This is the light fixture just hanging around and still working
Check back periodically for more renovation updates. I have already seen what is taking place today and it is nice!
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Day 1 of Youth Room Renovations
Okay after 1 day of work part of the wall is out, some of the ceiling is gone and preparations are being made to begin the framing work. Here are some pics.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Youth Room Renovations
Renovations of the youth room started TODAY! I will try to keep you updated about what exactly is taking place and post some pictures up through the process. We think it will take about a month to complete.
Here are some "before" the renovations pics.
We will be knocking out the wall that is painted with names and handprints and building a new wall from the door to the pole in the TnT girls room and then from the pole to the wall. (See above picture). This expansion should really open our room up a bit hopefully and give us some more room as our Sr. High group is growing in number.
By the way, during the next month or so we will be meeting upstairs in the Cubbies room for Sr. High Sunday School.
Jr. High VBS 08
Once again this year we had Vacation Bible School at CBC. As in the last couple of years we did a VBS for our Jr. High group (graduated 6th-8th grade). We did many of the same things as the younger kids like recreation, crafts, and a Bible lesson. One thing we did different was our opening time at the beginning. Liz played the piano for us every morning as we sang worship songs together - thanks Liz!! - great job!
Depending on the day we had 5-7 kids join us. During our Bible lessons for the week we focused on Christ's life and looked at a few different Biblical, historical accounts (not stories) during Christ's time on earth. We looked at the accounts of Christ healing a blind man who was born blind from birth, Christ healing the ten lepers, Christ healing the paralytic man whose friends lowered him through the roof, Christ speaking to the rich young ruler, and Christ appearing to his disciples after His resurrection.
Our recreation times included volleyball, an obstacle course, wiffle ball, dodgeball, and kickball. We also did some neat crafts during the week that included paint. On the last day of VBS, those who attended along with some of our Sr. High VBS leaders painted one of the walls in the youth room because it was soon going to be knocked out for youth room construction. That was very interesting and messy.
Giddy up Horsey!
Leroy Killroy Doofnschmirtz Jr., III
The wall was very scared when it saw this paint
Paintbrushes were simply not adequate enough
The finished product
Overall we had a great week. A huge thanks to Mrs. Ochodnicky and Mr. Lentz for all their help.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Jr. High Scavenger Hunt
Jr. Highers, we will be having an activity tomorrow afternoon - Saturday, June 21st - from 4-8 p.m. We will be having a Scavenger Hunt and other games. We will also have dinner and some time in God's Word.
This event is FREE! - no cost for you. Feel free to bring friends with you. You will need a Medical Release Form for this event if you haven't filled one out yet. You can get one by using the link on the right hand bar of this blog page.
Hope to see you there!
This event is FREE! - no cost for you. Feel free to bring friends with you. You will need a Medical Release Form for this event if you haven't filled one out yet. You can get one by using the link on the right hand bar of this blog page.
Hope to see you there!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
What do you think?
I received this article via email earlier today. I thought I would post it up as I thought it was rather interesting. I was wondering what some of your thoughts would be on this.
This article is by Ingrid Schlueter
Posted: 06/17/2008
Wingclips.com reports that the top movie clip download by pastors for use in their sermons is from Horton Hears a Who—that has been the top clip every week for the last three months. Dr. Seuss is apparently growing in popularity as sermon fodder. The thrilling true stories from Holy Scripture are no longer enough to hold even adult attention in church, but Dr. Seuss evidently meets the need.
Our family attended a Thanksgiving eve service at a local church one year. We were visitors, and we appreciated the readings, the Thanksgiving hymns and the prayer. The church was heavily attended by faculty from the denomination’s local college and seminary, and the place was full that night. The pastor finally ascended the very large pulpit, looked out into the audience with the intense glare of someone with a serious message to proclaim. A hush fell over the congregation. He gripped the sides of the pulpit. His opening words were:
“I do not likegreen eggsand ham!
I do not like them,Sam-I-am.
You do not like them.
So you say.
Try them! Try them!
And you may.
Try them and you may, I say.
Sam!If you will let me be,
I will try them.You will see.
Say!I like green eggs and ham!
I do! I like them, Sam-I-am!
