Let me repeat that: WOW
I just got back home from what our church calls Wednesday Night Live. It is a periodic meeting for those of us who call Mountain Lake home. Our pastor generally lets us in on some of the things that are coming up over the next few months. Tonight was no exception to that and, in fact, tonight was a totally pumped-up version of a normal WNL (if ever any of our WNLs could be considered "normal" by anyone).
Mountain Lake will be seven years old this coming weekend. We have been attending for the last three of those. God has done some amazing things in all of that time. He has changed the life of everyone who has walked through those doors. Ask anyone who has been there, we've all seen and experienced it personally.
The new chapter introduced tonight by Shawn is going to be an order of magnitude beyond the amazing things we've already seen. Fasten your seat belts and hold on tight. It's going to be an awesome journey!
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Monday, September 11, 2006
Wired to Win
"Wired to Win"... These were some of the last words spoken by our worship pastor Rick Pearson before he went home to Christ last summer. Rick was only 23 when he was hit suddenly and fataly with leukemia. Through it all he never lost faith and he never questioned God's will.
Rick's diagnosis and treatment wasn't cheap. His family racked up a lot of bills along the way. In September of last year his sister and some friends setup a benefit concert. Through that they raised not only enough money to pay the debt but also to continue to contribute to several awsome organizations Rick supported: Compassion International, Passion, Big Stuff and Mountain Lake Church as well as the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
At Mountain Lake Church Rick touched hundreds of people, maybe even a few thousand, in our community. Rick's Legacy is now touching thousands around the world. We may wonder why such a young, talented man of God would be called home at a seemingly untimely hour. We just attended the Second Annual Rick Pearson Memorial Benefit Concert and heard there about the amazing things done with the funds raised by last year's event. Perhaps Rick's task was just too big to be done here on Earth.
Like so many others influenced by the events in Rick's life I wasn't there when the words were spoken. In my mind I imagine the conversation went something like this: "If I get well and am with you all for many more years, I win. If I don't and go to Heaven, I win. No matter what happens, I'm wired to win."
Rick's diagnosis and treatment wasn't cheap. His family racked up a lot of bills along the way. In September of last year his sister and some friends setup a benefit concert. Through that they raised not only enough money to pay the debt but also to continue to contribute to several awsome organizations Rick supported: Compassion International, Passion, Big Stuff and Mountain Lake Church as well as the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
At Mountain Lake Church Rick touched hundreds of people, maybe even a few thousand, in our community. Rick's Legacy is now touching thousands around the world. We may wonder why such a young, talented man of God would be called home at a seemingly untimely hour. We just attended the Second Annual Rick Pearson Memorial Benefit Concert and heard there about the amazing things done with the funds raised by last year's event. Perhaps Rick's task was just too big to be done here on Earth.
Like so many others influenced by the events in Rick's life I wasn't there when the words were spoken. In my mind I imagine the conversation went something like this: "If I get well and am with you all for many more years, I win. If I don't and go to Heaven, I win. No matter what happens, I'm wired to win."
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