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Ten of us, from Parkhill, are headed to Manilla, Philippines next Wednesday, August 4th. We will be working with Greg Lyons and Megacity Ministries. Parkhill is Greg's sending church. God is doing amazing things through Greg and his team in Metro Manilla.

In the past 5 months, they have held 90, 3-day camps with 109,000 attending, yes you read that right. Over 52, 651 have been saved, and 7,697 baptized.
That's a drop in the bucket when you consider that the population of Manilla is 16 million.

Please pray for us as we go and help share the gospel, one soul at a time!

Watch the video below and see what is taking place in the Philippines! It will help you consider what you can do for God.

I preached yesterday at Parkhill for both services. I spoke on Raising Kids with Godly Hearts. After listening to myself (which I hate to do), I realized that there are some words that shouldn't be spoken, ever, for example, the word "uh" and the word "OK"are not good. I've got to work on not saying those two words.

Looking for some feedback. I would love for you to tell me what you think!

There are 2 ways to listen to the talk:

From the Parkhill Website:
http://www.parkhillonline.org/

and the Itunes Podcast.

The Ketchum Family Night Video, referred to in the talk, can be viewed on YouTube.

Here's a conversation I found on Facebook yesterday! Really funny (to me anyway)!

It is a SMALL WORLD!

Paula Andrews Boegner

Oops that are in the missions conference with you..shoulda said that...

Yesterday at 5:28pm

Eric Goodman

Paula...would they be related to Jamey Ketchum?

Yesterday at 5:42pm

Paula Andrews Boegner

Yes, Eric, Jamey is the nephew of Glenn Ketchum. Small world, huh?

Yesterday at 6:54pm

Eric Goodman

Yes, Jamey has been a longtime friend and fellow classmate of mine...small world

Yesterday at 6:56pm

Dannah Andrews

Hey! That's my mom's home church too! What a coincidence!

Yesterday at 6:58pm

Mindy Hickman Morrow

Yet again, small world. I also met Jamey when we were in Pueblo, CO.

Yesterday at 7:32pm

Paula Andrews Boegner

Made Jamey's grandma's banana pudding recipe for Sunday dessert.:)

Yesterday at 8:45pm

Jamey Ketchum

I just got in on this conversation! Man, I just can't believe people would be talking about me and I wasn't in on it!! Just kiddin' everybody!
It's nice to know all of ya!!

Mindy, Glenn and Deborah did say they knew me, right? ; )

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The link list is a list of things that I'm reading on the web. I'm getting something out of them and thought I'd share them with you.

1. Shaun's talking about Christians and Labels.
2. Nelson has kool insight about Pastors and Staff-Disconnecting...from the mobile phone!
3. Perry has an awesome look at Pastor/Staff relations in 2 post. 1st and then 2nd.
4. Fred has a amazing article about "The Great Hymns of the Faith"
5. Mark has a convicting post about "Numbness to the sin in our own lives" called
"We're All Lepers"

One note, if you click on the authors name, it will take you to a page that tells you all about them. Awesome, huh?

Have Fun,
JSK

Well, I guess it's time to write a little about my title change at Parkhill. I am no longer the Worship Pastor at Parkhill, although I am still on staff. Sherry and I have been praying about moving into a Pastoral role. Although, I feel like I've been in that role for a while, we're just making it official.

My new title is Pastor of Spiritual Development. Some of my new duties include: developing a new members class, developing an assimilation ministry (which is developing ways to connect with visitors), Outreach Ministry, and taking a more active role in Parkhill's Community Groups.

I will still be leading the Worship Ministry, but Kyle Bernstein, our Worship Intern, has taken over the main worship duties. Kyle leads the 10:30 am Contemporary Service and I still lead the 9:00 am Traditional Service.

Eventually, I want to pastor a church, but I feel that's farther down the road. I still have a lot to learn, before I take that step. I ask that you pray for us as we continue to serve Him and seek His will in our lives.

I've been reading Carlos' blog, Ragamuffin Soul, for almost two years now. He is the program director at Buckhead Church, one of the campus' of North Point Community Church, where Andy Stanley is the Pastor.

His first album is coming out on Integrity Media. You can buy 2 songs and get 1 free today on Itunes!

The whole album will be available soon. Down below you can listen to the three songs for free. Also, check out this video about the music from his blog, Ragamuffin Soul.

Thought I'd give ya an update on Kyle. He will be 6 on January 5th. Right now, we are patching his good eye in order to get the lazy eye right. We've been doing that for about 8 months.

After numerous doctor appointments, it has not gotten better. We are dilating the good eye three times a week with a patch every day from
7 am - 5 pm. His main question everyday is: Is it 5 o'clock yet?

Dr. Schlomer says that he has until age 7 to get it trained, but the doc doesn't seemed worried about it. There is a possibility that he'll have surgery again. Sherry and I are just trying to be patient.
He got his new glasses yesterday. Two pair for $99.00 at Doctor's VisionWorks. We also got the insurance which was an extra $15.00! It's really kool to save $140.00. We paid over $230.00 for his last pair. I can tell ya where not to go to get your glasses!

The Christmas program was kool! Cliff and Ruth did an awesome job as Nana and Pops, Alesha, Melanie, Makayla, and Janessa, did a great job on "Mary, Did You Know", and Jared, Matt, and Isaiah did a kool job on "We Three Kings", and Sherry's class, the Kindergartners, actually sang, although some of them were distracted by flash bulbs!

Thanks to the teachers, Ms. Parsley, Mrs. Rumsey, Mrs. Grinstead, and Mrs. Ketchum.

Also, thanks to Mrs. Church for accompanying the girls on "Mary Did You Know and
Mrs. Combs for accompanying the choir.

Parkhill's Ladies Ensemble, By Heart, also sang after the program. Awesome job as always.

Kyle ran the soundboard, thanks dude, and last but not least, Ashleigh created and type the "paper" program.

Thanks to you all for helping it be a great night for PCA!!

Mrs. Marsh took pictures. As soon, as I get them, I'll post them here and on Facebook!!

Merry Christmas!!

Ms. Parsley, and Mrs. Rumsey was wondering if I could pull this off, but I think the Parkhill Christian Academy program is gonna be great this year. Ms. Parsley and Mrs. Rumsey are PCA's elementary school teachers.
Ya know kids are gonna be kids, right? Those two ladies have always lead the Christmas program and have always done a great job, so this year we gave them a break and they let me lead.

Our program is based around Pops and Nana, played by Cliff and Ruth Beals, who are members of our church. The students will be singing traditional Christmas carols centered around Pops and Nana's story of how they met. They will then read the Greatest Story ever told, the Christmas story. It will be simple but effective.

We have a quartet of Jr & Sr. High girls, Alesha, Melanie, Janessa, and Mykala, singing, "Mary, Did You Know". They are nervous but I know they'll do a great job.

Parkhill's Ladies Ensemble, By Heart, will also be singing. So if ya want to hear some Christmas Carols and a cool story, come see us tonight at 6:30 pm.