Yesterday I heard news that one of my pastor friends who planted a church right around the same time we did finally gave up and ended up sending all the people to another church. After hearing that I couldn’t help but think about us, The Resolved Church, and where we are at and where we are heading as a church plant.
An exegetical treatment of 1 Timothy 2:1-7 addressing the theme of how people come to believe in the gospel. This sermon was originally preached November 25th of 2007 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.
Hello everyone,
We’d like to announce the birth of our new daughter, Adina Rain Smets!
So many of you have sent congratulations in the form of texts messages, voice mails, emails, cards, presents, food and everything else. Thank you so much! You are all amazing and we love you all a ton. Amy and I are super excited and enjoying being new parents and getting to know our daughter. It is a lot of work and lack of sleep but so worth it because Adina is freaking adorable.
During this special time while Amy is recovering from giving birth and together we are figuring out life with Adina, Duane is taking two weeks off work both from the group home he works and from pastoring the church. In six weeks Amy plans to return to work and do hair a couple days a week. We have been flooded with so many calls, the best way to get ahold of us right now is through email or text message.. Eventually we’ll get back to all of you and start having people over to come meet Adina.
Above is a collage of pictures. If the file didn’t come through or is too small for you to see, go to www.duanesmets.com/pics/adina.jpg and you will be able to see it there.
We love you all,
Duane, Amy and Adina
As of today, no baby yet. But new life is on the way for sure because I don’t think my petite little wife can get much bigger! 
I’m sure I could easily be charged with that subjective trap where you think of everything through the lens of your own personal experience but I believe that new things are in store not only for me in being a dad but also for us as a church.
An exegetical treatment of Matthew 5:6 addressing the theme of Christian hedonism and spiritual discipline. This sermon was originally preached November 4th of 2007 at The Resolved Church in San Diego, CA.