Pastor Tom Has Left the Building

I have been trying to gather my thoughts for two days before writing this, and I still don't know how to say it. Pastor Tom and Suzanne (the music pastors at Rez) have resigned. They said it was the hardest thing they have ever done in their life, but for the last year they have just been struggling with giving their whole hearts to the ministry. Finally, after continually seeking God, they have decided that He has something else for their future.

Undoubtedly, everyone who has heard Pastor Tom sing and play will miss his tremendous musical gifts, but I will also miss the man. I will miss his humor, his heart for God, his love for people and his leadership. He will possess those qualities wherever he ends up, but I will not get to see them as intimately as I did being in his presence almost every Thursday night for choir practice for over 7 years.

The Lord has reminded me that Pastor Tom's abilities and anointing come from Him, and He can give those giftings to the new music pastor as well. I have to wonder now if in my flesh I was unknowingly worshipping the worship leader rather than He Who is Worthy of Praise. Certainly I held him above any other worship minister in the world. And as Pastor John said this weekend, "It is not about a man. It is about Jesus, and we should keep our eyes focused on Him."

Today's Verse

Praise the Lord my camera dried out and seems to be fine.

Easter Weekend

We had a really nice turnout to our Easter productions. The sanctuary was full for every performance but the Sunday, 8:30 service which was still 3/4 full. The long time spent at church during the weekend was easier on us all than I thought it would be. The Easter bunny visited our house one day early so we had more time to hunt Easter eggs. Laurin was able to work in the same baby room as Ethan for 3 of the services and Laina got to enjoy a candy hunt and bouncing castle 4 times. Paul ended up taking the kids home with him on Saturday night (probably the first time in his life he had all three of them at once without me), so they didn't have to attend all 5 services. I wished that they could have sold dvds of the program, but due to copyrights they can't. Hope you all had a great Easter weekend celebrating the resurrection of our Lord.

Today's Verse

For God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us....




(No picture at the moment. I took the batteries out to charge them and then accidentally dropped my camera in a coffee pot of water. Crossing my fingers that a quick dip didn't ruin it)

My Little Model

Carter Can Crawl

Easter Highs and Lows