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    This is part of a series of posts aimed at supporting and encouraging the volunteers of Lafayette Community Church.

    Sunday Review

    Our past two Sunday gatherings have been truly refreshing to me. For one thing, Jake Steffes has been selecting our music, and he has done a great job of not only picking songs that resonate with the theme but also ordering them in a way that encourages us on Sundays to release ourselves into God’s presence. His work has taken a load off of my mind and has given our band more time to prepare! » Click here to read the rest. «

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    This is part of a series of posts aimed at supporting and encouraging the volunteers of Lafayette Community Church.

    Sunday Review

    What an incredible Sunday we experienced last week! Not only did we get the weekend started right with our Volunteer Refresh event on Saturday evening, but the whole weekend we were blessed to have Brian Fraaza and his band with us.

    It was also a great blessing to have Greg Shackleford, a great friend of mine and a founding member of this church, joining us this weekend as a part of Brian’s band. I also want to recognize Kelsey and Ben who drove down from Kalamazoo with Brian and Greg to bless us with their musical talents. » Click here to read the rest. «

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    This is part of a series of posts aimed at supporting and encouraging the volunteers of Lafayette Community Church.

    Sunday Review

    Music

    What made the music for this past Sunday extra special and extra refreshing for me was that Jake Steffes took the lead on planning the setlist and coordinating the band practice. I still say it is a joy to work with Jake, and I know all the rest of the band appreciates him as much as I do. Thanks Jake!

    Message

    This Sunday brought the second message in my series on conflict resolution called “f.i.g.h.t.” and there were aspects of it that were really personal for me. » Click here to read the rest. «

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    This is part of a series of posts aimed at supporting and encouraging the volunteers of Lafayette Community Church.

    Sunday Review

    Message

    On Sunday, I started a brand new series of messages I’m calling “f.i.g.h.t” to cover the five skills you need to handle any kind of conflict that may come your way.

    This is a really personal issue for me. I remember as a child seeing all the conflict that arose in my home church. There were debates over whether the leaders of the church should be called Deacons, Elders, or Overseers. There were debates on whether the missionaries should get more money or the school. There were debates over whether the pastor really deserved as much money as they gave him. » Click here to read the rest. «

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    This is part of a series of posts aimed at supporting and encouraging the volunteers of Lafayette Community Church.

    Sunday Review

    Before I report on this last Sunday, I need to apologize for not putting out a report for the previous week. I have no excuse other than I let myself get too busy with other things.

    This past Sunday, we were blessed with Andrew Johnson’s return to the stage as our worship leader. Even though I enjoy leading worship music, I was grateful to have him on stage because this past Sunday was PACKED with some really great stuff. » Click here to read the rest. «

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    During my message yesterday at Lafayette Community Church, I made reference to a couple psychological researchers who made presentations at the TED conference regarding happiness and freedom and choice.

    The two researchers are Dan Gilbert and Barry Schwartz. Linked here are the videos where they explain the results of their research:

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