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About Pastor Jesse

I am someone loved by Jesus - a disciple, husband, father, pastor, and engineer. God has a mission and invites us into it. I want to do my part to encourage and equip people for life on that mission!

Eight Guiding Words for Worship Celebrations

When planning and preparing for a worship service, we want these adjectives to apply to the end product.  If we can hit these eight points, it will have been a very good day. Make it joyful.  Create space for laughter, … Continue reading

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4/22 Prayer Update

First Coast Missional Communities Four Prayer Requests 1) The Fellowship of Believers MC has discerned a clear calling “to give themselves to those who give themselves to love children and youth with the love of Jesus.”  They are now making plans to go “Out” and engage in their mission … Continue reading

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Good Friday Sunrise Worship Service

“Surely, he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows…”  Isaiah 53:4 Every year, we gather with friends and family at the beach to worship God at sunrise every Good Friday.  It’s become a tradition for our family.  It was started … Continue reading

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It’s What God Does That Matters

About that title, I bet some of you are thinking, “yeah, that’s what you say when a ministry isn’t doing well.”  But no, I mean it.  It’s what God does that matters.  Everything else is filler.  And I’ll go beyond … Continue reading

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Do you have something worth sharing? Do you know how to share it?

I’m preparing to preach this week for Second Sunday Celebration and it happens to be Palm Sunday.  The biblical story is pretty well known – you can read about it in Luke 19.  Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey, … Continue reading

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