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North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church
Annual Conference in Greenville, NC, June 10-14, 2009

RECENT NEWS

February 26, 2009
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON!

December 20, 2008

November 10, 2008
Praise the Lord! Church Mice has now had over 200,000 visitors!
Thank you for your ongoing support!

April 29, 2008
Apologies for the delay in updating the cartoons. I've spent the past
couple of weeks recovering from scarlet fever.

April 2, 2008
During the month of April, Church Mice is being test run on the comics page
of the Crescent News in Defiance, Ohio.

February 02, 2008
Over the last several weeks, Church Mice has been written up
in several newspapers across the country including:
Dallas Morning News (1/12/08)
Kentucky Herald Leader (1/19/08)
Billings Gazette (1/19/08)
South Bend Tribune (1/24/08)
Wichita Eagle (1/26/08)
The Vindicator (Youngstown Ohio; 1/26/08)
Charlotte Observer (2/16/08)

February 19, 2008
Last night I got the senior discount at McDonald's for the third time.
Today is my 48th birthday - hence this week's cartoon.

January 13, 2008
"Church Mice" has a new URL: www.churchmice.net

October 22, 2007
HAPPY BIRTHDAY REVEREND CHEESE !
This month marks the sixth anniversary of the creation of Church Mice.

July 30, 2007
Sorry for the delays in updating the site - I have been away at
Duke Divintiy School for the enitre month of July.

June 9, 2007
If this week's cartoon makes no sense to you, then you proabably do not attend a United Methodist Church. If it does make sense, then you know it's time for Annual Conference. Please be in prayer for the NC Conference as they meet this week in Greenville NC.

May 30, 2007
God has blessed us with a new daughter...

Amber Marie Zorowski was born this afternoon at 12:51.
She weighed in at a whopping 5 pounds, 13 ounces.
Big sister Aspen loves her, and so do we!

May 27, 2007
The lastest addition to the Zorowski family is due this week...
please keep us in your prayers.

May 12, 2007
Church Mice is featured in this morning's "Wilmington Star."
Read the article online here.

May 10, 2007
Church Mice is discussed in "Columbus Features"
online at the Whiteville News Reporter
Read it here

April 29,2007
More Church Mice in the News
The Tabor-Loris Tribune recently published an article on my work as both pastor
and cartoonist. The article can be read here.

April 21, 2007
Church Mice in the News
It seems the upcoming Church Mice episode of "American Bible Society Presents"
has brought my name across the desk of more than one newspaper reporter.
In the past week I have been interviewed by three different news organizations,
and as of today have been featured in articles in two of them, with the third
running an article next week. Following are the articles from this week:
Wilmington Star-News
Whiteville News Reporter

April 16, 2007
Media Exposure
To help promote the upcoming appearance of "Church Mice" on
"American Bible Society Presents," a PR firm in New York City contacted me last week
to set up interviews with the "Whiteville News Reporter" and the "Wilmington Star."
I will also be interviewed this week by the "Tabor City Tribune."
All this over some silly little cartoons I started drawing five and a half years ago...
and I never really thought it would amount to anything.
Just goes to prove what God can do!


April 9, 2007
Church Mice on Television
During the week of April 22, "American Bible Society Presents" will feature an
interview with Pastor Z about the ministry of Church Mice. For a preview of the program,
go to http://www.abspresents.com/abspresents/episodes and click on Episode 28.
The site also has a list of stations that will carry the broadcast.


March 15, 2007
Hard to believe my little girl is three years old!

March 5, 2007
New blog entry.

March 1, 2007
Links page updated.

February 26, 2007
Archives are finally updated.

December 25, 2006

November 20, 2006
Archives are being updated.
Please pray for my wife Cheryl. She is 10 weeks pregnant.

October 15, 2006
Look what Skeedaddle won this week at the
Columbus County Fair...

