cher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang swept through the Peoria area targeting 9-11 year old kids. Where have they gone? Certainly they are not so busy already that church is the last option. I hope the age for talking their parents into not making them come to church hasn't dropped from 6th through 8th grade and now resides with our 4th and 5th graders. There is hope. 2nd and 3rd grade packed them in last Saturday. Mystery.It was still a great night in DL, minus one. As I announced to the whole team, Melissa has decided to retire from serving in the Factory. Her gifts were obvious and will be missed. We will have a spot reserved for her in case she is just pulling a 2007 Brett Favre and decides to come back. If she is pulling a 2008 Brett Favre and shows up serving in another area of church for higher snack wages, well then, I guess we will still cheer for her, maybe.
Kevin Elder taught us all about the authority Jesus left us with. Wow. Heavy responsibility that was given to those 11 disciples and passed on to us some 2,000+ years later
. Kevin brought a walking talking visual aid in the form of Officer Bond, G. Bond. He carries much authority with him and even came packing (lucky). The kids were really attentive and Kevin seemed sincerely sorry for his poor driving habits he admitted to. And of course Kevin dropped some adult thinking opportunities as he pondered Judas and his current whereabouts.We will meet and eat this Saturday, Oct. 25th, at 4:15pm in the Atrium. We will join the leaders from the Treehouse and have an hour of connecting and sharing. Susan Rychener will be slaving and baking tasty food stuffs. I will simply phone in an order to Avanti's and pick it up on the way to church. So, you will be eating something from Avanti's. If you want something specific, I need to hear from you. If you have any food allergies...well, sucks to be you (yes, I stole that from Cal, who maybe borrowed it from Hybels...not sure). I could be persuaded to bring something from Subway but you have to ask. I heard from Tim, the Stewarts and Zach Van B and all are coming. You can throw in $5 to defer costs if you choose. You may also want to bring a spare $6 to buy a new DL shirt after you drip marinara on the one you're wearing.
This weekend we continue the Kingdom series, but there is no small group time. There will be some plug in time and you can use it to reconnect and pray with your kids. The service is going to be over early though. The theme is Making a King-sized Impact. The mainstage service culminates about a half hour early with those in attendance being called to go to Walmart, buy canned goods and load them directly onto a semi trailer we will have there. This is a can drive of different proportions. No excuses like, "Oh, we forgot to bring the food for the can drive." Northwoods will be showing up at Walmart by the masses this weekend and we may just see our slow national economy stimulated a bit, all while providing food for those in need. So, come this Saturday and enjoy a great time of connection with the adults you serve with and pressure free connection with the kids. If you want last weeks small group info (?!?) click here: http://www.nwoods.org/storyWithChart.asp?storyid=598. If you missed Cal's mainstage message, Walking in Kingdom Authority, click here: http://www.nwoods.org/media/player.html
Finally, I am known far and wide for my photography. Not all of it is great, but take enough photos and you are bound to get a keeper or two. I am less well known outside
of my family for my videography. Within my family I am known as a bit of an expert at artsy views of terra firma and peripheral objects. Am I being too vague? Sand, rocks, grass, feet, legs, conversation...all filmed from hip height. Here, enjoy an artsy short film by Rick. See you Saturday. Oh, and thanks (not) Rachel for dragging Erin up there to sing happy birthday, barf.
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