If you have decided to receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior, we want to hear about!We would also like to answer any questions you might have.
Please email us at: dburmanjr@firstbaptistelyria.org
Thursday, September 11, 2008
God's Bridge to Eternal Life Part 3
If you have decided to receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior, we want to hear about!We would also like to answer any questions you might have.
Please email us at: dburmanjr@firstbaptistelyria.org
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
A Little Follow Up
Just when you thought the summer was over:
From our Missions Trip. One of the teams did decoration prep for Fairhaven Baptist Chruch, and they wanted to let us know how those decorations turned out.
Here is the email from them:
From our Missions Trip. One of the teams did decoration prep for Fairhaven Baptist Chruch, and they wanted to let us know how those decorations turned out.
Here is the email from them:
First Baptist Youth Group:Good job, team!
Thank you so much for your help when you came down with your youth group to help with our VBS directions while you were on your missions trip to Kansas City! Our decorations turned out terrific! We had a to make a few modifications to some things, but everything turned out great! Our eight foot tall T-Rex in the corner and the 6 1/2 foot pterydactal flying across the sanctuary was awesome! The worst part of VBS was taking all of our hardwork down! We didn't get to make the Volcano but we used the paper that the girls painted to be the inside of a cave that the kids passed through as they came into the church, and the cliff walls turned out great too! Thank you so much for your help!
Pastor Nathan Gast
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Printable Permission Slip - 08-09
________________________ (name)
has my permission to go on the
________________________ (event)
on
______________ (date)
In the event my child becomes ill or is injured while under church supervision; I approve the sponsors taking the following steps:
Contact a parent or guardian of the young person and follow his instructions.
In the event that neither parent or guardian can be reached, contact the young persons’ physician and follow his/her instructions.
If the young persons’ physician cannot be reached, the sponsors will use their own judgement in contacting a properly licensed practicing physician and follow his/her instructions.
In the case my child is involved in an accident and requires treatment, the attending physician has my permission to examine and begin treatment in my absence.
I agree to relieve the church and youth group sponsors from any liability in connection with these activities and instructions.
________________________ (family doctor name)
________________________ (doctor phone)
________________________ (parents name)
________________________ (home phone)
________________________ (work phone)
________________________ (parents signature)
after printing
-parents: copy, paste, and print this post!
has my permission to go on the
________________________ (event)
on
______________ (date)
In the event my child becomes ill or is injured while under church supervision; I approve the sponsors taking the following steps:
Contact a parent or guardian of the young person and follow his instructions.
In the event that neither parent or guardian can be reached, contact the young persons’ physician and follow his/her instructions.
If the young persons’ physician cannot be reached, the sponsors will use their own judgement in contacting a properly licensed practicing physician and follow his/her instructions.
In the case my child is involved in an accident and requires treatment, the attending physician has my permission to examine and begin treatment in my absence.
I agree to relieve the church and youth group sponsors from any liability in connection with these activities and instructions.
________________________ (family doctor name)
________________________ (doctor phone)
________________________ (parents name)
________________________ (home phone)
________________________ (work phone)
________________________ (parents signature)
after printing
-parents: copy, paste, and print this post!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The Final Entry (maybe)
Well, we are all home and followed up our missions trip with an intense week of VBS here at are home church of FBC.
I (Pastor Dave) am at Camp Manitoumi in Illinois. I appreciate your prayers as I speak to the SHers here. A number of you had requested the final entry, so here it is.
THURSDAY
Our final day of major ministry work. We were challenged by Pastor Jeff with a pile of 1500(!) flyers to hand out! A smile is crawling across my face as I think about the teams reaction. They went out and canvassed hard and fast. It took just a little over 2 hours to get them all done. Which brings our total up to 3000+ homes reached with information about Oasis Baptist Church. The team was tired, but they had accomplished a lot.
For lunch, we got to go to the Dale's beutiful home and have some GREAT burgers, hotdogs, and chicken off the grill. We also did some relaxing and then went back to the hotel to get ready for our final evening of VBS.
VBS was awesome, our registraion for the week exceeded 50 and we had a BIG group for the last day. Everything went very well. Pastor Dave raced all the kids, we had the GREAT BIG-WHEEL race, and we also had to find out if Awesome Aaron (puppets) won his triathalon. After announcong the winners, all the kids sang and shouted and had a great time. Pastor Jeff then came up and had all the kids line up and give big hugs to all the team. I saw some tears from some unlikely sources!
