It's Friday! Here's some quick thoughts for the weekend:
Be sure and read yesterday's post about the list of still needed school supplies for Back to School Bash.
The scripture we'll be covering this Sunday is 2 Samuel 6. This is a chapter that contains some pretty surprising stuff.
Yesterday Sherry went grocery shopping and brought home a box of Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch. That is without question my all time favorite cereal. Here's a list of my five favorite cereals:
1. Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch - There was a time in my life where I ate at least one bowl of this everyday. I've always wondered if Cap'n is an official title. If he were in the actual Navy would he be Captain, but in the world of cereal military it's just Cap'n? Who is the cereal Navy defending us against?
2. Reese's Puffs - The next best thing to PBCC. It has peanut butter and chocolate flavor puffs.
3. Frosted Flakes - Even with a tiger as the spokesperson I still like this cereal.
4. Honey Nut Cheerios - This one is actually good for you. That fact almost disqualified it from the list.
5. Apple Jacks - One of the best parts about eating Apple Jacks is the way the milk tastes when you're done.
There's the top five. In reality I like just about any cereal with the exception of frosted mini wheat. If I want something like that I'll sprinkle some sugar on pine straw and put it in a bowl. Also, I'd like to send out a long distance dedication (a la Casey Kasem) to King Vitamin. The King and I shared some good times in Middle School and High School.
I hope I have given you enough useless stuff to think about over the weekend. See you on Sunday!
Thursday, July 31, 2008
School supplies needed
Yesterday at Six Flags was fun, hot and sticky, but fun. Grace rode her first roller coaster which was good practice for our trip to Disney World later this year. We have been trying to talk her into riding Space Mountain, and I think her experience yesterday will help.
This weekend all school supplies bought in South Carolina are tax-free. That's perfect timing because this Sunday is the last chance you have to turn in any school supplies you have purchased for Back to School Bash. Remember, we are packing 500 backpacks full of school supplies to be given away to families in need. Tamara gave me the following list of items we are still running a little short on at this time:
Wide Ruled notebooks
Wide Ruled Notebook paper
Pencil Boxes
Glue Sticks
Scissors
Boxes of crayons
Colored Pencils
When you're out this weekend, pick-up some of these things and bring them with you on Sunday!
This weekend all school supplies bought in South Carolina are tax-free. That's perfect timing because this Sunday is the last chance you have to turn in any school supplies you have purchased for Back to School Bash. Remember, we are packing 500 backpacks full of school supplies to be given away to families in need. Tamara gave me the following list of items we are still running a little short on at this time:
Wide Ruled notebooks
Wide Ruled Notebook paper
Pencil Boxes
Glue Sticks
Scissors
Boxes of crayons
Colored Pencils
When you're out this weekend, pick-up some of these things and bring them with you on Sunday!
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Gone for the day
We're headed to Six Flags first thing tomorrow morning with the students from church. This will be the first trip I've taken to a theme park with teenagers where I'm not in charge. I'm looking forward to it. I'll update you tomorrow on how it went.Quick thoughts on Tuesday morning
- It actually rained at our house last night. I was so excited I thought about getting up out of bed and walking out on the porch just to look at it. Of course I really just turned over and fell asleep again.
- I saw a bumper sticker this morning that said this: "If you were twice as smart, you'd still be stupid." That's an encouraging thought.
- I've been praying through and brainstorming ideas for September and October messages the last couple of days. I'm pretty excited about what God wants me to teach during those eight weeks. Please pray that God will make it very clear to me what needs to be said and how it needs to be said as well.
- We're less than 30 days from the start of football season. I am past ready for it to get started.
- The Braves are done. Making the playoffs every season for 14 years really spoiled me. I guess I need to accept the fact that the current team is like the Braves were when I was a kid, good enough to win some games, but not good enough to win the division.
Shine a light where you are today!
- I saw a bumper sticker this morning that said this: "If you were twice as smart, you'd still be stupid." That's an encouraging thought.
- I've been praying through and brainstorming ideas for September and October messages the last couple of days. I'm pretty excited about what God wants me to teach during those eight weeks. Please pray that God will make it very clear to me what needs to be said and how it needs to be said as well.
- We're less than 30 days from the start of football season. I am past ready for it to get started.
