Dinner Club Selection Night

A good crowd showed up on Sunday night for the kick off of dinner clubs. Everyone brought their food in and set it up on the tables.
Tony explained how everything would work for the evening, said a prayer, then it was time to eat!
The crowd lined up quickly to get to the delicious food.
Guess who was at the front of the line to get food.
The line moved quickly. We snacked off the dessert table while we waited.

That's what I'm talkin' about!

Everyone ate till we were full and then the ladies drew names to determine what groups we would be in.
If you missed the sign up you can still join a dinner club group. Just talk to someone at Church and they will get you signed up.

Helping Our Missionaries

There is a couple from our Church who will be heading to Ecuador to do mission work. There is a fund raiser at the Chick-fil-a in Waxahachie on August 1st. They get a dollar for every meal you buy. Pick up a voucher from them at the store before you order. They also have a web site so you can follow their work. Click this sentence to go to their site.

VBS Games

We had VBS a while back and I shot this video of some of the kids playing. They were trying to pop each others balloons. There is a great reaction at the end when a balloon finally does pop.

Saturday at Mission Fest

I had to work on Saturday so I didn't get to see a lot of the activities that day.  I did run up after work and snap a few picture.

The 3-on-3 basketball tournament started about 10 that morning and the games where still going strong when I got there.  If you think basketball is a non-contact sport you should have watched some of these games.
There were some good teams in the competition this year.  I didn't hang around till the end so I can't tell you who won though.
The girls were playing at the other end of the court.  I saw a couple of good match ups at that end too.
Now here is where all the action was!  The 42 tournament was going on in the fellowship hall.  The competition was as intense as the other events, just a lot less sweating.
And upstairs was the doubles racquetball tournament.  You can run out of room real quick with 4 guys running around a racquetball court.

All in all it was a very successful two days of games.  We got to share our facility with the community,  raise some money for mission trip, and get lots of exercise.  We are looking forward to many more events like this in the future.

Friday Night of Mission Fest

Friday night was the first day of Mission Fest 2009.  All the participants checked in at the frount desk before all the games started.
Pastor Tony called everyone into the gym to greet them, thank them for coming, and to tell them the purpose of this facility and the Church.  He then handed it over to Justin.
Justin ran the brackets and kept everything running smoothly.  After he explained everything the games began!
The volleyball tournament was Friday and we had teams of all shapes and sizes entered.  The Jr High girls team is in the picture above.
Here is an overview of the floor.  With 2 games going on at the same time there was plenty of action to watch.
My wife wasn't planning on playing but got recruited onto a team so they would officially be Co-ed.  That's her team on the far side of the net.
Of course, I hit the snack bar and got a Frito Chile Pie and a Dr Pepper.  Ain't life good.
Upstairs the single racquetball tournament was going on.  This looks like a fun game!  I may have to try my hand at it someday.
Rick, in the white shirt, won the racquetball.  The volleyball tournament was won by our youth minister, John E's and his team.

Dedication Sunday

We had a good crowd show up last Sunday for the Dedication Service.  Pastor Tony preached a good sermon as usual.  There were two videos shown during the service which you can watch on the next post down the page.

After the service the crowd moved into the hallways so the crew could set up all the tables for the meal.

There was plenty of food no matter which serving line you went through.  I notice that Sean is already licking his fingers.

There were plenty of drinks and some yummy desserts.  I had the banana pudding and it was wonderful!

I took too long taking pictures because the line stretched almost all the way down the back hall by the time I got there.  But it moved fast and there was still plenty of food when I got to the front.


Lynne really liked the flower arrangement that was sitting on our table.

I guess people really like dessert.

Sean's Videos From Dedication Sunday

Sean Locke made these two videos for the Dedication Service today.  If you would like to see a larger video image, the link to the top video is HERE and the link to the bottom video is HERE.

Mission Fest Fundraiser

Mission Fest Fundraiser

Friday, June 5th & Saturday, June 6th

3 on 3 Basketball Tournament

Saturday from 9-4 pm

Men and Women, ages 11 and up

$30 per team

5 Man Co-Ed Volleyball Tournament

Friday from 6-10 pm

$50 per team

Racquetball Tournament

Friday 6-10 pm

Singles $10 per person

Doubles $20 per team

Goggles are required

42 Tournament

For the casual athlete

Saturday beginning at 10am

$20 per team

The dress code used for the Family Life Center

will be required for this Fest as well.

A full concession stand will be available.

The Center will be CLOSED to open play.

The New Sign

Dedication Day Is Coming!

Sunday Night- Movie Night

We watched the movie "Fireproof" at Church this evening.  We had a good crowd and there was popcorn for everyone to enjoy.

After the movie we served BBQ sandwiches to all who wanted to purchase one.  The kids played in the gym after all the chairs were put away.
Come join us on Sunday night for food and fellowship.

The Curtain Is Up

That should keep the stray basketballs off the stage.

New Title

Well, since the contruction at the Church is pretty much over (there are still ongoing projects), I decided to change the name of this blog.  When we have different activities and I remember my camera, I'll post those pictures here.

Disciple Now Weekend

There were over 100 kids signed up for the Disciple Now weekend at the new Church.  They held their group meetings in the youth room and did other activities thru the day.

At night they all split up to spend the night in homes that were set to host them (and feed them).
They had lessons in the home groups before finally going to sleep and heading back to the Church the next day.
There were 4 kids that accepted Jesus as thier Savior over the weekend.  That's what it's all about.

First Sunday in the New Building

Today was the first regular Sunday service in our new building.  All the chairs were set up the night before in hopes that a large crowd would come.  Before the service started they had to bring in even more chairs!  The official count for the day was 496.  Tony said that to a preacher, that's 500.
We started the service with a baptism.  Jason Ramsey, the contractor for the building, baptised one of the workers who had been saved during construction.  25 workers accepted Christ during the construction of this building.
Tony preached a wonderful sermon, as usual.  We were tweaking the sound system through out the entire service trying to get it to sound good.  I hope we were successfull.
I didn't get upstairs to take a overview picture of the entire room.  I was too busy running the computer and helping with the sound.  But above is the right side...
and this is the left side.  Everything worked fairly well.  Only one thing didn't work.  We couldn't get the audio to play on a video they wanted to show.  Hopefully that will be fixed by next week.
Then it was time to eat!  JohnE was excited about that.  There was lots of food for everyone.
They set up the serving lines in the fellowship hall.  After you got your food you would head out to eat in the lobby area or...
back in the gym.  We quickly rolled out tables and moved the chairs around so everyone would have a place to sit.  It was a great first Sunday!  If you didn't make it, we hope to see you soon.