Taking a break

So I will not be blogging for the next week as I am on Vacation in DISNEY!! And some big stuff is going to happen in Disney and I will blog about it when I get back.

Weekend Madness on Wednesday

Sorry for not doing my regular weekend madness on Sunday night but everything has been crazy until now so here goes.

• Friday I worked late at the Funeral Home so there was not not much going that night.
• Saturday I got up early for another day at the Funeral Home. (I am trying to work as much as I can because I am leaving for Disney on the 26th and nee the money for when I get back)
• Sunday was church this was my 2nd week with the new 9:30 and 11:00 service and I love it. I really think this is one of the best moves we have made as a staff and board. They say you are only 1 great move away from doubling the size of your church.... This might be it)
• Sunday afternoon Laura and I went and meet her mom at Southpoint for lunch and little shopping. I dislike going to the mall during the Christmas season cause it is CRAZY. But it was nice to hang out with her mom
• Sunday night was the big Panther - Giants game. My team did not win. But man it was a good game.
• Monday was another work day at the Funeral Home. BUSY
• Monday night I headed to the the Durham Rescue Mission to help cook some turkeys and ham for Christmas dinner. I got started doing this when my friend Chuck asked me to 3 years ago. We cook 4 times a year and every year we see more and more people coming to help. Which shows that good people with huge hearts are still out there.
• Tuesday I was back up early to head to the Mission to make sure everything was taken care of.
• Tuesday I also headed to the Funeral Home to do some work since I am off on Wednesday and will not be back until Jan the 5th
• Wednesday I headed to Hope Creek to get ready for Christmas Eve service tonight at 6:00. I promise this is a service you are not going to want to miss.
• Final thoughts (ah la Jerry Springer). Our Savior, our lord, our comforter, our friend, our king, our HEALER is on the way. Make way for the Prince of Peace, the Lord of Lords. For this is the day the lord hath made. Are you Ready for the Healing to begin today

Journey to Bethlehem

Don’t miss the chance to walk through the first Christmas this Friday night 12/19/08.
The Journey will open at 6:00pm and run until 8:30pm.
It takes around 20 minutes to walk through the interactive stations.

Refreshments will be served, so stop by on your way home from work or bring your whole family.
The kids will really enjoy this interactive “Christmas Story” and it will give you a chance
as a parent to experience Christmas in a whole new way with your children.
Hope to see you all this Friday night at Hope Creek!!!

Weekend Madness

• So this week I have been getting over a battle with a cold. It was kicking my rear end but in the end I won and am feeling much better.
• Saturday Laura and I hosted a party at the house for the Christmas season. Had lots of fun, had lots of food and drinks and even played little Guitar Hero.
• Sunday was church. This was the first Sunday I had with our new service time. And it was good. And there were lots and I do mean lots of folks there on Sunday. Sunday was the largest number of folks on a single weekend at Hope Creek in a long time.
• Chris and the band were just ripping it up. They had a 3 piece brass band that was just kicking. Scott did a banging job with week 2 of our series "Come home for Christmas"
• Kidz Cove was awesome as we talked about the Christmas story from the view of the Shepherds
• Sunday night was also 201 which meant that I got to hang out with some folks that want to go through the partner process at The Creek. And that is always AWESOME!!!

SICK

Right now I have some major sickness going on so I hope to be back up and running by the end of the week.

Monday Video's

This is one on the nastiest dudes I have ever heard on the harmonica and I know this cat. His name is Todd Parrott and he is from right here in Durham, NC. He is pretty real deal as far his skills go and has played on way to many CD's to name. So hope you enjoy