by Jim Welch | Aug 21, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
With only days left until my departure for Africa, life gets full. It’s time to do all the stuff that I’ve put off doing. And then there is the normal flow of the week. I can sleep on the plane. This morning, I want to give a huge shout-out to the staff who really...
by Jim Welch | Aug 14, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
All you want to know is … how was the fishing? All I want to talk about is … can you believe what God is doing around here? When asked about fishing, I hesitate. I go back to the purpose of fishing (especially when things don’t go so well, right?). And in...
by Jim Welch | Aug 7, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
Lord willing, I am relaxing in Mammoth this morning. We will return to SoCal and probably leave a lot of fish still swimming in the lakes and streams. This morning I am offering a Back Page from the archives. It was written for June 8, 2008. The Pek family is still in...
by Jim Welch | Jul 31, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
I haven’t been so happy to experience the arrival of a delivery truck in a long time. A couple of weeks ago, the ice cream started getting soft in the freezer in the kitchen. Really? Pretty soon, the refrigerator itself began to show signs of global warming. We used...
by Jim Welch | Jul 24, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
This week I reshuffled the routine of the staff week, so I could head out to the desert on Wednesday to visit Team Tesoro in Thermal. I kidnapped Danny (my son) to join me on the grueling excursion to the desert and back. As we made our way past all those obtrusive...
by Jim Welch | Jul 18, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
It has been a gnarly week around here. The beach-themed VBS was amazing. Led by Pastor Andrew, the team has worked very hard to ride the wave. The beach theme got me reminiscing about my love of the beach. Growing up my family would camp down in Carlsbad for two weeks...
