Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Granted, I'm a few days early in wishing you a happy Thanksgiving, but I'm sure you won't mind! This should be a great week for all of us, especially since we all get a few days to relax and enjoy family. Thanksgiving is such a great holiday because you don't have to decorate, wear a costume, wrap anything, or shop for days on end to make it happen. Truly, these days you don't even have to cook if you don't want to since now you can order a full Turkey day meal from a local grocery store! At any rate, Thanksgiving is great, because it gives us an opportunity to check our entitlement, me-first, attitudes and really focus on the amazing blessings we have in our lives. Just by being born in this country, we have access to opportunity that few others can lay claim to. It's not only our obligation to be thankful for what we have, but to consistently look for ways to use our resources for the glory of God. So, this Thanksgiving, take stock of what you have and what you've been given. Be thankful, then look for ways to share all that you have. Look for ways to "die to yourself" and be a light in this dark and dying world. And remember to give credit to the amazing Father truly is sovereign over this world.


PIX from Flag Football!!!









What's coming up?

December 2-6 Walk thru Bethlehem
December 14 Parent/student meeting for Winter retreat @5PM
December 19 Youth Progressive dinner- details to follow
December 29-Jan. 1 Winter retreat


Band of the week

Meet Deas Vail! Deas Vail hails from Arkansas and has been critically acclaimed for there amazing lyricism, musical ingenuity, and the crazy-good vocals of lead singer Wes Blaylock. I bought their debut CD this week and it was love at first listen. Although their lyrics are fairly obscure (definitely NOT straightforward praise songs a la Chris Tomlin) they give the listener a lot to think about and wander through as he examines the state of his relationship to Jesus. For those of you how like well written songs, cerebral music, and lofty falsetto, you'll love Deas Vail (the name is derived from old French and latin...it means "God's humble servant")

Check out their myspace here

And check out this video of my favorite song from their debut CD All the Houses Look The Same