by Paul Chappell | Jun 28, 2012 | Ministry News
About a month ago, I shared with our church family that one of our associate pastors, Cary Schmidt, had been sensing the calling of God to the pastorate. After trying to talk him out of it didn’t work, 🙂 I spent many, many hours with him in prayer and counsel as we...
by Paul Chappell | Jun 26, 2012 | Media/Resources, Ministry Leadership, Ministry News
I’m still reflecting on what God did in my heart through Spiritual Leadership Conference. This year’s conference was so full of blessings. Here are a few of mine: Preaching The highlight of the conference for me is always the preaching services. As a pastor who is...
by Paul Chappell | Jun 12, 2012 | Christian Life, Media/Resources, Ministry News
The Lord has given us a great season of resource development at Striving Together Publications. We’re excited to have released a collection of new books, minibooks, and curriculum. I wanted to take a moment to highlight some of our newest resources for you. We pray...
by Paul Chappell | Jun 10, 2012 | Ministry News
Twenty-six years ago, at the invitation of twelve people, Terrie and I packed our belongings in the back of a Ryder truck and moved to Lancaster, California. I’ll never forget pulling into Lancaster with the truck following our car. Terrie was beside me, Danielle and...
by Paul Chappell | Jun 8, 2012 | Media/Resources, Ministry News
I’m as excited about this year’s Spiritual Leadership Conference as any we’ve hosted. And I’m praying for and anticipating God to do a special work in all of our hearts and ministries through these upcoming days. Whether you are here in Lancaster for the conference or...
by Paul Chappell | Jun 6, 2012 | Ministry News
One of the most memorable moments of our recent building constructions has been the “steel signing.” For our West Wing expansion, this event took place this past Sunday evening. At the close of the evening service, our church family toured both floors of the West Wing...