Showing posts with label Sunday Sermon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sunday Sermon. Show all posts

Friday, August 4, 2017

A Smashing Job at Sermon Prep

Jerry did a fabulous job preparing wonderful sermons two weeks in a row! Even the second one was amazing despite the late notice on a Saturday that the other pastor was sick. 

You can listen to them by clicking on the sermon titles:


Draw Near: Matthew 13:54 -16:28


Kate made gluten-free peanut butter cookies to support the sermon writing. It's been a tradition ever since Jerry became a pastor. 

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Honor God and Mothers//Mothers' Day Sermon

Pastor Y. suddenly got sick Saturday night, and called Jerry to ask for a replacement preacher. Jerry said 'yes', and dug up an old sermon he had preached years ago. He did a wonderful, collected job of both leading the music and delivering the sermon. You can follow this link to listen to it. 

Monday, April 20, 2015

He is Risen!

Easter Sunday:

 A rousing service

 And a potluck meal with the church body

It was so cute; a little girl at church taught him how to throw paper airplanes, and we couldn't get him to stop!

We had invited the P. family over for an Easter dinner, and so we all hurried home to start cleaning and set up.

The guys hauled out the dining table, the sewing table, an extra plastic table, and all the chairs we could find out onto the back porch.

It was trouble finding enough utensils and plates but we finally managed to come out with the right count!

 Upon arriving all the boys immediately drifted to the Axis & Allies game that has stayed out on its very own special table.

The P, family added their rolls and ham (and some delicious dessert to come later!) to what we had prepared and it made a robust, scrumptious meal.

Going through the line...

 and then somehow finding time to talk while eating, and eating, oh- and eating.

Jerry kept calling it Thanksgiving by mistake. It did cause us to think, thought, about how thankful we are that Christ Jesus rose from the dead. 

Yikes! He's a hungry boy!

 Telling hilarious stories!

 We banished the cat outdoors for the time. Here, everyone is visiting her.

Playing together.

Then dessert!!!

 Numerous games of Foosball by porchlight

The dads talked while the ladies cleaned up,

 Just before it grew too dark there was an Easter Egg Hunt.

 This little man was very proud of his eggs.

 And he was really good at it too!

Once he discovered what was inside he stopped right there and ate every egg clean of its goldfish crackers.

The adults settled down in the living room to talk and the little kids disappeared off to the back bedroom for a crazy, loud game of dress-up. The "Savage Princesses' " yells nearly burst the older kids' ears when they meandered into the bedroom to hang out and talk. And a stuffed animal dog was tossed playfully back and forth a couple times before the night was ended and goodbyes were said. 

Monday, March 30, 2015

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

Friday:
Fellowship at Pastor Y's place.

 Chatting

 Chatting and waiting for the Frisbee to come their way

 Tickle, tickle!


 Frisbee craziness...

 Late into the night

The ladies' talk by Mrs. Y. The men held one on the back porch as well.

Snacks and fellowship afterwards

Saturday:
Church preparations and family hangout time.

Music practice for Sunday worship



Its nearly impossible to get a normal photo of this guy

His little car

A sweet gift from a friend after we had been admiring her rose bushes

BLTs with TONS of bacon!

 Our little musician

Awww! Poor sleepy boy!

Cleaning out the peanut butter jar. Don't know why.

Formatting baptismal certificates...

Like this one.

Cleaning so the house isn't such a wreck!

 Sweet little helper!

Ha! Caught them!

Sunday:
A wonderful message, worship (lead by Jerry), and fellowship.

 We all gathered around the piano and sang hymns

Thanks to those great sound guys!



 Waiting in line to bring their families communion

 Singing after communion





Then hours of fellowship!


The Virginia Reel with some of the little girls after cleanup

It was CRAZY fun!

Then a late night movie with the family...

And a take home meal of Panda Express. Somehow we ended up with a whole ton of fortune cookies. Weird.

Look for a post on Monday!