About Steve
Discovering more about Life, Finding more Joy in Service and Share the path of Faith.
I've been married to Linette for the past 27 years, have three kids Katelin (23), Abbie (21) and Alex (16) and grandson Rylan (3). Raising the menagerie of a family as well as trying to mentor, lead and encourage the church I serve has taken me places, challenged my faith, and thoroughly confused me about myself and my story.
February 22, 1012 The season of Lent is a time when we prepare our hearts, minds and souls for the sacred observance of Christ’s death on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter. In Lent, we recognize we are simply dust and ashes without Christ, we confess our sins to God, and we [...]
Categories: sermon notes, worship, Lent, Sermon Slides, PodCast, Liturgy
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Tags: worship, Lent, podcast, audio, Liturgy, slides, Ash Wednesday
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We all deal with craziness from time to time and usually believe everyone sees the world as we do. But the Bible is clear that some people are just fools and more conversation is pointless. I share this post in the hope it will as helpful for you as it was for me. ~ steve [...]
Categories: Important, Spiritual Life, Ministry, leadership, Discipleship, Pastoral
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Tags: wise, fool, conversation, boundaries, talk, listening
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Almost all of us guys get up every day and go to work. Work involves people, and we deal with all kinds of attitudes. Some, we’d just rather not have to deal with at all if we didn’t have to. But others are a joy to be around. And I’m not just talking [...]
I’m always amazed at how little planning, thinking and preparing for the future we do these days. Infants tend to be short term thinkers, crying when their demands aren’t met, but as adults we’re to have a longer perspective on things that this. We tend to be short term thinkers, dealing with the Tyranny of [...]
Categories: Bible Study Tools, PodCast, sermon notes, Sermon Slides, worship
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Tags: Bible, Long-Term, pathway to Life, Seed, Short-Term, Sower, Word
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A review of the history, mission and faithfulness of the people who called First United Methodist Church, Williamstown, West Virginia – home. We offer these messages and slides with gratitude for the people and faithfulness of those who gave their hearts to Christ, Church and Community. Presented February 19, 2012 speaker: Jean Pickering Early Service [...]
I know that there are hundreds of different ways to describe the church as it exists today, some good, some not so good. This ambiguity leaves many confused and struggling to create a definition all their own, often with disastrous consequences. I though I would give several definitions a try. See which one describes you best and then take a stab [...]
Categories: Christ Centered, church growth, Discipleship, Emerging Church, general, Important, Inspirational, Life 101, Pastor's letter, worship
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Tags: church, definition
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I believe the secret to happiness and an abundant life consists of: Someone to Love I do not mean the roses and candy kind of love, which is often fleeting, fickle and fattening, but a love that draws you out into the open, makes you vulnerable and exposes your every weakness and in the process [...]
A review of the history, mission and faithfulness of the people who called First United Methodist Church, Williamstown, West Virginia – home. We offer these messages and slides with gratitude for the people and faithfulness of those who gave their hearts to Christ, Church and Community. Presented February 12, 2012 Centennial Feb 12
Church means many different things to many people. To some it is an event, a building, an organization, a place on the map, a charity, and a group of people. When we actually consider getting involved in “a church” we are bombarded by all kinds of internal questions: What will I get out of this? [...]
Categories: Christ Centered, Communion, Communion, PodCast, Sacraments, sermon notes, Sermon Slides, Values, worship
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Tags: Christ Centered, communion, Eucharist, Lord's Supper, Sacrament, sermon notes, values, worship
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This past Sunday, February 5, 2012, was a gift of inspiration and Hope from Joe Webb.
