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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Friday, May 29, 2009

During my time away, I will not be updating this journal page. However, Cathy and I will be on facebook regularly. So, check in with us and let us know what you're doing. We'll do likewise!

Cathy and I are leaving for San Diego really early this morning (2 or 3 am). We will watch Dan and Cerissa run the San Diego Marathon. Then, they'll fly home but Cathy and I are staying in Southern California for a vacation and to attend a Pastors and Wives Retreat with Focus on the Family.

Here is my personal version of a story that will appear in today's Auburn Journal. We have posted it under this 'working title' on our church's page at the Journal's website. If you're local, I encourage you to buy a hardcopy at the newsstand.

The church 'being the church'

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

We are praying for the BellRoad Family Day at the Regional Park in Auburn. It is on Saturday, May 30th from 11am through 4pm.

Here is a page about the park: click here

Here are directions: click here

Our special guest that day (and at our church on Sunday, May 31st is Salvador Fernandez (Sal).

Cathy, Daniel, Cerissa, and I are leaving for San Diego early Friday morning. The young people are running in a Marathon (26 miles) there. The older folks are going to cheer them on.

The after the race, the runners will fly back to Sacramento. Cathy and I are staying down south until the Pastors and Wives Retreat (Focus on the Family).

Our kitchen is being remodeled during these final days before we leave. So, its been kinda busier than usual for our household.

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*Just after posting today's entry, this came into my INBOX:

Hi Pastor Rob,

I hope this email finds you well.

I know you're a busy guy, but I was wondering if you might have time to submit a pastor column for Friday's Journal. I've struck out with some other local pastors, but would really like to have some local content for our Religion page. And you always have something interesting to share with readers.

Interested?!

The column would need to be around 500 words,
and submitted by noon Thursday.

If this is at all possible, please let me know, and I'll plan accordingly.

Thank you,
Loryll Nicolaisen  Auburn Journal
 

Noon, Thursday (23.5 hours?!)...and we're remodeling...and we're leaving on vacation. Yes, but....I said "YES":

I'd love to.

It will be about our moving to the Auburn Greens and what that's like to take ministry into the neighborhood.

OK?

rob

Friday, May 22, 2009

I hung the second banner up at our church driveway today.  The signs look good, I think.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

My waking dream:
My son, Jeremiah had knocked over a great number of tools from a high-place (a tree, I think). His younger brother, Daniel, was underneath. Gravity caused these heavy, blunt instruments to rain down with great force. Before I could note if Daniel had been injured, I heard a masculine 'scream' from above. Jeremiah, in re-active haste, had severed his hand.

Interpretation?

Rex and I went for a long walk and read over some supplemental material for a Young Marrieds class in which he is subbing this Sunday. We read the material from the Seniors' perspective.

Cathy and I will attend a Chaplain's Meeting today at Sutter Faith Hospital at 10:30am Deborah McCrary (MSW) will be presenting on Alcohol and Substance Abuse visits.

Powerful time of prayer yesterday (during the Elections and just prior to this season's final BSF). I chatted with Alicia about the prayer meeting last night.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Special Election Day here in California. I was up at 3:30am in anticipation. After checking on friends at facebook, I went back to bed. Cathy's failsafe phone alarm failed us...the call came in from frantic elections workers at 5:59am.

So, I ran down to the churchhouse-polling site. That's where I am right now.

Several leaders met in a productive G.R.O.W. meeting last night from 6:30-7:50pm.

Saturday, May 16, 2009

At the church pulling weeds...stopped in to check progress on DVDs that I am producing to recruit and equip volunteers who will help us with our Property, Buildings, and Grounds (including our new roof project).

update: We just posted this video clip at the Auburn Journal. Had we heeded Barry's 'Round-Up' intructions, I would not have had to do much weeding this morning.

Weeding at BellRoad

I've already finished most of the powerpoint slides for the Morning Sermon. However, I'm leading Worship Team in the evening so I must decide upon the songs and make those slides too. It will be great when the Lord of the Harvest sends forth more workers (in response to our prayers).

The women came out for Polly's Baby Shower. Janene brought me a lunch while I was working on the video.

