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May 14, 2026: Thursday Bible Study on Psalm 54 Blessing and Peace be with you on this warm desert morning. I must admit that it was beautiful at 5AM this morning as I drove Jesse to his work at Handicar. With windows down it was about 75 degrees. I hope that your week is going well, and that your NBA playoff team is still in the running. This week we are studying the 54th Psalm. It holds for us some important messages. Perhaps the most important message is to let God be the

May 12, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 17:1-9 Good morning, dear friends in Christ. I want to remind you that Sunday worship has been very comfortable. Right now, the coolers are very effective and keep the temperature almost too cool in the Sanctuary on Sunday morning. I also am teaching a Sunday school class this week on "Faith and Civic Life, the well-being of All”. We will meet at 9AM and finish by about 9:45AM. You can certainly come and have a cup of coffee and a do

May 11, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 16:25-40 Blessings to you on this beautiful morning. Just so you are aware, my sister-in-law's celebration of life has been set for late May. Melody and I, along with two of our sons, will be headed off to Michigan for a journey that we believe will last about two weeks. We will depart early on Sunday, May 24th, and be back not later than Saturday June 6th in time for Gospel Music Sunday and the "Bring your favorites" carry-in potluck

May 5, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 16:16-24 Blessing and Peace from our Lord Jesus Christ who has guided the Church with His Holy Spirit for nearly 2000 years now. May He guide us all in the days ahead that already seem to be filled with so many things that are moving against our Savior every day. I pray that the joy we know in one another as Christ's children will continue and give His Church greater strength to act with grace and forgiveness, rather than a seeking of

May 4, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 16:11-15 Good morning my dear friends who are studying along with me in the Acts of the Apostles. I hope that you had a good weekend and that your favorite basketball playoff team is still in the running. I've watched a few of the 7th games and they get intense! Please hold Pastor Ron and Becky in your prayers for their travel to Minnesota and home in Eagan. Becky will have some further treatments for a health condition which she has,

April 30, 2026: Thursday Bible Study on Psalm 53 Good morning on this beautiful day. Some of you may have had rain last night, but we live near Kolb and Golf Links, and we only had drops of mud on our cars. I was really encouraged by the clouds and the wind, especially around about 7PM. Please pray for Bubbles who is recovering from teeth removal and jaw surgery in Mexico yesterday. She recovered from distemper, but it created many bone structure issues in her face. Please a

April 28, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 16:6-10 Good morning, dear Bible Study participants. I’m really loving these cool late April mornings. Jesse and I are out at about 5:30AM on his way to work. Now it is even daylight before we leave the house. Please pray for peace in our world. Pray for resolution of the U.S. Iran war, so that so many countries can receive the products that are shipped through the Strait of Hormuz. Pray for the Ukraine and Russia in their war. Bri

April 27, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 16:1-5 Good Sunday Evening, or good morning, whenever you can get to this study. I am writing on Sunday Evening this week to free up some time on Monday. Thanks for understanding. We still have no idea of when we are going to Michigan for our Sister-in-law's celebration of Life, but we are confident that it is coming up late in May, or in early June. I will inform the office, and you when I know the date. Please offer prayers of tha

April 21, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 15:36-41 Good morning! Christ has Risen! He has Risen Indeed! Yes, it is still Easter though it’s easy to let go of the fact that Church Year Calendar places the celebration of Easter as a six week-long event in our lives. I know that Christmas seems to be bigger in terms of its impact on our culture and society, but Christ Birth is celebrated in the Church for 12 days. Yes, I know, we are always celebrating both of these world-cha

April 20, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 15:22-35 For my dear friends in Christ. I am writing this Bible Study on Sunday evening, because we have a complication in our schedules due to the death of our sister-in-law in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Saturday evening. Her passing was not totally unexpected. We do not yet know the date of her Celebration of Life, but both Melody and I are planning on being with our nephew and niece and their families. We have begun making plans t

