Wow, another amazingly blessed weekend thanks to our awesome God!!
It was such a joy watching our daughter, Tori, play basketball Saturday morning! She came out of her shell a little and made a basket during the first game. It was great to see her getting into the game more than she has before! This coming Saturday is the last weekend of games for the season. It's such a joy watching our children learn and grow!
Sunday my husband Burt had a brand new worship experience planned for Peace UCC. It was a visual learning service all about the sacrement of Holy Communion. One of the key elements of the service was a sharing part where he asked members of the congregation to share their experiences of Holy Communion: who or what do you think about during Communion; where are some special places you've shared the sacrement; what does Communion mean to you. It's always a little nerve-wracking planning for sharing time because you never know if anyone will share or not, but it was a beautiful experience. People shared about taking Communion in Africa, on youth retreats, what was learned during a confirmation class many years ago, thinking about parents and our experiences as a child. The other neat part of the service yesterday was a little section Burt wrote called "Created and Creating" where he and our daughter prepared the Communion table while another congregant and myself took turns reading the creation story in Genesis and comparing it to a different part of the Communion Table and tying it all together in us right now. It sounds like that wouldn't go together at all doesn't it? Well, Burt has a wonderful way with words and an amazing gift of tying things together having it all makes sense for our every day lives. (On a side note: I truly believe that's what touches me with Lysa Terkeurst's ministry also. Lysa and all her P31 sisters really bring the message of God to life for me wherever I am today. You can check them out here: Proverbs 31 and Lysa Terkeurst)
Immediately after worship I met with the members who signed up for our book study on Max Lucado's most recent book, "Outlive Your Life". We have a wonderful group of 10 members embarking on the DVD and book study journey with my husband and I over the next four weeks.
Also immediately following worship the church sponsored its annual "Souper Bowl" lunch. We served chili, vegetable beef and some of my hubby's awesome creamy potato soup. What a joy and blessing it was to work side by side with the wonderful people of our congregation!
After the wonderful lunch and clean up we went home to settle in for an amazing SuperBowl game last night: Our home team, the Green Bay Packers vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers. The boys did not disappoint. It was an amazing game to watch with our Packers pulling off the win after a rocky 2nd half. The best part was during the interviews after the game when Pam Oliver was talking to Greg Jennings and his first comment was "To God be the glory"! I LOVED that!! I also love the christian attitudes of the majority of the Packer team. Aaron Rodgers is a great example of a man living his faith.
Like I said, it was an amazing, blessed weekend. Thank you God!
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Monday, February 07, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Monday Musings
What an eventful, blessed weekend we had!
It started Saturday morning watching our daughter play basketball - a sport neither Burt nor I know too much about. I played in 5th grade just like Tori is doing, but it wasn't pretty. I remember getting called for traveling and the only time I made any baskets was when I got fouled and got to shoot freethrows. My coach was very positive and overall it was a good experience, but I realized that basketball wasn't in my future. :) It is amazing watching your child learn a new skill! The first game she was really timid and almost looked scared to get the ball, but in the second game she made 2 baskets and got some rebounds also! Burt & I were so proud of her! We celebrated by going to Culvers for lunch (my absolute favorite fast food place) and stopped at Wal-mart to pick up the fixings for a huge batch of creamy potato soup.
Saturday afternoon Burt had 2 roasters full of soup made in about 2 hours! That man is an amazing cook and I am so blessed to have him!! He was diagnosed with diabetes in June and he is doing wonderful at adapting recipes to make them "diabetes-friendly". If anyone would like his recipe I will gladly share it. Everytime he has made it, we have had guests ask to take some home and want the recipe so it's not just me praising my hubby. :)
Sunday brought Sunday School and worship followed by our annual meeting and potluck. The annual meeting was completely painless this year! What a relief! It's so stressful when you're talking about money with a large group of people as there are always going to be differences of opinion. There were some questions and comments raised, but nothing earth shattering and the budget passed without conflict. Everyone enjoyed Burt's soup during the potluck and kept telling me how good it was. I took great joy in referring them to my husband (their pastor) for the soup as I had nothing to do with it. A lot of them were pleaseantly surprised to find out how great a cook he is.