After that, in the midst of an unusual Phoenix downpour, we cleaned up. The team worked hard and fast getting every thing back to normal. We then headed off to eat at a nice restaraunt. BUT...it was closed, so we ordered Papa Johns and had it delivered to Pastor Dave and Jen's room for devos and food.
FRIDAY
Our trip to the Grand Canyon. Four hours each way, and well worth it. For all but three of us (Jen, Mel, and Kristen) it was our first visit. All I can say is WOW! God has given us a magnificant display of his creation there. We all enjoyed the view, acted like tourists and bought up a bunch of souveniers, and wandered around avoiding Pastor Dave. (because I was a bit grumpy, for some reason - sorry guys)
On the way home, Pastor Dave had figured we had saved up enough to go out REALLY nice, so we had Outback! OH YEAH!.
Once we got home, the girls packed up and the guys got the trailer ready. Most of the girls just threw their luggage in withthe guys so they wouldn't have to check any luggage. The guys got all pre-packed and went to bed since they would be getting up @ 5:30 the next morning.
SPLITING UP
The next day, the guys (with MAJOR help from Mike Griswold who the Lord miraculously transported to Phoenix just for us) made it from Phoenix to Tulsa in one day. WIth quick stops and bathroom/gas/food stops.
The ladies flew home, and got back late that evening.
The guys then had to get from Tulsa to Elyria (with a stop in St Louis to pick up Derek and David Burman) NO PROBLEM! They got in around 1am, unloaded the van, put stuff away, and then headed home to get a bit of sleep then rise for VBS (as I stated at the beginning)
There is so much I want to add to this, but you will all have to come to our Report service this Sunday (July27) @6pm to here it for yourself.
I will try to add more pics later!!
Pastor Dave
I (Pastor Dave) am at Camp Manitoumi in Illinois. I appreciate your prayers as I speak to the SHers here. A number of you had requested the final entry, so here it is.
THURSDAY
Our final day of major ministry work. We were challenged by Pastor Jeff with a pile of 1500(!) flyers to hand out! A smile is crawling across my face as I think about the teams reaction. They went out and canvassed hard and fast. It took just a little over 2 hours to get them all done. Which brings our total up to 3000+ homes reached with information about Oasis Baptist Church. The team was tired, but they had accomplished a lot.
For lunch, we got to go to the Dale's beutiful home and have some GREAT burgers, hotdogs, and chicken off the grill. We also did some relaxing and then went back to the hotel to get ready for our final evening of VBS.
VBS was awesome, our registraion for the week exceeded 50 and we had a BIG group for the last day. Everything went very well. Pastor Dave raced all the kids, we had the GREAT BIG-WHEEL race, and we also had to find out if Awesome Aaron (puppets) won his triathalon. After announcong the winners, all the kids sang and shouted and had a great time. Pastor Jeff then came up and had all the kids line up and give big hugs to all the team. I saw some tears from some unlikely sources!
After that, in the midst of an unusual Phoenix downpour, we cleaned up. The team worked hard and fast getting every thing back to normal. We then headed off to eat at a nice restaraunt. BUT...it was closed, so we ordered Papa Johns and had it delivered to Pastor Dave and Jen's room for devos and food.
FRIDAY
Our trip to the Grand Canyon. Four hours each way, and well worth it. For all but three of us (Jen, Mel, and Kristen) it was our first visit. All I can say is WOW! God has given us a magnificant display of his creation there. We all enjoyed the view, acted like tourists and bought up a bunch of souveniers, and wandered around avoiding Pastor Dave. (because I was a bit grumpy, for some reason - sorry guys)
On the way home, Pastor Dave had figured we had saved up enough to go out REALLY nice, so we had Outback! OH YEAH!.
Once we got home, the girls packed up and the guys got the trailer ready. Most of the girls just threw their luggage in withthe guys so they wouldn't have to check any luggage. The guys got all pre-packed and went to bed since they would be getting up @ 5:30 the next morning.
SPLITING UP
The next day, the guys (with MAJOR help from Mike Griswold who the Lord miraculously transported to Phoenix just for us) made it from Phoenix to Tulsa in one day. WIth quick stops and bathroom/gas/food stops.
The ladies flew home, and got back late that evening.
