pastors worship team

a handful of our pastoral staff came together to lead worship a few weeks ago. it was an awesome experience. i was inspired by the group casting crowns, as i heard that they serve the same church as youth pastors.

mayor of paramus

yesterday was an interesting day. in the morning i preached at a homeless ministry in harlem. then in the evening i attended the paramus council meeting where the mayor recognized our church. because our senior pastor wasn't available, i went in place of him.

haddon robinson

haddon robinson just led a preaching seminar at our church. he also preached at our sunday services. he is known as the great professor of preaching. it was so strange to see him preaching to our em congregation. we had so much fun hosting him & spending time w/him. he has a great sense of humor & he has a way of speaking words that made people feel so personally encouraged & blessed.

he is turning 80 soon. when we drove by the george washington bridge, he said that the bridge opened the year he was born. he really inspired me to want to live a faithful & meaningful life. he has personally taught many great preachers (chuck swindoll, erwin lutzer, joe stowell, tony evans, etc). he served as a chaplain to the dallas cowboys in the 70s back when tom landry was the coach. he lived such an exciting life of serving the Lord.

he grew up in harlem. as a teenager, he & his cousin went to church in order to play in a church basketball league. they both became christians. his cousin went on to become the pastor of riverside church in ny. & he went on to become haddon robinson.