Today we lost my mom to a 9 month or so battle with cancer. 4 months shy of her 60th birthday. There’s no easy way to lead into that, so there it is. Walking through that (along with stupid distractions like Facebook games and Catan online) has contributed in part to my spotty – at […]
This summer has been one with lots of travel in it. And now we are once again on a whirlwind tour of Southern California. The picture is a map of our route. Chula Vista, Redlands, Big Bear, Agoura, Menifee, Long Beach/Buena Park, Escondido, and finally back to Santa Cruz. All in about 12 days. Well […]
In case you didn’t catch the news on Facebook already…we have a house to move into! 6th year of marriage, 6th home, we’re getting pretty good at this. Maybe we should start our own moving company. Rachel could help you box everything up something fierce! It’s not perfect, but it’s got some pretty sweet features. […]
Has it really been almost a month since I posted last? April has been pretty crazy. Some quick updates and recap for you. Busy month as we entered our second month of raising support. Was actually out of town for 19 days since the beginning of April. Had a great time leading worship at Rancho […]
This morning I hop a plane to Nashville, TN to rejoin the fraternity like gathering/unconference that is Recreate. It’s probably a little late to be telling you this, but if you are in creative ministry and/or a forward thinker, you have got to get out to this thing. The relationships I’ve made here have been […]
Today was the shortest day of the assessment, yet oddly enough still one of the most intense. It started off with worship again. I actually enjoyed the song selection way more this morning. During worship there was a moment that I started thinking about all of you out there who have been praying for us […]
Alright, after lunch. Small Group Exercise Now we went back into our small groups for another exercise. Same small groups, different set of assessors watching us. For this one there were two sites (areas/cities) that were described. We had to pick one and had about 40 minutes to create an idea of what our church […]
Literally, I have like 3 minutes to post this. So no edits. Just off the top. Here we go. Have 3 minutes cause we’re about to head out for the Converge Church Planters assessment center. 3 days of intensity. Psychologists, pastors, assessors, coaches, all inspecting us to say whether not they think we’re capable. Errr…called? […]
For 7 or 8 months now, our life group has been heading out to San Lorenzo park about once a month for a barbeque. We show up with the BBQ, 2 big jugs of water and lemonade, and about 50 burgers and 50 dogs. Then we share the food with whoever’s around and just get […]
For those who didn’t get one, or if it got lost in the mail (as I’m sure yours did), I figured I’d go ahead and post our Christmas letter as a way of quickly looking back on 2009… Another year has passed and it’s time for the third annual Marchessault family Christmas letter. We recognize […]
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