The guys then had to get from Tulsa to Elyria (with a stop in St Louis to pick up Derek and David Burman) NO PROBLEM! They got in around 1am, unloaded the van, put stuff away, and then headed home to get a bit of sleep then rise for VBS (as I stated at the beginning)
There is so much I want to add to this, but you will all have to come to our Report service this Sunday (July27) @6pm to here it for yourself.
I will try to add more pics later!!
Pastor Dave
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Photos from Tuesday through Thursday in AZ
Here are the new photos. We have added to the old ones as well!!
Another Two Day Blog
It is 11 o'clock on Wednesday night. WE have had a great past two days. On Tuesday we hit 700 houses with flyers about the church. PAstor Benner took us to one of the local pools. It was fun and we all enjoyed the cold water of the pool. We also had a great night of VBS where 2 kids got saved. Afterward we played volleyball with some of the teens from the youth group at Oasis Baptist. They were Isaac, Elian, David, Nacho, Sierra, and Nicole. We then went to Applebee's at 10 o'clock at night. We were there till 11:40, and we had fun fellowshipping. They also helped with VBS on Tuesday.
Today we went canvassing and hit 900 houses with flyers. We then went to lunch and gathered our laundry to make a laundry run. Jen, Carissa, Liz and Dana went to find the laundry mat and everyone stayed and either slept or went in the pool. The four of us went to the first laundry mat closed at 2 and we got there at 1:40, so we found another one. There, Dana stayed behind while Jen took Carissa to the emergency care to find out what was wrong with the spots on her back. Liz went too to keep Carissa company. Dana was left in the very hot laundry mat for an hour and a half to keep a eye on the laundry, but we made it back to the hotel with clean laundry and medicine, and we then went to the church and got ready for VBS. The church provided dinner for us and we had a great night of VBS. We had 3 kids get saved. After VBS, we came back to the hotel and had a pool party. We then had devos and now the boys are playing x-box and the girls are crashed in Jen's room, since the guys won't let us play ='(
written by Dana Kincaid--Psalm 9:1,10
edited by Kelly =p
pics coming tomorrow:
Today we went canvassing and hit 900 houses with flyers. We then went to lunch and gathered our laundry to make a laundry run. Jen, Carissa, Liz and Dana went to find the laundry mat and everyone stayed and either slept or went in the pool. The four of us went to the first laundry mat closed at 2 and we got there at 1:40, so we found another one. There, Dana stayed behind while Jen took Carissa to the emergency care to find out what was wrong with the spots on her back. Liz went too to keep Carissa company. Dana was left in the very hot laundry mat for an hour and a half to keep a eye on the laundry, but we made it back to the hotel with clean laundry and medicine, and we then went to the church and got ready for VBS. The church provided dinner for us and we had a great night of VBS. We had 3 kids get saved. After VBS, we came back to the hotel and had a pool party. We then had devos and now the boys are playing x-box and the girls are crashed in Jen's room, since the guys won't let us play ='(
written by Dana Kincaid--Psalm 9:1,10
edited by Kelly =p
pics coming tomorrow:
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
A Two Day Blog
It has been a full two days. Apologies who were waiting with baited breathe the last two days. The schedule went late Sunday night, and the computer was left at the church last night.
SUNDAY
Everyone got to sleep in a bit after our long haul through Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. The team met Pastor Jeff Benner, Pastor Wayne Dale, and the Oasis Baptist family at 9am.
The team was responsible for special music for the AM service and the afternoon service. Pastor Dave and Aaron gave an impromptu puppet promo for the VBS. Caleb played piano for a special, and Pastor Dave preached for both services.
Between services there was a carry in lunch with some GREAT chicken and better fellowship. It is always good to fellowship with fellow believers. There are a lot of children in this church, and they added some familiar faces for the VBS.
Sunday evening saw two hours of VBS preparation. This is where these teens shine. They are very creative and transformed the building into a race track with pitstops for each of the VBS areas. Bible, Crafts, and Games.
MONDAY
Keep decorating! Lots more work went into the church. Our supply list was filled by WalMart, Home Depot, and Michaels, and work continued! The morning also included VBS prep as the team worked on their assignments for Monday. Bible lessons were taught/practiced. The puppets went through their skit three times (Can I get a What, What, Kevin Quick!!!) The crafts were prepped, and the games were set up.
The Dales took us to a great Chinese Buffet for lunch, and got us a great deal! A couple of the guys showed off and then ate mini octopus! But the Iowa/Nebraska raised Pastor Dave declined the offer to partake in the eight legged delicatessen.
