Archive for September, 2008
Desires in a Preacer…
In a recent prayer meeting one of our elders had us go through and look at the books of 1 and 2 Timothy and see the instructions that Paul is giving to Timothy as a young preacher. As we are currently searching for a new preacher there was great insight into what we should be [...]
22Sep2008 | David Mehrle | 0 comments | Continued
Good Sunday!
What a great day! After last weekend almost anything would be a better Sunday. However, this weekend went really well. The band sounded good and led everyone really well in worship. The students were very attentative to what was happening and participated in worship. Nikomas wrapped up the last week of “Schooled*” series. His teaching [...]
22Sep2008 | David Mehrle | 0 comments | Continued
Bad Sunday…
This past Sunday Hurricane Ike came through St. Louis and dropped a ton of water on us. We had rooms leaking; windows that were sealed leaking water onto our secretary’s desk. Overall it was nasty outside and inside. However, that was not what made for a bad Sunday. Check out what happened in our service [...]
15Sep2008 | David Mehrle | 0 comments | Continued
How do you Program?
I absolutely love to sit with a group of people and talk about an upcoming message and brainstorm with them how we can help the message penetrate the hearts and minds of our students. It is almost as if I get a rush listening to the ideas and thoughts that are being put on [...]
9Sep2008 | David Mehrle | 0 comments | Continued
Calling Blitz
Over the last several weeks we have been planning for our fall programming and really gearing up to communicate what exciting things are going to be happening in our ministry this fall. We knew that momentum would be down unless we did something to create a buzz, as we have recently lost our senior minister [...]
2Sep2008 | David Mehrle | 0 comments | Continued
Could not agree more! Many adults don't want to take on responsibility unless they are forced too, why would we ...
True 'dat! I've heard that one of the main possible reasons that adolescence is being extended into the late 20s ...
Hey David, glad to see the Men's Breakfast on the church website. However, I don't know those two scruffy dudes ...
Did you have any particular theme in mind or is that still something you are trying to decide? 
Good point; fb is not responsible for divorce. It is important to set limits in the use of fb, however; ...
yes there has to be some accountability. But just like anything else, people want to find someone else to blame