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Leaders Needed!

We have a great need for small group leaders. If you have been thinking about serving or would like to fill in a week or two this year, please call me (Chris Ritchie) at 562-244-6460 or track me down on Wednesday. Our primary need is for Cubbies leaders; however, we will be happy to plug… Continue Reading

Awana Store

All clubbers (except Cubbies) will have the opportunity to spend their hard-earned AWANA Bucks. Please encourage your clubbers to work in their handbooks, memorizing their sections and don’t forget . . . sign the section once they have recited it to you. It’s worth an extra AWANA Buck! Continue Reading

Love One Another

The weekend before last was Valentine’s day, the day of love.  It is a day where we as Americans exchange approximately 180 million Valentine’s day cards and spend approximately 1 billion dollars on candy as a part of the total spending on Valentine’s day gifts overall that is approximately 13 billion dollars.  All to celebrate… Continue Reading

SOTD Psalm 26

Psalm 26 I Will Bless the LORD Of David. 1 Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. 2 Prove me, O LORD, and try me; test my heart and my mind. 3For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk… Continue Reading

California Idols: The Idolometer

So… This week’s blog will be a little bit shorter than last weeks.  I got a little bit carried away last week and ended up writing a novel instead of a short thought for the week.  I’m not sure if anyone actually endured the word-onslaught to read the post…way to go if you did!  All… Continue Reading

California Idols: The Body

Take a trip to the beach, the gym, or even to the supermarket and it doesn’t take long to see that our culture has made an idol out of “the body.”  People spend hours trying to make their body look chiseled, tanned, blemishless, the right shape, and fit.  From the rave of 100-Calorie snack packs… Continue Reading

SOTD Psalm 25

Psalm 25 Teach Me Your Paths Of David. 1To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul. 2O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me. 3Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are… Continue Reading