A Tribute to John Burch; His Life in Pictures created by Michael Sirovy

Songs by 1. Jim Brickman - December Morning  2. Written by Frank Mills (Recording by The O'Neill Brothers) - Music Box Dancer  3. Jim Brickman - Picture This  4. Stanton Lanier - Climb the Sky

John's Favorite Prayer
from Ashton Oxenden's Prayers for Private Use
Published in 1857.




Thursday Evening’s Prayer:
O MY Saviour, accept me, as I come to Thee this evening, and put myself under Thy special care and keeping. Thou art my best and dearest Friend, my Almighty Protector, my great. Deliverer. In Thy hands alone I am safe. If Thou dost leave me, I am destitute. If Thine arm is removed from me, I have no support.

Saviour, abide with me, I beseech Thee. Keep me under the shelter of Thy wings this night, and give me to enjoy that calm and blessed peace which is the portion of Thy people. O remove every doubt and every fear which harass me, and enable me to rejoice in Thy love and favour. Draw very near to me, I beseech Thee. Make Thyself more fully known to me. O that I may walk with Thee all the day, and lie down at night, under Thy peaceful, loving care.

Lord, give me such a portion in this life as is good for me. Grant me health, if it be Thy will. But if Thou shouldest see fit to send me sickness or suffering, give me grace not only to bear it patiently, but to welcome it as sent by Thee. If riches come to me, keep me humble and unworldly; if poverty, make me cheerful and trustful. Whatever be my lot, give me a contented and submissive spirit.

Keep me from being ashamed of Christ, or of His gospel. Give me grace boldly to confess my Saviour before men. And, when my heart faints within me, be Thou the strength of my heart and my portion forever.  Be with all my beloved friends. Give them earthly happiness, if Thou seest it good for them; and grant them that peace which comes from Thee alone. If any of them are far from Thee, bring them to Thyself (especially ).

If any of them are at this time in trouble, visit them with Thine own presence, and turn their sorrow into joy. Make them to taste of Thy love, and to be happy in Thy service.

​Hear me, both for myself and them. And receive me, O my Saviour, now and evermore, for Thine own name's sake. Amen.”

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My wife Kelli was fortunate to go on a 12 day tour to Israel in April of 2015.  She had a wonderful time and learned much.  You can watch the 226 slides below or click on them and go at you your own pace. 


Click the link below for the Google Photos Album:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/uXZ1yVs1GbqRsH5q8

Nelsonville 2015

My Parents Sold our cabin today July 31st, 2015.  It is a wonderful place and God has blessed many people as they interacted with my family there.  My memories are of catching frogs, playing flashlight tag, singing around the campfire, catching Sunfish and Crappies from the diving raft and from my little boat call the Blue Gill, at about 11 years of age when I got a fishhook in my finger (past the barb) and Dad telling me that he could take me to the doctor in Aitkin and he would push it through or my Dad could push it through; I chose Dad; he told me that I could yell as loud as I wanted but I could not move and the people on the diving raft could see me hear me from inside the mobile home screeming, playing games, hanging out with friends, building the cabin in 1985, the Stevensons, the Portz's, the Jacobsons, Ed & Marge Barrow, Going to the country Methodist church and calling ourselves Metherans (Methodist at the Cabin, Lutherans in Minneapolis), skiing on one ski the very first time I every tried skiing for about 50 feet; my one ski came off, Alan Jacobsen and Mark Thornbloom teaching me how to Slalom Ski, Skiing from sitting on the dock and landing by sitting on the diving raft, catching tadpoles, fishing bass with frogs, Whispering Lake, eating smoked snapper turtle, building a tree house, building a Tee-pee, making bike trails in the back lot, gardening with Grandpa & Grandma Nelson and Grandma Gladys, As a little kid "Grandpa caught a Whale" (Grandpa Archer had a fish so big that we had to drag it to shore), Staining the cabin the first year Kelli and I were married, jumping off the trailer roofs into a 5 foot plus pile of snow, our dog Duncan getting sprayed by a skunk in the winter (he woke her from hibernation), 2 bike trips to the cabin, going to Covenant Pines as a 5th grader and again going when I was 19 as a volunteer counselor (that is the place that God began to call me to true faith in Him, Working at Covenant Pines for 3 summers and driving the mail Jeep, More Later...


Praise the Creator for the Wonderful place we called Nelsonville


Thank you Mom & Dad for taking the land and creating something special for Kay and I and so many others to enjoy...


Nelsonville, We will miss you!  May you be as good to the new owners as you have been to us.


~Reed

Cabin Photos from over the years: https://picasaweb.google.com/101695797214036696199/CabinPhotosFromOverTheYears?authuser=0&feat=directlink



Some of My Favorite Photos found around the web...

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God's Minute Prayer Book

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This is the Prayer Book my Grandmother Gladys Archer gave me before she died.  It is a wonderful collection of prayers (365), one for each day of the year from a dead pastors & teachers from the early 1900's.  It was published in 1916.  Please use the form below to subscribe to receive one page at a time in your email.  I usually send out 4-6 each week. 

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Welcome to Reed Nelson's Home on the Web.

I am very glad you have come to visit. Please visit the menu above called My Music and if you like my music please feel free to download freely (say that three times fast!).  

I will also be posting photos that I have taken, links that I recommend, and other resources that God may use to grow you closer to Christ and reach out to others with His message of salvation. Visit, listen, study, read, pray... be encouraged, be conformed to the likeness of the character of Christ.  --- Reed

Reed & Kelli Nelson 2016

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