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Aug 02 2010

Baptism, San Francisco Ministry Plant, Update

Another College Student Baptism at Lake Merced – Monica

Airiel and I have enjoyed getting to know Monica over the past few months.

She and I have had some great studies, and yesterday she gave her life to Christ!

It’s wonderful to be part of a church that’s impacting the lives of people.

A good chunk of our congregation was able to show up for Monica’s baptism, and it was hugs all around afterward.

One of the neat things about the Lake Merced Church is the sense of family that’s present … new people can plug in quickly. Monica felt that, and others have as well.

Congrats to Monica – we’re all proud of you!

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Jul 24 2010

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Baptism, San Francisco Ministry Plant, Update

Another College Student Baptism at Lake Merced Today – Abies

Our new friend Abies (pronounced a – bee – iss) was baptized into Christ today:

The water in the baptistery was very cold … again! You’ll notice Abies went completely stiff while going under … lol. We really need to get that fixed.

Anyway, we’re very happy about Abies. Airiel and I met her a few weeks ago and took her out to lunch today simply to get to know her a bit better. That unexpectedly led to a Bible study and her baptism.

Besides the mild case of hypothermia, today was a good day. 🙂

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Apr 18 2010

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Outreach, Preaching, San Francisco Ministry Plant, Sermons

Celebrate Recovery Principle #5

We’re preparing to start the Celebrate Recovery program at the Lake Merced Church of Christ in San Francisco.

Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered recovery program for people who struggle with various life issues – not just drugs and alcohol. Many have come to know the Lord through this program while simultaneously recovering from the hurts, habits, and hangups present in their life.

We’re formally kicking off CR at Lake Merced in a few weeks, and on the Sunday mornings leading up to that time the LMC ministry staff is preaching a series of lessons based on the eight Celebrate Recovery principles taken from the Beatitudes. Today I was privileged to present the lesson on principle #5: