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I have a love-hate relationship about my time in the Army. Hated the 18-20 hour days. Hated being in the woods 20 to 30 days at a time. Hated the cold, wet marches with 45lbs of gear on my back. Hated the food for the most part. We had a [...]

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The journey of the Harvest thus far:
The Past 30, The Next 30
A Little Sacrifice Now…
Why The Debt And Why Now
Exodus 36:5
A Gentle Rebuke
So what happened Sunday? We had over 17k dollars come in towards the debt…which means there is 19k left…which means in the span of 9 months we’ve gone from 100+k in debt [...]

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Here’s a sneak peak at our next series….which starts on November 1.

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…will lead to a big payoff later.
I know this principle applies in multiple areas – sports, education, leadership – but for us we’re applying to the Harvest and the reduction of debt at Western Hill. We’ve called for the church to spend the month of September in prayer – to seek God’s [...]

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30 days is a deceiving amount of time. Not enough or too long?

The Past 30
We celebrated 6 new believers. Had 4 new families join. Went Down Under with VBS. We revamped our student ministry. We invaded McCarter Elementary with over 1,000 school supplies. We made close to 100 nap [...]

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Last night our house was invaded by twice as many people as we expected for our Turbo Group.  Basically, it’s a room full of people who are passionate about God and people and want to be better at leading our Life Groups.  We talked about the need for community, the obstacles of having it, the [...]

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Ebenezer: name of Hebrew origin meaning “Stone of the help” (derived from the phrase “Eben ha-Ezer”).
Stone of the help. “Here I raise my stone of the help.” A marker to help us remember the provision or presence of God.
Our students are having their own “Ebenezer Moment” this coming Sunday night. [...]

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Yesterday we celebrated the 20th anniversary of Western Hills. In the grand scheme of things, 20 years isn’t a long period of time. Merle Mees came back to preach the sermon. He was practically the founding pastor, stayed at WH for 14 years.
It was important to me for Merle to [...]

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It’s taken me awhile to get this on here..but here is how we helped with the school fair at McCarter.

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6 weeks in and there’s been a voice in the back of my head that kept going – “Yeah, but…”
This is a great place to serve…”Yeah, but it’s early and is this really going to be a place that you fit?”
These are some incredibly creative people that are going to make me better…”Yeah, but what’s [...]

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