April 16, 2026: Thursday Bible Study on Psalm 52 Blessings and Peace in the Name, and by the Power, of our Risen Savior. I hope that we can all pray for peace to be established between Lebanon and Israel, and between the Ukraine and Russia, and between our country and Iran. I know that it seems like a lot to ask of God, but with God all things are possible, and since we pray and live with the Holy Spirit in, with, and around us, we must know that we are guided by Christ's Gr

April 14, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 15:13-21 Good morning! What a beautiful crisp morning for driving with the windows down, and enjoying the cool, sunny, and calm air today. Please be reminded that we have our free movie this coming Saturday at 1PM in the Sanctuary. Treats will be provided, or you may bring your own, or some to share. This month we will have a romantic comedy; title posted at church. Please continue to pray for our church and her family as considera

April 13, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 15:6-12 Dear friends in Christ, Good morning and God bless you all. This online study gets shared with folks in Tucson, Colorado, and Hawaii, and there may be a few of which I am unaware. Thank you to all of you for coming back after my post Easter break last week. Easter service at church was wonderful with all the special music, organ soloist, Gospel Group, and Bell Choir. If you were unable to be with us, please be certain to go

March 30, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 14:21-28 Blessings and Peace be with you this morning. Yesterday we had a wonderful time with The Rev. David Pavesic, Director for Evangelical Mission from the Grand Canyon Synod. On Saturday I met with Pastor Pavesic and Bishop Hutterer sharing with them both as much information as any of us know about how the Spirit will guide our choices in this time of change for our congregation. Let me say again that it is not the intention of

March 26, 2026: Thursday Bible Study on Psalm 51 Dear friends in Christ, I am writing tomorrow's Psalm Study a day early. As I approach this weekend there are many obligations for Church, prep for music and rehearsals for Gospel Music on Palm Sunday, a conference meeting for the Kino conference (all our parishes in this part of the state), and a meeting with David Pavesic and Bishop Hutterer on Saturday afternoon to speak with them about American and the difficult time we ar

March 24, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 14:8-18 Blessing and Peace from our Lord and Savior be with you this morning. I am so glad that you are joining me for this study. Today we will learn some legendary history of a city, we will discover Paul's particular gift for speaking to people, and of course, we will see that sharing the Gospel is sometimes very difficult. Today I ask you to pray for the war between Iran, Israel, the United States, and Arab nations who are now

March 23, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 14:1-7 Good Monday morning to you. I needed to spend some time this morning going through my emails that came while I was on vacation. I want to share some thoughts with you on the email letter from the Church Council which came to you this past week. There seems to be some confusion about needing to reserve if you are coming. That is not the case. The meeting is open to everyone. There is no need to make any kind of a reservation.

March 12, 2026: Thursday Bible Study on Psalm 50 May our Lord's Grace and Peace be with you this morning. Our lives are always filled with more than enough to do. As we age, less to do often seems like it is more to do and takes longer to get it done. That is especially true in our home because we have six "adults" who are still taking on learning to do their own laundry, cooking some meals, tidying up their rooms, and helping with other regular duties of having a home to li

March 10, 2026: Tuesday Bible Study on Acts 13:42-52 Good morning after a rainy thundery evening. I am hoping that you are enjoying what appears to be the last truly cool day for quite a long time. Forecasts are for a severe heat wave to catch us here in the desert in about 10 days, with temperatures over 100! I am letting you know in advance that I will be on vacation next week except for Wednesday morning through the Lenten Noon Service. Our younger boys are off from Schoo

March 9, 2026: Monday Bible Study on Acts 13:16-41 Good morning my dear friends in Christ. I want to let you know that we had one of our largest church attendances on a non-festival Sunday this past week. We had guests from Colorado who had been members of American in the past. Our regular guests from Wisconsin, and a new member with his fiancée, and of course, our worship regulars. What a blessing it was for the Gospel on that day. Please keep the following people in your p