( Micah and I exchanging slashes)

(Mason and I get ready for a face-off)

Here are some action photos of the day at Kids & Dads Hockey. In every photo I am hooking, tripping or somehow pestering my kids. My wife is not the cross-stitching type, but she has threatened to do a needle point of Ephesians 6:4 (the one about Fathers not provoking their children to wrath) to put up in our house.

Had a busy Easter Sunday. The service at SouthGate went well - we were missing a number of families to traveling, but there were a number of families growing in their consistency (not just in terms of Sunday attendance but in small groups, spontaneous fellowship and leadership engagement).

Right after the service we headed down to Good Tree Christian Fellowship where Juli has been working with their  children's ministry (she serves as the Sunday School Pastor) and I went to First Baptist Church to preach at the Spanish Congregation. Preaching with a translator takes some getting used to, but it went well. I do enjoy preaching in that sanctuary again.

I found out today that another couple is "attending elsewhere" - I realize it is part of the ministry, but I still take it personally when people decide to go to another church. I recognize that I should say, "As long as they are still a part of the body of Christ and worshipping with fellow believers that's great." In fact that is what I say, but deep down I have to admit a twinge of personal rejection. But we push on...

BTW if you get up close (and scratch the screen) you can smell the jersey I am wearing.

Ehkosit,

Migwec