http://suffolkpresbyterian.org/blog Our Mission: To be a bridge to Christ through faith and service Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:31:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just read a NYT article about a new trend in white evangelical churches in America. Now, these churches are known for keeping up with pop culture, and this trend is no exception. These churches are promoting mixed martial arts. The premise is that men, ages 18-34, think church is ... http://suffolkpresbyterian.org/blog/2010/02/fighting-for-jesus/ During my lectionary group, we often throw out some pretty wild thoughts and questions to challenge each other. Last week as we began thinking ahead to Lent, we were discussing Jesus' suffering and passion. One person said something along the lines of, "From one point of view, you could say ... http://suffolkpresbyterian.org/blog/2010/01/11/ What a wonderful Sunday! We had two couples join our congregation and both are enthusiastic about sharing their gifts for ministry and mission. We also shared in the joy of a young man's baptism. It was the first over which I'd presided. I'm looking forward to another in the fall! ... http://suffolkpresbyterian.org/blog/2009/06/let-us-rejoice/ It's been great to see all the new things happening here in just the last few months. New baby, new members, new elders and deacons, new energy too. I had thought this summer might be a quiet one, but boy was I wrong! Baptism, maybe a wedding, elder training (not something ... http://suffolkpresbyterian.org/blog/2009/06/new-things/ I'm hoping that we can generate enough interest to get an online study group going for Lent. I'd leave out hard copies of the reading material and folks can post ideas, thoughts, etc., to the forum bulletin board at any time during the week, and once a week at a ... http://suffolkpresbyterian.org/blog/2009/01/looking-towards-lent/ I had a great week last week at Makemie Woods as the week's Bible study leader. I lead 3 sessions a day for all different age groups. I loved the questions that the kids would ask. I learned how their minds work and what they were interested in as far ... http://suffolkpresbyterian.org/blog/2008/08/learning-while-leading/ Back in June we had our annual joint session/deacons retreat. We did some long range planning and one of the things that was on my agenda was Stewardship. We agreed to make 2009 The Year of the Steward. We'll be using the Steward curriculum to guide us, but drawing the ... http://suffolkpresbyterian.org/blog/2008/07/looking-ahead/ Since this is my first blog post here, I wanted to write about our first session of our Faith and Culture study group that met at Starbucks last week. Three people and I were there. We talked about how our personal food choices affect our entire world: What choices we ... http://suffolkpresbyterian.org/blog/2008/06/first-time-out/