #2

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Wayne

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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Mexico Family Mission Trip #1

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Wayne

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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The Eighth Deadly Sin

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Wayne

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 →

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Facebook and the Seven Deadly Sins

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Wayne

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 →

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Mary Rice Hopkins @ CABC on April 21

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Wayne

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 →

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Intergenerational Mission Trips @ CABC

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Wayne

One of the great things I get to do at College Avenue Baptist Church is to plan and promote intergenerational short-term mission trips. Here’s a video we showed in church this past week:  

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The Morning Prayer of John R.W. Stott

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Wayne

I recently finished Roger Steer’s biography of the late Anglican pastor and renowned author John R.W. Stott titled Basic Christian. Thank you InterVarsity Press for sending this book to me during the Christmas season. What an amazing, full and exemplary … Continue reading →

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