A letter to our support team: November 8, 2015 Dear Friends, I am writing to let you know that I will no longer be a pastor at Mercy Road Church. With much prayer, accountability, reflection, and a variety of emotions I informed Scott Sterner at the Forest Lakes District office that this is the best […]
Family Update, Fall 2015
Life with Mercy Road Church… A lot has been changing for our family and the Mercy Road family this past summer. In my last update I informed you that Pastor Jed Haas and his family were moving to Arizona where he can better address his health issues. This move has taken place and we miss the Haas […]
Letter to Mercy Road Church
The following letter has been distributed to my church family. For those of you who haven’t heard, my co-pastor, friend, and lead church-planting pastor for MRC will be moving. Jed and his family will be relocating to Arizona this summer. We will miss them dearly. Dear Mercy Road Church Family, As you know, the Haas’ family […]
Planning Worship…a Task?
I’m spending time planning worship today. There are times when this becomes a task, but usually I am very blessed during the process. One important thing that I’ve learned over the years is how the Holy Spirit is very much a part of this. People often ask me “how do you decide what songs to […]
What Is A Worship Service?
Here’s a quick vision of our weekly Central Gathering at Mercy Road Church. Many churches call this a worship service. I grew up understanding this term for the weekly trip to church every Sunday morning. But I wonder how often we really think about the term ‘worship service’ in the context of our local church involvement? […]
Sunday Morning Go To Meetin’
Hello Church! I’d like to share with you my vision for how and why we worship together at our Central Gathering on Sunday mornings. This is not a thesis or intended to be a complete, detailed commentary, but simply an overview and conversational description of what’s on my heart as I get started as one of your pastors. […]
Where Did August Go?
It’s late, 1:12 AM on Sunday 8/31/14 to be exact. I’m a late-night guy, my mind tends to be creative after everybody else has gone to bed. In a few hours I will lead worship with some new friends at Mercy Road Church in Appleton, WI. Next week, September 7, 2014, is our official start date with MRC; I […]
Post Bootcamp Update
Our brains are full of new information and our hearts are encouraged. We returned from the SRS fundraising bootcamp in Raleigh, NC on Saturday evening. Big thanks to our dear friends who helped transport us to and from the airport in Milwaukee. Next week we officially begin to raise up our support team. We are […]