Happy New Year!

Just want to wish everyone a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Came across this today....funny

I happened to run across this today... I thought wow! Look how far we have come....

This is actually a newspaper ad... Gotta love it...

crazy and funny...

LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO 2009

Blessings

Ben

Our Mission 2009

Our Mission in 2009 is summed up in this picture...

God Bless You

Pastor Ben

Merry Christmas from your Calvary Chapel Lubbock Pastor's

Enjoy!! Let me know what you think? Please Post a comment!

Even Charlie Brown Knows...

With so many people telling us to say Happy Holidays.. or What is the meaning of Christmas? I just refer them to Charlie Brown...

Even Charlie Brown knows the meaning of Christmas...

So From my Heart to Yours... MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Pastor Ben

Men's Fellowship Pizza Party!

We had a great time last night... we did something different.. Instead of our Saturday Morning fellowship, we had a pizza party fellowship... complete with Worship and a short devotional from Pastor Sof...
Then we played darts and had a pool tournament... Jacob Finley emerged the victor of the pool tournament...



What a great time we had encouraging each other, praying for each other and trying to win 1st place in Pool... Just a bunch of Guy.... who love Jesus....
enjoy the pics

Engaged to be Married

Well, my oldest daughter Talia is Engaged to be Married.... that's right.. last night Matt Delgado proposed to Talia and well... my little girl is grown up! I love the what her grandparents said when Talia called and told them the news...

Grandma said... What did he propose? haha... and Papa said in the same breath... did you tell him maybe in 10 yrs! I love my in laws... they have a great sense of humor.. anyways... they are working on a date..sometime in the summer...yikes! Ask me how I am doing then... My youngest in already married and living in OKC and now Talia... I pray the very best for both... it was going to happen I know... but I prayed for the rapture to come 1st...

so here are some pics from last night... we are getting a good man as a son-in-law...

Remember Jesus Loves you and I do to!

Pastor Ben

Thanksgiving Tidbits

Hello, thanksgiving is almost here... what are you thankful for? We all have so much to be thankful for, and it is always a good thing to count our blessings.
The comment section is open to leave what you are thankful for, So keep it short and sweet, and “Give thanks unto the Lord for He is good!” (1 Chronicles 16:24)

Rest and Relaxed Saturday...

After sleeping in we were looking for somewhere to eat... then I remembered that Yvonne was talking about a place called " Tacos Garcia" so we found the address and went... It was amazing! The tacos were like a place in NM that we loved...
As soon as I download the Pictures I will post them... Nathalie has my camera... maybe tomorrow.
Blessings
Ben

Rest and Retreat

Hello all, I thank my God and Lord Jesus Christ for all he has given me... we are having a wonderful time... doing what you ask?..." NOTHING" just resting and taking naps... went to eat last night at placed called " The Country Barn" best steaks in Amarillo... the waiter even treated us to a free dessert... peach cobbler with ice cream... then we went to Barnes and Noble for a Coffee...

couldn't find a book to read... but oh well...

Love you guys

Here are some pics from last night....

will try and post later today...

Sunday Reflections

• Yesterday was Amazing, Acts 5:12-42
• 4 people prayed to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior
• Worship was good...
• Played Basketball @ 2:30 -4:30 on 2 sore calves... ouch!
• Stubborn enough to play.... When will I ever learn
• SNL - went great... we studied for 2 hours... ( interactive study bible study)
• Amen...

Great Insight to I Samuel 21

Hello all... what a great bible study we had last night.... We have had some great insight to I Samuel 21... Tiffany Gipson wrote this... so I can't take any credit... It is amazing how God works in each of our lives...

Here it is ... be blessed...

The Match UP.. Friends and acquaintances, how do they match up? Jonathan and David or Saul and Doeg the edomite , how does your friendships match up? I found it interesting that the old saying birds of a feather flock together rang true for these guys. David and Jonathan and a true friendship because it involved the Lord, but Saul and Doeg the edomite well that’s a different story. Doeg seems to be as corrupt as Saul. Was he being loyal to the king by turning in David or was he hoping for a reward? See Saul and Doeg relationship clearly had motives, but Jonathan and David’s relationship was pure.. So the question again, How do your friendships match up?


