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God Still Knows How to Make Lemonade

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Wayne Rice

The metaphor about “making lemonade out of lemons” is a common way of saying that there are times when you need to make something good out of something that’s not-so-good. That’s more or less how I am feeling about this … Continue reading →

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Post-Conference Recovery

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Wayne Rice

It has been one week today since we put a wrap on this year’s Legacy Grandparenting Summit conferencei in Fullerton, which went very well. By all accounts, this was the best conference of the three that we (The Legacy Coalition) … Continue reading →

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The 2019 Legacy Grandparenting Summit – Getting Close!

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Wayne Rice

For the past four years, I have been working as a volunteer with the Legacy Coalition as their Director of Conferencing, which means that I have been the chief planner of the organization’s national conference on grandparenting, The Legacy Grandparenting … Continue reading →

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The Big Bang of Youth Specialties

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Wayne Rice

It was the summer of 1968 when Mike Yaconelli and I resigned from our jobs with San Diego Youth For Christ and became youth directors at two local churches. I won’t go into the reasons we left YFC, but we … Continue reading →

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MexiGO 2017

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Wayne Rice

So, when you only post one blog per year, I guess you have no right to call yourself a blogger. It’s not that I don’t have anything to write about. I do … but I just don’t have the time, … Continue reading →

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Another Great Week in Mexico

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Wayne Rice

Last week I led a group from College Avenue Baptist Church to Ensenada, B.C. Mexico to build a house for a family living in poverty and to conduct a VBS (Vacation Bible School) program for neighborhood children. There were 36 … Continue reading →

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Legacy Grandparenting Summit

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Wayne Rice

I’ve been working pretty much full-time with the Legacy Coalition for the past six months or so planning and now promoting the first-ever national grandparenting conference. The word is getting out and we think it’s going to be awesome. Click … Continue reading →

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The Legacy Coalition

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Wayne Rice

When I resigned my position as Pastor to Generations at College Avenue Baptist Church last year, I had to keep telling myself (and everybody else as well) that I was NOT retiring. I was simply taking time off from ministry … Continue reading →

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On the Renovation (or Not!) of Old Hymns

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Wayne Rice

A few years ago College Avenue Baptist Church did the unthinkable by pulling the plug on its two Sunday morning worship services. These services, one held in the gymnasium, the other held in the sanctuary, divided the congregation according to … Continue reading →

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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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