Friday, May 15, 2009

A busy day. Met with Mike H. to video a walk-on-the-rooftop. Here's a paper that Joe wrote that I find helpful as we proceed to think about the future:

M-Commerce by Joseph Patterson

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

The Holy Spirit: "We don't always know what He's been up to or what He's gonna do next. However, He is moving so I know He's doing something good." -- me, today.

an excerpt from

My Utmost for His Highest-May 12:

"Your god may be your little Christian habit, the habit of prayer at stated times, or the habit of Bible reading. Watch how your Father will upset those times if you begin to worship your habit instead of what the habit symbolizes - I can't do that just now, I am praying; it is my hour with God.

No, it is your hour with your habit. There is a quality that is lacking in you. Recognize the defect and then look for the opportunity of exercising yourself along the line of the quality to be added."

Cathy, Mary, and I went to Merced yesterday for Student Orientation at Merced College. Mary obtained her Student ID. After Josh (Mary's boyfriend) got off work, we dropped her off to spend some quality time with him and his family.

Then, Cathy and I drove to Yosemite National Park. As we drove down that long road into the Park, we saw the Cascades on the left, the Bridal Veil Falls on the right, then took a walk on the path to Lower Yosemite Falls.

The only other time we were there was about ten years ago with all the kids for a long day trip. It would be a great place to hang out for a few days.

We returned home at 1:16am. I woke up around 6:30am. Full day ahead. After Staff Meeting, I'll take Matt out for a prayerwalk.

Lots of purposeful good ahead of us.

Friday, May 8, 2009

Yesterday, Salvador Fernandez (Church Planting Strategist) came to Auburn today to help us move forward with our Spanish work. We had a great time of prayerwalking--gearing up for an Outreach at the Regional Park on Saturday, May 30th. He'll preach in our pulpit on the following day.

Sal had checked out this website before coming to meet me. He discovered that we had come from Michigan. He had ministered there as well. It turns out that we have a connection with mutual friends:

Eugene and Nan Bragg from the State Staff. Nan was the woman who first taught us sign language. They had both been to Alpha and Omega Ministries several times.

Last night, I met with the deacons for two hours as we attempted to work through some practical application of peacemaking principles. Soli deo gloria.

Passage for Sunday's Sermon (Forgiven)

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Last night, Cathy and I attended our first 'spinning class' at the Courthouse Athletic Club (a 45-minute workout). Jerry, our second son, went with us to guide us in the process.

Later in the evening, I our entire family (Cathy, Joe, Sharon, Jeremiah, Daniel, and Mary) shared in a circle prayer over a matter of spiritual significance for our local church and our family. I thank the Lord for his recent leadership through the pulpit at BellRoad.

I came to the office for a 7am Finance Committee meeting. There is now a wonderful new crew at the visionary helm for our local church in the area of Stewardship. I'm praising the Lord that Bell Road Baptist Church continues to be on the list of the top 100 SBC churches in cooperative program giving. For the first quarter in 2009, we are #45. I don't think that the Lord is all that impressed...but hey, its better than dropping off the list completely (considering what all our church body has endured during the last three quarters)!

Tomorrow is the National Day of Prayer: click here
Locally, there will be a group of leaders down at the Auburn Courthouse steps at noon. I'll try to be there.

Monday, May 4, 2009

Up early this morning. Now am at the church office (8am) answered an email from one of our members on the east coast. Now, I'm about to work on post-production for yesterday's sermon.

I already uploaded the admonition, scripture, songs and prayers associated with "The Lord's Supper" (which we shared together yesterday morning).

...though I had software glitches once again, here's the link to yesterday's 27-minute sermon:

    Year 3: Lesson 1   The Friend of Sinners

Friday, May 1, 2009

I'll meditate on this word today: CLICK HERE
and read this: May 1st Entry

Click below for Oswald Chambers'
My Utmost for His Highest

Thursday, April 31, 2009

Woke up at 4:30am this morning. I learned that facebook had increased their video upload limits to 1024 MB-20 minutes. That is great news! So, I had to try it out to see how much the compression distorts the image. Not bad.

