On Friday, June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to abortion, overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and returning the question of abortion’s legality to the states. The Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization upholds a law from Mississippi that bans abortion after fifteen weeks of pregnancy. In its ruling, the Court’s conser...  Read More

Hey, Mount Pleasant and IMPACT family, I want to take a minute to share some updates with you. First, after a 14-month search, we have hired a new Executive Pastor – Aaron Gable. Aaron, his wife, Tracy, and their four children live in the Atlanta area, where he has been the Lead Pastor at Lifebridge Church for the past ten years. Aaron was born and raised in Colfax, IN, on a farm where his parents...  Read More

This past weekend was week three in our “A Generous Life” message series. My plan for week three was a message focused on the importance of saving money. However, as I shared with you in this last weekend’s services, I felt God moving me in a different direction. So, I gave a message from 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 called, “We Fix Our Eyes.”At the same time, it’s important that we understand the value ...  Read More

Hey Mount Pleasant/IMPACT family, I hope you're experiencing a good start to 2021. Some time ago, a newspaper in Tacoma, Washington, carried the story of Tattoo, the basset hound. Tattoo didn't intend to go for an evening run, but when his owner shut his leash in the car door and took off with Tattoo still outside the vehicle, he had no choice. A motorcycle officer named Terry Filbert noticed a pa...  Read More

I wanted to take a minute to share some thoughts and realities with my Mount Pleasant/IMPACT family related to our Online Campus (Digital Church). After 17 weeks of nothing but Digital Church, we returned to in-person worship on July 11/12. The first two weekends have pretty much been what I expected. Because of the continued need for social distancing and not being able to offer any Children’s or...  Read More

Recently I wrote an article for Christian Standard Magazine about how we (MPCC) are expanding our ministry to reach underserved people and communities through our IMPACT Ministries. In the article, I talked about attending a Mega-Church Pastors Conference several years ago and hearing Ben Merold, a preacher that I respect deeply say, “Sometimes our opportunities become our vision.” That statement ...  Read More

Sandy and I did something new this year – we put up our Christmas tree on November 12. That’s really early for us. We usually put the tree up the day after Thanksgiving. But since Thanksgiving is so late this year (November 28), she said, "Why don't we start a new tradition by putting the tree up on your mother's birthday?" This was a sweet gesture on her part, especially since I had been thinking...  Read More

 No one ever taught me about money. The only thing my father ever said to me about money when I was growing up was, “We don’t talk about money.” Fortunately for me, I have always been pretty conservative, which kept me from getting into too much trouble financially speaking. When I young, I always saved my allowance – something I’ve carried with me into my adult years. As I got older, I avoided de...  Read More

This weekend (September 7/8) kicks off our new "Room for Doubt" series. That might sound like an odd title for a sermon series but here's what I'd like you to consider. As Christians, we should make "room for doubt" in our lives, in our relationships, and in our churches. Now those last two things make sense. We should welcome relationships with people who have doubts because that opens the door t...  Read More

A few weeks ago, I announced that we will be moving from 3 Sunday morning services to 2, beginning the weekend of September 7 and 8 (our Saturday night service will remain the same – 6pm). Let me take a few minutes to share why we made that decision and why we chose the new service times.First, when we began three Sunday morning services in January of 2017, everything was great. I was anxious abou...  Read More

On Saturday, April 13, we will once again be involved in a food packaging event as a part of our Go Change the World week. We will gather in the Community Life Center in three separate sessions (8:30-10:30am, 10am-12:30pm, 12:30-3pm) to pack over 400,000 meals that will be sent to our ministry partner in Cuba. Earlier this year Sandy and I spent several days in Cuba and we were told on multiple oc...  Read More

Hey Mount Pleasant family,Since we are just days away from December, I wanted to give you a couple of reminders. First, if you haven’t already turned in your “Money Talks” Generosity Commitment Card, you can do it this weekend. If you haven’t picked up a card or lost one, you can find them on the shelves by the doors outside the Worship Center. If you weren’t able to be in church to hear my final ...  Read More