God Bless

Pastor Ben

Ben the Tile Guy! It is Finished

Remember around a month ago, our shower was kinda leaking and once again my wife tells me about it... I sorta didn't hear her cuz then it would be a small taskon my day off...or so I thought....
Then one Saturday I decided to take a look and see if I could fix the ailing shower. So I headed over to the Home Depot to pick up a few things... headed home to try and "fix it" well long story short, 7 hours later and several trips to Ace Hardware and a MAJOR leak... we had to call a plumber. It was an emergency! Well the plumber came in and replaced the whole assembly in the shower wall... what was left was a big hole and a bucket full of tile ( thank God none of them broke) Well after talking to some of the guys at church I decided to tackle the tile replacement myself... ( oh no not again ) I know!
Well a month and a few days later it is all done... from the wall board to the sealer... all done!




See pics... Praise the Lord!

Sam also helped me out... good job Sam..

Remember Jesus Loves you

pastor Ben

Men's Retreat

We had a great time at this year's Men's Retreat. We had great food and wonderful fellowship, the teaching was incredible, Pastor Tripp from Jacksonville Fl. was such a blessing. We played football and won!! Micheal caught a pass with just a few minutes to play to put CCL in the win category...good job mike. Pastor Terry almost intercepted and that would have been bad... all in all we had a great time... a little tired.. we stayed up until 2:00am on Friday just talking about the Lord... amen... here are some pics of us on the road... Lloyd was resting in the back seat...

Lloyd asleep on the road to millerranch!

Mike ready for food and fellowship and football!
Pastor Terry " just happy to be here"

Thanks to CCFM who hosted this yrs Retreat. If you missed it.... think about going next yr.

Great place to retreat! and Warren even joined us!

Remember Jesus Loves you!

Pastor Ben

Lost Boy... Found!

What an amazing time we had last night.... we showed Pastor Greg's documentary " Lost Boy" and the place was buzzing... Serveral people gave thier lives to the Lord... We were totally stoked! Here are some pics of last night... we are praying about another showing in November... Let me know what you think?

God is so Good! HE saves!

Thank You Jesus for your precious Holy Spirit who leads and guides...

Then after the movie we had a great time of fellowship just getting to know one another... cookies and coffee always hit the spot.....

Remember God Love you and I do too!

Pastor Ben

LOST BOY TONIGHT

Just want to remind you about the Lost Boy Documentary showing will be having at Calvary Chapel TONIGHT @ 7:00m.. This is a powerful outreach film, you don't want to miss. Please bring a friend or an unsaved loved one... this is going to be a powerful night...
Greg Laurie, pastor of one of the largest churches in America, shares his life story for the first time in Lost Boy
Born out of wedlock to a mother who married and divorced seven times, Greg Laurie sought meaning in his life through partying and drugs. But it wasn't until a chance encounter in high school that he found it through a relationship with Jesus Christ..
Once again
When - TONIGHT
Where- CALVARY CHAPEL LUBBOCK- 4218 BOSTON AVE
Time- 7:00 pm
childcare available....
Hope to see you there!

Busy Day @ Calvary Chapel

Hey everyone, what a busy church we have. Things happening all day long...

Here we have Pastor Sof playing checkers with Ricky as we visited him today

Ricky is doing good but has 2 more weeks of therapy...

can you guess who won?

And later on in the day we had painters for our children's ministry wall... looking so good...here are some pics even though it is not done...

thanks to mary for painting this wall

Lost Boy Movie

Just want to remind you about the upcoming Lost Boy Documentary showing will be having at Calvary Chapel on October 22nd @ 7:00m.. This is a powerful outreach film, you don't want to miss. Please bring a friend or an unsaved loved one... this is going to be a powerful night...

Greg Laurie, pastor of one of the largest churches in America, shares his life story for the first time in Lost Boy

Born out of wedlock to a mother who married and divorced seven times, Greg Laurie sought meaning in his life through partying and drugs. But it wasn't until a chance encounter in high school that he found it through a relationship with Jesus Christ..

