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February 21, 2025

Greetings from the gulf of america

“Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.” (Psa 51:12, KJV)

Hey Jeep Church family and friends...its been a MINUTE!  Lots going on in preparation for the MOST AMAZING JEEP CHURCH YET!  We will have a presence in the vendor marketplace during the entirety of the Silver Lake Sand Dunes Jeep Invasion this year.  Our new, custom printed JEEP CHURCH pop up canopy has been ordered and will ship soon.  A commemorative wristband for JEEP CHURCH 2025 was just received today - can't wait for y'all to see it!!!!  I have been praying and preparing the message for JEEP CHURCH and am excited to share with you what God has laid upon my heart.  In a day where many items that we purchase are "throw-away items", I am glad that our gracious God does NOT do that.  Our God is in the business of RESTORATION!!!!  People need their FAITH restored, their HOPE restored and their FUTURE restored.  Make plans to join us on Sunday, June 1, 2025 for an amazing time of BREAKFAST, BLUEGRASS and BIBLE.  We look forward to seeing you!

May 20, 2024

greetings from the u.p.

We can't wait to see you all in 13 days!   My family and are working our way south to the "sandbox" for the 8th Silver Lake Jeep invasion and our 3rd JEEP CHURCH.   As we have traveled in the Upper Peninsula for the last few days, we stand amazed at the beauty and splendor that our God has created for us to behold.   We are indeed blessed to live in the Great Lakes region.  Just a few days ago, we were able to visit the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point.  We also journeyed to the very remote Crisp Point Lighthouse along the southern shores of Lake Superior.  Our God blessed us with an amazing day of good weather, calm winds and no black flies!  

As I viewed the Lighthouse on that remote shore, I thought of the mariners whose lives were spared because a LIGHT was shining in a dangerous and lonely place.   I was reminded of the importance of being a LIGHT for the lost.  Jesus said,  "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid." Mat 5:14 (KJV)  

April 17, 2024

THE WAIT WILL BE WORTH IT!

2 Corinthians 5:1-2 (KJV) For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. [2] For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

Often, we face times when we have to wait.  Someone once said, "There are 3 things that I hate and all 3 are WAITING!"  Waiting seems to be a part of this life.  We wait from the close of the Dunes on October 31 until "opening day" on April 1.  During that time of waiting, the dunes are undergoing a transformation.  The wind and the weather make changes to the appearance and surface of the dunes.  

It has been my experience that waiting brings about changes in me as well.  The wait to acquire our drivers license brought about a change in our maturity and a honing of our ability.  

The waiting for the results of a test, bring about introspection and often a resolve to take more time in preparation or take better care of ones own health.  

You may be in a season of waiting presently.  I am waiting with great expectancy on Jeep Church 2024!  The prayer, planning, purchases and pondering, will all be worth it when Jeep Church begins.  Last year we had the blessing of seeing over a dozen people come to faith in Christ!  

We all await the day when this troublesome flesh will be exchanged for a NEW BODY, a NEW HOME and eternity in the presence of our Saviour.  May I just say, THE WAIT WILL BE WORTH IT!  

April 23, 2024

The power of the gospel

Rom 1:16 (KJV) For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Paul was a BOLD preacher of the Gospel.  His boldness came from the fact that the GOSPEL had CHANGED HIS LIFE.  Once a persecutor of Christians, be became the PROCLAIMER of the GOSPEL of CHRIST.  He knew the power the Gospel has to transform a SINNER into a SAINT.  The doubter and the skeptic may deny the existence of God.  They may deny that the BIBLE is the Word of God.  But the one thing that they cannot deny is the power of a changed life.  

I too, know the power of the Gospel to change a life.  The Gospel has the power to take that which is dead (Eph 2:1 (KJV) And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;) and bring it to life "quicken".  In just a few weeks, we will gather in our "sandbox" and enjoy the beautiful terrain that God has created.  While ONE grain of sand, is hardly noticeable, a congregation of them arrests and demands attention.  It is my prayer that those of us who know the power of the Gospel will "congregate" and make a difference in the lives of those who our lives touch.  

See you on the SAND!