From the category archives:

Markus Watson

I’m Back!

February 3, 2009

After a week of study leave (working on my Doctor of Ministry at Fuller Seminary) and two weeks of vacation, I’m feeling refreshed and back on the job! While it was great to have some downtime over these last few weeks, I’ve missed all of you and am looking forward to seeing you all [...]

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A Weapon Terrible to Behold!

May 30, 2008

In a Peanuts cartoon, Lucy demanded that Linus change TV channels, threatening him with her fist if he didn’t. “What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?” asks Linus.
“These five fingers,” says Lucy. “Individually they’re nothing, but when I curl them together like this into a single unit, they form [...]

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What Happens Next?

April 26, 2008

The big question at Northminster right now is, of course: What’s going to happen with our worship services? Are we going to go back to one worship service? What would it look like? Would it be mostly contemporary? What does that mean? What would happen to the choir? [...]

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What’s God going to do at Northminster in 2008?

December 27, 2007

My first Christmas in San Diego was absolutely fantastic! No snow. No ice. Not even a cloud in the sky! Who could ask for a better Christmas than sunny and seventy-two degrees! On Christmas Eve we had lunch at a restaurant on Mission Bay, and I went surfing on Christmas [...]

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Start Drumming

December 24, 2007

The story of the Little Drummer Boy, though only legendary, is one of my favorite Christmas stories. It is the story of a little boy with a drum who came to see the baby, Jesus. When he realized who this baby was, the little drummer boy wanted to give him a gift to [...]

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Unexpected!

December 3, 2007

Exactly one year ago, I was in Frisco, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, interviewing to become the Organizing Pastor of a New Church Development—a church plant. The interview went great, the people were great, the area seemed great—everything was great! Just before we drove away to go to the Dallas-Fort Worth airport, the [...]

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Exciting News!

November 14, 2007

I got an e-mail this week from someone at Overlook Presbyterian Church in Mobile, Alabama. She said that their church wanted to partner with a church in San Diego to help with the fire relief. After looking at our church website, they felt that this was the church they wanted to work with!
Here’s [...]

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The San Diego Fires

October 22, 2007

I’m sitting in front of my computer trying to think what I can possibly say about the fires in Southern California without it sounding trite or inauthentically spiritual. Thousands are suffering tonight, and all I can think is, “I have no idea what they must be going through.”
It’s hard to believe the amount of [...]

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The New Northminster Online!

October 18, 2007

Welcome to Northminster’s brand new website! Whether you’re a long-time member of the church, relatively new to the church, simply curious about the church, or happen to have stumbled upon this website, we’re glad you’ve found us!
Let me highlight a few things about our new site:

This website is designed to help keep you updated [...]

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Hopes for Northminster’s Future

June 13, 2007

The closer we get to October, the more familiar I’m getting with what San Diego looks like – at least what it looks like on a map. In fact, I’ve gotten particularly good at immediately finding Northminster on a map. All I have to do is find Clairemont Mesa Blvd. between the 5 and the [...]

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