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Hello from the Gulf Coast!

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I am in Lakeshore, Mississippi, with a team of volunteers from Clifton Park, NY, to help victims of Hurricane Katrina rebuild their homes — and their lives. With me are my kids, Andrew, Kathryn & Matthew, as well as Brian MacArevey, Matt & Ben Hopkins, Anthony Romano, Walter & Seth Dick, and three friends from another NY church (John Sireci and sons Isaac and Luke).We drove here in my large Ford van, logging 833 miles on Saturday (over 15 hours), before an overnight in Gastonia, NC (with the Tyrees). After breakfast and worship on Sunday we added another 700 miles (12+ hours) before arriving here around 9:30 PM CST. We thank all who prayed, and our gracious Lord, for a safe journey across so many miles. Continue reading →

Meet Nathanael

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Can you name all 12 of the original Apostles of Jesus? 
(cover the list below and try it!!)  I thought I had the 12 names firmly in hand during our recent adult Sunday School class in Luke.  As the class called out the names and I wrote them on the board, the list began with the better known disciples (Peter, James & John).  Then someone said “Thaddaeus” (which I was ready for) and then another said “Nathanael,” at which my firm grip started to unravel!  You see, the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew 10, Mark 3 and Luke 6) generally ‘see things together’ and give basically the same list for the Twelve, starting with the two pairs of brothers: 

  1. Peter
  2. Andrew
  3. James
  4. John
  5. Philip 
  6. Matthew (also called Levi)
  7. Thomas
  8. Bartholomew
  9. James son of Alphaeus
  10. Thaddaeus (Lebbaeus, or Judas son of James)
  11. Simon the Zealot
  12. Judas Isacriot (always listed last).  

Even Acts 1 gives basically the same list.  But on this Sunday,  Continue reading →