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My Favorite Christmas Songs

Posted in Uncategorized on December 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »

The Word is Alive – Casting Crowns This Baby – Steven Curtis Chapman Heirloom – Amy Grant Grown Up Christmas List – Amy Grant While You Were Sleeping – Casting Crown Our God with Us – Steven Curtis Chapman Celebrate the Child – Michael Card I Heard the Bells – Casting Crowns Happy Birthday Jesus [...]

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Wednesday Night Mosaic Update

Posted in Mosaic Student Ministries on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Tonight was our annual Mosaic Christmas Party.  We had 18 students and 9 staff.  As part of our little celebration, we decorate with lights and the fellowship hall looked great.  I led the students in several songs and then we had the Christmas story from Luke 2:1-20.  Following that we heard the story of Shoemaker [...]

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What is the Distance Between Sunday and Monday Morning?

Posted in Uncategorized on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

What is the distance between Sunday and Monday mornings? The answer, for Casting Crowns’ Mark Hall, became painfully clear during an afternoon of reading through the MySpace pages of the kids in his youth group. Prompted to go there by a student, Mark’s heart sank as he read their messages to the world, truths about [...]

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You Never Know

Posted in Just for Fun on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Toward the end of our Christmas banquet on Sunday night, I heard a lot of laughing going on.  I went into the kitchen and discovered this. Thanks to Gayle for letting me put this up.  It looks like they were having alot of fun

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Christmas Traditions – The Nativity

Posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »

When I was growing up the nativity was the first decoration to go up in our home. My mother wanted us to focus on the true meaning of Christmas even though we did the Santa and everything else. The formal Nativity we have at our house is the one I started to collect when I [...]

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Monday Night Bowling

Posted in Monday Night Bowling on December 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »

After a one week break, it was back to Monday Night Church League Bowling.  We are tied for last (14th) place coming into this week.  Our team started the night with two really good games.  We bowled over a 900 as a team on the 2nd game.  The third game we fell apart.  We won [...]

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Music Monday

Posted in worship on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I really wish I had a video from church yesterday morning with this song.  Ever wonder if Mary really knew what this baby boy would be like?  Mark Lowery sings the song God gave him, “Mary Did You Know?

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Sunday Night Thoughts

Posted in Sunday Thoughts on December 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It was a cool one weather wise.  Tonight we have a cold rain — 41 degrees on the Southside.  It was a great day of worship and fellowship.  This morning’s service was extra special — God really showed up and the Spirit’s presence was very noticable by all.  It’s very easy to preach and it [...]

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Worship Recap

Posted in Uncategorized, Worship Recap on December 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Sunday, December 14, 2008 Third Sunday of Advent Welcome Call to Worship About this time Caesar Augustus, the Roman Emperor, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the nation. Everyone was required to return to his ancestral home for this registration. And because Joseph was a member of the royal line, he had to [...]

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Jesus Is the Everlasting Father

Posted in Sermons on December 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

[audio] [video] Today is the third Sunday of Advent and puts us half way through our preparation for the arrival of the Christ child. This year is a little different in that we are focusing on that aspect of Advent. As you may recall, Advent is a dual-purpose preparation; preparing our hearts for the coming [...]

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