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Let me start this series by stating the obvious. We in the church world are not about the bottom line. We are about changed lives. So in the next few days when I refer to customer service I am not talking about selling something I am referring to creating an environment that is conducive to […]

I switched my RSS feed to feedburner make sure you update your reader. Go to http://samluce.com hit the subscribe button. #kidmin # Man do I hate sheetrock! #fb # I have a fellowshipone question. @kennyconley helped me change our checkin layout. Now our vols. are getting a parent receipt. Any ideas? # I have a

This video always makes me laugh. It touches on those nuances of marital life. Enjoy, if you are married enjoy even more. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmGVYki-oyQ

Here is the link to download the August Cheatsheets if you want them. August 2009 Love

I think every church has at minimum a perceived value of kids and families. What churches do is the difference between perceived and actual values. There are a few things that churches do many times without realizing it that in my opinion make kids ministry a perceived value and not an actual value. 1. Have

I recently attended a VBS put on by another church in our area. Our church doesn’t do VBS but I like taking my boys if I can. As I was sitting in the back observing the thought came to me “Why don’t churches treat each weekend like it was VBS?” What if we: 1. Advertised

Claudia Maria Ann Luce Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition; but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express. Joseph Addison

The Power Of Family. At the end of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory it adds a few scenes that were not in the original movie. For me these last few scenes made the movie so much more powerful than the original movie with Gene Wilder. It really drove home the fact that the four kids

We are not sure of our baby’s name but we are sure that we are blessed. We have a beautiful family surrounded by amazing family and friends. Thank You all for your love, friendship and generosity. (more pictures tomorrow) Claudia 9 pounds 21 inches long born July 26th at 8:23am.

Mike Teavee – No Boundaries Kids need boundaries they crave them. Kids do not feel safe or loved in an environment where they can do whatever they want. It sounds very loving to embrace you child’s creative desire to do whatever they want. I believe it is cruel. By allowing you kids to do what