And I would eat them in a boat.And I would eat them with a goat…”
The theme of the ten-minute crowd-pleaser message was “taste and see that the Lord is good. If you avoid God like green eggs and ham, you’ll never know what you’re missing. Give God a taste.” An exit sign never looked as good as it did that night.
Are there moral lessons in many fairy tales and stories? Of course. But when did church become a place for “moral lessons?” We have the whole counsel of God in our hands, the inerrant, powerful, authoritative Word of God, preserved down through the ages by God’s sovereign hand and the faithfulness of those who paid many times with their own blood. Why is that precious book not sufficient?
Why? Because nobody wants rich meat any longer. They want to be entertained and regaled with childish cartoons. They want to see movie clips of Spiderman, The Hulk, Sex in the City, and whatever other garbage the world is doling out. They want cute moral lessons from dancing vegetables on Sunday morning, not the true meat of the Word for grown-ups in Christ. With the persecution of believers that is coming to the West, Horton Hears a Who is not going to cut it.
Interviewing Richard Wurmbrand and Christo Kulichev, two pastors who suffered incredible torture and imprisonment in Romania and Bulgaria, it was clear to me that their knowledge of the Word was what got them through their suffering. The promises of God provide the only key to escaping the dungeon of despair in our own lives.
Let those who want silly elephants teaching them on Sunday morning carry on with their cartoons. But let those who desire a deeper knowledge of Jesus Christ feed deeply from the true meat of the Word. It alone can sustain us in the one true faith.
Okay - so what do you think - agree or disagree?
This article is by Ingrid Schlueter
Posted: 06/17/2008
Wingclips.com reports that the top movie clip download by pastors for use in their sermons is from Horton Hears a Who—that has been the top clip every week for the last three months. Dr. Seuss is apparently growing in popularity as sermon fodder. The thrilling true stories from Holy Scripture are no longer enough to hold even adult attention in church, but Dr. Seuss evidently meets the need.Our family attended a Thanksgiving eve service at a local church one year. We were visitors, and we appreciated the readings, the Thanksgiving hymns and the prayer. The church was heavily attended by faculty from the denomination’s local college and seminary, and the place was full that night. The pastor finally ascended the very large pulpit, looked out into the audience with the intense glare of someone with a serious message to proclaim. A hush fell over the congregation. He gripped the sides of the pulpit. His opening words were:
“I do not likegreen eggsand ham!
I do not like them,Sam-I-am.
You do not like them.
So you say.
Try them! Try them!
And you may.
Try them and you may, I say.
Sam!If you will let me be,
I will try them.You will see.
Say!I like green eggs and ham!
I do! I like them, Sam-I-am!
And I would eat them in a boat.And I would eat them with a goat…”
The theme of the ten-minute crowd-pleaser message was “taste and see that the Lord is good. If you avoid God like green eggs and ham, you’ll never know what you’re missing. Give God a taste.” An exit sign never looked as good as it did that night.
Are there moral lessons in many fairy tales and stories? Of course. But when did church become a place for “moral lessons?” We have the whole counsel of God in our hands, the inerrant, powerful, authoritative Word of God, preserved down through the ages by God’s sovereign hand and the faithfulness of those who paid many times with their own blood. Why is that precious book not sufficient?
Why? Because nobody wants rich meat any longer. They want to be entertained and regaled with childish cartoons. They want to see movie clips of Spiderman, The Hulk, Sex in the City, and whatever other garbage the world is doling out. They want cute moral lessons from dancing vegetables on Sunday morning, not the true meat of the Word for grown-ups in Christ. With the persecution of believers that is coming to the West, Horton Hears a Who is not going to cut it.
Interviewing Richard Wurmbrand and Christo Kulichev, two pastors who suffered incredible torture and imprisonment in Romania and Bulgaria, it was clear to me that their knowledge of the Word was what got them through their suffering. The promises of God provide the only key to escaping the dungeon of despair in our own lives.
Let those who want silly elephants teaching them on Sunday morning carry on with their cartoons. But let those who desire a deeper knowledge of Jesus Christ feed deeply from the true meat of the Word. It alone can sustain us in the one true faith.
Okay - so what do you think - agree or disagree?
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