Once again

When - Wednesday---- October 22nd 2008

Where- CALVARY CHAPEL LUBBOCK- 4218 BOSTON AVE

Time- 7:00 pm

childcare available....

Hope to see you there!

God bless

Ben

Season of Growth...

Remember I told a story of how I worked in the Yard one Saturday and I mowed the lawn, next thing you know I began giving our wisteria bushes a trim... they were way out of control.. well I ended up giving one of them a "bad haircut" if you will so I began to chop everything down to the root... Now I did this so by next year they would be standing straight and hopefully bloom. So when I got done... we had what looked like two very unhealthy roots hanging on to poles... but something amazing began to happen.... It began to bloom and blossom... Sometimes we feel like that Wisteria bush... pruned, cut, and yet in a few short days... we begin to show signs of fruit blossoming from our lives...

Hebrews says it this way -12:11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

So in this time of pruning and chastening... know that God Loves you and watch for the fruit to come soon...

Love you

Pastor Ben

Marriage Conference & Super Sunday

We made it... what a great weekend... We did the marriage conference on Friday and Saturday, my good friend Pastor Ron Arbaugh from CC San Antonio with his lovely wife came and spoke to our couples and brought a wonderful and timely message... this was more of a Jesus conference wrapped around in overtones of marriage... so cool.... Also another special treat... Another good friend from Santa Fe, NM who kinda taught me to play guitar came to Lubbock and did worship for the conference and Sunday Morning... ( Please pray for Josh.. we miss him) His name is Kurt (see pic) we have been friends for 18 yrs... what a blessing it was... very tired....

So anyways... what next.... Oct 22nd @ 7:00 pm " Greg Lauries" Lost Boy documentary outreach.... make sure and invite several friends.... It is going to be good...

Well this Wednesday we are continuing in our study of I Samuel 18: 1-16 ,, Sunday we are back in Acts 2:14-40- Peter's first Teaching... filled with the Holy Spirit... What a Revival.... you don't want to miss it....

I will post the pics of the marriage conference on our web-site ASAP... check out all that we have going on....

Love You

Pastor Ben

What a Great Sunday!!!

Yesterday was Amazing!! very busy but it was awesome...

Sunday Morning Service: Talked about being "filled" with the Holy Spirit of God.... get the cd...

Went and had a baptism: Jonathon was baptized and we ate pizza.. cool

from there we went to play Basketball.... yes after all that we played for about 1hr and 1/2 ...

need to get back into my game...

Then we headed back to church for a good old fashion Prayer Meeting.... we put the chairs in a circle and I taught and explained Acts 2:1-13 again... this was interactive... then we spent a hour in prayer... we prayed the " Wonderful Works of GOD"! The Lord showed up in a BIG way.... great testimonies came from this meeting... So all in all it was great....

Moving forward: This Wednesday Night we will be in I Samuel 17... In a message entitled " A Crisis in Confrontation" You don't want to miss....

This weekend we are having our Marriage Conference, My good friend Pastor Ron Arbaugh and his wife will be with us... We have a great number of couples signed up... Can't Wait...

Pastor Ron will bring the message on Sunday, with a special friend from Santa Fe leading us in Worship. Kurt Saenz has been a friend for 15 yrs... even taught me a little guitar...

Please invite a friend.... it will be great....

Well better go ...

Love ya...

Pastor Ben

The Hand of God...

Hey I thought this was cool... It is a " Cloud" that forms the hand of the Lord... Now the reason it was cool to me is because I have been studying Acts 1:9-26 and in verse 9 we see that Jesus was taken up in a " Cloud." At first read you discover that Jesus was taken in a cloud... but upon further study and knowing the O.T. for the better part of Exodus ect, we see that a cloud represents GOD's Glory... It was in a cloud that the Lord let Israel through the wilderness, it was a cloud that covered the Ark, a cloud that descended upon Mt Sinai which was the Glory of God...

