I'm new here (really, really new... as of yesterday). However, there are some changes coming very quickly in my life. Let me share about me... and then what I will be doing...
I am an associate pastor - for another 12 days. Then I will be retiring (since I will be 70 next August). My wife, however, will tell you that I am not really "retiring" but simply changing career paths again. I spend 40 years in Information technology before becoming a pastor in 2017.
When the new year falls around us, I will resume some things that have been low key of late.
First, I will resume my path of writing. My first book ("Life is a Long Story Short") was published in 2016. My next book is due out in January and will be my autobiography as a double adoptee (age 7 and again at 10). I have 15 more planned (and 5 of those are already in the early development stage).
Next, I will continue my involvement in several local ministries. I am chairman of the board for Young at Hearts, a non-denominational senior ministry in Hutchinson. I also serve as vice-chair for Revive Ministries, an addiction recovery program that helps people overcome ANY type of addiction and lead them to full discipleship in Christ. I will also be working to establish 2 new non-profit organizations: "Please Hear Me" (a ministry to give foster children a voice) and "Rooted Anew" (a ministry to help adoptees find their biological roots and walk them through that process because over 1/2 of them will be rejected a second time).
Third, I will continue to serve our LIFE Outreach program, an inner city ministry in Hutchinson where I currently preach 3 Sundays per month and serve as Chairman of the Board. We also run a food pantry through this ministry that I will continue to remain a part of through July.
Finally, I will continue my efforts to walk to raise awareness for foster care and adoption. In 2018-19, I walked from South Miami Beach to Westport, Washington (130 miles west of Seattle) - by way of Texas and North Dakota - to raise national awareness. This coming August I will walk from Central Lake (where I was abandoned at age 6) through Flint (where I was adopted a 2nd time in 1965) to Hazel Park (where I was adopted the first time in 1963) to raise awareness in Michigan. If my health holds out, I also have a trip planned from International Falls, MN, to Brownsville, TX - beginning in Canada and ending in Mexico - to raise international awareness. To stay in shape to continue these long walks, I average 10.4 miles per day. There are several other "less arduous walks" to raise local awareness.
If all of that is not enough, I continue to speak anywhere about foster care and adoption (and the church's needed role) and fill in for various worship events in central Kansas (The Legends Senior Living Center, Eden Valley Church of the Brethren).
Now you know a whole lot about "me" and what I do. May I add that I do none of this for my own benefit or recognition. I do it solely that the Lord may be praised!
I am an associate pastor - for another 12 days. Then I will be retiring (since I will be 70 next August). My wife, however, will tell you that I am not really "retiring" but simply changing career paths again. I spend 40 years in Information technology before becoming a pastor in 2017.
When the new year falls around us, I will resume some things that have been low key of late.
First, I will resume my path of writing. My first book ("Life is a Long Story Short") was published in 2016. My next book is due out in January and will be my autobiography as a double adoptee (age 7 and again at 10). I have 15 more planned (and 5 of those are already in the early development stage).
Next, I will continue my involvement in several local ministries. I am chairman of the board for Young at Hearts, a non-denominational senior ministry in Hutchinson. I also serve as vice-chair for Revive Ministries, an addiction recovery program that helps people overcome ANY type of addiction and lead them to full discipleship in Christ. I will also be working to establish 2 new non-profit organizations: "Please Hear Me" (a ministry to give foster children a voice) and "Rooted Anew" (a ministry to help adoptees find their biological roots and walk them through that process because over 1/2 of them will be rejected a second time).
Third, I will continue to serve our LIFE Outreach program, an inner city ministry in Hutchinson where I currently preach 3 Sundays per month and serve as Chairman of the Board. We also run a food pantry through this ministry that I will continue to remain a part of through July.
Finally, I will continue my efforts to walk to raise awareness for foster care and adoption. In 2018-19, I walked from South Miami Beach to Westport, Washington (130 miles west of Seattle) - by way of Texas and North Dakota - to raise national awareness. This coming August I will walk from Central Lake (where I was abandoned at age 6) through Flint (where I was adopted a 2nd time in 1965) to Hazel Park (where I was adopted the first time in 1963) to raise awareness in Michigan. If my health holds out, I also have a trip planned from International Falls, MN, to Brownsville, TX - beginning in Canada and ending in Mexico - to raise international awareness. To stay in shape to continue these long walks, I average 10.4 miles per day. There are several other "less arduous walks" to raise local awareness.
If all of that is not enough, I continue to speak anywhere about foster care and adoption (and the church's needed role) and fill in for various worship events in central Kansas (The Legends Senior Living Center, Eden Valley Church of the Brethren).
Now you know a whole lot about "me" and what I do. May I add that I do none of this for my own benefit or recognition. I do it solely that the Lord may be praised!
I'm new here (really, really new... as of yesterday). However, there are some changes coming very quickly in my life. Let me share about me... and then what I will be doing...
I am an associate pastor - for another 12 days. Then I will be retiring (since I will be 70 next August). My wife, however, will tell you that I am not really "retiring" but simply changing career paths again. I spend 40 years in Information technology before becoming a pastor in 2017.
When the new year falls around us, I will resume some things that have been low key of late.
First, I will resume my path of writing. My first book ("Life is a Long Story Short") was published in 2016. My next book is due out in January and will be my autobiography as a double adoptee (age 7 and again at 10). I have 15 more planned (and 5 of those are already in the early development stage).
Next, I will continue my involvement in several local ministries. I am chairman of the board for Young at Hearts, a non-denominational senior ministry in Hutchinson. I also serve as vice-chair for Revive Ministries, an addiction recovery program that helps people overcome ANY type of addiction and lead them to full discipleship in Christ. I will also be working to establish 2 new non-profit organizations: "Please Hear Me" (a ministry to give foster children a voice) and "Rooted Anew" (a ministry to help adoptees find their biological roots and walk them through that process because over 1/2 of them will be rejected a second time).
Third, I will continue to serve our LIFE Outreach program, an inner city ministry in Hutchinson where I currently preach 3 Sundays per month and serve as Chairman of the Board. We also run a food pantry through this ministry that I will continue to remain a part of through July.
Finally, I will continue my efforts to walk to raise awareness for foster care and adoption. In 2018-19, I walked from South Miami Beach to Westport, Washington (130 miles west of Seattle) - by way of Texas and North Dakota - to raise national awareness. This coming August I will walk from Central Lake (where I was abandoned at age 6) through Flint (where I was adopted a 2nd time in 1965) to Hazel Park (where I was adopted the first time in 1963) to raise awareness in Michigan. If my health holds out, I also have a trip planned from International Falls, MN, to Brownsville, TX - beginning in Canada and ending in Mexico - to raise international awareness. To stay in shape to continue these long walks, I average 10.4 miles per day. There are several other "less arduous walks" to raise local awareness.
If all of that is not enough, I continue to speak anywhere about foster care and adoption (and the church's needed role) and fill in for various worship events in central Kansas (The Legends Senior Living Center, Eden Valley Church of the Brethren).
Now you know a whole lot about "me" and what I do. May I add that I do none of this for my own benefit or recognition. I do it solely that the Lord may be praised!
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