VBS!
After a little rest in the afternoon, it was finally time. Kids started showing up 25 minutes early, but good preparation had coloring stations ready for them. Noone knew how many to expect with church members just getting back from vacation.
All were really excited when we had 30 kids for our first night. This should be a good indicator that we could have up to 50 by Wednesday (whether the building can handle it or not)
There were also two brand new families who brought in their kids. These were families that had never been in the building and were a result of canvassing and inviting. Not only did they bring their kids, they stayed and hung around. They talked with Pastor Jeff and Pastor Wayne and their wives. They also interacted with the other church families that had hung around. This was a very rewarding aspect of the evening. Because of the layout, they stood and sat in the back and watched the teens sing, play, interact, and love their kids. They also heard the songs and heard the puppets and most importantly, heard the gospel. There were also numerous brand new kids whose parents dropped them off and picked them at the end of the evening.
All in all, it was a GREAT start to VBS. This team is great, and after a good VBS post-evaluation, some Chik-Fil-A, and a quick time of devos together, they were off to bed.
Until the next brag session- -I mean – update!
Only four days left until the waves start coming home!
Pics from Sunday and Monday:
SUNDAY
Everyone got to sleep in a bit after our long haul through Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. The team met Pastor Jeff Benner, Pastor Wayne Dale, and the Oasis Baptist family at 9am.
The team was responsible for special music for the AM service and the afternoon service. Pastor Dave and Aaron gave an impromptu puppet promo for the VBS. Caleb played piano for a special, and Pastor Dave preached for both services.
Between services there was a carry in lunch with some GREAT chicken and better fellowship. It is always good to fellowship with fellow believers. There are a lot of children in this church, and they added some familiar faces for the VBS.
Sunday evening saw two hours of VBS preparation. This is where these teens shine. They are very creative and transformed the building into a race track with pitstops for each of the VBS areas. Bible, Crafts, and Games.
MONDAY
Keep decorating! Lots more work went into the church. Our supply list was filled by WalMart, Home Depot, and Michaels, and work continued! The morning also included VBS prep as the team worked on their assignments for Monday. Bible lessons were taught/practiced. The puppets went through their skit three times (Can I get a What, What, Kevin Quick!!!) The crafts were prepped, and the games were set up.
The Dales took us to a great Chinese Buffet for lunch, and got us a great deal! A couple of the guys showed off and then ate mini octopus! But the Iowa/Nebraska raised Pastor Dave declined the offer to partake in the eight legged delicatessen.
VBS!
After a little rest in the afternoon, it was finally time. Kids started showing up 25 minutes early, but good preparation had coloring stations ready for them. Noone knew how many to expect with church members just getting back from vacation.
All were really excited when we had 30 kids for our first night. This should be a good indicator that we could have up to 50 by Wednesday (whether the building can handle it or not)
There were also two brand new families who brought in their kids. These were families that had never been in the building and were a result of canvassing and inviting. Not only did they bring their kids, they stayed and hung around. They talked with Pastor Jeff and Pastor Wayne and their wives. They also interacted with the other church families that had hung around. This was a very rewarding aspect of the evening. Because of the layout, they stood and sat in the back and watched the teens sing, play, interact, and love their kids. They also heard the songs and heard the puppets and most importantly, heard the gospel. There were also numerous brand new kids whose parents dropped them off and picked them at the end of the evening.
All in all, it was a GREAT start to VBS. This team is great, and after a good VBS post-evaluation, some Chik-Fil-A, and a quick time of devos together, they were off to bed.
Until the next brag session- -I mean – update!
Only four days left until the waves start coming home!
Pics from Sunday and Monday:
Sunday, July 06, 2008
In Arizona (finally), and some actually made it home!
Well, it is 1am locally, and 4am Eastern.
The Level 2 team has arrived in Phoenix and is tucked in. We had a great day Friday. The guys got the biggest section of roof shingled, and helped move all the shingles to the roof.
Pastor Aaron Patton (of Oak Grove Baptist Church, who graciously provided free lodging for us) and the owner of the home which is used for local missions work expressed tremendous amounts of gratitude. They also mentioned numerous times how incredible the young people have been the entire week.
Friday afternoon, after packing up all the Arizona crew, we headed off to Camp CUMCITO, a mission camp for inner city kids. The girls decorated, got all dressed up, and waited on all of the teen girls having their camp "special" dinner. The girls received a standing ovation for their ministry.
