New Year's Eve Party

Andy and I are hosting the New Year's Eve party this year. Here's the details:

When: New Year's Eve
Where: 1427 High Street
Time: 630 ish

Adults only, please:)

Prayer Request from the Church Office

Dear Friends,

Since we do not have an official “church prayer chain” I am sending a prayer request to those of you whom I have email addresses for. And I thank you ahead of time for your prayers.

Our request is from Patti Wolfe and it is for Amy Cummingham – she is 33 years old and has an 18 month old baby. Amy had a severe allergic reaction to a medication and has developed “Stevens Johnson Syndrom”. She has a severe rash which has covered 80 to 90% of her body and is very painful. This is a serious situation and Amy really needs our prayers.

God Bless You,
Linda [Mayes]

for those interested...

in news reports regarding the Roy Jacobs trial, i googled it and found an article (below)
one way or the other, we can pray for him and those involved.

After delays, jury convicts ex-coach in one traffic death, exonerates him in second

By Linda Metz, Staff writer

lmetz@observer-reporter.com

Friday was unusual from start to finish in the trial for Roy M. Jacobs II, former first-base coach for the Washington Wild Things, charged in connection with a 2005 crash that killed two people.

By day's end, Jacobs had been found guilty of a felony in the death of one of the men, which carries a substantial prison term.

A missing juror delayed the start of the second day of deliberations. The male juror, who had sat through the trial and had deliberated for nearly seven hours Thursday before being allowed to go home for the night, failed to appear Friday at the Washington County Courthouse.

Deliberations were put on hold for two hours as court officials attempted to contact the juror. The juror eventually was reached but said he was too ill to continue.

Subsequently, Judge Janet Moschetta Bell was left to decide whether deliberations would continue with only 11 jurors. Under Pennsylvania law, a jury with as few as six members may be permitted to continue to deliberate on a case as long as both the prosecution and defense agree to the stipulation.

Both Assistant District Attorney Michael Lucas and Jacobs' attorney Michael DeRiso had no opposition.

At 11:30 a.m., the jurors continued their deliberations into whether Jacobs, 29, of Louisville, Ohio, was guilty of being intoxicated while driving a vehicle that crashed into another vehicle on Interstate 70 in Canton Township on Dec. 2, 2005. The crash resulted in the death of Robert Bernardini, who was in the vehicle with Jacobs, and another motorist, Richard Morris, 51, of Canonsburg.

Jacobs and Bernardini, who served as a host for the baseball team, had attended a Christmas party at the Rhythm House in Bridgeville and then went to Auggie's Roadhouse in North Strabane Township. Jacobs had stayed with Bernardini from May to September 2005.

Jacobs was arrested nearly two years after the crash and charged with two counts each of driving under the influence, homicide by vehicle while DUI and homicide by vehicle. Police said his blood-alcohol content was nearly twice the legal limit.

At 2:30 p.m., it was announced that the jury had reached a verdict. But the verdict was not read until an hour and a half later because Jacobs, who had been staying at a local motel during the trial, was stuck on Chestnut Street because of an accident that occurred during heavy snowfall.

Finally, sheriff's deputies were dispatched to get Jacobs and return him to the courthouse. Once there, Jacobs was rushed to the second-floor courtroom, with the jury soon being ushered in to announce its decision.

As complicated as the day's events had been, so was the verdict from the jury, which found Jacobs guilty of DUI with a BAC in the range of 0.1 percent to 0.159 percent, and guilty of homicide by vehicle in regard to Morris' death. Jacobs was found not guilty of another DUI count, the two counts of homicide by vehicle while DUI and homicide by vehicle relating to Bernardini.

"I don't understand the verdict; I'm as perplexed as you are," said DeRiso following the reading of the verdict. "You don't see a verdict like this too often."

He added, "Clearly, the jury was working on this, but I'm unclear how they came to this conclusion."

After meeting with some of the jurors, Lucas said the panel "concluded he was driving, he was drinking, and he caused the death of Mr. Morris." But, Lucas explained, they found him not guilty in regard to Bernardini because Bernardini, who was also drinking, got into the vehicle with Jacobs at the wheel.

"It was a very tough case," Lucas said. "And I commend the jury for their hard work."

Bernardini's children, Mindi and Justin, said they were pleased with the verdict because it finally cleared their father's name and proved he wasn't driving the vehicle.