If you're not signed up for facebook, I encourage you to do so and add me as one of your first friends:

    Rob Patterson

I have a friend who has been involved with a group who puts the Jesus Story into language(s) of the people. Below are 'some' of the languages that have been dubbed.

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Aari Aceh Achi, Rabinal Acholi Adi Adygey Afar Afrikaans Aja-Gbe Aklanon Alaba Albanian Albanian, Kosovar Alur Amharic Amoy Amuzgo, Guerrero Amuzgo, Oaxaca Anuak Anyin Apinaye Arabic, Chadian Spoken Arabic, Egyptian Colloquial Arabic, Hassaniya Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard (Egyptian Accent) Arabic, Moroccan Spoken Arabic, North African Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Aringa Armenian, Western Assamese Assyrian Ateso Aukaans Avar Awadhi Aymara, Central Aztec Nahuatl Guerrero Badaga Bagheli Bakairi Bali Balkar Balochi, Eastern Balochi, Southern Balochi, Western Bambara Bamun Bari Bariba Basa Basaa Bashkir Bassa Batak Angkola Batak Karo Batak Simalungun Batak Toba Baule Bedamuni Belorussian Bemba Bena Bench Bengali, Common Language Bengali, Musselmani Berom Betawi Bete, Guiberoua Bhadrawahi Bhatri Bhili Bhojpuri Bicolano Bima Bimoba Birifor, Southern Bislama Bissa Blaan, Koronadal Bodo Bomu Bororo Bouyei Brahui Braj Bhasha Bugis Bukusu Bulgarian Buli Bulu Bundel Khandi Bura-Pabir Buriat, Russia Burmese Cakchiquel, Central Cantonese Catalan-Valencian-Balear Cebuano Central Asian Russian Chachi Chakma Chaldean Chamba Chambeali Chamorro Chaouia Chatino, Nopala Chavacano Chechen Chhattisgarhi Chichewa Chilcotin Chin, Mun Chinanteco, Quiotepec Chinanteco, Tepetotutla Chinese, Sichuan Chittagonian, Common Chittagonian, Musselmani Chodri Chokwe, Congo Chol, Tumbala Chopi Chuvash Chwabo Cirebon Cishingini Cora Cree, Western Crimean Tatar Crioulo, Upper Guinea Cuicateco, Tepeuxila Czech
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Dagaari, Northern Dagaari, Southern Dagbani Dan Dangi Dani, Western Dargin Dari Daur Daza Deccani Dendi Dene (Chipewyan) Dera Desia Dhatki Dhopadhola Digo Dinka, Northeastern (Padang) Dinka, South Central (Agar) Ditammari Dogon Duala Dukanci Duruma Duruwa Dusun Dzongkha Ebira Edo Efik Eggon Ejagham, Western Embu English English, Native North American Erzya Estonian Euskera Ewe Ewondo Fanakalo Fang, Gabon Fante Faroese Farsi, Western Fijian Finnish Fon-Gbe Foochow French Fulacunda Fulfulde Fulfulde, Caka Nigeria Fulfulde, Maasina Fulfulde, Pulaar Fuuta Jalon Gaelic, Irish Gagauz Galician Gamit Garhwali Garifuna Garifuna Garo Gbagyi Gbari Gbeya Gedeo Georgian German, Standard Gikyode Gilaki Giryama Gitonga Gogo Gondi, Northern Gonja Gorontalo Gourmanchema Greek Guajajara Guarani, Bolivian, Eastern Guarani, Mbya Guarani, Paraguayan Guaymi Guere, Central Gujarati Gun-Gbe Gurage, Sodo Gurenne Guro Gurung Gusii Hadiyya Hadothi Hainanese Haitian Creole French Hakka Halbi Hamgyongdo Haryanvi Hausa Haya Hazaragi Hebrew Hehe Hemba Herero Higgi
