Posted by Ray Pritchard on 3.23.04 in Personal
3:56 PM Doreen Mahlstedt informs me that we just sent the following shipment of An Anchor for the Soul books: Georgia State Prison, Reidsville 1200 copies Mission New York City 400 copies Andrea Shelton, Atlanta 50 copies Andrea will mail her copies to prison-related ministries. The copies for Mission New York are part of o…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 3.20.04 in Personal
5:59 PM Just got the results from the Awana Olympics (hat tip to Bob and Joanne Gill): Following are the results of the Awana Olympics: Sparks – 3rd Place Girls T & T – 1st Place Boys T & T – 3rd Place Girls Club (T&T) was tied for 1st Place and had to do a playoff game in which they took first. They won the whole match by …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 3.14.04 in Personal
6:15 AM Welcome to Open House Sunday at Calvary. In my sermon today, I’m quoting part of the letter Bruce Lavenau wrote that was placed in the cornerstone when it was sealed on November 11, 2003. Here is the complete text of that letter: November 11, 2003 To: Future Generations From: Pastors and Elders of Calvary Memorial …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 3.6.04 in Churches, Personal, Theology
11:31 PM Just about ready to go to Florida. 11:29 PM Last Thursday I did several tapings for WMBI—five “Soul Food” devotionals that will run later this month, an endorsement for the crisis pregnancy centers of Chicago, and an interview about how the gay marriage issue impacts the church. The interview will air Mon…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 3.1.04 in Churches, Personal, Shout Outs, Travel
8:13 AM Later today I plan to post a few further thoughts about “The Passion of the Christ.” We filled the theater for the special Calvary showing on Saturday afternoon. Afterwards 175 people joined us for the fellowship/discussion time at the church. Between Saturday night and Sunday morning, we gave away 500 copies of…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.23.04 in Personal
7:54 AM Joanne Hale writes from Whittier, CA, wondering why I haven’t mentioned the boys in a while. Hmmmm. Nick wanted to know the same thing last night. He pointed out that I had not mentioned the fact that just before my earlier trip to Florida, late one night I was hungry and said I wished I had a chocolate pie. Mark sa…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.10.04 in Personal, Tupelo
4:33 PM Speaking of Bob Weller, he offered the following inducement at the end of his e-mail: Speaking of coming to Kansas, you know there are over 150 paved miles of bike trails in Johnson County, a bike in our garage, and we have a nice quiet place for you and yours to work/write/relax not to mention all the great BBQ pla…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.9.04 in Personal
7:45 PM Special thanks to Keith and Bev Haselhorst of Lancaster, PA, who sent me some rare photocopied Billy Sunday material from 1917. 7:40 PM This afternoon the OPCA boys and girls basketball teams played Timothy Christian School in Elmhurst. The girls game went down to the wire with Timothy coming from behind to win the …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.8.04 in Personal
8:52 PM Renovation update: Took a tour with Mark Todd, head of the Renovation Task Force. We walked on the new gym floor and I was amazed and how soft and springy it feels. Makes you want to pick up a ball and start shooting baskets… . We passed our building inspection today so we should be ready to use the gym by ne…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.6.04 in Personal
5:53 PM Nice little serendipity … As I was taking my bike out of the garage to start my ride, Ron Feley happened to drive by. His wife Jackie goes in to Loyola Hospital tomorrow morning for breast cancer surgery. Ron and I talked for a while and then we prayed together. His faith is strong—As he said in his pra…
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