The wedding was fantastic (the rest of the week was like a bad movie!)

My oldest son, Zachary, was married in Lancaster, CA on April 4^th. The wedding ceremony went perfectly. The church and the bride were both beautiful. I made it through the ceremony crying only twice. Once at the beginning and once at the end.

At the beginning it started as soon as I saw my daughter Heather walking down the aisle in her lovely bridesmaid’s dress. As soon as I saw her my eyes teared up and I was wondering if I was going to be able to conduct the ceremony without falling to pieces. As Natalie, the bride, entered on her father’s arm looking radiant the tears began to flow and my nose began to run. As tears fell on my glasses I realized this was going to be tougher than I thought.

The Happy Couple pose for pictures after the ceremony

After the opening comments and prayer, as Zack stepped down to receive Natalie from her father, Charlie, I took the opportunity to compose myself – and to blow my nose. I regained my composure and proceeded with the ceremony. I had to look at my notes a lot because whenever I looked at Zack or Natalie I got teary eyed again.

I made it all the way through the rest of the service until the very end when Charlie and I gave the couple our “father’s blessing.” I closed my part of the blessing with a quote from Numbers 6:24-26. This is the verse I always ended our family blessing time with each week for the past several years. It is a very special verse for us. As I said the first line, “May the Lord bless you and keep you…” I choked up. Tears began to flow down Zack’s cheek which didn’t make it any easier for me. I regrouped, started over and this time got all the way through the verse, albeit with a weak and quivering voice.

Ken and Zack await Natalie's entrance

After the closing prayer it was my pleasure to inform the audience that they were about to see Zack and Natalie’s very first kiss. It was their desire to honor God by remaining pure throughout their courtship displaying no physical form of affection beyond holding hands. So their first kiss at the ceremony was not just their first as husband and wife, it was their first kiss ever. After the kiss I beamed as I introduced the new couple as Mr. and Mrs. Zachary Lawrence.

The reception was a blur. There were over 200 people in attendance and I wanted to spend time with them all. It had been almost three years since we had moved away and we longed to get caught up with everyone. That, of course, was impossible to do. So if we missed you at the reception please accept our apologies. We tried to talk to as many of you as we could.

The wedding was fantastic. The rest of our trip, however, was like something out of a B-grade horror movie. Here is the rest of our “wedding vacation” story. The Saturday before we left for California Zack got sick with flu like symptoms. Sunday morning Heather fainted and began showing signs of the same “flu.” Zack called Chris and said he couldn’t get out of bed without feeling like he was going to pass out. So before church Chris went to check on Zack and told him to stay in bed. After church we went to check on Zack and Heather and assess whether it was possible to get on the road with two very sick kids on our hands.

Zack and Heather decided they could do it so we loaded up the van and Zack’s truck and headed out. I had to drive Zack’s truck and Chris drove our van. We did not leave Norwood until after 3 p.m. and we did not arrive in St. George, UT until midnight after driving through snowy, icy roads in UT.

That night (actually, early Monday morning) Thomas, our seven year old, got sick. This is where the horror flick comes in. We were dropping one by one, wondering who would be next. We pressed on and made it to Palmdale, picked up an RV from a friend and headed out to Leona Valley were we set up our MASH unit. We had sick people laid out on sleeping bags and medicine all over the place. It was a sight to see! Tuesday the next family member fell victim. It was Robert, our four year old. Chris and I were the only ones left to try to nurse the kids back to health.

Thursday Zack was feeling a little bit better just in time to go to Ontario airport to pick up Anthony, his best man. Chris, however, was the next to fall. She woke up Thursday morning feeling lousy. I knew my time was coming soon. It was a race to the finish. The wedding was just two days away. Would I make it or would I be the next to fall?

I rode with Zack just in case he couldn’t make it for the three hour round trip to the airport. He did fine. We picked up Anthony and on the way home got a call from the family Zack and Anthony were supposed to stay with asking us not to come over because one of their kids was sick and they didn’t want Zack to pick it up in his weakened condition. So we had to take Anthony to Leona Valley with us. We set Zack and Anthony up in the RV and the rest of us stayed in “the infirmary”

About this time (7 p.m.) it hit me. I was wiped out and had to lay down. Less than 24 hours before the rehearsal and 42 hours before the wedding and I was flat on my back. I was the pastor who was performing the ceremony. I had to find a way to get on my feet, at least for a few hours Friday night and a few hours Saturday.