- The Braves are done. Making the playoffs every season for 14 years really spoiled me. I guess I need to accept the fact that the current team is like the Braves were when I was a kid, good enough to win some games, but not good enough to win the division.
Shine a light where you are today!
Monday, July 28, 2008
Blown away
The day after we do baptism it is always hard for me to describe how I feel about this church and what God is doing here. The best thing I can tell you is to come see for yourself. No matter how I describe yesterday's celebration the words won't do it justice. Nothing gets me more excited than seeing adults and kids make a public statement about how Jesus has changed their lives. If you couldn't be there last night, we will be scheduling another baptism for September that you will not want to miss!
At the risk of leaving some important people out, let me thank some folks for the hard work they put in to make last night's party a reality:
Springwell Church - for letting us borrow their portable baptistry. Springwell is a church that is only interested in building the Kingdom of God. They are not selfish with any of the resources God has blessed them with. I pray we will always have that same attitude.
Lisa Varn - for organizing all of the food. Lisa took care of the catering with Bucky's BBQ (which was awesome), getting people to bring desserts, and recruiting people to help set-up and serve. Lisa does this for every baptism celebration and I never have to worry if it will be taken care of. If you ate too much last night and loved every minute of it be sure to thank Lisa!
Chad Roddy and Mark Sears - for taking care of the sound. The best part about working with these two guys is their attitude. Both of them are concerned first and foremost with how they can help. Their positive outlook made the technical part of last night's party a breeze.
Blake Comer - for volunteering to try out the baptistry. Before everyone arrived Blake allowed us to "baptize" him so we could be sure the water level and temperature were right in the baptistry. Too bad Blake's parents couldn't be there to see it.
Various volunteers - for filling in the gaps. So many of you just pitched in and helped when you arrived. Whether it was taking trash to the dumpster, setting up tents, helping serve, keeping track of kids, or greeting people as they arrived here's a list of people I saw helping out in various ways: Mark Wilson, Trey Frick, Randy Price, Mark King, Phil Hannah, Lin Raffaldt, Phil Smith, Jason Collins, Steve & Debbie Bateman, Laura Beth Comer, Seth Kauffman, and many more.
If you helped out and I didn't list your name, please forgive me. I'm certain lots of you were serving in ways that I didn't even know about. That's one thing that makes Freedom such an amazing church to be a part of, people pitch in to get the job done without having to be asked or recognized.
As I said earlier we will have another baptism in September because we have four people who couldn't participate last night. Until then, take every opportunity to tell your friends about the true freedom they can only find in Jesus!
At the risk of leaving some important people out, let me thank some folks for the hard work they put in to make last night's party a reality:
Springwell Church - for letting us borrow their portable baptistry. Springwell is a church that is only interested in building the Kingdom of God. They are not selfish with any of the resources God has blessed them with. I pray we will always have that same attitude.
Lisa Varn - for organizing all of the food. Lisa took care of the catering with Bucky's BBQ (which was awesome), getting people to bring desserts, and recruiting people to help set-up and serve. Lisa does this for every baptism celebration and I never have to worry if it will be taken care of. If you ate too much last night and loved every minute of it be sure to thank Lisa!
Chad Roddy and Mark Sears - for taking care of the sound. The best part about working with these two guys is their attitude. Both of them are concerned first and foremost with how they can help. Their positive outlook made the technical part of last night's party a breeze.
Blake Comer - for volunteering to try out the baptistry. Before everyone arrived Blake allowed us to "baptize" him so we could be sure the water level and temperature were right in the baptistry. Too bad Blake's parents couldn't be there to see it.
Various volunteers - for filling in the gaps. So many of you just pitched in and helped when you arrived. Whether it was taking trash to the dumpster, setting up tents, helping serve, keeping track of kids, or greeting people as they arrived here's a list of people I saw helping out in various ways: Mark Wilson, Trey Frick, Randy Price, Mark King, Phil Hannah, Lin Raffaldt, Phil Smith, Jason Collins, Steve & Debbie Bateman, Laura Beth Comer, Seth Kauffman, and many more.
If you helped out and I didn't list your name, please forgive me. I'm certain lots of you were serving in ways that I didn't even know about. That's one thing that makes Freedom such an amazing church to be a part of, people pitch in to get the job done without having to be asked or recognized.