"I have nothing against Roy, and he knows that," said Justin Bernardini. "But, it's time to man up and go to jail."

Deputies took Jacobs from the courthouse to the county jail, as ordered by Moschetta Bell, who also found Jacobs guilty of four summary charges that did not come before the jury.

Sentencing will be held within 90 days following the completion of a presentence investigation report.

The charge of homicide by vehicle carries a maximum sentence of 3 1/2 to 7 years. The homicide by vehicle while DUI charge, of which Jacobs was not convicted, carries a mandatory sentence of 3 to 6 years in prison.

Copyright Observer Publishing Co.

Talent Quest fyi

We turned in $390 for the Talent Quest from our class. :)

The Mission Auction Basket

Just wanted to let everyone know that our basket did well at the mission auction tonight.

Prayer for the Watson Family

One woman that I work with found out on Tuesday that her 15 year old son committed suicide. Please pray for their family. His name was Alex. Thanks

Sunday Reminders

Don't forget to bring in $5 on Sunday for pastor appreciation month. Also, please try to have the quickie budget form with you for Sunday School. Also, don't forget to factor the $5 into the budget.

Mission Auction Items

If anyone else would like to support out tailgate basket for the mission auction we could still use some pop or other drink and maybe some more snacks - OSU themed if at all possible. Please drop off any items at our house between now and Wed. evening b/c the baskets are due to the church office on Thursday.

Thanks

Prayer Request

We got news last nite that our Brother in Law Saw (Tim's sister Joy's husband) is in the hospital with congestive heart failure. He had been having problems since this spring but the VA hospital just kept telling him it was his medication and tweaked with it off and on and sent him on his merry way. Thankfully (sounds morbid but...) he was having shortness of breath and was taken to Mercy and admitted. Being that it was an "emergency" he is able to stay there for care and they finally came to a diagnosis. This is the latest update from Joy:
"Sam is hanging in there. We found out yesterday that he has congestive heart failure. This morn. found his heart is only working at 10% capacity and he has 3 arteries that are blocked.Also they think he has a problem with his gallbladder.I'm really upset that the VA has let this go since March.Thanks for your prayers. It helps as you well know!"
So if you could all keep him in your prayers... we are hoping that he is finally able to get the treatment he needs.

Dave Ramsey web site info

From Scott's email:
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Everyone with a computer has access to Daveramsey.com.
Our FPU class# is 134246. This special number allows our class members access to the MRC (Member Resource Center). The first time you login you will need to pick out a login user name and password. Those of you in the class who do not have a workbook can print any form or letter that is in the worbook from this site. I have only been in the site one time myself but it looks to have a lot of content and links to financial sites. You should check it out weekly as I believe they have the highlights of each lesson. (remember we are splitting the sessions in two so Dave may be a little ahead of us!) The Dave Ramsey site is available at any time, but the MRC is available to us only about 15 weeks...till sometime in mid-January. Please take the time to be pro-active and check out the site every week or so. Remember we must break old habits to gain control over our money. Knowledge is 20 percent of the Dave Ramsey system. Eighty per cent of the system is changing your behavior with your money.

Like I said before I think we will all learn more if we become pro-active and interact with the Dave Ramsey site and actually try some of what Dave says. Soooo, I would like it if every family could prepare a budget using Dave's forms (in workbook or on the site). Also I think each family should write down a goal to either pay off a debt or save some money for some purchase or puchases (Christmas fund??..). I will never ask to see your budgets or ask how much debt you are in or how much is in your savings account. My only concern is that we all try Dave's ideas and attempt to alter our financial behaviors in a positive way. So think about it, discuss it at home and let's do it! I may ask the class from time to time how you are doing. Dave recommends sharing little victories if you have one (paid off a debt, or your emergency fund is now complete...).
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Now back to Kurt
Thanks all for your participation so far in the Dave Ramsey series. Please take a couple minutes to go to the website and look around if you can. Please try to have your quick budget ready to go for Sunday as I think we'll be referencing those sheets.

See you Sunday!

Prayer Request

Please pray for Brad and Bryan's family their grandpa Crandall passed away very early this morning at Aultman. Thanks

Sunday September 28th

I just wanted to let everyone know that we raised $370 last night at the chili cook off and euchre tournament. Also, we started to kinda discuss the mission auction baskets but, we didn't get very far with it so, come prepared next week.

