Our Communal Advent Prayer.

For those of you that did not get to attend last night we began the advent season together as a community.  We have decided to have the whole community pray a daily Advent prayer and light a candle as we attempt to re orient ourselves towards what this Christmas Season is all about.  If you did not get a chance to pick it up last night here is the prayer that we chose. 

An Advent Prayer by Henri J.M. Nouwen

Lord Jesus,

Master of both the light and the darkness, send your Holy Spirit upon our preparations for Christmas.

We who have so much to do seek quiet spaces to hear your voice each day.

We who are anxious over many things look forward to your coming among us.

We who are blessed in so many ways long for the complete joy of your kingdom.

We whose hearts are heavy seek the joy of your presence.

We are your people, walking in darkness, yet seeking the light.

To you we say, "Come Lord Jesus!"

This year we will be taking part in the Advent Conspiracy study again during the season of Advent (last Sunday in Nov. through Christmas) Here is a little video to help get you thinking about the Conspiracy of Incarnation.

The Lord's Prayer

Just wanted to remind you that we have been making our way through the "Lord's Prayer" on Sundays.  We have posted 6 of the seven talks on our podcast page (1 of the recordings did not turn out).  You can go to the podcasts directly or you can look us up through itunes.

Hawkins Football Game

Thanks for coming out for the game on Saturday.  Hawkins won the game
and we had a lot of fun eating hot dogs and cheering the team on.  You
can see all the photos in the photo album that is in the margin of this
page

Baptism service

The podcast from last night service and baptism is available on our podcast page or available on itunes.  Thanks for all the help in getting everything set up.  Here are a couple of pics of the guys setting things up and "cooking the water" so as to not freeze anyone! 

Thanks for all your work!!

Habitat for Humanity was a big success due to your commitment.  Thank you for sacrificing your finances and your sweat to make it happen.  Because of everyone's hard work and common purpose there are five families with new homes this week.  You should be proud of what can be accomplished when everyone gets on the same page, stops talking church, and starts being the church.

You can view some of the pictures by clicking on the album to the left, or just click this link.

Movie Night - This Tuesday

This Tuesday at 7:30 att he Dixon house we will be watching the Documentary "The Merchants of Cool"

Eat dinner before you come, and join us as we watch the movie and have a discussion following the film.