On behalf of our church family, I extend my love, sympathy, and prayer support to the family of Don Husted, who went "home to be with the LORD" on Monday, June 22.  Don was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Mae, who went to heaven May 26, 2003.  Don and his wife were married on July 22, 1944. Don Husted's celebration of life service will be held this Friday, June 26 at 10:00 a.m. at Memorial Gardens (the corner of Airport Road and Academy Boulevard.  Visiting will be hel

On behalf of our church family, I extend our love, sympathy and prayer support to the family of Ron Wilhelm, who "went home to be with the LORD" this past Saturday, June 20, one day before his 84th birthday.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Stella, who went to heaven on June 30, 2004. Ron's celebration of life service will be held at Circle Drive on Thursday, June 25 at 10:00 a.m.  Visitation will be held on Wednesday, June 24 from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. at Evergreen Funeral

Kathy and I returned Wednesday night from the annual meeting of the SBC in Columbus, Ohio.  We, along with Stephanie Davison, Christa Hensley, and AnnaLee Stults, represented Circle Drive. Kathy and I flew out of Denver the previous Thursday, as I was scheduled to lead the Executive Committee officer's meeting on Friday.  The officers discuss recommendations, forward them to the entire EC body, who then sends them to the convention meeting for approval. On Saturday, I had the

It was such a privilege and joy to lead 27 people to the Holy Land recently!  We flew out of Denver on May 25 and returned on June 3. In Jordan, we had the opportunity to tour Petra, the ancient Edomite and Nabatean capital.  Petra is noted as one of the 7 wonders of the world, and recently declared to be the most desired tourist site in the world.  Kathy, Rachel and I experienced our first-ever camel ride there. We crossed over Jordan on the Allenby bridge into Israel.  We b

The Gideons International is a wonderful ministry that spreads the good news of JESUS around the world through the distribution of the Word of GOD.  A representative of the Gideons will share a 5 minute report at the conclusion of tomorrow morning's worship service at Circle Drive.  After the closing prayer, other Gideon representations will be stationed at doors to receive donations from our members.  This money will be used to purchase Bibles for Gideons to distribute aroun

On behalf of our church family, I extend our love, sympathy and prayer support to Ravi and Heidi Balaraman, their children, and extended family in the passing of their son, Jesse, this past Monday.  Jesse was born April 25, 2000, and just recently completed the 10th grade at Palmer High School. Jesse was a wonderful young man, loved by his family, friends, and our church family at Circle Drive.  He was a part of our student ministry, and was greatly loved both by our students