Stapleton News

We moved into the new office of Team Expansion two weeks ago. Saturday March 28, 2009 was the dedication service. Daphne and I were privileged to lead worship at the service. Best guess is that 150 attended.
I have a nice cubicle that is positioned in a way that I have some extra privacy. […]

Thanks for your continues prayers for the ministry.
We decided to do the budget restructure to allow us to go back to the office fulltime. Then, almost immediately, we stopped receiving a $200 a month gift. We have not heard directly from this individual giver, but plan to make contact if the gift does […]

Tim is back in the office at Team Expansion on a full-time basis as of Monday February 23, 2009. For some time we have been surviving on our current budget income, so the decision was made, and supported by leaders, to temporarily reduce our budget by an amount that puts us within the 80% […]

We are having a great week. Hope it is the same for you.
We do miss our friends at Briar Ridge Church. The power outage caused dismissal of Sunday’s service and continued bad road conditions also cause Wednesday to be dismissed.
Even though my Sunday Perspectives Class was canceled, the Monday and Tuesday class went […]

We arrived in Ashland just before the snow storm hit. In fact, we got dad to the hospital in plenty of time, but had some trouble getting back and forth to be with him.
Physically dad did great. He has had little or no pain. The incision in his neck is healing great. […]

Daphne’s sister and her husband have lived in Michigan City, IN for several years. Daphne’s brother-in-law, Kim Cole, serves as minister at Earl Road Christian Church. Kim’s dad had moved in with them several months ago and finally lost a battle with cancer around Christmas. This past Saturday a memorial service was […]

We are nearing the end of another great week of Launch. Six candidates are completing their orientation with Team Expansion and will continue their education, fund raising and preparation for cross-cultural ministry abroad and at International Services. I am unable to upload a photo but hope that problem is fixed soon.

Daphne and I hope you are having a joyous holiday.
We have enjoyed a great trip to Nashville, Tn to spend time with Ryan. Russ also joined us for a few days.
We also got to spend time with some of Daphne’s family and friends from Madison Christian Church.
Here is a family shot while we sport […]

We had a great time with Russ Sunday evening at the Kenwood Heights Christian Church Christmas program. Russ’ children sang, he accompanied the choir playing djembe’ and sang with a men’s barbershop chorus.
Here he is in action, or is he sleeping?

We woke this morning to our first snowfall. BEAUTIFUL!
Here is our backyard

Here is […]

Today I had the chance to help Karl Halverson and family move into an apartment in Shepherdsville. The apartment is over a four car garage and is being provided by a great Christian family FOR FREE. What a blessing to the Halversons and ultimately Team Expansion. It will be great to have the […]