August 21, 2006
New sermon and cartoon posted.
Church Mice will soon make its first appearance in
 The North Carolina Conference Christian Advocate,
the monthly newspaper of the
North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church.

August 7, 2006
New sermon and cartoon posted.
Please consdier a donation to help keep this ministry going. Thanks!

July 31, 2006
My Absence
I have spent the last four weeks at Duke Divinity School. This is why there
have been no new cartoons or updates. A new sermon has been posted today!

June 27, 2006
The Dreaded Brown Recluse
Two and a half weeks ago my wife was bitten by a Brown Recluse Spider. Thanks to the prayers of many caring people, she is doing better, but still has a long ways to go.
We are also happy to announce that the NC Conference has seen fit to appoint
us to Bethel-Lebanon for another twelve months.

Also... if you are currently living in a parsonage, have ever lived in a parsonage,
or plan to one day live in a parsonage (or you know a parsonage resident)
then check out the latest book by Belton Joyner: "Life in the Fish Bowl"
available at Cokesbury

May 29, 2006
The DaVinci Code Cartoon
I must give credit where credit is due... the idea for this week's cartoon came
from the church sign in front of Abundant Life Assembly of God in Whiteville NC.
When I saw it, I said, "Now THAT would make a good Church Mice cartoon!"

May 16, 2006
The Power of the Internet
Each week, as part of the "Daily Irish News," a daily email newsletter,
"Pastor Z's Weekly Sermon" goes out to over 100,000 readers. This morning,
the editor of the newsletter included the following note regarding this week's
sermon on Mother's Day:
"Many wrote in, thanking me for the sermon/cartoon from Karl. YEAH KARL!
One lady, Samantha, she said that it made her cry, the sermon did. She called her mom, whom she had not spoken to in over 25 years, and they both got to crying, and then
she thanked her...as she ended the call, Samantha tells me she felt the need to pray to
God for forgiveness, and to ask Him into her heart. She became Born Again,
and it all got started with Karl and his Sermon. See, Karl, you do reach the peeps."
How cool is that? God works in mighty ways, each and every day.
He is even the God of the Internet!

May 1, 2006
The Church Mice Website has finally been updated!
After weeks of putting it off, we have finally updated our website.
We have made the site easier to navigate, with a revised and expanded archive of
past cartoons.

Additionally, cartoons for holidays such as Christmas and Easter can now be
easily found in a separate categoy of holdiay cartoons.

We hope these updates make the site a little easier to use!

April 19, 2006
We have a new email address:
churchmice@zorowski.com

March 27, 2006
Church Mice received its 100,000th visitor tonight!

February 6, 2005
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
PITTSBURGH STEELERS
SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS !

January 22, 2006
Look for a completely updated Church Mice website within the next few weeks.
My family and I have just returned from a wonderful ten-day vacation at
Waikiki on the isalnd of Oahu.
Oh yeah... HOW 'BOUT THEM STEELERS !!!!

March 20, 2005
Hard to believe, but our little Aspen celebrated her
first birthday this week!


February 20, 2005
New sermon posted. Today I had the wonderful blessing of being able to
preach to my father when he surprised me by visiting my church.

February 12, 2005
New cartoon posted. Tomorrow I preach my fiftieth sermon.

January 23, 2005
This evening I suffered through a terrible football game.
My beloved Steelers won't go to the Super Bowl after all...

December 26, 2004
Last Wednesday, I lost one of my best friends, Dr. Edward Stack.
He and I have known each other for 25 years, and his passing leaves
a great void in my world. He will be greatly missed.

December 24, 2004
Merry Christmas One and All!

November 15, 2004
This week the Church Mice website received its 50,000th visitor.
Thanks to our readers around the world for making the
first three years so successful for this cartoon ministry!

November 1, 2004
Aspen dressed as Skeedaddle the Clown for her first Halloween!


