In my searching through the archives, I found a printed church invitation. It has Glen Rinard’s picture on it as the pastor, so I’m guessing, given the time he was pastor at NFC, that this is somewhere around 1959. Here’s part of what it said:
Our purposes…
To present the good news of Christ in such a [...]

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Today we finished our race through the Old Testament, the preparation for diving into the book of Micah in two weeks. We looked at one of Judah’s worst kings, Ahaz, from 2 Kings 16. Here’s what I shared.
I’m tired tonight, and looking forward to having the day off tomorrow. I’d be interested in your feedback [...]

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A word cloud picture of my blog on May 27, 2006. Get your own here.

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Any organization has the task of defining what it is about, its mission, its goals, its reason for existence. Part of what I’m doing as I’m reading through old minutes and history stuff is collecting the actual words that Newberg Friends has used over its 128 years to define itself.
On May 2, 1885, Newberg Friends [...]

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I know I’m out of shape…now I know just how much I’m out of shape.
Jogged with my daughter yesterday. From our house to the college track. things went ok, other than this interchange: “Does this feel slow to you, Talli?” “Well, yeah, we usually warm up faster than this.”
Rested up. Decided to try one 400 [...]

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I started this post as a brief sampler, and it “grew in the telling,” as Tolkien said about writing the Lord of the Rings. Maybe your comments will help me see which are the most interesting to you, and therefore the ones I will want to make time to write more about.

I continue to meet [...]

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Last Sunday at NFC, we continued our race through the Old Testament, trying to get enough grasp on history so that we can better understand the book of Micah. I chose Solomon’s prayer of dedication of the temple as the text, a chance to look at the wonderful way Solomon captured the whole world being [...]

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Last Friday night, my wife was murdered by my pregnant lover. I was DEVASTATED. That’s all I could say.
Of course, when the truth all came out, I was just using Bitsy. She was after my trust fund, but little did SHE know that my grandfather had put a clause in his will to give me [...]

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Apple has a new beautimous offering, as of two days ago.
And Bob Hyatt from Evergreen Life is, like, two or three steps ahead of the rest of us. So go help him buy a MacBook. I already contributed. It’s a brilliant scheme, and no pyramid is involved.
I hate Bob.

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I’m really not sure the best way to go about describing what happened today. So I’ll start with the easy part.
During first and third service, this is what I shared. It was a battle to prepare this one, for several different reasons. Someday it would be good to blog more about preaching as worship and [...]

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