| Slide 1 | ACKNOWLEDGE GRADUATES-A TIME OF COMPLETION AND EXPECTANCY
2 TIMES OSU GRAD
MY DREAM LAST NIGHT- 2 CHURCHES BOTH PREACHING OUTDOORS ROB ASKED ME TO SHARE ABOUT MY FAMILY
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MY FAMILY- EVERYONE IS WALKING WITH JESUS, FOLLOWING HIM. IT’S A MIRACLE TO ME!!!
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| Slide 3 | MY DAD AND MOM
• LIVED IN A DIFFERENT ERA- BORN IN 1912 •HE GREW UP IN EL MONTE,CALIFORNIA- SOCAL BEFORE ALL THE PEOPLE •FATHER DIED WHEN HE WAS IN 8TH GRADE- HE WAS THE PROVIDER FOR HIS MOTHER AND BROTHERS •MARRIED MOM WHEN HE WAS 23 AND SHE WAS 19
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| Slide 4 | DAD WAS ALWAYS HOME AT THE END OF THE WORK DAY
HE WORKED 16 HOURS PER DAY ALL DURING WORLD WAR II HE WOULD READ TO US EVERY NIGHT
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| Slide 5 | HIGHLANDS RANCH-4200 FEET ELEVATION IN THE SOUTH CASCADES
A HUGE CHANGE: MOVING FROM LA TO RURAL OREGON IN 1950 NO RUNNING WATER NO ELECTRICAL POWER NO INDOOR PLUMBING NO JOB
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| Slide 6 | HIS LOVE FOR NATURE WAS CONTAGIOUS TO ME
I DECIDED EARLY IN LIFE THAT I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO HELP TAKE CARE OF NATURAL THINGS
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| Slide 7 | MY DAD ON THE LEFT- LOVED TO TAKE US FISHING- ROGUE RIVER, BROOKINGS, LOCAL HIGH LAKES
CATCHING HIM IN THE EAR! TIME IN THE BOAT
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| Slide 8 | 8 YEAR OLD RICK WITH MY FIRST SALMON
61 YEAR OLD RICK ON THE ALSEA RIVER
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| Slide 9 | TIME IN THE BOAT
CHRISTIANITY IS RELIGION- SOMETHING WEAK PEOPLE HAVE MADE UP TO HELP THEM COPE WITH THE TRUTH THAT THERE IS NO GOD REAL MEN DON’T NEED RELIGION WE NEED TO BE SELF SUFFICIENT AND DO WHAT WE SEE AS RIGHT
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| Slide 10 | I WAS RESPONSIBLE AND HARD WORKING
HARD WORKING- PARK RANGER AND HOT SHOT CREW FRESHMAN AND SOUTHERN OREGON COLLEGE- PRE-FORESTRY MY 1963 FORD FUTURA- WITH A HURST SHIFTER AND AN 8 TRACK TAPE
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| Slide 11 | ROCK MUSIC, FAST CARS AND DRINKING
HUNTING AND FISHING CONSTANTLY
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| Slide 12 | (PEDRO?)
MY PARK RANGER DAYS- HARD WORK AND LEARNING TO DRINK COFFEE A GIRL UNLIKE ANY OTHER I HAD EVER MET
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| Slide 13 | IT RAINS ALL THE TIME!
EXERCISE OF SELF WILL LED ME TO •EXCESSIVE DRINKING •GROWING AND USING MARIJUANA •A SECRET LIFE TO MY FAMILY AND GIRLFRIEND •BUT I GOT TIRED OF PARTYING AND LIVING A LIE WITH PEGGY STARTED TO READ MY BIBLE
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| Slide 14 | PAGE 2 OF MY BIBLE-
•GOD WAS IN THREE PARTS WITH A RELATIONSHIP OF THE THREE •WE ARE MADE TO BE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND WITH OTHERS
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| Slide 15 | I KNEW IN MY HEART THAT ALL THE NATURE WAS NOT BY ACCIDENT- ROMANS 1
A GREAT PURPOSE FOR ME- TO BE A STEWARD OF ALL THAT GOD HAD CREATED!
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| Slide 16 | YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW THE STORY- IT WAS ALL ABOUT A TREE!!!
DEATH- A NEW THING – A NECESSARY THING PENALTY OF SIN IS DEATH- SEPARATION FROM GOD GOD GAVE THEM FREE WILL AND THEN SET BOUNDARIES FOR THEM NOT TO VIOLATE
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| Slide 17 | •ADAM WAS USED TO TALKING WITH GOD- VS 9- WHERE ARE YOU?
•THIS TIME HE WAS AFRAID BECAUSE HE HAD DISOBEYED •GOD ASKED HIM WHO TOLD HIM HE WAS NAKED? FIRST ACCOUNT OF A CONSCIENCE- CONVICTION
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| Slide 18 | •SIN IS MISSING THE MARK GOD HAS FOR US
•USING OUR FREE WILL TO JUST DO WHATEVER WE WANT •THIS IS THE FIRST SIN- AND SETS IN PLACE A SIN NATURE IN EACH HUMAN
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| Slide 19 | WE INHERIT OUR SIN NATURE FROM ADAM
WE DON’T HAVE TO TEACH KIDS TO SIN- TO BE DISOBEDIENT
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| Slide 20 | WHAT IS SIN?
