Never would have made it....Marvin Sapp

This is a song our group did for Pastors 23rd church anniversary. I had never heard the song before and now I listen to it nonstop! This song says it all....I never would of made it without you..I've been in church since I was 6 years old and I'll be 45 this year and all I can say is wow, I never would of made it...without God. I sit and think what it would of been like if I didn't grow up in the church..I really don't know what or where I'd be...perhaps just a normal sinner..nothin' wild although my friends say I'm crazy and I guess I'm fun to be around...hahaha (it's healthy to have a good opinion of yourself so I've been told). I've had a few rough times when I didn't think I would make it at all..I think one of the worst times is when my husband left the church..now, that was painful and very lonely. But, I have grown in the mist of it all. The hard part is raising 2 children all alone in the church with the help of God and my church family..Thank God for them. All I can do is hope and pray that I made the right choices in life for myself and for my children as we continue to grow in Him.

My Uncle

This is my uncle Bob! This man is the best uncle in the world. He has great character, he's funny..when we get together (which is not enough) we laugh most of the time. He's doing very well for an 80 year young. After everything he's been through..he's healthy and looks fantastic and I pray the Lord blesses him with many more years to come. My cousin Gary pastors up in WA state and has since moved my uncle in to lead the Sunday evening service and even sometimes preach. Preach? My uncle preach? Wow! Yes, God can even use a 80 year young! The bible says....Whatsoever thy hands findeth to do, do with all thy might. Ecclesiastes 9:10 Keep searching the scriptures and learn all you can. And what you don't search, I pray you stumble across the scriptures that the Lord God wants to reveal to you. I love you uncle Bob and pray for you always. Keep doing God's work!

Commission

1 a : a formal written warrant granting the power to perform various acts or duties2 : an authorization or command to act in a prescribed manner or to perform prescribed acts : CHARGE 3 a : authority to act for, in behalf of, or in place of another b : a task or matter entrusted to one as an agent for another 4 a : a group of persons directed to perform some duty.


The bible says to Go ye therefore unto all the world....We may not be able to go unto all the world but we can sure do city we live in. Our church, Hope Center has a great envangelism team, we really do...some may already know but most don't even know it yet! We have a great bus ministry! They go out every Wednesday night...Yes, Wednesday night!! And, they go out every Sunday morning. Out of our total kids attendance, we have at least 60% that come on the bus or vans....60% Wow! Imagine if we didn't have those ministries..? We would still have our regular church kids and oh how great they are and we love them so but, we wouldn't be reaching out as the bible has commanded us to.

I love outreach. I love connecting to children. I love to see kids get the Holy Ghost and see the sheer joy on their faces. We often have so much on our plates that we tend to get everything else done and all of a sudden the Saturday has passed us by and....we didn't go out on outreach! I have made a pledge to myself that I will go out at least one Saturday a month (I know that's not much) but, I do believe that the Lord honors it and if everyone would go once a month all on the same Saturday for a couple of hours what a great impact that would be. I do encourage all my teachers and helpers to commit yourselves and see what God will do!

Stampin Up with Rose

OK, so I did it again. It's been alooooong time since I did card making with Rose, only because my honey was off work for soooo long...but now, I'm getting back into the swing of things taking time out of my busy schedule to relax with friends and make a few cards...or I might add..after the first card I'm ready for a nap....hahahahaha that is so crazy but it's true. I was ready to nap and I still had 8 more cards to make...hahaha Thanks Rose for the invite! Maybe for the next class I can bring some kind of Christmas treat or cookie. Yum! Glad you all like the brownies. I met some new people there today and got to know Tamara but I did miss some of the oldie moldies like Chirs, Stacy, Roberta and Susie....Be there next time girls or be square!