Category Archives: Ministry

New Sermon Series: Hope (Romans 5:1-11)

We start a new series this Sunday called Hope, which is based on a verse-by-verse walk through of a very hope-filled passage in Romans (5:1-11).  Each week brings another installment of a sentence fragment which locks together to make a powerful statement of our … Continue reading

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Spring Belongs to Easter

Yesterday, amid sunny skies and 57 degrees, Zac asked if we could set up the little blue pool in our backyard.  I seriously considered it for about it for a minute but decided it would be a lot of water … Continue reading

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The Full Extent of His Love

Jesus does innumerable different things to show his love for us.  If you had to narrow it down, what would you say is the best display of the full extent of his love?  In other words, what one event in the … Continue reading

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Sunday Text Followups

These are most of the text messages I didn’t get around to on Sunday, February 21st at pfmchurch. Title and author of book again please…. Celebration of Discipline by Richard J. Foster.  I read a portion of p.111 (in my edition) called The … Continue reading

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Praying for Kalamazoo

My normal morning prayer time was hijacked by the tragic news of mass murder in Kalamazoo.  All we know right now is that a person drove from place to place and shot people, seemingly at random.  Besides those critically injured, 7 … Continue reading

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We’re All On the Worship Team

The parking lot team has a job, and it’s to show you where to park your car and help you find your way inside for worship.  The coffee team gets there early and brews a holy brew for people to wake up … Continue reading

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2015/2016

New Years Eve has a Christmas Eve vibe to it because we get to wake up tomorrow to something yet unknown, like some kind of fresh start, a clean slate, a brand new shared experience. Sure, we could set goals … Continue reading

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Changes at PFM (Third Service)

This Sunday, December 20, 2015, PFM will hold its final Third Service.  We’re stepping forward into a new Sunday morning format starting January 3, 2016, with two essentially identical worship services at 9am and 11am.  I’ll be taking on the … Continue reading

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Fall Back (to Church) Sunday

I officially declare (as far as my meager role will allow) the following: **November 1, 2015 is National Fall Back (to Church) Sunday!** Here’s what happens: We get connected. We get enriched. We get spiritually formed. Then we get… busy. … Continue reading

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#Whole: 1st Century Content / 21st Century Media

I had my own radio station when I was a kid.  My broadcast equipment included a microphone, mixer, and a tape deck from Radio Shack.  I even used my initials as call letters: WRAD.  By age 10, I sent a cassette several states away to … Continue reading

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