As I said earlier we will have another baptism in September because we have four people who couldn't participate last night. Until then, take every opportunity to tell your friends about the true freedom they can only find in Jesus!
Friday, July 25, 2008
Sunday scripture and random goofiness
I'm looking forward to hearing Donny bring the message this Sunday. We will be resuming our series on the life of David called "God at Work". If you are reading ahead, you'll want to be sure and check out 1 Samuel 21-22.
Remember baptism this Sunday afternoon at Lake Cunningham. We will begin at 5:00, and be sure and stay afterwards for some awesome BBQ.
Other stuff for you to think about this weekend:
Yesterday Blake told me that when he plays miniature golf (or putt-putt as we used to call it) he always brings his own putter. I laughed at him. I know that people bring their own cue to play pool and their own ball for bowling, but there's something inexplicably funny to me about taking a Titleist putter to a putt-putt course. Of course my main man Mark Wilson agrees with Blake. Mark and Lisa used to take their own putters and their own golf balls with them. I told Blake that the only thing funnier than taking your own putter to play putt-putt would be to take one of those really long putters that guys hold with two fists up around their chests.
Dave has a funny video on his blog that you should check out. I'm thinking that dude's insurance is going up soon.
NCAA 08 update: Blake told me that I could change the settings on my game to junior varsity to make things easier. I did that, and last night I beat NC State 48-6. I don't care if changing the settings is like cheating. It's more fun when you win.
See you on Sunday!
Remember baptism this Sunday afternoon at Lake Cunningham. We will begin at 5:00, and be sure and stay afterwards for some awesome BBQ.
Other stuff for you to think about this weekend:
Yesterday Blake told me that when he plays miniature golf (or putt-putt as we used to call it) he always brings his own putter. I laughed at him. I know that people bring their own cue to play pool and their own ball for bowling, but there's something inexplicably funny to me about taking a Titleist putter to a putt-putt course. Of course my main man Mark Wilson agrees with Blake. Mark and Lisa used to take their own putters and their own golf balls with them. I told Blake that the only thing funnier than taking your own putter to play putt-putt would be to take one of those really long putters that guys hold with two fists up around their chests.
Dave has a funny video on his blog that you should check out. I'm thinking that dude's insurance is going up soon.
NCAA 08 update: Blake told me that I could change the settings on my game to junior varsity to make things easier. I did that, and last night I beat NC State 48-6. I don't care if changing the settings is like cheating. It's more fun when you win.
See you on Sunday!
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Baptism and prayer requests
I hope you are making plans to be at Lake Cunningham this Sunday afternoon for our baptism party. We will begin at 5:00, and following the baptism we'll eat some BBQ from Bucky's, and just enjoy hanging out together. If you are new to Freedom and want to know what we're all about you definitely need to be there. Helping people discover true freedom in Jesus and seeing them make that change public in baptism is why this church was started. If you have given your life to Christ and would like to be baptized this Sunday you can still be a part of the celebration. Just call the church office at: 877-3604 or send me or Donny an e-mail:
donny@freedomfellowshipsc.com
cliff@freedomfellowshipsc.com
Until Sunday here are a couple of things I'd like to ask you to pray with me about:
Messages for Sept - Oct. - I am in the planning process this week for September and October messages. Frankly, discovering what God wants me to teach about for those months has been a struggle. Pray that God will make it very clear to me, and that He will help me think of creative ways to share His message.
My friend Jerry Chapman resigned from Capstone Church this past Sunday. I have asked you several times over the past few months to pray for Jerry and Yvonne. The issues they are dealing with haven't gotten any better, and they along with their church needs our prayers. You can read more about the situation here.
donny@freedomfellowshipsc.com
cliff@freedomfellowshipsc.com
Until Sunday here are a couple of things I'd like to ask you to pray with me about:
Messages for Sept - Oct. - I am in the planning process this week for September and October messages. Frankly, discovering what God wants me to teach about for those months has been a struggle. Pray that God will make it very clear to me, and that He will help me think of creative ways to share His message.
My friend Jerry Chapman resigned from Capstone Church this past Sunday. I have asked you several times over the past few months to pray for Jerry and Yvonne. The issues they are dealing with haven't gotten any better, and they along with their church needs our prayers. You can read more about the situation here.
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