by Jim Welch | Jul 10, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
I usually wait for someone to pass until I write a Back Page about them, but I thought I’d modify tradition. Word came to me last Sunday that Nancy Wilson has terminal pancreatic cancer. Time is no longer measured in years but months if that. I have known Nancy ever...
by Jim Welch | Jul 3, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
Tomorrow, we celebrate the 246th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence; it’s the birthday of our nation. It is a red-letter day in the history of humanity if there is such a thing. This weekend we should celebrate our nation’s birth with great...
by Jim Welch | Jun 26, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
Back in the days when my children were small, I was a youth pastor in Rancho Mirage. Summer meant heat. Lots of it. Enough for a lifetime in one summer. And as the chief planner for all things youth, it was high on my priority list to take the students out of the...
by Jim Welch | Jun 20, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
It is Father’s Day. Our annual day to honor and remember dear old dad. They can be the unsung hero in our lives. This week I was thinking of another unsung hero in the Old Testament, which reminds me of a lot of the dads we remember this morning. Just very practical....
by Jim Welch | Jun 13, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
Last Sunday was a red-letter day in the history (recent) of Peninsula. Our softball team was crowned as champions of the FCA softball league. And, from what I observed, we did it with the oldest average age of players in the league. Dick McLennan and Peter Bond did...
by Jim Welch | Jun 6, 2022 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
I have neglected to write about something…er, someone, who has recently arrived into the presence of Jesus. I have hesitated to write about him, because the vast majority of those who make up Peninsula these days never met Don. You never met his hat-wearing, colorful...
