About Me

Hey there...My name is John Alice and I am happily married to my wife of 11 years Erin. We have five children; Tawna, Austin, Hailey, Isabel, & E-beth. I also happen to be the Pastor of Old Fort Church in the Northern Midwestern part of Ohio. God has done so many things in my life from being a church planter in a YMCA to fostering up to 14 different children in our house. There have been many struggles along the way with infertility, Isabel's Aperts Syndrome, and the challenges of raising five children. However, God has always met me in times of struggle and walked with me through these real life issues.

Monday, June 9, 2008

Greetings from Lakeside!

Well still no stone produced. Yesterday I was a pain free but today I have had some pain off an on. Keep me in your prayers. I will keep you posted on my health as the week progresses. As afar as conference is concerned all is going well. It is in the middle 90's and there is no AC in the main mtg room with about 3,000 other folk. Needless to say it gets a little sticky.

The Bishop gave his address today and our theme for annual conference this year is "Love First" he used the scripture out of Matthew of the two greatest commandments Love God and Love Neighbor. I was amazed as I was sitting there at how close we are at OFC with where the bishop is this week. This is our main theme text for our June sermon series called "Won't you be my neighbor". Cool stuff huh? Chuck Stein who was sitting next to me leaned over and whispered that the Bishop was stealing our stuff. What an affirmation for us as we head into our future as a church. God sure has an uncanny way of revealing Himself to us to let us know if we are on the right track or not.

I have also been reading from John Eldridge's book "Walking with God". This is a book on prayer and learning how to hear God actually speak to us. We are going to be walking through it for our July sermon series. I am looking forward to sharing all of the nuggets that I am getting from it and I hope you are anticipating it as well. This is going to be an awesome summer at OFC!

Don't forget about our upcoming events like VBS. We are going to need all the servants we can get so if you haven't signed up please make sure to do that. Also mention it to anyone you can think of. I believe God is going to do an awesome thing! Also don't forget to bring a dish to our Block Party on the Sunday that follows VBS. We are going to celebrate with our neighbors and share God's love together in community. Well I hope this post finds you well. I think of our church and our fold daily. You all remain in my prayers as I know you are praying for me. Blessings, Your Dreaming Pastor

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