Morningside Community Church

Pastor Tim shares some thoughts on praise & worship:

“Tehillah” – Sunday, October 25, 2009
“Open the Eyes of My Heart/spontaneous song”- Sunday, October 25, 2009

Be part of a fun night of fellowship! We’ll go to Sioux Falls to watch the Sioux Falls Canaries play a baseball game, the Morningside bus will be leaving the church parking lot at 5:30pm sharp. We’ll go to the game and return after the game is wrapped up.

We will be sitting as a group lower level on the 1st base line. You may want to come hungry, it’s $1 hot dog night!

Cost includes your ticket to the game and bus ride.

$15/individual

$25/couple

$40/family

The cost is $10/each if you will not be riding the bus.

Deadline to sign up is Sunday, June 7th. Sign-up at the info booth in the church lobby or contact Pastor T.J. 605.651.3592

NOTE: I recently read a “blog” by fellow Worship Pastor, Thomas Miller, of Gateway Church in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.   I liked it enough that I thought I would share it with you.   However, I decided to personalize it…so, the following “blog” was mostly written by Thomas with a few of my own thoughts mixed to make it a little bit more personal for me and anybody who reads this from  Morningside’s website.   I hope you enjoy it and are encouraged!

        I dream alot…

        As a child, I dreamed of having superpowers (especially flying and invisibility…I was very shy). Read the rest of this entry »

O… don’t be a baby!   We are all familiar with this phrase aren’t we?   It is that insulting phrase that is some how meant to encourage you to get it together and be strong (“Be a man”, “Cowboy Up”, “Tough’n Up”).   Well… this last weekend and into Monday my family was sick.   Madeline got sick first with all the junk coming out of both ends.   She would throw up and then go back to playing!   It was amazing.   I was hoping that if I caught it that would be my attitude and physical feeling.   That wouldn’t be the case for me; Instead of being like my baby… I was being a man… a very sick man.   I woke up on Monday not feeling so good, but I was optimistic that it would pass quickly, but instead I felt worse and worse and I ended up feeling horrible the whole day through until at least 7PM.   As I started to come out of it a bit, it became Mindy’s turn (As I write this > noon 1-8-08 > she is just now coming out of it)… Read the rest of this entry »

I was just sent this and wanted to pass it on…

by Max Lucado

I drove the family to Grandma’s last night for Thanksgiving. Three hours into the six-hour trip, I realized that I was in a theology lab.

A day with a car full of kids will teach you a lot about God. Transporting a family from one city to another is closely akin to God transporting us from our home to his.

A journey is a journey, whether the destination be the Thanksgiving table or the heavenly one. Both demand patience, a good sense of direction, and a driver who knows that the feast at the end of the trip is worth the hassles in the midst of the trip… Read the rest of this entry »

Standup comedian and author David Brenner was signing books in San Francisco bookstore when a young man handed him a newly purchased copy to be signed and said softly, “I want to thank you for saving my life.” Brenner replied flippantly, “That’s okay.” The young man stood his ground and said, “No, I really mean it.”

Brenner stopped signing and looked at him. The man said “My father died. He was my best friend. I loved him and couldn’t stop crying for weeks. I decided to take my own life. The night I was going to do it, I happened to have the TV on. You were hosting The Tonight Show, doing your monologue. Next thing I knew I was watching you and laughing. Then I started laughing hysterically. I realized then that if I was able to laugh, I was able to live. So I want to thank you for saving my life.” Humbled and grateful, Brenner shook his and and said, “No, I thank you.”

Laughter does more than help us escape our problems. It sometimes gives us the courage to face them. As humorous author Barbara Johnson has said: “Laughter is like changing a baby’s diaper. It doesn’t permanently solve any problems, but it makes things more acceptable for awhile.”

“A happy heart is like good medicine, but a broken spirit drains your strength.” -Proverbs 17:22

I often hear parents comment on struggles with setting and enforcing rules with their teens.   “How do you know which rules to make?”   “How do you enforce them”? “How do you know the rules or consequences of violating such rules are appropriate”?   “Did we go too far?”   “Did we go far enough?” Read the rest of this entry »