The guys, still recovering from their roof work, were forced to leave the all-girls camp, and go out to find (much to their delight) an incredible BBQ joint, where they ate VERY well.
All this came to a close about 8pm. This is where the team had to part ways. The Arizona team had a late night to get to Oklahoma City (they got there at 2am). The level 1 teens went back to KC for the last night.
Saturday was ALL travel:
The young ones went and dropped off Bethany (who we all had a really hard time parting with - she seemed sad to be going back to Texas, which is saying something from a Terry) then they headed home. They took a couple of stops, including one at the St. Louis Arch, and got home about 1am Eastern.
Team two crossed two time zones into Arizona. Getting in about 45 minutes ago (12:15am) ALL were asleep as I (Pastor Dave) completed the last two hours into Phoenix.
We look forward to Sunday School, AM Worship, Lunch, Afternoon Service, and Evening VBS canvassing with Oasis Baptist Church tomorrow. Whooo Hoooo!
Thank you soooooomuch parents for your prayers.
Kevin, Barbi, Dan, Josh, Bryan, Wes, Katie, Mandy, and Bethany!
We miss you guys!!!
Finally going to sleep after 900 miles on the road!
Pastor Dave
Photos: (we have been updating the older shows, so click on one and look for more!)
The Level 2 team has arrived in Phoenix and is tucked in. We had a great day Friday. The guys got the biggest section of roof shingled, and helped move all the shingles to the roof.
Pastor Aaron Patton (of Oak Grove Baptist Church, who graciously provided free lodging for us) and the owner of the home which is used for local missions work expressed tremendous amounts of gratitude. They also mentioned numerous times how incredible the young people have been the entire week.
Friday afternoon, after packing up all the Arizona crew, we headed off to Camp CUMCITO, a mission camp for inner city kids. The girls decorated, got all dressed up, and waited on all of the teen girls having their camp "special" dinner. The girls received a standing ovation for their ministry.
The guys, still recovering from their roof work, were forced to leave the all-girls camp, and go out to find (much to their delight) an incredible BBQ joint, where they ate VERY well.
All this came to a close about 8pm. This is where the team had to part ways. The Arizona team had a late night to get to Oklahoma City (they got there at 2am). The level 1 teens went back to KC for the last night.
Saturday was ALL travel:
The young ones went and dropped off Bethany (who we all had a really hard time parting with - she seemed sad to be going back to Texas, which is saying something from a Terry) then they headed home. They took a couple of stops, including one at the St. Louis Arch, and got home about 1am Eastern.
Team two crossed two time zones into Arizona. Getting in about 45 minutes ago (12:15am) ALL were asleep as I (Pastor Dave) completed the last two hours into Phoenix.
We look forward to Sunday School, AM Worship, Lunch, Afternoon Service, and Evening VBS canvassing with Oasis Baptist Church tomorrow. Whooo Hoooo!
Thank you soooooomuch parents for your prayers.
Kevin, Barbi, Dan, Josh, Bryan, Wes, Katie, Mandy, and Bethany!
We miss you guys!!!
Finally going to sleep after 900 miles on the road!
Pastor Dave
Photos: (we have been updating the older shows, so click on one and look for more!)
Friday, July 04, 2008
Short and Sweet
Well, these teens did it again. They tore off half a roof, created major decorations for VBS and accomplished all they were assigned today, AND MORE. The pictures should tell enough of the story.
We are all bushed, and are in bed after an unbelievable time of sharing our favorite funny moments and serious/inspirational moments. Each one gave one or more of each. There was a ton of laughter, fun, reflection, tears, and an all around wonderful capper on a tough day.
Thanks for all you parents following our adventures. Tmorrow has some big stuff and the sending forward of the PHX crew!
We have added pictures to the other days, so you can click on them and see more pictures from our previous day's exploits!
We did check our insurance, and stayed VERY SAFE today. (well, safer than Alaska!)
PDave
We are all bushed, and are in bed after an unbelievable time of sharing our favorite funny moments and serious/inspirational moments. Each one gave one or more of each. There was a ton of laughter, fun, reflection, tears, and an all around wonderful capper on a tough day.
Thanks for all you parents following our adventures. Tmorrow has some big stuff and the sending forward of the PHX crew!
We have added pictures to the other days, so you can click on them and see more pictures from our previous day's exploits!