Some prayers and praises were for:
The turn out last night
Brad and Bryan's grandpa in the hospital
Andy's brother Brian in the hospital

Chilli/Euchre

Hey, just a quick reminder that tomorrow's the big day. Please try to be there at 5:00 at the latest. I know a few of us will be there by 4:30 to get things set up so you can come then it you want. Hmm, by the way, Tim, will you be able to unlock the church for us?

FYI on Roy

an update to this post on Sept 2... Roy Jacobs' trial has been postponed until October. keep him in your prayers as that approaches.

Sunday September 14th

Today we started into the Financial Peace University study with the Koinonia class. We will be meeting in our classroom and doing a short pray then we will head over to the Koinonia classroom. Please post any pray requests or praises on the blog so that we can pray for them during the week.

Prayer Request

If you could keep my brother and his family in your prayers this week... They had a small house fire on Monday morning and are now dealing with teh aftermath. The lost electric like many people, had a candle burning which was knocked over and caught their master bathroom on fire. The bathroom is a complete loss and master bedroom has a lot of smoke/ water damage. The rest of the house has extensive smoke damage as well... but thankfully they are all ok and were able to get right out as soon as the alarm went off. So... they are living at a motel for now... insurance adjuster can't come for 1.5 weeks b/c of other storm damage assessments so they are in limbo. I am not sure what their next step is right now but if you could just keep it all in your prayers.

Mission Auction Items

Today we discussed what our class wanted to do for the Mission Auction in October.

We decided on a tailgate basket and a bake good basket.

The tailgate basket is pretty self explanatory, we will fill it with pop, chips an Salsa, etc.

The Bake good basket, we were tossing around the idea of cookies in a jar, some baked goods. This was just a start. If you have any other suggestions bring them with you our better yet post them here.

Don't forget next week we will start the Financial Series. Meet in our regular room for prayer and quick announcements and then we will move over with the other class.

See you next Sunday.

prayer for roy

Roy Jacobs (good friend of Tony Wolfe... LHS grad... live snext door to Andy & Tony's mom & dad) is on trial this week for something that happened years ago (a severe traffic accident in PA.) Jen and i ran into him last week and he asked for prayer.

Prayer

Brad and Bryan's grandpa Crandall is being admitted to the hospital and they are doing some testing b/c he has been having severe abdominal pain. He has pancreatic cancer and has been battling with it for awhile but, the doctors aren't sure what is causing the pain. If you get a chance, please pray for him and our family.

Thanks,
Krystal

Sunday August 24th

Today we discussed the intro to lesson #8 and we hope to finish lesson #8 next week. There were quite a few other things that we discussed including the euchre night, nominations for church boards, witness mintute for October and also the next set of lessons on financial peace.

Some prayers and praises this week were for:
Steve, Melissa and family
Matt at Malone
Evelyn Bardash
Keely's cousin in ICU
Lynne at school
Brad and Krystal's vacation
Andy and Stacey moving and for the baby
Praise for a good start to a new school year

Next week we will probably finish lesson #8. I know that I don't have everyone added to the blog so, please if you know anyone else that needs to be added, let me know their email address and I will add them. Thanks

Prayer Request

Please pray for my cousin's (Mike Wise) fiance. She is currently in intensive care and experiencing problems with her brain. My aunt asked for prayers during this time. Thank you.
Keely

Andy and Claire's Cookout

Andy and Claire are hosting a cookout after church on Sunday for their College class and our class is invited too. They are located on the corner of Broad and Silver St. (Broad St. park is their backyard). Claire asked that I pass on the info!

Prayer request-Steve Kandel Family

Hi

I just got word last night that Steve Kandel's mother passed away yesterday. I do not know if she has been ill , but do know that she went into the hospital Monday because she was having a hard time breathing.

I do not know when services or calling hours are. I heard that information will be in the paper tomorrow.

I will go ahead and send a card from our class tonight. Please keep them in your prayers. His mother was really good to Steve and Melissa and the grand kids. I know that Courtney is having a hard time with it.
Thanks--Lynne

Prayer Request from Church Office

Dear Friends,

Just want to ask for your prayers for Evelyn Bardash. She fell yesterday and had to have 29 stitches. (Don’t know where the stitches are – God does)


Thank you and God Bless you!