Friday, Zack went to the doctor and got some meds. He was feeling better and so was Heather so we were pretty sure that they would be okay for the ceremony. Thomas, the ring bearer, was questionable but doing better. The odds were against Robert, Chris and I being able to make it. Thankfully, prayers on our behalf were being lifted up in California and back in Colorado. We would need divine intervention for sure.

Somehow we were able to tough it out and make it through the rehearsal. Chris and I didn’t eat much at the rehearsal dinner but we were there. That was a positive thing.

The day of the wedding we were feeling a bit better but operating mostly on adrenalin. We all loaded into the van to head to the church when to our horror the van would not start. The battery in the van was dead! Would the madness never end!?

Zack was gone by this point so we didn’t have his truck available to jump start the van. I had to unhook the RV and pull it as close as possible to the van and hope that the RV battery was on the side closest to the van. Thankfully it was. We got the van started and made it to the church only a half hour behind schedule. Thankfully there was plenty of buffer time for pre-wedding picture taking.

As I have already mentioned the wedding went off perfectly as did the reception. After Zack and Natalie left, my brother, Gary, had to give me a jump so we could get the van started again. We went out to eat with the Lawrence Clan and Chris’ parents. Robert got sick again so I spent most of my time running him to the bathroom. I didn’t get to spend much time with my brothers from Arizona.

Surprisingly the van started at the restaurant. We got back to Leona Valley not too late Saturday night and crashed. We were all exhausted. I had the opportunity to speak at Charlie’s church (Christ’s Church of the Valley in Palmdale) Sunday morning so I had to get up early, jump start the van with the RV again and get to the church by 8:30 a.m. I made it through both services and was actually feeling much better.

We jump started the van after church and headed off to Walmart for a new battery. Thankfully the battery was still under the full replacement warranty so they replaced it for free, including installation. One bright spot in an otherwise agonizing trip.

We finished up at Walmart just in time to take Anthony to the airport. I got back to the house around 7 p.m. Sunday night. Chris and the boys and I went out to eat dinner at Panera Bread where we are able to get on the internet for the first time in a week. As Chris scanned through hundreds of her emails one caught her eye. It was from the owner of our dairy back in Colorado. It seems we didn’t have the flu after all. Several customers had reported the same symptoms we had been experiencing. It turns out we got sick from drinking contaminated milk. The good news is that we didn’t infect anyone at the wedding with the flu since the bacterial infection is not contagious.

Our trip home was uneventful – except for the hour long delay on I-40 as we waited for an RV to burn to the ground (no, not our RV). Oh yeah, and the hotel in Flagstaff did not have our reservations even through I had a confirmation number. Other than that, we made it home safely.

So that’s our story. A wedding vacation to remember, that’s for sure. Thankfully Zack got better in time for his honeymoon and all seems to be going well for them. They will be back home in time for the reception we are giving them here in Norwood on the 18^th.

Serving Christ and His Family,

Pastor Ken

Our First Born’s Marriage

On April 4, just one month from today my first born son is getting married. He has been in a courtship relationship for over two years now. We have known Natalie’s parents since before either Zack or Natalie were born. Their’s is one of those homeschool courtship success stories.
I have been blessed to be actively involved in my son’s life. I will never forget the day he was born. I barely got Chris to the hospital in time. Just 20 minutes after we arrived Zack was born. I can still remember the feeling of holding him in my arms for the first time.
I also remember holding him in my arms again the day I had the privilege of baptizing him. The joy I felt as I lifted him up out of the water was second only to the joy I felt on the day he was born.
And now, on April 4th, I will be part of yet another milestone in Zack’s life. I will be the pastor who performs his marriage ceremony. I thank God for allowing me to be actively involved in my son’s birth, rebirth, and the birth of his marriage.

