Posted by Ray Pritchard on 9.17.07 in Travel
At the moment we’re stuck in the Denver airport trying to catch a flight to Durango where I’m scheduled to start speaking at Rocky Mountain Renewal in about four hours. The problem started back in Chicago when a late flight into O’Hare caused the pilots to be late for our flight to Denver, resulting in an …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 9.16.07 in Churches, Travel
Today we are at Calvary Baptist Church in Normal, IL, a city in central Illinois on Interstate 55 between Springfield and Chicago. Normal is next to Bloomington, home of Illinois State University. We came at the invitation of Pastor Ralph Wingate, a good friend I met a few years ago. Several times we had lunch in Oak Park w …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 8.20.07 in Travel
This week Marlene and I are at Cannon Beach Conference Center in Oregon. You couldn’t be much closer to the Pacific Ocean than we are. As I look out my window, I can see the waves rolling onto the beach about 40 yards away. I can see a large flock of seagulls on the sand along with a few hearty souls who are taking a …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 8.2.07 in Personal, Travel
We are still in California. After leaving Merced on Monday afternoon, Marlene and I plus Josh and Leah and Nick traveled east, passing through Yosemite National Park for a three-day stay at Mammoth Lakes, a renowned ski area in the winter and a biking, hiking, mountain climbing, skateboarding vacation spot during the summer …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.27.07 in Personal, Travel
I am writing this note from the Courtyard by Marriott in Merced, California. We arrived here late yesterday afternoon after a seventeen-hour trip from Tupelo that started at 2:30 AM with a two-hour drive to Birmingham, a flight to Chicago, a lengthy delay at Midway Airport where we met Josh and Leah who had flown in from Ve …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.13.07 in Travel
A big Friday morning shout out to Ambush, Hoedown, Pickle Me Alamo, Make-A-Wish, Cubinator, Jeremy, the Chief, Night Light, and the whole crew at Gull Lake for making this such an enjoyable week. This was my fourth time to speak there—twice as part of Moody week and twice as the main speaker. Besides being a stunningly bea …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.9.07 in Churches, Travel
We have just made a late addition to my schedule. This Sunday (July 15) I will be speaking at the Fountain of Life Church in Lombard, IL at 10 AM. We invite our friends in the Chicago area to come to the service. Rich Raad serves as the pastor of this dynamic, growing congregation.
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.7.07 in Travel
8:16 PM We made it to Kalamazoo only a few minutes late. A young man named Joel picked me up. He’s a senior counselor at Gull Lake and a 2007 graduate of Wheaton College. He told me that attendance is up at the conference center this summer. Here’s one immediate and obvious difference between Gull Lake and Camp …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.4.07 in Travel
This morning’s service had a strong patriotic flavor. Several hundred people gathered under the tabernacle as we sang “My Country “Tis of Thee” and “America the Beautiful.” We also recognized those who had served in the Armed Forces and prayed for those currently serving around the world. After the service the adults …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.3.07 in Personal, Travel
Today was all about one of the finest ladies I have ever met—Miss Eva Lodgaard. I met her soon after becoming the pastor of Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, IL. During her student days at Moody Bible Institute in the early 1940s, she attended the church in Oak Park. In January 1945 she left Chicago to begin her work wi …
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