Kendrick Vinar

Kendrick Jr. and I played Occoneechee golf course today for the first time. We played with Clem Ferris and his son Jamin. It was a great day on the links. Kendrick Jr. bogeyed 4 or 5 holes. He was hitting some great drives. My shot of the day was from 250 yards out with a [...]

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Post from Joseph: I like to go swimming. It’s really fun. You can try to jump off the side, and then if you have someone throw the ball and you catch it – that is hard. But it’s not very hard if you have a big ball. One funny thing – my sister won’t go [...]

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John & Azra Weber are visiting from Minnesota. John’s been a friend for a long-time. He’s an IT guy from Wayzata school district. Azra is a second year resident. They are a great couple with big hearts for God. Joseph had a soccer clinic today. Mary Jane Ferris organized it. It was so cute seeing [...]

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Reporting from War Cry: I am at Chowan College for GCI’s annual youth conference. We’re having a great time. Almost 400 in attendance. It’s been a rocking week. God has been doing amazing things in people’s hearts and lives. Very cool. I preached this morning on the life of David – being a person after [...]

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We did a wine tasting tonight with Jerry & Nan Daley, Clem & Mary Jane Ferris, and Dave & Cheri Hardman. Clem is a wine expert having been trained as a hotel manager. He knows the ritual with wine glasses, cheeses, cleanses the palette, etc. So the winning wines on Kendrick’s list: Chateau D’Agassac – [...]

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We met for 7 hours today (including lunch) and planned the major events for the next 16 months of Grace Church. It was definitely exhausting. I was shot at the end of the day. I decided that I needed some recovery time tonight – skipped out of the Faith class party. Spent time with the [...]

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Tonight we had our first Wednesday of Grace. I enjoyed it thoroughly. I shared on “The God who affirms us”. So here’s my job: I sit home and think about how much God likes me. Then I go to church and tell people how much God likes them. Paul said in II Cor. that he [...]

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Ahhhh… Mondays! A pastor’s day off is a most refreshing and needed day. Here’s a typical lazy Monday off. Sleep in as late as you can (8:00 a.m. is a small miracle as the kids are up at 7:00 a.m. every morning). I’m a little tired, because of the movie we stayed up and watched [...]

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Kendrick Jr. finished a week of basketball camp today. He had a great time. Anything with a ball he loves. Aliesha was in a week of dance. Soooo cute seeing 4 year olds dancing around. Joseph’s soccer camp was canceled by due to not enough people signing up. So Joseph and Dad got to golf [...]

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Just got done with a great two hour coffee with a guy, Jason, who came to the church for the first time this past Sunday. Jason is a second year law student. He’s looking to transfer to Carolina. We had a super cool talk about life and God. We had some amazing parallels in our [...]

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