Author Archives: Wayne Rice

Cruisin’ to Copenhagen

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Wayne Rice

The last few days have been incredible. Saturday and Sunday we visited St. Petersburg, the former capitol of Russia. It’s a fascinating city with a lot of history which I discovered I don’t really know much about. The city is … Continue reading →

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Greetings from Helsinki!

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Wayne Rice

Just got back from a fascinating tour of Helsinki, Finland and some of the surrounding countryside. I’ve learned quite a bit about these Nordic countries that I didn’t know before. I’ve always heard of Finland (like during the Winter Olympics) … Continue reading →

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Cruising on the Baltic!

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Wayne Rice

Marci and I left Harwich, England on Saturday on the cruise ship Constellation and woke up Sunday in Amsterdam, Holland. We did a walking tour of the city under clear blue skies and also a boat right through the many … Continue reading →

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We’re Going On A Cruise!

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Wayne Rice

Tomorrow Marci and I fly to London for a cruise to northern Europe with my sister Mary and her husband Gary. We’ll be visiting places like Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Berlin, St. Petersburg. Just unbelievable. We never thought we’d ever get to … Continue reading →

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Early YFC Memories

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Wayne Rice

My friend Paul Sailhamer unearthed an old photograph that he took at a YFC gathering at Hume Lake in 1962 and sent me a copy last week. I was 17 years old in this photo, a senior in high school … Continue reading →

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Guess who caught the biggest fish?

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Wayne Rice

I finally managed to take a day off from writing yesterday to do a little fishing. My son Corey went with me. Shortly after we left, two of the four tires on my boat trailer went flat and I had … Continue reading →

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Salute to Tic Long

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Wayne Rice

This week is Tic Long’s last at Youth Specialties, the organization I co-founded with my old friend Mike Yaconelli. Mike and I and our friend Denny Rydberg ran YS for the first seven or eight years, and then we made … Continue reading →

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Family Ministries Coach

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Wayne Rice

This month I began a new adventure in ministry as a Family Ministries Coach at College Avenue Baptist Church in San Diego. I’ve never been a FMC before and I don’t really know anyone else who has ever been one … Continue reading →

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Another Good Week in Mexico

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Wayne Rice

I just returned from a week-long (June 7-12) mission trip in Ensenada, Mexico with a group of families from Christ United Methodist Church in Memphis, Tennessee. My good friend Ken Elben is the student ministries pastor there and he invited … Continue reading →

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Singing with Johnny Cash

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Wayne Rice

Here’s a fun sing-a-long that my old band Brush Arbor did with Johnny Cash and his family (Mother Maybelle Carter, June Carter Cash, Anita Carter and his daughters Rosie and Rosanne) on an NBC-TV special in December, 1973. We’re on … Continue reading →

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