We did check our insurance, and stayed VERY SAFE today. (well, safer than Alaska!)
PDave
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Wednesday
Hey--Barbi here. I am so incredibly proud of our kids this week (especially today). Since Dave & Jen spent most of the morning driving around to get the wonderful, air-conditioned green van back to us, and Kevin spent the whole day finishing the roof, I got the wonderful opportunity to watch our kids show us how amazing they could be! I could seriously cry when I start to think about how much pride I have of their attitudes while they got up extra early (5:45am) to go to Faith Fellowship Baptist Church to finish all of our work. In the last three days, we have completed and accomplished an amazing amount of work. Here is what was accomplished...
OUTSIDE
-front windows cleaned & stained (Kristen-Dad, you'd be so proud!)
-mulched & weeded all beds
-trimmed all bushes
-sprayed cracks in parking lot & sidewalks
-painted all doors
-back windows cleaned & stained
-back wall (3 coats of paint)
-side wall (2 coats of paint)
-side wall vines torn down & disposed of
-patio area cleaned out
-scrubbed opposite side brick wall
-all mowing of entire property
-weed trimming
SHED (pretty much everyone, but Brian was the all-dayer)
-scraped
-primed
-painted
-organized on inside
-vines pulled away & disposed of
ROOF (Dan, Kevin, Josh, Aaron, Jarod, Derek)
-finished 1700 sq. ft. roofing project, completed with vents and caps
-steeple painted
-gutters cleaned out & stabilized (Wes, Ethan, Derek)
KITCHEN (Reilly, Katie, Mandy)
-washed down all cabinets, counters, appliances, walls, & floors
-oven-cleaned the pans
-cleaned out inside of cabinets
-divided out the expired food
-cleaned out inside of fridge
-organized towel drawers & other cabinets & drawers
NURSERY (Kristen)
-washed windows
-washed down walls
-vacuumed
UTILITY CLOSET (very, incredibly yucky) BETHANY, LIZ, CARISSA, and more
-emptied out
-vacuumed
-scrubbed down walls, floor, shelves
-threw old stuff out
-organized supplies
GIRLS BATHROOM
-entirely scrubbed down from floor to ceiling
GUYS BATHROOM (Dana, Caleb, Derek, Ethan, Kristen, Katie, Mel)
-entirely scrubbed down
-painted walls and stall dividers
-replaced stall door hinge & spring
SMALL FOYER ROOM (Liz, Carissa)
-dusted
-vacuumed
-organized
MAIN FOYER
-vacuumed (Mel--all day yesterday almost!)
-trash emptied
-borrowed carpet cleaner & cleaned carpet
SANCTUARY
-dusted all woodwork
-vacuumed
Kelly has a message--Dad, I can paint, and I'm actually pretty good at it.
ANYWAY--THESE KIDS ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!! and we love them very much. They are representing their families and church and their God very well. Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to see your kids in action.
Up tomorrow:
Another roof, VBS decor, Friday has roofing and the ladies doing a teen girls banquet! (Friday also has the Level 2ers leaving for PHX)
Wednesday Pics:
OUTSIDE
-front windows cleaned & stained (Kristen-Dad, you'd be so proud!)
-mulched & weeded all beds
-trimmed all bushes
-sprayed cracks in parking lot & sidewalks
-painted all doors
-back windows cleaned & stained
-back wall (3 coats of paint)
-side wall (2 coats of paint)
-side wall vines torn down & disposed of
-patio area cleaned out
-scrubbed opposite side brick wall
-all mowing of entire property
-weed trimming
SHED (pretty much everyone, but Brian was the all-dayer)
-scraped
-primed
-painted
-organized on inside
-vines pulled away & disposed of
ROOF (Dan, Kevin, Josh, Aaron, Jarod, Derek)
-finished 1700 sq. ft. roofing project, completed with vents and caps
-steeple painted
-gutters cleaned out & stabilized (Wes, Ethan, Derek)
KITCHEN (Reilly, Katie, Mandy)
-washed down all cabinets, counters, appliances, walls, & floors
-oven-cleaned the pans
-cleaned out inside of cabinets
-divided out the expired food
-cleaned out inside of fridge
-organized towel drawers & other cabinets & drawers
NURSERY (Kristen)
-washed windows
-washed down walls
-vacuumed
UTILITY CLOSET (very, incredibly yucky) BETHANY, LIZ, CARISSA, and more
-emptied out
-vacuumed
-scrubbed down walls, floor, shelves
-threw old stuff out
-organized supplies
GIRLS BATHROOM
-entirely scrubbed down from floor to ceiling
GUYS BATHROOM (Dana, Caleb, Derek, Ethan, Kristen, Katie, Mel)
-entirely scrubbed down
-painted walls and stall dividers
-replaced stall door hinge & spring
SMALL FOYER ROOM (Liz, Carissa)
-dusted
-vacuumed
-organized
MAIN FOYER
-vacuumed (Mel--all day yesterday almost!)
