Belated Back to School Bash...

Sr. Highers, don't forget we will be meeting and Bill and Connie Schmidt's home in Plano on Saturday evening from 4-8:30 p.m. for the Belated Back to School Bash.

It is Belated because it was originally planned for Sept. 2nd, and you guys have obviously been in school a while now. But no problem anyway, we will still have a great time.

We will be playing some games inside and outside if the weather cooperates. And we will be eating some grub (obviously I mean food and not grubs, the worm like creatures). And, from experience, we all know that Mrs. Schmidt can cook up some good grub!!

We will also have a devotion time and if the weather is good we will have a fire out back and make smo's (also referred to as smores). Hope you can come and bring your friends if you want to. They can have fun with us! By the way, if you have any games you want to bring...GREAT!, bring them.

Hope to see all you Sr. Highers there.

Worldview Night...

Just a reminder that we will have our monthly worldview night TONIGHT!!

It will be, as usual, in the CBC sanctuary from 6-9 p.m. Tonight we will begin a new video series called Mind Siege by Tim LaHaye and David Noebel. This is a 6 session DVD series. We will view the first 3 sessions tonight and discuss them, and then we will view the next 3 sessions in October. And don't forget the big Worldview Weekend in Rockford that we will be attending on November 17-18.

By the way we will probably be finished with the video series about 8 p.m., so after that we will have some snacks and play some games. So if you could please bring a snack to contribute that would be great.

Hope to see you there!!

TREK tonight....

Hope to see you at Trek tonight.

Tonight we will finally be getting into the normal routine of things. Don't forget to bring visitors for BAFTAN and for our own TREK Visitor Contest. We still have a long way to go to reach 30.

And keep working on your Trek Check or Bible Study units!

Luke update...6 1/2 weeks

Just wanted to let you all know that Luke is doing great! He is eating a lot and gaining weight. He is smiling and cooing and even sometimes giggling (or at least it seems that way to his parents).

Thanks for your continued prayers for him as he grows, and thanks for your continued prayers for Brit - she is doing well too.

All right, Luke said to tell you all he hopes to see you soon. And I just can't keep him from wearing his Mississippi State stuff...as you can see in the picture with his MS State hat on.

9/11...

As most of you know, today is the 5 year anniversary of the day when our country was attacked by terrorists using commercial airlines as weapons. The two towers were hit in New York City, the Pentagon was hit in Washington D.C., and another airplane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania after the passengers fought back against the terrorists to keep their plane from hitting another target. Thousands of people lost their lives and thousands of others lost loved ones. The effects today continue. All you have to do is watch a news piece on individuals affected by this terrible tragedy.

I can't remember where I was for many things, but I do remember where I was and what I was doing when this took place. I was at my home in Mississippi (actually my parent's home, I still lived with them) and I was eating breakfast and watching the news. I was just about to start my correspondence classes for the day. All of a sudden the news came back from a commercial and was showing the footage of the first tower that was hit. At that point they thought maybe it was just a freak accident. No one knew anything. And then I'll never forget watching live television of the second plane hitting the other tower. And at that point my mind was just inundated with so many thoughts, "This wasn't an accident", "Who is doing this", "I can't believe that just happened". I was shocked as I watched my television. Needless to say, I did not do school that day, I watched the TV and watched as both towers collapsed. And in between to hear that another plane had crashed at the Pentagon and then another in a field in Pennsylvania. I just kept wondering how many more were going to crash.

I remember going to work and listening to the radio that afternoon with an empty weird feeling in my stomach. I was always fearful that I would soon hear that another plane had hit another "target". And I remember hearing how other buildings in New York were collapsing and listening to the death count going higher and higher.

As I watched the news over the next couple of days and weeks, I heard stories from individuals who had lost husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, and friends in this horrific attack. It almost seemed a world away as I was in Mississippi, so far from the destruction. Yet at the same time it seemed so very close as I heard friends tell me of their friends who were in New York at the time.

We will always remember this day, a day that changed many things in America; changes that now have turned into ordinary life.

I am thankful that in the midst of just horrific tragedy, I know Who is in control of all things and Who has all things in His hands. And I have a personal relationship with Him through His Son Jesus Christ. You don't have answers that work without a relationship with God. And even when you do have a relationship with God, you don't always understand the "why" to everything that happens. But we do know God's character and we do know His Word, and we can have confidence that God is wiser than we are and smarter than we are and is in control of all that is taking place.

Just some thoughts as we remember a tragic day...

TREK is coming...

Hey Jr. Highers, just wanted to remind you that Awana begins this Wednesday night, September 13th, from 6:30-8:00 p.m. in the parlor at CBC. And this year we will be changing from JV to TREK.

We will go over all the new TREK material as well as talk about some upcoming contests for the year. I really hope you can make it, and as always, don't forget to INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!!