Wednesday, December 12, 2007

And A Child Shall Lead Them

I am just so jazzed about what a nine year old girl from my church is doing!

After learning about the devesation in Washington State from the recent flooding, Alyssa decided to do something about it. She got together with her friends from school and created a group she is calling "Angel Helpers."

She and her friends are going around their neighborhood collecting food, clothing, toys and money to help with the flood relief. She called to ask me if she could list Federal Way United Methodist Church as a drop off place for donations and I said "Of Course!"

The money collected is being run through the church and going to the United Methodist Committee on Relief. The cool thing about this is that 100% of the money collected for flood relief goes to help the vicitims.

Here's the video she made talking about Angel Helpers.

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Happy New Year!

No, I'm not crazy. (well maybe a little crazy)

In the Christian Church the new year starts with the first Sunday of Advent which is four Sundays before Christmas. Since last Sunday was the first Sunday of Advent - Happy New Year!

While the rest of the world rushes headlong into preparing for the arrival of Santa Claus, Advent is a time for Christians to anticipate and prepare for the Coming of Christ. We understand that Christ came 2000 years ago, yet each year we anticipate his coming anew into our lives. We also await the time when he comes again and God's reign is fully established on earth.

In the busyness of the holidays I hope that you discover a new arrival of the Holy.

O come to us, abide with us, our Lord Emmanuel.

Happy New Year!

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Out of Step

I'm just a little grumpy today.

I've discovered that I'm out of step with a little over half of the voters in our state on one important issue - supporting our schools.

The ballot measure to change our state's constitution from a supermajority to a simplemajority for school levies looks like it's going to fail, but only by a slim margin. To me this measure seemed like a no-brainer.

It has never made sense to me that we could construct a sports stadium only needing a simple majority of the vote, yet supporting our public schools gets held to a tougher standard.

I wonder what that says about our culture when entertainment is more important that education?

Monday, November 5, 2007

Ear Worms

Have you ever had a song stuck in your head for days? I'm told that's called an ear worm.

Well I've had this song stuck in my head for a few weeks now. It's by Brenton Brown and Ken Riley called "Everlasting God." The part that keeps playing over and over in my head is the phrase "Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord." It also may be stuck in my head because I keep hearing it played on the Christian radio station.

The song has also been a reassuring message for me.

For the past few weeks the church I serve has been in a discerning process, trying to determine the direction God is calling us toward. It's an exciting time and an anxious time for me. This song reminds me that I need to focus first on the Lord and in doing so, I'll find the Lord's strenght carrying me (and us) through whatever comes.

If you haven't heard the song, I encourage you to check it out, but be careful - you just might end up with an ear worm too!

Friday, November 2, 2007

How big is your Bible?

So here is my try at adding a movie to a post.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

My first attemt at posting

So my friend Shane has been bugging me about getting into the 21st century and creating a blog. He went so far as to get one set up, and then showed me how to edit it. I'm still learning, but I have made a few adjustments from Shane's original set up.

I will need to learn a little html in order to do more stuff, but I'm jazzed about trying this out. If you are staying up late with nothing to do but cruise the web and check out blogs, drop me a note and offer some suggestions.

I'm amazed that it's November already, time seems to be flying by. I love the cool crisp air and the awesome colors of the leaves. What is your favorite thing about fall? I heard Christmas music on the radio yesterday and was shocked - it's too soon!

Hope you enjoy this evolving site, and check out the veggie tale videos at the bottom of the page! They are a hoot!

Monday, September 24, 2007

Just to show you

Thought I would post this here to show you...
You can flat out just cut and paste it like this...


Or you can change 4 numbers and change the size like this...


Oh and felt you would appriciate this clip ... smiles

I can teach and show you all about this when the time is right. Perhaps after your TN trip some time.