Zack and I have done a lot together as father and son. We enjoyed many summers at Angeles Crest Christian Camp’s Father-Son retreats. We worked together on the production of The Pastor’s House and Father Child Projects DVDs. In 2007 I encouraged him in his first solo production, the Courtship Formula, a documentary about courtship that was an official selection for the 2007 WYSIWYG Christian Film Festival.  It has been such a pleasure seeing this young man grow in maturity and in his walk with the Lord.
We’d love for you to share in this celebration of Zack and Natalie’s wedding with us. We can’t invite the whole world to the wedding so we’ve decided to do the next best thing. We are having a giant celebration sale of the three videos Zack and I have produced. Help us help him celebrate this special event in his life by generation some financial resources for his wedding. Check out the details at www.FamilyGravity.com.
Thank you for your continued prayers for Zack and Natalie as they start their new life together on April 4th.
Serving Christ and His Family,
Pastor Ken

Relationships and Modest Chickens

I can’t believe it worked! We have raised chickens for years and I have never heard of this before. After a long, cold winter we expected our 23 chickens to pick up their egg laying production with the longer, warmer days of spring and summer. Well, they didn’t.

So my wife, Chris, started researching a solution to this problem. It was either do something to get those birds to start laying, or into the stew pot they’d go. We don’t need 23 extra mouths to feed if they are not going to produce food for us.

Chris was taking care of a friend’s chickens and noticed that she had curtains on her nesting boxes. When Chris asked why she had curtains on the nesting boxes her friend replied, “If I were a chicken I’d want some privacy when I was laying an egg.”

I laughed when Chris told me she was going to give it a try. I sarcastically said, “So you think we have modest chickens who will lay more if they have pretty privacy curtains on their boxes?”

She said, “What can it hurt? We aren’t getting very many eggs now without the curtains.”

I quipped, “Okay, but if the curtains don’t work it’s curtains for those birds!”

So up went the curtains, and to our surprise, up went the egg production. I guess we do have modest chickens after all.

Our modest chickens and their curtains are an example to all of us of how to relate with others. We would do well to try to put ourselves inside the head of the person we are trying to relate with. As parents, before we are too quick to judge or get upset with our children we should try to see life from their perspective. Like Chris’ friend reasoned, “If I were a chicken…” we should reason, “If I was my child in this situation, what would I be thinking?” If we do that, maybe we will be a little more understanding the next time our child does something that brings us to the edge of our sanity.

This approach also works in our relationship with our spouse. We all agree that men and women are different, yet we continue to try to figure out one another from our own point of view. If husbands would try to think like their wives a little more and wives would try to see things from a man’s perspective, we would all get along a bit better.

We may never agree with the way the other thinks, but at least we would understand why our wife is always late or our husband is more interested in watching sports than in listening to his wife share her struggles with the kids that day.

So if you are having problems understanding or relating to someone, remember our modest chickens. If you were that person, what would you like to do, what would you be thinking? Then maybe this understanding will help you proceed with actions that will help build up the relationship instead of tearing it down. It was worth the effort to give our chickens a little privacy. They got their privacy, and we get the eggs. I’d much rather have the eggs from happy chickens than chew on an old bird.

How about you? Are you getting eggs or tough old birds from your relationships? Maybe it’s time to stop seeing things from your own perspective and see things through someone else’s eyes.

Serving Christ and His family,

Pastor Ken Lawrence

Family Vacation

We’re traveling back home from the North American Christian Convention in Cincinnati taking a much needed time out with the family. We spent the 4th of July weekend in Brunswick, OH at my Uncle Dave and Aunt Judy Gray’s house. On Sunday there was a big Gray family surprise party for my Uncle Gerard and Aunt Liz’s 50th wedding anniversary. 52 people were there. I got to visit with uncles, aunts, and cousins I haven’t seen in 20 – 30 years. We had a great time!

We are now taking our time working our way back home to Colorado. We spent time in beautiful Amish country in Ohio. The corn fields and wheat fields are quite a sight to see.

We then drove down into West Virginia, a state I had never been to before. Everything is so green! More farm land, lots of corn there, too.

We pushed hard yesterday through Kentucky to get to Missouri so we’ll have time to do some sightseeing today. We crossed the Mississippi yesterday. It is still showing signs of all the flooding the past few weeks. What an awesome sight.

Last night we ate at Lambert’s Cafe in Sikeston, MO. It is the “home of the throwed rolls.” With a slogan like that we just had to stop and see it! Sure enough, the waiters push around a cart full of hot rolls and holler out “hot rolls!” If you want a roll you wave your hand and they throw one to you. They are hot so once you catch them you have to quickly put it on your plate. Boy were they good! The meal servings were huge and delicious (and not on my diet).

