by Jim Welch | Nov 17, 2021 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
From the Archives: April 12, 2015 As I type, I’ll be sitting on the tarmac in 24 hours. This journey has been long anticipated, and it is the culmination of 30 years of missionary work in Papua New Guinea. I travel this week as your representatives to witness the...
by Jim Welch | Nov 15, 2021 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
Christie and I are up in Tacoma this weekend. We needed a “Lindsey and Noah fix” and decided to head north before plunging completely into the holiday season. It’s a season for which I am excited. Celebrating Jesus as a church family is so very special. I’m praying we...
by Jim Welch | Nov 10, 2021 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
Graduation Week 2009 From the Archives: June 7, 2009 The week ahead will be filled with a panoply of emotions. A sense of freedom will collide with a sense of loss. Nostalgia for days gone by will come face to face with apprehension about the future. Moms will cry....
by Jim Welch | Nov 8, 2021 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
Ken Garland Retires A milestone passed last Sunday morning, with barely a mention. Yes, it was Reformation Sunday, but that’s not what I’m thinking about. Last Sunday morning, Ken Garland taught his last official Sunday School class here at Peninsula. Well, I’m sure...
by Jim Welch | Nov 5, 2021 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
Resurrection Sunday From the Archives: March 27, 2005 If God is for us, who can ever be against us? Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? Romans 8:31b-32 (NLT) I cannot be classified in any sense as...
by Jim Welch | Nov 4, 2021 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
Our True Source of Power From the Archives: February 16, 2003 So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty. Zechariah 4:6 Last Sunday morning life was a little, well…bizarre! At...