October 23, 2004
Each Monday, I will post the text from my weekly sermon preached at
Bethel and Lebanon United Methodist Churches in Whiteville NC.
I pray they will shed some light on God's Truth for each of you.

September 27, 2004
Yet another picture of our daughter... can you tell I'm a proud papa?

August 30, 2004
Here's a new picture of our wonderful daughter.
Yes, I'm the one who put her pants on her head...

August 28, 2004
Please be in prayer for my sister. I won't go into details, I would
just like to ask for prayers. Thank you!

August 14, 2004
New strip added. We survived a very scary visit early this afternoon from
Hurricane Charlie. He came ashore about 45 miles south of here. Lots of rain and wind, but thankfully no damage. Last year after Hurricane Isabel, I vowed that
the next time I moved it would be to somewhere out west where there are no
hurricanes. Then God called me to serve as minister for two of the greatest
churches in the world - right in the middle of "Hurricane Alley."
I wouldn't trade it for the world!

August 7, 2004
New strip added. Life here as a pastor in Whiteville is absolutely wonderful!
The people here have been so good to Cheryl and Aspen and I since we
arrived in June. There is no doubt but that this is where God wants me to be.

July 31, 2004
Church Mice got its 40.000th visitor today!

July 19, 2004
We spent yesterday afternoon and today at beautiful Lake Waccamaw
visiting members of our church family. While there, we saw several
alligators in the canal next to the lake. This was the first time
Cheryl (being from Colorado) has ever seen an alligator in the wild.


This guy was less than ten feet away from us!

July 17, 2004
Church Mice is now making its first appearances in Kenya, India and Nigeria.
Thanks for all your support!

July 6, 2004
We've moved into the parsonage in Whiteville and currently have very limited
internet access. I apologize for not being able to respond to requests for
cartoons, but I currently am unable to send emails. We hope to have
the situation rectified within the next week.

June 20, 2004
We move to Whiteville on Tuesday. Today was my last Sunday
preaching at Leah's Chapel and Shiloh United Methodist. Cheryl and I will
really miss the wonderful people at these two churches. Next Sunday
we begin a new journey at Bethel and Lebanon United Methodist Churches.
I should be back to drawing new toons within the next couple weeks.
Thank you for your patience!

March 27, 2004
Church Mice received its 30,000 visitor this week!
Thank you to all those Church Mice readers who sent their congratulations
and well-wishes regarding our new baby girl.


Proud Papa with Aspen at Church

March 19, 2004
Welcome little Aspen Nicole
My wife and I became parents this week. Our daughter came into the world
Monday afternoon. God has blessed us with a little angel.

March 13, 2004
Happy Birthday to my little sister Kristine! She's 39 (again!)
Still no baby Zorowski yet - we're expecting her anyday now!

March 6, 2004
What a week! On Tuesday evening we went into false labor from 11 PM until
about 3 AM. Needless to say, we really thought little Aspen was on her way!
Earlier that day, I sat before the District Committee on Ordained Ministry as part
of my approval process to become a licensed pastor. Today, I received a letter
from the District Superintendent saying I passed the interview. It's hard for
me to believe God took someone like me and turned my life around to the
point I'm going to become a licensed pastor. The Lord truly IS amazing!

February 27, 2004
My wife and I recently had a 3-D Ultrasound done of our baby. She is due
to make her arrival in the next week or two (or three or four...)
Here she is..

February 7, 2004
Last Sunday was my first day as a minister. The two charges under my care are
Leah's Chapel United Methodist Church and Shiloh United Methodist Church, both
located in Louisburg NC. The Lord has placed me in two wonderful churches full of
loving people. My wife Cheryl and I were warmly welcomed by both congregations.
It will be a blessing to serve these two fine families of believers!

