it’s finally here…our night of fun with stonecrest community church from warren, nj. they challenged us to a “friendly” night of dodgeball and of course we kindly accepted:)
we’ve all been pretty excited about the idea of owning up on another group, but honestly, i think the best part will be everyone hanging out together laughing and playing together. it’s really a joy to know that we are all one family under Christ…and that’s worth celebrating!
can’t wait for a great night!
praise God for a beautiful weekend! i hope and pray you enjoyed it as much as i did. i can’t even begin to tell you how excited i am about spring coming…MUST.PLAY.OUTSIDE!!!!
for our jr highers, we actually got to get out since it was light outside (thank daylight savings time!). after an intense game of lighting ball (and handball for our sr highers), we rallied the troops to dive into our newest series:
we hit up the lost chapter of the Bible: Luke 15; the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son (the prodigal son). after looking at all the stories we can come to the conclusion that we are all worth pursuing, have value, and should celebrate when the lost is found.
i referenced (in sr high) a book that has highly influenced my journey with Jesus and this parable. the book is called “The Return of the Prodigal Son” by Henri Nouwen. i would HIGHLY suggest this anyone at any point in their journey with God…it’s sooo awesome. if you end reading, lemme know…i’d love to chat with you about it!
it’s about that time of year where we start to get all geared up for our annual retreat to Lake Champion!! i hope and pray you are as excited as i am:)
this year we are planning on going back-to-back weeks at the end of april:
april 17-19 is our jr high weekend
&
april 24-26 is our sr high weekend
if you go to the downloads section of the site you can click on either jr or sr high to download the reg as a PDF. spots are extremely limited so get your registration forms with $125 to Jimmy by 3/29!
ok…so i’m not talking about the basketball tourny, but how our march and april look. it’s going to be wild!
keep an eye on the calendar and updates here on the blog for all thats coming our way!
YAHOO!!! Ruby Annalise Donaruma is here!! Eileen went into labor this morning at about 9am and Ruby came into the world at 2:55pm. She is 20 1/2 inches & 7 lbs 14 ozs. She beautiful, wonderful, and we’re so happy to have this amazing addition to our family. Thank you all sooooo much for your prayers and continued support, both Ruby and Eileen are doing well.