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The title of this article should have been Former Democratic Presidents Carter and Clinton call for ‘A New Baptist Covenant’. Here is a prime example of a political party using religion to further their agenda. The key is in the last paragraph.. “Democrats have made winning over “faith voters” a major election strategy.” Religion should [...]

This is the last posting for 2006. On New Year’s Eve, we went to church for worship service that morning and in the evening we went to a friend’s house to welcome the new year. We spend the evening playing sequence and Cranium–the old folks vs the young kids. The old folks [...]

It was a really busy week at work. We have been preparing for our Toys for Tots Kickoff Luncheon and now it’s finally here.
This week, we had a situation that happened where people in my office were misquoted. Those quotes were passed along to the press and, of course, the situation became very [...]

This year the Senior graduation falls on our Anniversary. Needless to say, we will celebrate at another time since this will be a busy weekend. We were at the school until about 4:30pm helping with the decorations. When I left, the gym looked so pretty and ready for the reception. The [...]

This weekend Emmanuel Baptist Church celebrated their 50th Anniversary. The events for the weekend included a Friday evening reception, a Banquet was held on Saturday, and Sunday services. It was a beautiful memorable weekend for all and we are glad that we were able to be a witness of this memorable event. [...]

It’s been almost five months that we have been attending Emmanuel Baptist Church. When we started attending, there was a gentlemen sitting in one of the pew and my girls said to me that it looked like someone from our previous church. I told her, “No way. He moved to Indiana.” [...]

It is the first day of school for me–Orientation Day. I met all the staff and teachers for this upcoming school year. I wasn’t sure exactly where I would be placed. I just made myself available to wherever the Lord leads. Today, I found out that I’ll be working with [...]

This week was VBS week at Emmanuel Baptist (June 27 thru July 1). I’m new to the church, but they have received our family so graciously. I’ve always been an active participant in VBS and I just couldn’t sit this one down. After being in church a few weeks, I was asked [...]

Well, we said our goodbyes to our Youth at Dale City Baptist Church on Wednesday after 10 years of service. It was a sad night for us. The Lord had been working on our hearts about making this move two years ago and we just felt that it was our time. Sunday, [...]

Well we talked to our pastor last night, and we told him that we were leaving, he was not surprised.
We were very active in Dale City Baptist Church’s youth and children ministry. That is the part of the church we are going to miss. There are some great youth in that church, youth that [...]

We have been struggling to make a decision regarding whether to leave Dale City Baptist Church or not. Well, what happened this past Sunday helped make up our mind.
We have been without a youth pastor since he left last December. At that time, we were assured that the church was behind the youth of [...]

I was talking to a ministry friend of mine this past week, about my concerns with the church I attend. The direction, and in some cases lack of direction, the church is going in. He has known that we have not been happy at this church for some time.
He posed a question to me [...]

Over the past few of weeks I have been cornered by different people. Most of them offering their opinions on what they think of me. Most of those opinions negative.
Yes I have “issues”, but the one thing that really bugs me is that none of these people have an educated idea of what is [...]