Today we are off to the Springfield, MO area to visit a Civil War battlefield then on to Carthage to see the Precious Moments chapel. On the way to Springfield we’re going to go through West Plains and Caulfield where we used to live and Gainsville to show the kids the church where Chris and I got married.

We’re having a great time!

Ken

Creation Museum

We’re in the Cincinnati area for the North American Christian Convention (NACC). We have an exhibit booth this year promoting Norwood Christian Ranch. I got to the convention hall first thing this morning to set up our display booth. Everything went well and I was back at the hotel by 9:30 a.m. That gave us the rest of the day to take a family trip we have been planning for a long time.

After years of eager anticipation today we finally got to visit the Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY. It was everything I hoped for and more. Answers In Genesis has done a fantastic job in creating a high caliber museum that rivals any secular venue. Entertaining and education for the children and intellectually challenging and fun for adults. It’s part amusement park part museum and all biblically based.

I was also pleased to see large crowds there. People continue to come to the museum in large numbers proving that while the media continues to tell us we live in a post-Christian nation, Christians are still alive and well in the US and will continue to support bible based ministries that proclaim the truth.

I you are in the Cincinnati area, or if you are looking for a great family vacation worth a few days drive to get to, I highly recommend you spend a couple days at the Answers in Genesis Creation Museum. Check out the museum website at www.CreationMuseum.org

Tomorrow the NACC begins. We look forward to getting the word out about Norwood Christian Ranch, attending some great sessions and hearing inspirational, motivating speakers. If you are at the convention look for us at booth 225.

Serving Christ and His family,

Pastor Ken Lawrence

Families Working Together

What a week we are having here at Norwood Christian Ranch. A workgroup of 18 people from Milford Christian Church in Milford Missouri are here to help us with some much needed repairs. They have wasted no time knocking out the many projects we disparately needed done.

They have reshingled part of the main building where the existing shingles were pealing up and at risk of blowing off, causing leaks. The new roof looks great!

They replaced sinks and counter tops in the dining hall. The counter tops are gorgeous!  Last month they sent funds to buy a new stove for the dining hall kitchen.  The new stove and new counter tops really give the kitchen a much needed face lift.

They have painted all the decks and much of the main building where the old paint was dried and pealing off.

They even got some firewood cut and split.

Those items were all on their “to do” list when they arrived. Not only have they enthusiastically taken care of those items with great care and pride of work, but they jumped in and took care of some “emergency repairs” that they hadn’t planned on.

They completely replumbed the kitchen and laundry room sinks that had become clogged. The clog was so bad that we could not run the washing machine, dishwasher, or us the main kitchen sink. The old pipes had sagged under the floor causing food particles, soap, and grease to build up and become hard as a rock.

They added an electrical outlet in the kitchen to make it easier to plug in the refrigerator and dishwasher. The outlet looks like it was put in when the building was first built.

Their first night here the baseboard heaters broke causing the rooms to overheat. They got them disconnected for us so they will no longer be a problem for other guests.

When they started removing old paint on the back side of the main building they discovered that the wood, which was very thin paneling to begin with, was deteriorated so badly that it needed to be replaced. This is the part of the office with southern exposure so it is subjected to direct sunlight year round. The sun had taken its tole one the thin wood. So they jumped right in and replaced the whole back side of the main building, including the threshold to the office door which had fallen apart.

It has been such a blessing to us having them here. It would have taken my family years to get all these project completed. They were able to knock them out in three days. What blessed us most was seeing families working together. Little ones as young as 2 and 3 years old, teens, and adults all working together as a team. We have heard no complaining or bickering. They are here on a mission of love and they are showing love not only to our family and the ministry of Norwood Christian Ranch, but also to one another.

A huge “thank you” goes out to the workgroup from Milford Christian Church:

Pastor Cliff Hazzard, daughter Caddie, son Nathan and grand son Tristin, Norman & Rhonda Schipull, Dennis & Nancy Gariss, sons Nick & Isaac and daughter Natalie, Travis & Crystal Milam and their daughters Sadie, Jasmine, Rylee & Averi, and Jim Bayless.

What a blessing you have been to us!!! The love of Christ was evident in the work you did and the attitude in which you carried out you mission here at Norwood Christian Ranch. You have been encouragement to us as we strive to serve Christian families around the country.

