Really looking forward to our new series @ Prescott First Assembly for the month of July.
We kick off the topic of being unSHACKled from debt this Sunday in the series called ExitUS.
We are launching from Exodus 13 and 14.
We gotta be debt free to minister freely.
Pastor Steve
PFA
I just wanted to post a few pics of recent mountain biking here in Preskitt…again just experimenting some blogging from my cell phone.
Really looking forward to this teaching this weekend called Every Dad’s Dream.
Father’s day is everyday not just a day we give dad a new pair of socks or a new item for his man cave.
Every dad has a dream and Sunday morning we gonna look@ at how to have some of those dreams become tangible, real and alive.
See ya Sunday.
Steve
Pastor, father, husband and dreamer
St. Louis – June 2011
– Cards win over the Cubs with a 12th inning home run by Albert Pujols – I watched the game while enjoying my favorite pizza from Stephanina’s in Wentzville
– Flew over the Missouri river is @ flood stage.
– Witness lambert International Airport after the tornado rips through St. Louis.
– The day after we leave a 4.5 earthquake shakes the community.
– We connected with some life long friends.
– We also got to experience some pretty amazing humidity
Here are just a few pics some pics of our visit with Jesse and Missy Quiroz for their church second birthday celebration.
We spoke @ their two services and participated in a afternoon water baptismal service.
Pastor Jesse and Missy are doing an AMAZING work in Lincoln County Missouri.
http://www.journeychurchmo.com/
What a honor to celebrate with these friends.
Every time I get to attend one of Jesse’s services it is an absolute blast.
The church is running around 400 in just two years.
One of the highlights of the weekend is seeing the people follow through – This church gets it….
They believe
They belong
They get baptized.
It is hard to but into words what you experience @ Journey…. all I can say is there is something very good is going on there.
Thank you Pastor jesse and Missy and thank you Journey Church for allowing Brenda and I to be a part of your church family.
Steve
I’m a bit behind in posting these pics for May – But lets call it May.
Here are a few pics of Lewis and Clark @ 14months.
Clark always has a ball or two in his mouth.
Clark asleep in HIS leather chair.
Lewis (left) Clark (right) – great shot.
Yes, two pups are expensive and yes, they do cause damage – but it’s all good right?
Steve
Lewis and Clark’s assistant
A friend of mine told me the other day that with “road biking you get the miles but in mountain biking you smiles”.
He was so right with that statement for the most part , except for today I got both.
Today was my first 75 mile road bike day and as I was riding toward the 75 mile goal I looked around me at the surroundings.
Wow – miles and smiles all in one ride!
Really enjoying the different kind of experience road biking brings.
Also, I’m gonna need to kick it up a notch based on the week long Itinerary for the Ragbrai ride this summer.
Day 1 — 64.2 miles 4,946 climb
Day 2 — 65.4 miles 4,798 climb
Day 3 — 70.9 miles 1,784 climb
Day 4 — 56.1 miles 1,246 climb
Day 5 — 57.5 miles 3,294 climb
Day 6 — 75.3 miles 2,800 climb
Day 7 — 64.8 miles 2,338 climb
Total — 454.2 miles 21,206 climb
Steve Lummer
Roadie for a summer
For the last two months I have been listening, learning and just getting out on the road to train for Ragbrai ..(a bike ride across my home state of Iowa.)
My first attempt on a road bike was all of 8 miles. Then I started riding 15 miles then 20 and for the last couple of weeks I have been pushing over 60 plus miles on the asphalt .
After about the first 30 miles I started having pain in the ole IT band ( iliotibial band) across the front of my right knee. – The IT band pain was a familiar foe that I was dealing with last year while doing a lot of riding on my single speed 29er mountain bike.
Because this July I will need to ride approximately 65 – 70 miles per day for five to six days I needed to get some advice from some friends who could help
A local roadie gave me the following advice and so far it seems to working.
Here is what Mike had to say regarding knee pain.
Knee pain on the bike is one (or more) of three things:
1. pushing too big a gear.
2. improper fit.
3. improper form.
spin rather than push a gear. If you have a cadence sensor and it tells you that you’re peddling at 60-70 rpm most of the time you’re asking for knee problems unless you are very strong and have superb form. Typical rpm for me is 90-95 and I can spin up to 110 rpm easily but you have to have good fit and form to spin like that comfortably.
Form is pretty complicated actually and involves fit too. It takes a professional to really teach you proper form and it would also involve a real scientific analysis of fit to get all the angles and position correct to allow you to have proper form easily.”
I immediately started spinning rather than straining in my peddle strokes and my last two 60 plus miles of riding have been working well and I have not had much knee pain to speak of.
My next set of goals will be to ride 60 plus miles for five days in a row to see what if any thing pops up .
Also, here are just a few pics of some road hazards that I have encountered out there .
This tumble weed attacked me from out of no where.
Stimulus money has not reached this road yet.
Common man!
Be careful out there folks ….cars, truck, trailers, motorcycles and all kinds of hazards can make a good day not so good real quick.
Steve
roadie for a summer
I saw this guy the other day and just had to post this Sven and Ole humor.
Reverend Ole is the pastor of the local Norwegian Lutheran Church , and Pastor Sven is the minister of the Swedish Covenant Church across the road.
One day they were seen pounding a sign into the ground, that said:
DA END ISS NEAR! TURN YERSELF AROUND NOW BAFOR IT’S TOO LATE!
As a car sped past them, the driver leaned out his window and yelled, “Leave me alone, you Skandihoovian religious nuts!”
From the curve they heard screeching tires and a big splash…
Rev. Ole turns to Pastor Sven and asks, “Do ya tink maybe da sign should yust say, “Bridge Out?”
got to love it.
On a side note, I have listened to “numerology experts” my entire life and not one of the got it right….date setters to major damage to God’s good kingdom work here on the earth.
Steve Lummer
lead pastor PFA
What a great 53rd birthday….Yes, Brenda did make me red velvet cake (one of my favorites).
My son called from Flagstaff to wish me a happy birthday. – I love his sense of humor.
My daughter called me as well to wish me a happy birthday and to let me in on the news that she is going to Africa this fall. 🙂
My brother Gary called me and teased me about being old and to sing happy birthday.
My parents called to say happy birthday. They have wished me 53 happy birthdays and have been the most consistent supporters of my life.
It is such an amazing gift to hear from my family.
I heard from so many friends on twitter, face book, text messages, phone calls and cards. The birthday messages where just overwhelming and appreciated.
I also walked all three Golden’s in the forest after Brenda and I arrived home from work and you know I did do a birthday bike ride and arrived home just before sunset.
Thank you all for the birthday greetings and for the gift of friendship you bring to Brenda and I.
You are loved.
53 is the new 33.
Steve
stevelummer.com 