After taking the kids to their 4-H meeting, I settled in for an afternoon of NFL football which was interrupted briefly to pick the kids up and then go pick up one friend for the afternoon and then go pick up another friend for the afternoon. :) So, with each child having a friend over and playing in other areas of the house, Burt & I were able to enjoy the rest of the Packer-Bear game and what a game it was!!! My favorite play of the game (and maybe the whole season) was the interception by B.J. Raji and his 18 yard touchdown run. Raji interception and TD I especially enjoyed his TD dance! So the Packers will face the Steelers in the Superbowl in 2 weeks! What really impressed me though was the attitude of the whole Packers team after their win. Aaron Rodgers gave all the credit to the defense for the win in an interview after the game. How many quarterbacks would do that? He is one classy guy and the Pack is one classy team.
Well, that's my weekend in a nutshell. How was yours? Tonight I am looking forward to another webcast by Lysa Terkeurst about her Made to Crave book. She is an amazing Jesus girl with an amazing message everyone needs to hear! (I think I said that before, but it's worth saying again)
Happy Monday Everyone!
It started Saturday morning watching our daughter play basketball - a sport neither Burt nor I know too much about. I played in 5th grade just like Tori is doing, but it wasn't pretty. I remember getting called for traveling and the only time I made any baskets was when I got fouled and got to shoot freethrows. My coach was very positive and overall it was a good experience, but I realized that basketball wasn't in my future. :) It is amazing watching your child learn a new skill! The first game she was really timid and almost looked scared to get the ball, but in the second game she made 2 baskets and got some rebounds also! Burt & I were so proud of her! We celebrated by going to Culvers for lunch (my absolute favorite fast food place) and stopped at Wal-mart to pick up the fixings for a huge batch of creamy potato soup.
Saturday afternoon Burt had 2 roasters full of soup made in about 2 hours! That man is an amazing cook and I am so blessed to have him!! He was diagnosed with diabetes in June and he is doing wonderful at adapting recipes to make them "diabetes-friendly". If anyone would like his recipe I will gladly share it. Everytime he has made it, we have had guests ask to take some home and want the recipe so it's not just me praising my hubby. :)
Sunday brought Sunday School and worship followed by our annual meeting and potluck. The annual meeting was completely painless this year! What a relief! It's so stressful when you're talking about money with a large group of people as there are always going to be differences of opinion. There were some questions and comments raised, but nothing earth shattering and the budget passed without conflict. Everyone enjoyed Burt's soup during the potluck and kept telling me how good it was. I took great joy in referring them to my husband (their pastor) for the soup as I had nothing to do with it. A lot of them were pleaseantly surprised to find out how great a cook he is.
After taking the kids to their 4-H meeting, I settled in for an afternoon of NFL football which was interrupted briefly to pick the kids up and then go pick up one friend for the afternoon and then go pick up another friend for the afternoon. :) So, with each child having a friend over and playing in other areas of the house, Burt & I were able to enjoy the rest of the Packer-Bear game and what a game it was!!! My favorite play of the game (and maybe the whole season) was the interception by B.J. Raji and his 18 yard touchdown run. Raji interception and TD I especially enjoyed his TD dance! So the Packers will face the Steelers in the Superbowl in 2 weeks! What really impressed me though was the attitude of the whole Packers team after their win. Aaron Rodgers gave all the credit to the defense for the win in an interview after the game. How many quarterbacks would do that? He is one classy guy and the Pack is one classy team.
Well, that's my weekend in a nutshell. How was yours? Tonight I am looking forward to another webcast by Lysa Terkeurst about her Made to Crave book. She is an amazing Jesus girl with an amazing message everyone needs to hear! (I think I said that before, but it's worth saying again)
Happy Monday Everyone!
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