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The Sunday before Christmas it was a special honor to have Rev. Walter Malaza, Wesleyan District Superintendent in Swaziland with us at First Wesleyan. He spoke powerfully on our need to know what we’re doing for Christ.

On Christmas Eve we had around 70 people join together for our worship & candlelight service! I have continued to hear how special that service was for many of our church people and their friends and family that came with them.

This past Sunday I finished up our series, “Come Together” with a sermon entitled, “Love that changes the world”. Sermon audio is available here on our church website.

As 2010, draws to a close, I am excited about what God is going to continue to do in and through our church in the coming year! Please continue to pray for our family and our ministry at First Wesleyan – we are trusting the Lord for great things!

I love Scott’s heart and motivation behind this “open letter” to Oprah!

I’m posting it here to help and do my part in getting this viewed by the right people to eventually have it seen by Oprah, herself!

I believe if she got on board board with this, we could see the water crisis reversed in our lifetime.

On this third Sunday of Advent we emphasized the word “JOY” and the Christmas story as recorded in Matthew 1:18-25.

Sermon audio here.

Yesterday was our first LOVE SHIP opportunity. Our first LOVE SHIP event included passing out 288 double-rolls of Scotch tape at various locations around Shippensburg. We included one of our “connection cards” with each of the tape-packs and wished passersby “Merry Christmas”. We’re already brainstorming what our next LOVE SHIP event will look like!

I’ve added here the images that I showed on-screen during the opening illustration regarding the instruction manual for raising children:

I Love Lowe’s

12.9.2010 — 1 Comment

I had been hearing about the Lowe’s Build & Grow Clinics for a few years before I finally bit-the-bullet and signed Ella up for one of the clinics. I was hesitant only because their website suggests signing up children that are in grades 1-5. I originally thought that if we did sign up and arrive at Lowe’s with my 4-year old preschooler, that they would politely turn us away.

The first clinic we attended was the firetruck. Ella did fantastic. She enjoys wearing the apron and her “gobbles” as she calls them at every clinic!

At each clinic we receive a project-pack that includes all the pieces in the kit, instructions, stickers, and the use of a child’s hammer. At our first clinic Ella was given her own goggles and apron to keep! Also after Ella completes her project she is given a certificate of completion PLUS a fabric patch that Grandma has been helpful in stitching onto the apron.

Ella has an absolute blast every single time we attend one of the clinics. I register both Ella (4) and Ezra (1) for the clinic every time and simply bring the project-kit home for Ezra. Some of the kits I have put together for him at home and I’m holding onto some of the other ones for when he is a little older.

If you are a parent or grandparent of a child that might enjoy building something with their own hands, let me suggest taking part in the Build & Grow Clinics at Lowe’s! Sign up for the next clinic at the Lowe’s nearest you here on their website: http://www.lowesbuildandgrow.com.

Video from our first clinic-adventure:

Photos of our Build & Grow Clinic adventures thus far:








Merry Christmas!

Thankfully, one of our family photos turned out to be “the one”!

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!