Friday, November 16, 2007

Dear Resurrection Family,

There's a lot of activity around the church today. Three of the big events I'm aware of include the Symphony and our Choir performing Handel's Messiah (tickets are still available - call the symphony at...

Friday, November 02, 2007

Dear Resurrection Family,

I'm writing this email late Thursday night from a hotel room in Fort Worth. I am preparing to speak to a conference sponsored by the United Methodist Church's General Board of Church and Society. The...

Friday, October 26, 2007

Dear Resurrection Family,

I've just finished preparing the sermon notes for this weekend - I am really looking forward to this message on Cultivating Contentment and Simplicity. I feel it is one most of us, myself included, need...

Friday, October 19, 2007

Dear Resurrection Family,

What a beautiful day! I hope this email finds you doing well.

I'll begin with a thought and verse for the day. I've been reading the Psalms the last few months - one each morning to begin the day. A...

Friday, October 12, 2007

Dear Resurrection Family

Just a quick note today - I'm heading into a marathon of meetings but I wanted to give you a quick update on some exciting things that are happening and to invite five of you to help me with a special...

Thursday, October 04, 2007

Dear Resurrection Family,

Below is an important announcement about this weekend in worship - I want you to know what's happening in our services. But first, a word about what's happening today at the church ...

Today we begin...

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Dear Resurrection Family,

I was blessed this last weekend, as I know you were, to hear Jeff Kirby's sermon on the Holy Spirit. I was present for the 9:00 am service and had the blessing of sitting with my wife in worship and...

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Dear Resurrection Family,

I am sending this email from New York City where Danielle and I are looking at graduate schools and spending a few days together. I wanted to make sure you knew of a few things coming up for tomorrow...

Friday, September 14, 2007

Dear Resurrection Family,

I just finished assisting pastor Prudy in the memorial service for Rod Cooper. Rod was 53 and a remarkable man. He had been fighting a battle with cancer. Mary, his wife, told me that their last "date"...

Friday, September 07, 2007

Dear Resurrection Family,

I hope you are doing well. LaVon and I have just finished speaking to Building Better Moms on parenting and marriage, sharing our experiences over the last twenty-five years. It is always a...

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Dear Resurrection Family,

Just a quick note as we prepare for a great Labor Day Weekend here at Resurrection!  Here’s what I’ll cover in today’s e-mail:

1.  Tonight:  Important Church Conference...

Friday, August 24, 2007

Dear Resurrection Family,

This has been a difficult week for a number of families in our church. Our pastors will have officiated at eight different funerals for members of our church and family of members. This includes the...

Friday, August 17, 2007

Dear Resurrection Family,

I just came from the Sanctuary where I was looking at the set-up for the launch of this weekend's worship/sermon series, "The Voyage." You don't want to miss this weekend - really! I am very excited...

Friday, August 10, 2007

Dear Resurrection Family,

I'm writing this e-mail from our Sanctuary where I and 375 Resurrection members and staff are joined by 400 pastors and leaders from other churches at the Willow Creek Leadership Summit. We've heard...

Friday, August 03, 2007

Dear Resurrection Family,

Yesterday we began hosting the School of Congregational Development - an annual leadership training program conducted by the United Methodist Church's General Board of Global Ministries and General...

Friday, July 27, 2007

Dear Resurrection Family,

LaVon and I have spent this week on vacation in Alaska along with 172 people from Resurrection and their friends who joined us for a week of marriage enrichment, fellowship and sightseeing.  ...

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Dear Resurrection Family,

I'm on my way to Seattle as I send this e-mail. But I couldn't leave town without sending you this e-mail with a couple of very exciting things to share with you.

1. You Bought a Firetruck! 2. This...

Friday, July 13, 2007

Dear Resurrection Family,

This week the Vatican released a document that has been quoted in articles on the front page of newspapers around the world. ABC News cited it in an article entitled, “Pope: Other...

Friday, July 06, 2007

Dear Resurrection Family,

I hope this e-mail finds you doing well! I'm looking forward to being back in the pulpit this weekend - I'll tell you about the sermon below - I have really been inspired and challenged as I've studied...

Friday, June 29, 2007

Dear Resurrection Family,

As I send this e-mail our worship team is on the way to Orange County, California where we're spending the next three days on our annual planning retreat. This once a year trip is designed to accomplish...