Ears to Hear
Posted by Pastor Scott Bates on May 17, 2007 in Blog
It’s no secret. I’m not a dog fan. For those of you who have that canine connection, that I don’t have, I think that’s great! I’m glad you have that four legged creature to take care of and who gives you doggy pleasure. Our daughter Emily has a dog, a ‘YorkiePoo’ – you might check the spelling on that. Emily named her dog ‘Major’. I think she gave him that name to compensate...
Read MoreOn Your Mark – Get Set – GO!
Posted by Pastor Scott Bates on May 10, 2007 in Blog
Did you ever race with your friends when you were a kid? I sure did. We raced on foot; on bikes and on go carts. We didn’t have an official with a gun to shoot a blank to get us off the starting line. All we did was fix our eyes on the goal line – inch our way to the starting line and then when everything was just right someone would shout, “GO” and off we would go. Then with our hearts...
Read MoreMarketing 101
Posted by Pastor Scott Bates on May 7, 2007 in Blog
You are impacted by marketing. Every product you see in a store; billboard; internet; newspaper; magazine or radio/TV commercial is a result of marketing. We can deny that marketing doesn’t impact us but it does. Probably 99% of the items in your house are there because someone in marketing first captured your attention then they captured your dollar! But what about ‘marketing’ the church?...
Read MoreAre You Contagious?
Posted by Pastor Scott Bates on Apr 27, 2007 in Blog
All fall and winter I was able to avoid any kind of flu that a lot of people were experiencing. For some who had the flu would say, “stay away from me” which sounded like a good idea to me! It’s not good to have someone around you if they are contagious with some kind of flu g bug. But being contagious isn’t always bad. As a matter fact as Jesus followers we should all be contagious....
Read MoreCoffee Snob
Posted by Pastor Scott Bates on Apr 12, 2007 in Blog
I started drinking coffee when I was in high school when I worked at a hotel in the banquet department. During the break time between serving food and waiting for the dismissal of the group we would sit around and drink coffee. For some 25 years I drank simple, adequate, affordable coffee. You know – Cains, Folgers, etc. Couple years ago I drank ‘real’ coffee for the first time. I loved it!...
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