October 31

Eeeeeekkkk!  Friday already!  Where did the week go?  I think someone may have stolen several of the days in the middle of the week.......

I have been enjoying previewing the video and studying the material the week prior to when we all study it.  It takes me a while to absorb things and repetition is helpful (necessary?) for me to really get a handle on things.  True confessions--I have done no previewing and have no idea what we are studying about this coming Sunday, the 31st.  But I know it will be good!!  It always is when we come together as the body of Christ to study his word and pray.  I think we may be visiting the Philistines as well.

Our most popular children's teacher, Mr. Coey,  will be playing with the kids this week. :)

Breakfast food is the theme for lunch this week.  That's right.  No need to eat breakfast in the morning.  We will just have it for lunch.  One less meal to have to fix!  Woo hoo!

Hope to see everyone Sunday!

October 24th

It was so enlightening last Sunday to get to see video of the Jordan River.  The adult's study centered around the Jordan.  It's amazing to go back and read the scriptures that contain the Jordan after learning more about the river, its size, what it looks like and the terrain on either side of it.  Along with visiting the Jordan, there were some of us that revisited Gezer from the week before.  That was great!

This week the adults will be traveling to Jericho. It will be interesting to see what the Lord has for us as we walk around the city walls. :)

Quite a few of our kids were missing last week so we postponed our Egypt study until this coming week.

The lunch theme for this coming week ( the 24th) is Mexican Food.  One of our favorites!!

I must say that I am seeing a trend starting to develop with our lunches.  Wonderful food is being brought each week.  A part of that food has been absolutely decedent desserts. The amount of calories consumed by the time you eat the great nutritious food plus the desserts adds up very quickly.  That really leaves me with no choice.  I simply must make the decision to eat nothing but dessert on Sunday afternoons.  A sacrifice, but you have to do what you have to do.....

Enjoy this great Fall weather!!  See you all Sunday!!!!

October 17th

Last Sunday the adults took a  journey all the way to Gezer during the Bible study.  They all made it back in time to get home by mid-afternoon.  Amazing, huh?  This coming week they get to return to Israel and visit the beautiful Jordon river.  "For the Lord your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over.  The Lord your God did to the Jordan what he had done to the Red Sea... so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the Lord is powerful and so that you might always fear the Lord your God." Joshua 4:23-24

We had a great group of kids this last week.  We studied about China and the difficulties Christians have there.  We also had fun singing and playing instruments and will continue that this week as well. Our study will focus on Egypt and the church there.

Our theme for lunch this coming week, the 17th, is "Casseroles and Salads".

Each week at home group we learn so many things.  One thing we learned this last week was:

If you want peach cobbler, you better get it the first time you fill your plate!!!!:)

October 10

Cool!!  I just realized that this date will be 10/10 of '10.  How fun!

The lunch theme this week will be Soup and Sandwiches, since it is Fall and all.  I tried to think of something that would relate to 10 but...epic fail. :)

In the sidebar on the right of the blog you will see calendar pages.  You can click there to see the days we are scheduled to meet for home group and the lunch theme for the week.

This week the adults will be taking a journey of sorts to Israel.  Gezer, to be more precise.  The study this week will reveal the connection between Gezer's strategic location and God's plan for Israel.   The study of this land brings a better understanding of  the land that God set apart for his chosen people and the lessons we can glean from that as we live our lives in the here and now.  Here is an excerpt from the study guide:

"The life of faith is not a vague, otherwordly experience.  Rather, it is being faithful to God right now, in the place and time in which he has put us.  This truth is emphasized by God's choice of Canaan, a crossroads of the ancient world, as the Promised Land in which the Israelites were to live.  Our mission as Christians today is the same one God gave to the Israelites when they possessed the Promised Land, and the same one Jesus gave to his disciples.  We are to love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our might, and to love our neighbors as ourselves so that through us the world may know that our God is the one true God."

Amen and amen.

Hope to see everyone Sunday!!