•THE LAW- 10 COMMANDMENTS •ROMANS 1- THE PROCESS OF SIN- GOD IS EVIDENT, WE REJECT HIM- AND WE BEGIN TO SIN- IT’S A LONG LIST •LIEING, STEALING AND DRUNKENNESS WERE THREE I COULD EASILY BRING TO MEMORY
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| Slide 21 | I KEPT READING
A NEW CONCEPT TO ME- A FREE GIFT, SOMETHING I DID NOT HAVE TO WORK FOR
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| Slide 22 | I FELT DRAWN TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT JESUS
JOHN 3:3- JESUS TO NICODEMUS: UNLESS ONE IS BORN OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT HE CANNOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
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| Slide 23 | POLYESTER AND VELVET
SUMMER HOUSE CHURCH AT LANCE’S .
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| Slide 24 | MY FIRST CHALLENGE- DO I BELIEVE IN GOD? IN WHAT I AM READING IN THE BIBLE?
CAN I BELIEVE GOD CREATED ALL THIS OUT OF NOTHING?
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| Slide 25 | BUT IMPOSSIBLE BECOMES POSSIBLE IF WE JUST TRUST HIM
EXAMPLES:
HEBREWS 11- NOAH- EVENTS HAD NOT OCCURRED ABRAHAM OBEYED- HE WENT OUT(ROMANS 4)…ISAAC, JACOB MOSES- GAVE UP FAME, FORTUNE AND PLEASURE TO SUFFER WITH GODS PEOPLE RAHAB, GIDEON, BARAK, SAMSON, DAVID…
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| Slide 26 | JUNE 28, 1973 MY MOMENT OF FAITH IN GOD- HEARING HIS VOICE DURING PRAYER WITH PEGGY, BOB AND MARLA
JESUS IS REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHIRT REVEAL
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REPENTING AND MOVING FORWARD ( I was more eager to confess my sins than Peggy was to hear them)
HEADING BACK TO OSU AS A NEW CREATION- FROM C’S TO HONOR ROLL (YES MARIJUANA HAD A BIG IMPACT ON MY GRADES)
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| Slide 28 | LUKE 14:27 WHOEVER DOES NOT CARRY HIS OWN CROSS AND COME AFTER ME CANNOT BE MY DISCIPLE
JOHN 8:31- IF YOU CONTINUE IN MY WORD, YOU ARE DISCIPLES OF MINE
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| Slide 29 | NOW THAT YOU BELIEVE- WILL YOU FOLLOW? ARE YOU READY TO YIELD YOUR WILL?
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| Slide 30 | ONE OF MY FAVORITE TREES IN ALL THE WORLD- A 2000 YEAR OLD OLIVE TREE IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE WHERE JESUS PREPARED TO DIE FOR US
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| Slide 31 | JESUS USES HIS FREE WILL TO YIELD TO THE WILL OF THE FATHER
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| Slide 32 | MY NEW LIFE IN CHRIST- CHOOSING TO FOLLOW JESUS AND BE HIS DISCIPLE
•BAPTIZED ON MY GRADUATION DAY JUNE 1975 •DISCIPLED BY THE NAVIGATORS AND AT NW HILLS •WILLING TO SERVE HOWEVER HE HAS DIRECTED THE PAST 46 YEARS- EVEN AS A PASTOR THE LAST 8!!!
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| Slide 33 | FOLLOWING IMPACTS RELATIONSHIP
SEPTEMBER 14, 1974- MARRIAGE TO PEGGY
LOSS OF RELATIONSHIP WITH MY DAD- HE WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED IN ME
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| Slide 34 | MY DAD’S ROAD TO FAITH- 1975
CANCER GIDEON BIBLE HOW DOES ONE KNOW IF THEY HAVE ARE SAVED?
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| Slide 35 | HIS LAST 22 YEARS ON EARTH WE SAW A VERY DIFFERENT WADE FLETCHER
CELEBRATED THEIR 50TH IN 1985 PASSED PEACEFULLY INTO HEAVEN IN 1997
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| Slide 36 | HE LEFT BEHIND A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH PEGGY AND ME, AND OUR CHILDREN
GOD CHANGED MY DAD AND ME
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| Slide 37 | FATHERS DAY REFLECTION- MY SONS AND DAUGHTER
•ALASKA 2014 THE NEXT GENERATION OF FISHING FLETCHERS •BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THEY HAVE BECOME FISHERS OF MEN
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| Slide 38 | SOME OF YOU DON’T HAVE FAITH IN GOD, YOU DON’T BELIEVE.
TODAY IS THE DAY TO PUT YOUR TRUST IN HIM.
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| Slide 39 | SOME OF YOU BELIEVE BUT HAVE NOT STARTED TO FOLLOW YET.
TODAY YOU CAN CHANGE THAT, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO BE ONE OF HIS DISCIPLES.
FOR THE REST OF YOU: YOU ARE FOLLOWING AND SOME ARE BECOMING WEARY
HEBREWS 12:1-3 IS HELPFUL- RENEW YOUR PLEDGE TO HIM AND RUN WITH ENDURANCE. BECOME A FISHER OF MEN
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