There are no words to describe what it felt like to receive the tragic news of the passing of Mary Katherine Abernathy.  It is tough to deal with the death of any young person and Mary Katherine is no different.  Her vibrant personality made her fun to be around and will be deeply missed.  I’m [...]

Hopefully you’ll find this post to be as humorous and stereotypical as I did about what’s going on in the minds of our teenagers.  Last Wednesday wrapped up a discussion series we were doing at Bethel.  I asked the students to write down what they would like to discuss over the next 3 weeks we’re [...]

Yesterday our church honored our high school graduates during and after our morning worship.  It was a great day to celebrate with our graduates and their families while providing an opportunity for a connection to be made between our church and the young people in it.  Here’s how it worked:
Every quarter, the church holds a [...]

I’m writing today excited because of a discovery made in Scripture today by a middle school girl, which was an awesome teachable moment for the entire Bible study group!  Let me preface this discovery by saying this-
I ordered a copy of Dr. Allen Jackson’s new book “Teach” a little over a month ago to try [...]

Today I had the opportunity to spend about 15 minutes with the 2 classes of 3 year olds at Bethel Christian Preschool, the preschool run out of my church. The purpose of this time is to let the kids get to know me better since I’m the youth & children’s pastor at the church, [...]

I’m really excited for Chris and Elissa this coming Sunday!!  Both of these young people are going to be baptized!!!  It’s an exciting time because I get to see their faith growing and get to see them following in obedience to Christ by being baptized.  I can’t wait to see what these two do with [...]

We often hear that the Spirit of God is powerful.  But sometimes we don’t allow ourselves to see it in awesome ways.  I was privileged enough to see the Spirit of God in full power last week and I need to put this story out there for anyone who reads this blog.  If you doubt [...]

Well, you can see again that it’s been a while since my last post.  I’ve been extremely busy with a lot of different stuff going on.
I started coaching JV baseball at a local high school. It’s a solid 2 months with 13 young guys.
A new worship time is starting at Bethel, which I’ve been a [...]

I can’t even start to write what I’m thinking right now about the recent pastor’s appreciation celebration at my church, Bethel.  The outpouring of love and support was unreal!  I’ve never seen a church celebrate their pastors like this before.  My Dad has been a pastor my whole life, my grandfather, and other friends, and [...]