Serving Christ and His family,

Pastor Ken Lawrence

What a Blessed Day!

I had a wonderful Father’s Day! It began with my meeting Jim Hohnberger. Jim is the founder of Empowered Living Ministries (www.EmpoweredLivingMinistries.org) and the author of many Christian books including Escape to God. I read Escape to God a few months ago and felt an instant bond with Jim. This book is about Jim’s journey from non-believer, to being a “religious” man, to truly walking with God in all areas of his life.

When I read his book I could not believe the similarities in our lives. In fact, when I finished reading the book I said to Chris, “You have got to read this. This guy is living our life, but he is doing it right!” I felt such a bond with Jim that I longed to meet him some day and compare life experiences.

Well, about a month after reading the book, Ron Gabbett, the friend who loaned me the book and told me I had to read it, informed me that Jim was going to be in our area speaking at a nearby camp. Ron asked if it would be alright if he invited Jim to speak at church. Alright? I told him it was more than alright. I asked him to please do whatever he could to get Jim here.

Jim agreed to come speak to our little church. His message was such a blessing. After service we had Jim and Michael, the camp instructor, and Ron and his friend Ann over for lunch. We had the opportunity to share our hearts and experiences with one another for a few hours. What a blessing. Jim offered me words of encouragement as we continue the ministry of Norwood Christian Ranch (www.NorwoodChristianRanch.com) and how we might take it to the next level of ministering to pastors and missionaries and Christian families.

Jim is such a wonderful man of God. I felt like I had known him my whole life because God has had us on such similar journeys.

After Jim left we went out to Miramonte Reservoir with our dear friends, the Parkers, to do some fishing. The weather and the fishing were good and we had a nice, relaxing time on the water in the Parker’s boat. We came back with five fish and some funny fishing stories about “the ones that got away.”

All in all it was an excellent way to spend Father’s Day.

Serving Christ and His family,

Pastor Ken Lawrence

Being a Father Worthy of Honor

God has commanded children to “honor your father and mother.” This commandment is put on children regardless of the type of parents they have. The commandment does not say, “Honor your father as long as he is worthy of honor” or “Honor your good, God-fearing father.” Children are to honor their father no matter what, whether the father is worthy of honor or not.

According to Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary of the English Language, honor mean:

“To revere; to respect; to treat with deference and submission, and perform relative duties to.”

As fathers we can make it easy for our children or difficult for our children to obey God by honoring us. We make it difficult for them when we provoke them to wrath by constantly getting on their case for what they do wrong, by being disengaged from their life, by being too busy with our own selfish pursuits to invest time in their life to guide and direct them into a God-honoring life of their own.

We make it easier for them when we encourage them when we catch them doing something right. We make it easier for them when we “bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4), when we turn our hearts to them as a major priority in our life (Malachi 4:6), and when we walk as the spiritual leader of the home that God has called us to be (Deuteronomy 6:6-8).

A father’s life is not an easy one. We have so many responsibilities, so many distractions that pull our time in all different directions. It is difficult to keep life in balance. It takes effort to set priorities and jealously guard family time from all the other things that are constantly trying to turn our hearts away from our children.

Fathers, we are called by God to be provider, protector, and priest. In contrast, we are called by the world be spenders what we do not have, leave our children in the hands of the government, and let our children decide for themselves what religion is right for them, if any.

Notice that God’s calling is focused on our relationship with others. A provider provides for the welfare of others, in this case, for our family. A protector provides protection for others. A priest builds up other’s relationship with God. A father’s calling is to be focused on others not ourselves. God wants the father’s heart turned toward his children (Malachi 4:6).

The world’s calling is focused on self. “It’s your money, spend it on yourself because you’re worth it” is what the world tells us. “Protect yourself because nobody else will.” The only priest the world wants you to be is a priest of tolerance of godless beliefs and self indulgence.

How are we to live a life worthy of honor? By being a man of God in all areas of our life. By turning the focus off of ourself and onto the family God has entrusted to our care. Let me encourage you to make it a priority to be provider, protector, and priest in your home. Allow God to turn your heart to your children and you will be amazed at how quickly they turn their hearts to you. It is easy for a child to honor a father with whom their heart is engaged.

