Costa Mesa workshop with Nelson Search

Concordia is using principles from a book by Nelson Searcy called Fusion: Turning First Time Guests into Fully-Engaged Members of Your Church.(available HERE at Amazon) He is coming to do a live event in Costa Mesa on September 18 and I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to give new people to your church [...]

How could there be a loving God when there is so much suffering?

It is said that this is the number one question of those struggling with issues of faith. On Sunday Pastor Schmidt talked about seeking the heart of God not trying to understand the mind of God and demand answers to the tough questions of life (at least to us they are the tough questions). [...]

Fast layout

Little time requires me to scrapbook on the fly and keep the layouts simple.  Here is one of Fusse at the Concordia pre-kick off of their summer tour.  I used a square punch to keep the small photos uniform and cropping photos small makes you really focus on the important elements of the shot. I [...]

Purity Pledge

Liz and I had been talking about this for some time.  With her cousin Sara here for a visit I thought this was a perfect opportunity.  I think the girls appreciated doing this together too.  They received identical rings (and they even have the same ring size!)  Pastor Lutz designed a special private celebration/ceremony at [...]

Interesting singer

This guy can sing. I won’t spoil the surprise but this is really HIM singing the whole song.
Another amazing thing is that almost 6 million people have heard him.  The power of technology!

A simple layout of the convention/Kentucky

Journaling: “We had a training in St. Louis with 12 of the International directors.  While there, it was a good opportunity to gather as our region.  We also celebrated Ken Peterson’s 25th year anniversary in the LHM ministry.  We presented him with a memory book containing heart-felt letters and photos of Ken in our regions.  [...]

Fusse Rocks the Cabana Club in Hollywood

The Cabana Club in Hollywood is a posh venue. The Fusse moms/dads and one grandma! flew in or drove up for this special performance.  The boys got an opportunity to see what it feels like to play with an audience screaming for them and their music! They finished their set with their new song ”Definition of a Kiss.”  The [...]

Sara visits

We are enjoying a visit from my neice Sara from New Mexico.  She is a sweet and smart girl…..already taking college courses at 15!  The kids are having fun getting reaquainted with their cousin.  On Sunday 

six of us girls, two moms, three daughters and one neice went to see Mamma Mia together!  It was a [...]

Fusse featured on the strategycentral.org blog

From Mark Howell’s blog (Thanks Mark!)
Also had the chance to check out some new tunes from Fusse.  Knowing I’m a music junkie, my friend Melissa sent me In the Midst of It All, a new collection of songs by her son’s band.  You never know when you’re listening where things will go for young musicians.  Some [...]

Women in Mission…..

Asian, African and Latinamerican women gathered as Heart to Heart Sisters – Lutheran Women in Mission for the PSWD Convention in Las Vegas.  President Jan Wendorf spent some time with us after our sesion one evening.  The women were delighted and encouraged.  The H2H women were presented on stage and even had an opportunity to [...]