-trash emptied
-borrowed carpet cleaner & cleaned carpet
SANCTUARY
-dusted all woodwork
-vacuumed
Kelly has a message--Dad, I can paint, and I'm actually pretty good at it.
ANYWAY--THESE KIDS ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!! and we love them very much. They are representing their families and church and their God very well. Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to see your kids in action.
Up tomorrow:
Another roof, VBS decor, Friday has roofing and the ladies doing a teen girls banquet! (Friday also has the Level 2ers leaving for PHX)
Wednesday Pics:
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Monday, June 30, 2008
A Spectacular "Wha-chi-mation" of a day
There is a new theme for this year's STEM trip. That word is "whachimation" It is from our puppet skits.
Yesterday we spent 15 hours in the car and made it a very memorable one. We hit the 100,000 mile mark, changed seats about 6 times, and went to a 'crazy' CiCi's Pizza for dinner and finally made it to the church. WE soon though found out that we all had community showers (some of the shower heads don't even work). Not long after we were all headed to bed at 12 oclock central time.
WE started out today with the lovely sound of the car alarm, and boys playing basketball. Our main goal for today was to just get there. After devos we left to find Faith Fellowship Baptist Church, an hour later of driving in circles, we get to the church and work on weeding and roofing. Next we went to the airport and got Bethany. We then left and found a walmart to get some food and WATER!!!!! BUT while we were there the van decided to lose its air-condtioning. So now after 387miles of Pastor Dave and Dan Brady driving, we know that we will be without the van Wednesday and will hopefully have a new "working" air-conditioner. We finally made it to the camp with only one bump in that road and we weeded, painted, and water-proofed.
But the highlight of the night was playing human fooseball. We all decided that we want one for our church. So now it is 'quiet' time. Josh is here alone with all the teens because all the others went to Home Depot to get supplies for the Faith Fellowship Church (shingles, paint, brushes, rakes, etc.) We are very excited about the rest of the week and can't wait to see what the Lord has in store.
Galations 6:14--Dana(the spokes person)Carissa and Liz (The fixer upers =]) Hi mommies!
P.S.
We are holding Joshua hostage for a ransom of 1,000 smackaroos. So, if he doesn't come back it's your fault. *Carissa and Liz... but shhh keep it a secret, k?
Hey, today was exciting and tiring and fun all at the same time. The devos Pastor Dave gave us are very encouraging. - Mandy
Hey Mom and Dad- I'm not dead yet!! Just thought you would want to know. Love, Reilly:)
We celebrated Jared Vincent's 18th birthday tonight with oreo ice cream sandwiches!
night night!
Yesterday we spent 15 hours in the car and made it a very memorable one. We hit the 100,000 mile mark, changed seats about 6 times, and went to a 'crazy' CiCi's Pizza for dinner and finally made it to the church. WE soon though found out that we all had community showers (some of the shower heads don't even work). Not long after we were all headed to bed at 12 oclock central time.
WE started out today with the lovely sound of the car alarm, and boys playing basketball. Our main goal for today was to just get there. After devos we left to find Faith Fellowship Baptist Church, an hour later of driving in circles, we get to the church and work on weeding and roofing. Next we went to the airport and got Bethany. We then left and found a walmart to get some food and WATER!!!!! BUT while we were there the van decided to lose its air-condtioning. So now after 387miles of Pastor Dave and Dan Brady driving, we know that we will be without the van Wednesday and will hopefully have a new "working" air-conditioner. We finally made it to the camp with only one bump in that road and we weeded, painted, and water-proofed.
But the highlight of the night was playing human fooseball. We all decided that we want one for our church. So now it is 'quiet' time. Josh is here alone with all the teens because all the others went to Home Depot to get supplies for the Faith Fellowship Church (shingles, paint, brushes, rakes, etc.) We are very excited about the rest of the week and can't wait to see what the Lord has in store.
