We have all been called to change our lives for the better. We are to shed, to lose the excess, sinful weight that is so easy to put on and we are to become spiritually lean and fit. Let us no longer be spiritual couch potatoes, growing heavier and weaker spiritually. How can you become more spiritually fit? In this series of sermons you will find seven steps to becoming spiritually lean and fit.

Mark Welch

Pastor, United Church of God

Mark graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, Theology major, from Ambassador College, Pasadena, CA in 1978.  He married Barbara Lemke in October of 1978 and they have two grown children, Jaime and Matthew.  Mark was ordained in 1985 and hired into the full-time ministry in 1989.  Mark is the coordinator for United’s Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Services and his wife, Barbara, is an interpreter for the Deaf.