Linda

UPDATE

Friends,
Not God, (He knows though) but the stitches are in her forehead, along with a couple of black eyes and major bruises, but no severe pain.
Evelyn doesn't seem to have memory of the trauma.
Denise mentioned that prayers for steadiness and God's help from another fall would be much appreciated.
In Christ,
Pastor Larry

Sunday August 17th

Today we discussed Lesson #7 on the "new birth". Next week we will start into lesson #8. I am pretty sure that we will be starting into the financial peace study the first Sunday in September.

Some prayers/praises this week were for:
Dan's dog
Matt at Malone
Dana's eye and vision
Terry's family
School starting
Micah starting school
Ellie's cough
Matt got 2nd in softball and will be going to state
the backpack giveaway
Making connections/outreach
Jane't treatments going well

Sunday August 10th

We didn't get through much today but, we will start into lesson #7 next Sunday.

Some prayers and praises this week were for:
Danny's Dog
Matt at Malone
Lashley's grandparents traveling
School starting soon
Sherri's check up on Wednesday
Lewis's traveling
Tim's back
Jane's treatment
Tim's brother in law traveling with the kids
Robin's driving test on Tuesday
Stacey and Andy with a lot coming up
Bryan and Robin's new home
Kyle and Keely's anniversary
Tim and Jen's anniversary

Have a great week everyone!

Chilli night/Euchre Tournament Supplies list

Here's the list of what everyone has signed up for so far. Note that there are still plenty of blanks... If you want to sign up for something, just comment and we'll add you to the list. Also, see the post below this one for the announcement, which needs comments as well

Product__________________ _Qty.________Donated by . . .
Tickets (design)_____________________________Anne & Mike
Ballot Boxes & Numbered Cards__________________Lynne____
Voting Tickets in Envelopes_____________________Kurt & Carla
Pencils & Scorecards_______________________________________
Certificates for Chili Cook-off_________4__________________
McDonald’s Orange Drink (Cups?)________________Free
Coffee_________________________1 can_______Kurt & Carla
Cornbread_________________________________Keely
Fritos____________________________________Stacey & Andy
Tortilla Chips_______________________________Stacey & Andy
Oyster/Soda Crackers_________________________Stacey & Andy
Shredded Cheddar Cheese______________________Greg & Trish
Sour Cream________________________________Greg & Trish
Styrofoam Bowls_____________________________Anne & Mike
Plastic Spoons_______________________________Anne & Mike
Napkins___________________________________Anne & Mike
Paper Plates___________________________________________
Styrofoam Cups (coffee)__________________________________
Pizza (for kids)______________________________________________
Juice (for kids)_______________________________Brad & Krystal
Snacks/Treats (for kids)________________________Brad & Krystal
Brownies/Cookies_______________________________________
Pie for Euchre Award______________2___________Stacey
Pie for Euchre Award______________2___________Anne
Pie for Euchre Award______________1___________Krystal
Decks of Cards__________________24___________Kurt & Carla
Golden Bowl & Spoon Awards________4___________Kurt & Carla
Trophy for Euchre Winners_________1____________________
Poster of Rules______________________________Greg and Trish
Small Tasting Cups___________________________Linda Motts

Other Information and stuff we need (please comment/add):

*Categories for Chili Cook-off Awards: Meatiest, Spiciest, Most Unique, Best Overall

*Awards for Euchre Tourney: Overall Winners, Most Loners, Most Points in One Round

*Begin announcing in church and in bulletin August 31st

*Begin selling tickets after church on September 7th

* Need power strips and extra crock pots

* Sign-up sheets for baby sitting

Chili and Euchre Announcement

Hey everyone,

Please read and comment on the announcement below. We think it has the right info in it but if there's more details that need to be added please let us know:


First Annual Euchre Tournament & Chili Cook-off
Sponsored by The Great Expectations Class

When: Saturday, September 27, 2008
Where: Fellowship Hall
Time: 5:30 – Chili Cook-off / 6:00 – Euchre Tournament
Why: To raise money for the Talent Quest & to have a fun night out
Details:
Ø Singles & Teams are both welcome for the Euchre Tournament
Ø Free babysitting is available with dinner provided for the kids!
Ø Bring your favorite pot of chili to enter the chili cook-off (optional)
Ø Come hungry! There will be lots of chili, snacks, drinks, and dessert
Ø Prizes awarded for Euchre and Chili Cook-off winners
Ø Tickets are $5/person & can be purchased after church beginning Sept. 7th

Sunday August 3rd

Today we discussed plans for the Euchre/Chili night.