Galations 6:14--Dana(the spokes person)Carissa and Liz (The fixer upers =]) Hi mommies!
P.S.
We are holding Joshua hostage for a ransom of 1,000 smackaroos. So, if he doesn't come back it's your fault. *Carissa and Liz... but shhh keep it a secret, k?
Hey, today was exciting and tiring and fun all at the same time. The devos Pastor Dave gave us are very encouraging. - Mandy
Hey Mom and Dad- I'm not dead yet!! Just thought you would want to know. Love, Reilly:)
We celebrated Jared Vincent's 18th birthday tonight with oreo ice cream sandwiches!
night night!
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Summertime
In case you haven't noticed, summer is upon us. That means the 2008 missions trip is upon us.
We will be travelling to Kansas City and then on to Phoenix for a big time, lots of variety ministry op. Please be praying as the financial support has a ways to go. We are almost halfway to our support.
Cedar Point Day was a blast, and summer Wednesday Night Youth has us looking through ways to worship WITHOUT music.
Late in the summer, our Junior High will be having their annual PREP retreat to get them ready for the new school year.
VBS is also a major part of our summer, so, get yourself signed up for helping in this BIG TIME ministry here in our church.
This summer will also include the following:
Taste testing of the new Mountain Dew flavors
Painting the Youth Room
Getting ready for the new fall guys Bible Study (Guys that Actually Grow - GAG)
Four youth groups visiting and using our youth room for lodging. (another ministry to others)
and...
The new 9th graders are arriving! (they are SUCH a mature group for their age!)
Here is your weekly assignment:
Each week complete as many of these ten ways to worship without music each week.
Pray
Read Your Bible Regularly
Obey God (hopefully at least once in the week)
Tithe
Build a Deeper Relationship with a Fellow Believer (met someone new in the church)
Share Jesus (bring Him up, talk about the truth in the Bible, invite someone to church...)
Serve Others (get creative)
Develop a thankful Attitude (say it...come on..."Thank You ______")
Turn an area of Your life over to God (money, bfriend, gfriend, job, school, etc)
Think Biblically and Eternally (Make investments)
That's all for this month. Unless I get some more free blogging time.
This blog WILL be the update site for the missions trip, so bookmark us!
We will have photos and info while we are away!
PDave
Gal 6:14
We will be travelling to Kansas City and then on to Phoenix for a big time, lots of variety ministry op. Please be praying as the financial support has a ways to go. We are almost halfway to our support.
Cedar Point Day was a blast, and summer Wednesday Night Youth has us looking through ways to worship WITHOUT music.
Late in the summer, our Junior High will be having their annual PREP retreat to get them ready for the new school year.
VBS is also a major part of our summer, so, get yourself signed up for helping in this BIG TIME ministry here in our church.
This summer will also include the following:
Taste testing of the new Mountain Dew flavors
Painting the Youth Room
Getting ready for the new fall guys Bible Study (Guys that Actually Grow - GAG)
Four youth groups visiting and using our youth room for lodging. (another ministry to others)
and...
The new 9th graders are arriving! (they are SUCH a mature group for their age!)
Here is your weekly assignment:
Each week complete as many of these ten ways to worship without music each week.
Pray
Read Your Bible Regularly
Obey God (hopefully at least once in the week)
Tithe
Build a Deeper Relationship with a Fellow Believer (met someone new in the church)
Share Jesus (bring Him up, talk about the truth in the Bible, invite someone to church...)
Serve Others (get creative)
Develop a thankful Attitude (say it...come on..."Thank You ______")
Turn an area of Your life over to God (money, bfriend, gfriend, job, school, etc)
Think Biblically and Eternally (Make investments)
That's all for this month. Unless I get some more free blogging time.
This blog WILL be the update site for the missions trip, so bookmark us!
We will have photos and info while we are away!
PDave
Gal 6:14
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Updated Calendar
Anyway, I have updated the calendar, and it is a public calendar, so you can upload it from the web. I also double it up, placing an agenda format so things are a bit easier to see!
All two of you (one if I don't include my wife) keep note!
All two of you (one if I don't include my wife) keep note!
Maybe...
Maybe the key to good blogging is smaller posts!
Input?
(I am so proud to have [make a post on blog] crossed off my to do list)
Input?
(I am so proud to have [make a post on blog] crossed off my to do list)
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