Sabbatical week 2

The second weekend of sabbatical began on a more somber note as we went to the Hood River Church of the Nazarene to attend the memorial service for the pastor, Jim Beals, who battled cancer for 6 ½ years. It was a remarkably memorable and touching service. Here’s more information about Pastor Jim, his life and ministry:
http://www.ncnnews.com/nphweb/html/ncn/article.jsp?id=10006707

From Hood River, we drove to Idaho to spend time with family. For Saturday evening church, we have friends who attend Capital Christian Center in Meridian. This is a large, non denominational church where we were greeted at the door with a smile and the people were quite friendly!

The worship at Capital Christian was as if someone put a CD in the sound system - it was phenomenal! This is a charismatic church, a bit too charismatic for me, but there's no denying that those who were in attendance were there to seek the heart of God and hear from Him.

One of my goals during sabbatical is to attend churches that I've never been to. But when I am in the Nampa/Caldwell area, I always really enjoy College Church of the Nazarene. This is where I went for the 9:00 am Sunday contemporary service. Excellent worship time, and as always, a good and challenging message from Pastor Johnson.

The view from the balcony at Nampa College Church during meet and greet time

For the 11:00 am service on Sunday, we attended the Nampa Salvation Army Corps where Renee's dad (who is retired now) was the preacher for the day. The Salvation Army is a sister holiness church to the Church of the Nazarene

My father in law is a real pro - annoying people taking pictures with flash while preaching doesn't bother him one bit! He preached a good sermon on Lessons from Elijah.

Snow in Idaho!

Some of the cousins at grandma's house after a nice pot roast and potatoes meal after church. We had a good time with family!