Some prayers and praises this week were for:
Bryan and Robin's house hunting
Brad and Krystal's 5 year anniversary
Sherri's surgery went well (Brad and Bryan's mom)
Greg's test came back good
Wes's close call with a fall
Stacey and Andy getting a house
Stacey's job

Next week we will start lesson#7 in the book. See you then!

Sunday July 20th

There weren't too many of us in attendance this week (many were serving in various teaching positions in the church) but we went ahead with some planning for the Euchre/ Chili cook-off and also discussed the sermon section of lesson 6. I believe we are going to wrap up lesson 6 next week and possibly begin lesson 7.

Sunday July 13th

Today we discussed the questions from lesson #6 and we are hoping to start into the sermon next week.

Some prayers and praises were for:
Carl that was in the hospital (Brad and Bryan's dad)
Sherri's test results were good (Brad and Bryan's mom)
Jane's chemo treatment (Tim's mom)
Bryan and Robin back home
Greg's skin lesions

Please read the sermon in lesson #6 for next Sunday.

prayer request

I would like to add a prayer request to our class list for a young lady named Faith. She is a sister of one of my co-workers who is having twins and is currently on bed rest since this past weekend. She is on medication to stop the contractions. She is only 31 weeks today (Wednesday July 8). They would like her to make it to 33-34 week before she has the boys.

Her sister's name is Amber.

Thanks Lynne

Prayer Request from Church Office

Dear Friends,

I am sending this Prayer Request because we have been asked to start the Prayer Chain and at this time we do not have an official church prayer chain. If you cannot participate at this time that is okay – just delete.

The request is from Gary Quinn and is for Jay Howell. He is a young man who works with Gary and just had a stroke.

Thank you so much and God Bless you,

Linda [Mayes]

(Krystal - It looks like the invitations worked well. Thanks)

Sunday July 6th

This week there were not very many of us present so, we didn't accomplish much with the lesson. I did try to get this blog figured out so that other classmates can blog as well. Please let me know how it works or what to change.

Some praises and prayers were for:
Matt and Erin had their baby Miah on July 4th
Brad's mom Sherri has tests on Tuesday
Kurt and Carla traveling
Youth mission trip this week
Brad's cousins Bobby and Angie having a c-section Friday
Brad's cousin Wendy who is pregnant
Mike's sister got moved
Bryan's uncle broke his back
Bryan and Robin coming home on Saturday

Please read the sermon for lesson #6 for next Sunday. See you then!

Sunday June 29th

Prayer requests:
VBS
Isaac not feeling well
Tim's mom
Jen's mom
The Lashley's travelling
Kyle and Keely travelling

We finished up lesson 5 and started lesson 6 on Justification. We'll discuss the questions and the sermon on Sunday. Also, we talked at the beginning about the Sunday School series called Financial Peace University and everyone seemed to support getting involved with that. Here is a little description. The program is called Financial Peace University (http://www.daveramsey.com/fpu/home/) and sounds like a "Money Matters" type of program - Christian based, financially focused. We'll figure out how to pay for it when we get some more information on it. I'll also try to talk to Rev. Larry about sponsoring him in his bike trip from DC to Pittsburgh.

Sunday June 22nd

Today we started into the sermon in Lesson #5 on being an almost Christian. We will finish discussing it next week and start into Lesson #6.

Some prayers and praises this week were for:
Matt and the Lashley family going to Columbus
CYF camp
Micah, Addie, Tim, Jen and Jane for the upcoming week
The Dawson family recovering from the storm
The Miller family traveling
Trish's parents traveling
Brad's mom's appointment on Tuesday
Trish's sister and her new hobby
Matt did good at work
Erin and Matt expecting a baby really soon
Lisa doing well
Todd and Jen's wedding last week and for them visiting with us on Sunday
Tim's mom, Jane

This week read the beginning section of Lesson #6 for next Sunday. Hope that you all have a great week!

Sunday June 8th

We actually forgot our bible at church that has all of our prayers and praises in it. So, I believe that we may be starting into lesson #5 next sunday. See you next Sunday!

