Category: worship & messages

Last Sunday, we focused on who we are at Newberg Friends, by looking at who we have been. Lots of pictures and video describing how God moved William Hobson and John Henry Douglas 128 years ago to begin a new work of Friends in the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Just WAIT until I have time to write about 2nd service today. Crazy stuff!

I realized I didn’t share about last Sunday’s gathered worship, which was really good. I’ll just point you to AJ’s description of it. AJ seems to like it when I shut up! 😉

I’m overdue on sharing what’s been going on in worship as we’ve gathered at Newberg Friends. Two Sundays ago, we came to the first (of two!) endings in the book of John. I was very drawn to the word, “life”. “These (the things Jesus did) …

Good Easter worship today! Here’s what I shared from John 20…WARNING: scary 20 year old pictures enclosed! 🙂

I’ve been thinking about yesterday’s meetings for worship most of the day, and I’m still not sure I am clear about what it was all about. The first two services, we had good sharing in open worship, and I shared this message from John 18 …

My flood of blogging has truly been great, hasn’t it? Here’s what I shared last week from John 15. Maybe tomorrow, my day off, will be a blog day. But no promises, given my recent track record! 🙂