Category Archives: Church Business
Sunday, December 14
Looking back on yesterday, I am amazed at my family. My blood and spirit family all combined in a sweet mixture of love, unity, and purpose. Skill, humor, direction all played a role in our “children’s” Christmas play. I put that in quotes because a LOT of adults had a lot to do with it.
For the first time in my life, I saw my child in a performance. It was a moving experience. What made it even more difficult is that I watched him from behind and ‘in character’. I am eager to see the DVD when I can look directly at him. I was so proud of him. He was one of the 3 very important wise men!
2008 has been a dynamic year for the Children’s ministry. The Christmas musical capped an amazing run that included: a remodel and creation of beautiful rooms/facilities, a new playground, kids’ summer camp, and VBS! (not to mention, week in and week out of incredible ministry on the weekends to our kids) The Christmas musical was well planned and performed. The actors were so talented and prepared. The singers were so loud and on cue. I watched as a proud pastor, then I had to jump into character and act like a complete hillbilly. Of course, it didn’t take much acting. If you know what I mean.
The audience was literally packed at all 3 services. We had well over 100 guests for the weekend. The Rodriguez’ and Sinors did a wonderful job organizing everything. Danielle Armstrong, the Halls, Syliva Murry, Michelle Tapia, Teresa Orozco, Michelle Watson, Vib Schulle, and ALL the parents and teachers amazed me. Night after night they committed to the cause of Christmas.
If you want to see it for the first time or you want to save the memories, CLICK HERE and order a DVD we can ship to you or pick it up at kiosk.
-robin
Hooraayy!
Hooray! We are getting a brand new pump for a septic tank!!! Aren’t you all so excited??
One of the things we have to spend money on this month is a new pump for the septic tank. The old one failed. Anyway, things like that come up and it is great that we have the resources to get it done quickly. Thanks to all of you who regularly give financially, we can repair issues like this one (it’s going to cost around $1200). I am sure you are all pleased that our bathrooms will function properly!!
We are looking into another area that will begin to cost us dinero. We are about to upgrade our LIVE streaming capabilities. Over the last 6 months, we have used mogulus.com to stream our services live online. The fee has been 0, however, the quality is bad. You get what you pay for, right? Well, mogulus is about to post advertisments on our stream and we are not comfortable with that. Who knows what kind of ads they would be. So, we are looking at getting a better signal! Those of you who watch regularly will be exicted about that. The new service will be a minimum of $350 per month. So, we need people be faithful in their giving to support such an upgrade. I know you will.
-r
What up this week…
This week is very busy.
We are preparing for this BIG weekend – “It Happened in the Country” Children’s Christmas Musical. Props, practice, renting microphones, promotion, etc.- Christmas Eve Service preparation
- PromiseGroup organization for Trimester 1 in ’09.
- Planning our STAFF MISSIONS trip to Mexico next week: Dec 16-18
- Budgeting 2009
- More stuff that I can’t think of now…
We can always use volunteers for any of these. If you are open…email or comment below.
thanks,
robin
FWW Dec ’08
Have you received the best Christmas Gift of all time? Acts 2:38 talks about this gift. It says, “Then Peter said unto them, Repent and be baptized every one of you in the Name of Jesus Christ and you shall RECEIVE the GIFT of the Holy Ghost.”
Acts is such a cool book because it takes the foundational truths of the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) and shows us how every day life looks when we live by those truths.
Tonight, we are going to be talking about and praying about receiving this gift. I hope you are ready for the Gift of the Holy Spirit. It is the gift that keeps on giving. Even those who have received before can receive a fresh touch of God.
-robin
Robin Steele 