Sunday June 1st

I think that we started the into sermon #4 today and we will continue with it next week.

Sunday May 25th

Today we discussed the rest of the questions for Lesson #4. We didn't get really into much more than that. So, we will discuss the sermon next week. Frank visited our class so, we spent some time talking to him.

Some prayers and praises this week were for:
Eliana and her family, she is having surgery on Tuesday
a replacement for Bryan and Robin in CR
Jackson's eye
Tim and Jen traveling from Lakeside
Andy's birthday Friday
Andy H. got his masters and will continue in the fall towards his PHD
Andy and Claire teaching the college students
Andy and Claire's upcoming vacation
New baby Cody and his family
Last week of classes for teachers and students
Kurt and Carla's Anniversay today
Tim's mom

Well, we hope to see you next week.

Sunday May 18th

We started into lesson #4 today discussing prevenient grace. We also had a discussion on baptism. Next week we will continue with lesson #4.

Some prayers and praises were for:
Jackson and his eye appointment this week
The Rawson family
Sherri having surgery on June 2nd
Robin and Brad's grandpa's birthday tomorrow
Carla's friend that sold her house
Tim's mom
Carla's sister traveling
Principal's daughter at Cleveland Clinic and their family

See you next week!

Sunday May 4th

Today we were going to start on the sermon in lesson #3 but, we started to discuss the differences between the Mormon faith and ours. We will hopefully get into the sermon next week.

Some prayers and praises for this week were:
Matt at work
Matt's boss Danny
Tim's mom and her surgery on Thursday
Samantha N. had a concussion last weekend
Andy and Claire
Julie and the birth of her son Trevor
Jen, Tim, Melissa and Keely finishing a 2 mile run yesterday

See you next week!

Sunday April 27th

We continued on today with lesson #3 talking about the levels of sin. Next week we will continue with the sermon in lesson #3.

Some praises and prayers this week were for:
Tim's mom having further testing
Sarah having surgery Monday
Keely's cousin Krista and the birth of Kenzie
Andy and Stacey and the birth of Jackson

See you next week!

Sunday April 20th

We started to discuss lesson #3 today and will continue with it next week. Next sunday will be the last day to sign up for the Talent Quest and recieve your $5. If you haven't signed up yet and you are interested, make sure that you sign up Sunday.

Some prayers and praises this week were for:
Matt's boss
Matt at work
Bruce and the quartet
Maylia in ICU and her family
Kyle and Keely in their new house
Mike and Anne's new neice Jenna
Chloe doing better
Lynne's friend's dad starting Chemo
Stacey's Job situtation
Stacey and baby Jackson
Lisa doing well, got a promotion

Please be ready to continue with lesson #3 next week and we will see you then.

Sunday April 13th

Well, the majority of class today was spent discussing the Euchre and Chili Cook off in September. We decided to put our $5 each from the Talent Quest towards this outreach. We will discuss more details once we get a little closer to September but, we have a lot of planning to do. We gave $100 to Nancy R. for a walk for a cure.

Some prayers and praises this week were:
Chuck and healing from a fall off a ladder
Good test results for Claire's mom
Claire and Andy expecting in Dec (9th)
Taryn feeling better after going to ER last week
Kyle and Keely moving this week to their new home
The anniversary of Rev. Ed's passing
Carla's job approval
Julie's friend and Grandpa that passed recently
Noli and Keely's family
Matt at Malone
Luncheon for church camps today

Next week we will get into Lesson #3. See you then!

Sunday April 6th

Today we finished lesson #2 and we will continue next week with lesson #3. We decided to give money to Nancy R. for a Walk for a Cure.

Some praises and prayers this week were:
Lynne's Family traveling
Mark's Grandparents
Stacey's student in a bad situation
Keely's sister
Carl's mission group traveling back
Carla's Grandpa's arm
Stacey's job situation
Lisa making progress
Good turnout at Winter Jam
Jeremiah and Isaac sick
Brad and Bryan's grandpa

Please read lesson #3 for next week. See you then!

Sunday March 30th

Today we started in lesson 2 in the book. We kinda just went over every one's thoughts and any questions that came up. Revival is this week in the evening so, if you want to come you can eat with everyone at 6pm or show up at 7pm for the revival sermon. There were sign up sheets passed around for nursery, 2&3's and 4&5's and also a new snack sheet.

