Author Archives: Pastor Dave

 We were privileged to spend some time with our family members in Oregon over the past couple weeks. As usual, we got to help out with some work projects which we enjoy and also got to watch our son’s volley- … Continue reading →

 It has probably been 30 years ago that we invited a couple, Dave and Mary Jo Nutting of the Alpha Omega Institute to come to Troy, Montana to conduct a creation seminar. It was held in the auditorium at Troy … Continue reading →

We had a Christian school at our Church for some thirteen years, peaking at about 90 students in K-9. What a blessing for our teachers to be able to base their lessons on the truths and principles of God’s Word … Continue reading →

 Well, our growing season ended this past week as we had two killer frosts with overnight temperatures of 24 and 27 degrees F.  Most of our garden was pretty much ready to harvest anyway except some of the tomatoes. We … Continue reading →

 While attending college at Montana State University in Bozeman (Go Bobcats!), I made some very close friends through the college youth group (COLLYP) at the church I attended, Grace Baptist (Now Grace Bible).  I ended up rooming with one of … Continue reading →

So, what did you do this “Labor Day” weekend? We spent today putting shingles on a neighbor’s roof!  For the past week we have been helping reroof their house and today got one side shingled. We recently finished helping put … Continue reading →

  While attending Montana State University in Bozeman, I got involved in what we called “COLLYP” (College Young People) at Grace Baptist/Bible Church. We had about 50 students from MSU that participated and over the four and 1/4 years that … Continue reading →

We just had the joy of having our son, Grant, his wife, Arika, and their two children, Luke (10) and Lacey (soon to be 8) with us for the past week. Grant and I put on a tennis clinic here … Continue reading →

Yesterday pastor Dave Simmons at Three Lakes Community Bible Church (where I used to pastor) preached a message entitled: “Forget our Sins, but Remember Me” from Psalm 25 to prepare us for communion. In the Psalm, David prayed “Do not … Continue reading →

 This past weekend was the 50-year reunion for my high school graduating class (1964…Libby High School).  As we drove up to the Fred Brown Pavilion (Fred was one of our teachers and long-time mayor of Libby) on the Kootenai River … Continue reading →