Mark's Remarks 9/28

There’s a church in Silicon Valley called Jubilee Christian Center. When Pastor Dick Bernal and M.C. Hammer, the rapper, sit down with Smokey Robinson and other born-again celebrities, the proceedings may be streamed over the nondenominational church's Web site or taped for cable television broadcast. On Easter Sunday, 1,470 young people received free Samsung cell phones at Jubilee's doors (unit value: $90) for bringing friends to services. "That was the hook, if you will," Bernal says. "Bring a friend, get a cell phone."
For some of us, “Bring a friend, get a cell phone,” is a little bit crass. Our motivation is better. We care enough about our friends to relate them to God. That’s the reason. Living a Christian life just makes sense. Welcome to church.

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I’ll be in the hospital for a few days this week for a procedure. It’s called a daVinci Prostatectomy or something like that. I’ll be “out of pocket” for a couple of weeks. I beg your forbearance. Modern medicine is truly marvelous. All you fellows, a PSA is cheap and easy. Please don’t let it go.