Some praises and concerns this week were:
Frank graduating from basic training
Greg's uncle that had a stroke
Brad and Bryan's grandpa in the hospital
Jen's brother's test results came back good
Stacey's baby shower
Lashley's traveling
Jen's mom's birthday
Kurt, Kyle and Stacey's dad's birthday
Taryn sleeping at night
Bryan and Robin in Costa Rica
Tony and Jen expecting a little one in November

Next week we will look more into lesson 2.

Sunday March 16th

Today we started into the book. We almost finished lesson 1: Introducing the Wesleys.

Some praises and prayer requests were for:
Jen's brother's test tomorrow
Jen's sister-in-law
Brad's grandpa Crandall
Lynee's friend's dad with Colon Cancer
Stacey and Jack doing well
Stacey's school situation
Carla's sister and her treatment
Walker and Ellie doing better
Carla's work situation for next year
Greg and Trish's Anniversary
Jen's test came back good
Matt at Malone
New babies that were born

This week we will be reading Lesson 2 in the book and reviewing it on Sunday. We will also finish up the questions from lesson 1. I forgot to look at the snack sheet sign up so, hopefully someone will cover it. I know that Brad and I will not be there on Sunday but, if you guys could please let me know about the snack sheet and also what was covered. Thanks

March 9th

Due to the heavy snow that we recieved last night and today, church, sunday school and youth are all cancelled for tomorrow. We will continue with the first section next week. Be careful if you have to go out and have a good week.

Sunday March 2nd

Today we finished watching the last video in the series. We are finally finished with the videos for right now and we are ready to start the new book.

Some praises and prayer requests were for:
Krystal's sinus problems
Matt and Lynne traveling this month
Stacey and her maternity leave
Jen's doctor appt tomorrow
Lashley's grandpa doing well
Micah's 5th birthday
Babies that were baptized today

Please start to read lesson one in the book for next Sunday. It is called Introducing the Wesley's. We will discuss it next week. Please also bring in pictures of yourself (and family) next week and we will try to start up a slideshow on the blog. See you next week.

Sunday February 24th

We watched the last video "Power to the People" today but, we actually have one more extra video called "Total Commitment" to watch next week.

Some prayer requests and praises this week were:

Matt at Malone
Carla's sister
Matt's shoulder
Good first week back to work for Carla
Everyone who has been sick especially the kids
Anne's report came back good
Jeremiah's 3rd birthday
Micah's birthday party

Hopefully we will start on the book (Reclaiming the Wesleyan Tradition) after next week. The books were handed out today but, extras are in the room. We are trying to figure out where to start with the book so, bring any ideas on Sunday.

February 17th

We finally finished the questions from the last video. We decided this week to send our college student and military person a $25 Walmart giftcard along with a card for our first care package. The money to buy them will be coming out of our class fund. We will also be sending a card to Shelly in Costa Rica.

Some prayer requests and praises this week were:
Carla's sister starting treatment on Tuesday
Trisha and Carla going back to work this week after maternity leave
Ann's test results on a mole removal
Lynne and Matt's grandpa had gallbladder surgery that went well but, he is having hernia surgery this Thursday.
Brad's grandpa Crandall facing cancer and upcoming decisions
Keely has the last part of her Praxis this week
Safe and nice trip for Andy and Stacey
Tim's back pain
Gail and Dale's backs and for healing for Gail
Layoffs at Diebold coming up this week
Trisha's dad's surgery on his legs (veins)
Micah's first rollerskating trip and weekend away from home
Tim's message this morning

Next week we will be watching the last video before we move onto a book about John Wesley. The video title is "Power to the People."

February 10th

We are still working on the questions from the last video. We almost got through them but, we are talking about the resurection. Rolling back the stone.


Some prayer requests and praises were for:
Trisha's dad and the situation at Diebold
Carla's sister
Children with cerebral palsy and the treament with botox
Jill and Matt's wedding coming up Sat.
Taryn- not being her self
Our church and the day of fasting
Stacey feeling better
Ellie using the potty

Next week we will continue with the resurection and maybe we will move onto the next video. Hope to see you then.

Sunday February 3th

We are still working on the questions that went with the video from Jan. We had a really good conversation on the burial of Jesus, the stone that was rolled back, the spices, etc..

Next sunday there will be no snack for the whole church will be fasting and praying. We will continue onto the next questions from the video.