I thought Winter Camp at Hume Lake was an amazing experience.
It was just good to be together with each other and with other churches from the Fresno area to worship, learn and play together as the body of Christ.
Here’s a recap video from the weekend:

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If you’re reading this post then that means that you and/or your child have successfully survived the start of another year of school. Here in the Knudson household we now have two children in school. With Jeremiah in 2nd grade, Samuel in Kindergarten and Alexandra still at home, we recognize the challenges of families that [...]

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“So, what are you going to do with your summer?”
This past Sunday night at youth group we talked about this topic. The following are a few of the thoughts I shared and some additional comments.
School is almost over and summer vacation is almost upon us. Prom is done. Grad night trips to Disneyland (or wherever) [...]

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Hello friends,
I don’t blog/post on here nearly as often as I would like, but I just wanted to take a moment and share with all of you HOPE YOUTH: I’m tremendously proud of you!
I thought that yesterday’s worships services were a tremendous witness to the love of Christ that you are sharing, growing and nurturing [...]

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“So, what are you doing for Spring Break?”
Spring Break is a great opportunity for children and youth to take a break from their studies, take some time away from school and “rest up” before the end of the school year, AP tests, final exams, etc. It’s a time when some families go on vacation or [...]

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So, Winter Camp…was…awesome!

What was your favorite part? 
Leave a message.  Share with others!  What did God speak to you?  Not just what funny thing happened.

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Over the past several weeks, I’ve had the opportunity and privilege to step outside my normal work with the youth at Hope and I’ve had the chance to spend some time studying.  After graduating from seminary more than five years ago (with a Master of Divinity degree), I’ve now “gone back to school” to work [...]

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I recently traveled to Mexico to visit with Pastor Pedro and our mission partners at the “El Camino” Church in El Progresso, Mexico which is just southwest of Mexicali and only a 30-45 minute drive from the border.  The purpose of our trip was to investigate and evaluate the viability of a Spring Break Mission [...]

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Written- Adam D. Knudson
Editor- David N. Knudson
 
Prepared as a sermon for services of worship on the first Sunday after Christmas.  Hope Lutheran Church, Fresno, California, December 2010
 
 

As you probably all know, the story has been told
about the Grinch who once stole Christmas, from long, long, long ago.
It was penned by Dr. Seuss in 1957.
It’s something [...]

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Over the last few weeks we’ve heard a lot about “stewardship.”  With sermons from Pastor Roger on Sunday mornings and conversations in youth group on Sunday evening, we’ve spent a lot of time talking about it.  Usually “stewardship” is an ugly word in the church, because usually the phrase “stewardship is really important” is taken [...]

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