Monday, November 5, 2012

I "Heart" My Church...

First, for anyone in the RDU area interested (order your tickets now):
 Last Friday evening we hosted the IDC elders meeting.  Chili and s'mores.  Here are the little ones:
 Saturday, after dropping Joshua off for a birthday party, Tony and I thought we'd go ahead and vote early.  We walked up to this:

 An hour later, it looked like this:





 Meanwhile, back at the house, a couple friends stopped by to check in on our other four kiddos... ha.  SO grateful for our church family, specifically Jenni Price and Kim Humphrey on Saturday for loving on our kiddos while we did our civic duty...
 Three hours later:
 We wore our stickers proudly...
 Later that evening, our smoke detector/carbon monoxide alarms KEPT going off.  Even after on call housing help arrived we ended up completely dissembling them.  Electrical issues.  We thought we had them all until 1:00 AM.  Alarms AGAIN.  We realized there were a few more detectors in our kids rooms.  So much for taking advantage of "fall back" day light savings time...

Sunday evening was a rich night of worship and fellowship as we hosted an ordination service at Imago Dei Church.  Dwayne Millioni (pastor of Open Door Church) and Dr. Akin (president of SEBTS, and consequently Nate's dad) gave the charge to three of our elders...



 Grateful for Nate Akin, Pastor for Disciple-Making...
 Grateful for Matt Sigmon, Pastor for Member Care and Administration...
 Grateful for his precious family (pictured seated on the far right), particularly for his wife, Shauna, who has become one of my closest friends...
 Grateful for Donnie Hollis, Pastor for Corporate Worship...
 Grateful for Donnie's precious family, particularly his wife, Meghan, a dear friend...

 A time of prayer as the Body...
 God is gracious to us...
 "Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever.  Amen."  
Ephesians 3:20-21

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