Hiligaynon Hindi Hindi, Caribbean Hindko, Northern Hiri Motu Hmong Daw Hmong Shuad Huasteco, San Luis Potosi Huasteco, Veracruz Huave, San Mateo Del Mar Huba Huichol Huli Hungana Hungarian
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Ibaloi Iban Ibanag Ibibio Idoma Ife Ifugao Igala Igbo Igede Ilocano Inuktitut, Eastern Canadian Isan Isoko Italian Itawis Itsekiri Ixil, Nebaj Iyansi Izere Izi-Ezaa-Ikwo-Mgbo Japanese Javanese Javanese, Caribbean Jibu Jingpho Jju Jola-Fogny Jola-Kasa Jorai Jukun Kabardian Kabiye Kabyle Kachchhi Kadiweu Kaili, Ledo Kaiwa Kakwa Kalaallisut (Greenlandic) Kalanga Kalenjin Kalmyk-Oirat Kambaata Kambera Kanauji Kandaw Kankanaey Kannada Kanuri, Yerwa Kanyok Kaonde Kapampangan Karai-Karai Karakalpak Karanga Karelian Karen, Pwo Karen, Pwo Eastern Karen, Sgaw Kasem, Burkina Faso Kasem, Ghana Kashmiri Katab Kathiyawadi Kayah Li, Western Kayan Kazak Kekchi Kendayan (Kanayatn) Khakas Khampa, Eastern Khandesi Khasi Khmer, Central Khmer, Northern Khmu Kikamba Kikuyu Kilega Kiluba Kimeru Kinandi Kinaray-A Kintandu Kinyarwanda Kiribati Kirundi Kissi, Northern Kituba Kiyombe Kok Borok Kom Komering Komi-Permyak Komi-Zyrian Kongo, San Salvador Konkani (Mangalorian) Konkani, Goanese Konkomba Kono, Sierra Leone Korean Korean, North Korku Kpelle, Guinea Kpelle, Liberia Kreol Mauricean Kui Kumauni Kumyk Kuna, San Blas Kupsabiny Kuria Kurmanji - Cis Kurmanji Standard Kurukh/Oraon Kusaal, Eastern Kuy Kwangali Kwanyama (Ovambo)
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Ladakhi Lahu Lak Lala Lama Lamba Lambadi Lambya Lamnso Lampung Lao Latvian Lelemi Lenje Lepcha Lezgi Lhao Vo Lhasa, Tibetan Limba, West-Central Limbu Limbum Lingala Lisu Lithuanian Lokaa Loko Loma Lomwe Longuda Lotuko Lozi Lubwisi Luchazi Luganda Lukpa Lumasaba Lunda Luo Luragoli Lusoga Luvale Lyele Maasai Maay Macedonian Mada Madi Madura Mafa Magahi Magindanaon Mai Brat Maithili Makaa Makasar Makonde Malagasy Malay Malay, Pattani Malayalam Malvi Mam, Northern Mandarin (Taiwan) Mandarin, China Mandinka Maninka Manipuri (Meitei) Mano Manyika Maori Mapudungun Marathi Marghi Central Mari, Low Maria, Dandami Masana Masbatenyo Mashami-Chagga Mashi Mawchi Maxakali Mayan Mazahua Mazateco, Huautla De Jimenez Mbala Mbembe, Cross River Mbosi Mbukushu Medlpa Medumba Mende Mewari Minangkabau Minianka Miskito Mixe, Coatlan Mixteco, Alacatlatzala Mixteco, Central Juxtlahuaca Mixteco, Diuxi-Tilantongo Mixteco, Eastern Mixteco, Metlatonoc Mixteco, Monte Verde Mixteco, Silacayoapan Mixteco, Southern Puebla Mnong, Central Moba Mon Mongo-Nkundu Moore Moro Moru Mumuye Mundang Mundani Mundari Munduruku Munukutuba Murle Musgu Mwaghavul Mwani Naasioi Nagamese Nahuatl, Huasteca, Eastern Nahuatl, Huasteca, Western Nahuatl, Sierra De Puebla Nahuatl, Southeast Puebla Nambikuara, Northern Nambikuara, Southern Nasu, Eastern Nauruan Navaho Nawdm Ndau Ndebele, Northern Ndebele, Southern Nembe Nepali Newari Ngakarimojong Ngambay Ngas Ngiemboon Ngombe Nias Nigerian Pidgin English Njebi Noone Nosu, Shengzha Ntcham Nuer Nung Nupe Nyakyusa-Ngonde Nyamwezi Nyishi Nyungwe Nzema Obolo Ogan Ojibwa, Western Okrika Oriya Oromo, Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo, West-Central Osetin Otetela Otomi, Eastern Otomi, Mezquital Otomi, Western
