Service Saturday Food

Rhett, my old friend. Thanks so much for spear heading the details of the food. I greatly appreciate your willingness to pitch in and help, even after I was crabby towards you. As you can see from a few pictures, the food was enjoyed by many. Thanks also to DeWayne and Chris for your servant hearts and helping out in the "kitchen" area. You guys rock!

Little Servants

I have long understood that children learn by our example, not just what we say. These pictures are a perfect picture of that very thing. As we seek to serve others, the children (and other adults around us) are seeing that example and in turn might learn to serve others as well. Thanks for the help boys!

Other Fun Photos from Service Saturday

Great Grandpa Paul with Baby Noah

Meg with her little guy, Noah.

Julie Larson visits with Ross James. Ross is an amazing guy and such a blessing. I love that he greets me every Sunday with a smile on his face. What a service he provides every week!

Tamara and her little girl, Bethany

Julie and Amy ready for sign ups at the bounce house. Notice the pop... I think they were preparing for an extra boost of energy.

Hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa for the day; Scott eats a hot dog and Bethany waits for her turn to be fed.

The little drummer boys. They were too stinkin cute to watch. What entertainment they provided. Trevin did double duty with a drum and a flute like instrument.

Strict Training

This past week's study resonates in my mind, I really wish I would have done it early in the week. I've also been listening to sermon's from Cornerstone Church on 1 Corinthians. And yesterday it was so applicable to what we were talking about. I would encourage you guys to check it out if you have a chance. God calls us to strict training and for me, I know that I'm not at all there this week. I've been on vacation from any kind of training this week and I can tell. The study we did talks about the motor boat and sailboat analogy. I shared with the group last night and I'll share with everyone, all week I've been trying to do it on my own and I feel like my motor keeps breaking and I just need to let go, set sail and let God have control.

The Certainty of God's Promise

Hebrews 13-20

13When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself, 14saying, "I will surely bless you and give you many descendants."[c] 15And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.
16Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument. 17Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath. 18God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged. 19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, 20where Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.

"If you fear, put all your trust in God: that anchor holds."
-I just saw this and really liked it. rj

Thanks for everyone's work

I just wanted to second the comment to Meg's post. All of us put a lot of work into Service Saturday (which was a huge success), but Meg pulled more than her fair share of weight when it came to organizing the event. As far as the surplus money. . . Don't worry about reimbursing me for getting the icecream machine it was the least we could do. Offer the money to Shane, grandpa, and whoever else is on the list and if they don't want it stick it in a can and we can use it the next time we need money. Have fun tonight ladies.

Service Saturday Financial Report :)

Hi everyone! I first just want to praise GOD for working through this event. And I want to thank all of YOU for being the hands and feet for Him to move in this community. I know we all have stories and i can't wait to hear all of them. Really quickly...here is where we spent the money. As Nick mentioned in church on Sunday, it was like the 2 fishes and 5 loaves, because i feel like our $$$ went a long way and we still have some left over (thanks to the vet clinic for all the extra food, plates, etc, thanks to Kelly for getting a smoking deal on the bounce house, thanks to Tim & Kathy Butikofer for letting us use the warehouse/trailers/laminating machine etc, thanks to Jean Gust for providing helium balloons, thanks to Shane for the large painting boards, the list goes on...)

We brought in $269 of donations for this event from our group.
Here are the expenses:
Print Flyers.......................................$8.00
Print Signs.........................................$7.00
Paint Supplies.................................$26.73
Food (paid to Shane)......................$71.00
Condiments & Choc Syrup............$10.00
Bounce House...............................$107.00
Gas (for rental place's truck).......$20.00
Total............................................$249.73

The extra $19.27 - I am recommending that we reimburse Ryan for picking up the ice cream machine in Arlington, Shane for the trip to Eldorado for the painting signs and my grandpa Butikofer for taking the extra clothes to the Fayette County food shelf in Fayette. If noone objects, i will give this money out in the next few days. Thanks!!

meg