January 26, 2004
Today "Church Mice" received its 25,000th visitor!
Thank you for your support of this cartoon ministry!
My first Sunday as a minister...
Well... yesterday went like this... due to snow and ice both church services were cancelled! So I in fact did NOT get to preach yesterday. My wife and I took advantage of the opportunity to go back to our home church for one last service. We had to drive through pretty deplorable conditions to get there, but it was meant for us to be at that service yesterday. Our minister's message was all about following where God leads, even if it means getting up and leaving where you're comfortable (how's that for a custom-fit message?) And the last hymn we sang yesterday was "Here I am Lord." Now, here's the amazing thing - two years ago when I was called, I was sitting in another church singing a hymn, and it was "Here I am Lord". It was meant for us to be there yesterday. I guess God needed me to be ministered to one more time before setting me off on my own. Too bad all the rest of North Carolina had to get buried under snow and ice to make it happen, but I'm thankful things worked out like they did.

January 24, 2004
God is wonderful! I was appointed this week to serve as interim pastor for
two small churches here in the community: Shiloh United Methodist Church
and Leah's Chapel United Methodist Church. Tomorrow morning I will preach
my first sermon as a real minister! This will be a part-time position in
addition to my full-time job as Exhibits Coordinator for State Parks.
Please keep us in your prayers.

January 3, 2004
Over 21,600 visitors to the Church Mice Website in 2003!
Thank you for all your support!

On November 21, 2003, "Church Mice" received its 20,000th visitor!
Thank you for your support of this cartoon ministry!

November 16, 2003
Happy 1st Anniversary to my dear wife Cheryl!
It's been a wonderful beginning to a life together. God has blessed us.

November 15, 2003
What a week! Cheryl and I had a real scare on Wednesday with the pregnancy.
The doctors had been unable to find a stomach on the baby during our second ultrasound,
so they had us return for an emergency ultrasound Thursday. A lot of folks prayed for us,
and I'm relieved to say things turned out fine. The doctor said our baby looks very healthy,
and that she seems to be a perfect baby. It's wonderful what prayer can do!


Aspen Nicole Zorowski, 11/13/03
Almost looks like she's praying, doesn't it?

November 8, 2003
At a charge conference this week, North Raleigh United Methodist Church
voted to endorse me as a candidate for ordained ministry.
I will be going through the candidacy process under the guidance of
Reverend Jeff Arthurs, Wendell United Methodist Church.


In other news, my 73-year-old father climbed back behind the wheel of a
race car last Saturday for the first time since 1988... and yes, he's still got it!

October 31, 2003
Cheryl and I had our second ultrasound yesterday...
it's going to be a girl!

September 27, 2003
Congratulations to fellow cartoonist Dan Lietha and his wife Marcia,
proud new parents of a brand new baby girl on September 22!
Dan is the cartoonist of After Eden.

September 21, 2003
North Carolina took a direct hit from Hurricane Isabel on 9/18/03.
The Good Lord protected us and our house, and with the exception of a couple
days without electricity, phone or water, we're none worse for the wear!

September 5, 2003
Last Monday, my wife and I were blessed to see the first ultrasound
of our first child, due to come into the world on March 23!
Church Mice was added to a wonderful website this week called
Living With Cancer

August 30, 2003
I received a rejection notice this week from the Washington Post Writers Group
on my submittal of "Church Mice" for their 2004 Fine Toon Fellowship. Although
it was a disappointment, it was not a discouragement. I truly see this as
God's way of opening other avenues for "Church Mice." If the comic was tied in
with the Fellowship for the next twelve months there would be many other doors
I couldn't approach. And who knows what might behind one of them?! Amen!

May 30, 2003
Church Mice received its 10,000th visitor this week!

May 12, 2003
"Church Mice" is now featured on the Jesuits in Malta website!

February 28, 2003
"Church Mice" makes its first appearance in Norway!
www.fjell-ly.no

October 22,2002
"Church Mice" is now featured on Christian Cartoons (dot) Com

June 23, 2002
Church Mice has been submitted for syndication!
Keep "Church Mice" in your prayers folks!
New comics coming to the website soon!

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