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June 2026 A Time for Conventions, Conferences, and Celebrations!!

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June 2026 started with the chance for my wife and I to have a quick visit with our son Josh in Nanaimo. As we headed to the ferry, I was able to tune into our online staff meeting. It was good to see everyone and hear some updates. We headed back home after our visit and I spent some time in my home office. The plans for summer trips are coming together nicely. On that first Sunday in June, my wife and I helped out with music for the church service at Hillside Community Church. Pastor Ian W is on sabbatical with his family for retired pastor Craig T led the service. It was Confirmation Sunday and it was fun to see the three young men confirm their Christian faith during the service. I taught confirmation classes for many years and this brought back some happy memories. Here's the link if you'd like to see and hear the service. https://youtu.be/27gNcHzMRbY I try to visit my LAMP communities 2 - 3 times a year in addition to summer trips. June allowed some time to do a few of tho...
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May 2026 Grieving, Celebrating, and Visiting...and bears...and churches...

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 May 2026 was a very full month for me. I was honoured to be able to attend a special funeral service for a LAMP family member. I was also honoured, along with my wife, to be able to attend a special wedding for some dear ones. In addition to these special events, I was also happy to be able to visit with a number of LAMP volunteers and a number of my LAMP communities this month. I ended the month with a visit to the people of Killarney Community Lutheran Church. May began with a trip to St. Louis, MO to attend the visitation and the funeral of Luke Schave. Luke was a special member of our LAMP family...his father Steve serves as our Executive Director and Luke, his mom Kim, and his dad have served as LAMP volunteers in Moose Lake, Manitoba for the last few years. Here's a picture of our Moose Lake LAMP team from last summer. Luke was diagnosed last fall with cancer and he sought and received treatment for much of the time since then. He passed away just after his twenty fourth bir...
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