So what better way to show a "cloud" that forms the Hand of God...

Be Blessed

Remember

I Love you..

Pastor Ben

This Week @ Calvary..

Hello, hope all is well, here is a quick update on what's happening this week @ Calvary...

1. Please continue to pray for Pastor Josh... His knee is not getting better and most likely have to have surgery... We sure miss him...

2. Mike and Jordan have done a good job filling in each Wednesday and Sunday leading us in worship..

Tomorrow night we will be in I Samuel 16:1-13 in a message Entitled " God looks at the Heart"

We now move into the calling and anointing of David.. Amazing time in the word...

Sunday we will be in Acts 1:9-26.. where we see Floating, Exploding & Voting... no this is not our current election...

We will also have a baptism at Paul and Mary house... thank you so much for the use of the pool and house...

If you would like to be baptised please see me after service.

oops I almost forgot...

Women's brunch on Saturday Morning... 10:00am at the house of Soozi LaSarge. This is the first one of the Season and looking forward to what God wants to do with the women of Calvary...

Well better go for now....

Love you guys

Pastor Ben

Church Tonight.

Hello everyone... it's been busy week... Since last Wednesday lots of stuff has happened..
1. Pastor Josh got hurt at work... Knee Injury... Please Pray for him...
2. We had Son Catchers as Guest worship on Sunday - They were Great... A little Old School but awesome...
3. Started a new book.. the book of Acts... we just did the intro... Hey please be aware that you can get each Sundays teaching pretty quick... Just go to www.calvarychapellubbock.org and click on the listen now... you can hear and get caught up... p.s. also working on pod-casting... cool.
4. Holiday on Monday-- took a partial day off but spent it watching a three hour documentary on rock and roll and how they sold their soul to the devil... amazing...
5. went to the hospital but only as a volunteer chaplain... Russ and I are now official chaplains for the UMC... Hey if you would like to be one just see me... we could use more...
6. Studied for tonight message.. entitled " To Obey is Better than Sacrifice" I am so busted.. come out tonight and find out why?
7. Mike Gipson will lead worship tonight... Jordan did last week using his piano and did a great job... thanks Jordan for being faithful..
8. busy, busy and busy... I have to study for Sunday's message Acts 1:1-8 the holy spirit don't leave home without him...
anyways looking forward to tonight and seeing you..
God Bless
Remember
I Love You...
Pastor Ben

Back Home Again

Well, it was the fastest 5 days ever... We just got back from San Antonio yesterday and it seem to be the fastest vacation ever... I was asked today if I was rested and immediately I said no not really... oh well, but it was a grand time.. So good to be back home... just getting into the swing of things is the hard part...

Tonight we have a special Message from Pastor Josh on Holiness... I John 2:15-17

Sunday we are in the book of Acts... Introduction in a message I entitled " The GPS Adventure"

GPS = God's Personal Spirit... other wise known as the Acts of the Holy Spirit..

You don't want to miss a single one... if you happen to miss make sure you get the CD so your all caught up...

anyways... so good to be back... I missed you all..

Love you

Pastor Ben

Church in San Antonio... & Fun

Hey everyone, hope all is well. Having a great time in SA, went to church and just hung out..

Pastor Ron had a baptism and we were invited... God is so good!.. just as the baptism started it began to rain...and rain... we got soaked... but that was cool.

Just hung out at the hotel and ordered in... Today we are headed to the Alamo and River walk...

will post pics later..

I miss you and Love you

Pastor Ben

Church in San Antonio... & Fun

Rest and Relaxation

Hello, just a short note to say " God is so Good!" we are in Arlington, Tx right now getting ready to go hang out at six flags over Texas. Yesterday just hung out by to pool from around 4:20pm to 8:30pm reading and resting.. some swimming, hot tub ect...

Talia is trying to talk me into some roller coaster rides... I don't know... not a big fan!!!

later tonight we will see Skillet and David Crowder in concert then tomorrow it's off to San Antonio... looks like rain so pray that we will still have a grand time...

Love you guys...

Pastor Ben