Break!

Hello everybody!  Happy almost Thanksgiving!  I am headed home to Iowa today and will not be here Sunday. So I just wanted to give a quick THANK YOU!  To everyone that is covering the many little things that take place for the kids on Sundays.  Thanks for stepping in and serving in any way needed!  I love that I can go away and not even have to worry about everything being taken care of!  Have a Thanksgiving FULL of blessings!

Staff!

Quick note for you today as we just finished our weekly staff meeting.  It was a wonderful yet exhausting time as we challenged each other to think outside the box.  Every time I am with that group I realize just how blessed I am to be at Calvary!  Not only am I surrounded by all of you but I have been given the opportunity to work with this amazing staff.  Anyway, I would just like to encourage you all to step out and let them all know how much you appreciate them because I was reminded this morning that they care an awful lot about all of you!

Praise God!

What a beautiful service yesterday.  I don't want to discount the work of the Holy Spirit every week, and maybe I just needed it extra yesterday, but I was filled with Him as I walked home from church.  I, along with many others, was moved to tears watching His T.I.M.E. dancers worship.  How truly beautiful it is that we can serve God with our whole bodies!  And that Miss Jayne is giving these young women a chance to learn how to do that.  Thank you Jayne!  And to top it off with the adult dance group!  Wow, what a day!  Thank you everyone who played a part in making that all happen!

We started a Sunday School segment where the children will be looking at the many prophecies that were written and spoken about Jesus hundreds of years before he was born! Many of them will even have a craft to represent their lesson.  As they continue learning about these prophecies for the next two weeks help them cement the information in their little brains by talking with them about what they learned!  Our Sunday School teachers are WONDERFUL, don't get me wrong, but without the support of their family AND their Calvary family it will go in one ear and out the other!

One last thing. We WILL be having Sunday School, like normal, this coming Sunday Nov. 27 even though it is the weekend after Thanksgiving.  I will not be here but everything will be ready to go.  Thank you all for your extra help while I'm gone!

Have a very blessed week as we remember everything we are so thankful for!