Live the life God has called you to. Walk as the example of Christ in your home for your children and you will truly be a father worthy of honor from your children.

Serving Christ and His family,

Pastor Ken Lawrence

It’s Ready!

The much anticipated new Pastor’s House DVD is finally ready! We’ve been working on this project for several months now. Post production took a little longer than we thought it would, but the extra time was well worth it.

The new DVD is called The Pastor’s House Father-Child Projects Volume 1. It is hopefully the first in a series of DVDs designed to help fathers build strong relationships with their children. This is accomplished by building fun, useful projects together that are easy to build. I’ve designed the projects so you can do them in a few hours using standard tools most guys have in their garage or workshop.

What kind of projects? On the first DVD my six year old son Thomas and I show you how to build a three-hole washers game and marshmallow blowguns. Believe me, I’m no carpenter, so if I can build these projects you can too. I even include a Bible lesson that relates to the project.

To check out a video preview of this awesome new DVD check out our website at www.PastorsHouse.com.

Pastor Ken Lawrence

Instilling a Christian Work Ethic into your Children

I heard of a farmer who had several boys. He worked those boys extremely hard around the farm. One day one of the neighbors pointed out that it wasn’t necessary to work the boys that hard in order to raise a crop. The farmer, quietly but firmly responded, “I’m not just raising a crop. I’m also raising boys.”

There seems to be a shortage in this country of the good old Christian work ethic. Whenever I talk with business owners and managers the conversation inevitably comes around to finding good workers. “People today just don’t want to work, especially young people” is a common theme of these conversations.

Why don’t people today want to work? Because most are not taught how to work. I’m not talking about the mechanics of doing a particular type of work, I’m talking about the biblical principle of giving your employer a good, honest, hard day’s work for your pay. In today’s world, that seems like a novel idea.

Parents, God has given us the responsibility to train the children He has entrusted to our care in all areas of life. That includes training them up to be good, hard workers whether it be for someone else or for themselves. This may be an area that is difficult for you to train your children in because many of us were not trained in it by our parents.

What if we were not taught a biblical work ethic? How can we teach our children what we don’t know? Thankfully God has provided instructions in the Bible.

In Ephesians 6:5-9, through the writings of the Apostle Paul, God speaks to us on this topic: ⁵ Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. ⁶ Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but like slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. ⁷ Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, ⁸ because you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.

While Paul is addressing the slave-master relationship, most commentators agree that this principle directly relates to the employee-employer relationship as well. What Paul tells us is that we are to work as unto the Lord. Whether our employer is present or not, we need to be diligent to do our very best work.

Even if you are self employed, you have customers that you work for. Give them the effort they are paying for as if you are doing it for the Lord.

So how do we teach our children to be good, Christian workers? Here are a few tips for giving them a firm foundation:

1. Starting as soon as they are old enough to walk teach them to put their toys away when they are done playing or before they get out a new one. Let them know that God provided those toys and we need to be good stewards of what God has blessed us with. They may not understand what “steward” means at that early age, but you are setting the foundation for a key biblical principle.

2. As they get older, teach them to make their bed. Don’t worry if they don’t make it “right” (that is, the way you do). You are teaching them responsibility. Technique will come.

3. As they get older give them more responsibilities like helping with the dishes, sweeping the floor, folding laundry or doing yard work. Our boys (6 and 3 years old) love to help wash dishes. You may need to go back and clean some again at first, but in time they’ll learn to do it well. By getting them involved in household chores at an early age you are instilling in them the idea that work is a natural part of being in a family and a natural part of life.

4. Except in special cases, do not pay them for doing their chores. Chores come with living in a house and being in a family. We don’t get paid for doing these regular chores. We do them because it is part of life, it is our responsibility as stewards of what God has given us. Now, if you have some special chores, especially if they involve something that generates income, then use those to teach your children about putting forth a good days work for a good days pay. For example, if they help you get ready for and clean up after a yard sale then share some of the proceeds from the sale with them for their labor. But in general, do not pay children for regular household chores.

Theses are but a few examples. I am sure you can come up with others of your own. If you would like to, please post a comment to pass along your ideas.

Part of the work we are called to do as parents is to instill a Christian work ethic into our children so that they will glorify Christ when they enter the work force as a employees or business owners. Let us put our best effort into this task.

Serving Christ and His family,

Pastor Ken Lawrence