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Pahari, Kullu Pak Pak Dairi Palauan Palaung, Pale Palembang Pame, Central Pangasinan Panjabi, Western Papiamentu Pasemah Pashto, Northern Pidgin, Cameroon Pijin Plautdietsch Pohnpeian Pokomo, Lower Polish Popoloca, San Felipe Otlaltepec Popoloca,San Juan Atzingo Popoluca, Sierra Portuguese, Brazil Portuguese, Portugal Punjabi, Indian Punu Purepecha Quechua, Ancash, Conchucos, Northern Quechua, Ancash, Huaylas
Quechua, Ayacucho Quechua, Ayacucho Quechua, Cuzco Quechua, North Bolivian Quiche, Central Quiche, West Central Quichua, Highland, Chimborazo Rajbangsi, India Rajbanshi, Nepal Rawang Rejang Romani, Balkan Romani, Caldarasi Romani, Carpathian Romani, Sinte Romanian Romblomanon Ronga Rumu Runyankole Runyoro Russian Ruund Sabaot Sabu Sadani Sakata Sama, Central Sama, Southern Samo Samoan Sango Santali Sara Saraiki Saramaccan Sasak Saya Sena Senoufo, Cebaara Shan Shanghainese Sharchogpa Sherpa Sheshush (Innu) Shilluk Shimaore Shipibo-Conibo Shona Shuar Shui Sidamo Silti Sindhi Siswati Slavey Slovak Slovenian Somali Soninke Sotho, Northern Sotho, Southern Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Castilian Sranan-Tongo Suba Subanon, Western Sukuma Sunda Susu Swahili, Congo Swahili, Kenya Swahili, Tanzania Sylhetti Syriac
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Tabassaran Tachelhit Tagalog Tahitian Tai Lue Taita Tajik Talysh Tamajeq, Tahoua Tamang, Eastern Tamang, Western Tamasheq, Kidal Tamazight, Central Atlas Tamil Tampulma Tangale Tarafit/Rif Tarahumara Baja Tarahumara, Central Tarok Tatar Tausug Tboli Tchien-Krahn Teke, Central Telugu Tem Teochew Tera Thai Thai, Northern Tharaka Tharu, Saptari Themne Tigre Tigrinya, Eritrea Tigrinya, Ethiopia Tira Tiv Tiwa, Northern Tlicho (Dogrib) Tojolabal Tok Pisin Tolaki Tonga, Malawi Tonga, Zambezi Tongan Toraja Totonaca, Sierra Trique, San Juan Copala Trukese Tsikimba Tsimihety Tsishingini Tsonga Tswa Tswana Tulu Tumbuka Turkana Turkish Turkmen Tuvin Twi Tzeltal, Bachajon Tzeltal, Oxchuc Tzeltal, Tenango Tzotzil, Chamula Udmurt Ukrainian Umbundu Urdu Urhobo Uspanteco Uyghur Uzbek, Northern Uzbek, Southern Vai Vasavi Venda Vietnamese Vietnamese, Northern Vili Waama Waja Wanga, Luhya Waray-Waray Watakataui Wayampi, Amapari Wayuu Welsh
Western Caribbean Creole English Wolaytta Wolof Xhosa Xiang Xun Yaka Yakhine Yakut Yanomamo Yao Yao (Iu Mien) Yaqui Yemba Yoruba Zaiwa Zande, Drc Zande, Sudan Zapoteco, IsthmusZapoteco, Mitla Zapoteco, San Agustin Loxicha Zapoteco, San Juan Guelavia Zapoteco, Sierra De Juarez Zapoteco, Southern Rincon Zapoteco, Yalalag Zarma Zaza (Dersim Dialect) Zhuang, Northern (Yongbei) Zoque, Francisco Leon Zulu
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