1st Wed. Rocks!

Great job, Paul and Lori (directed by Dalene) on 'The Exchange" Drama last night! Leave a comment here about your favorite parts. Highlights for me were Paul strangling himself with the cord and Lori's "He's a hotty" line! : ) What about you?

New Meeting Dates for Monthly Meeting

Here are the official new dates for our monthly meetings, due to some awesome changes in the connections department. All are in the Heir Force room and the usual times of 6-7pm for kids, and 7-9pm for adults.

Thursday Jan. 29th
Thursday Feb. 26th
Thursday March 26th
Thursday April 23rd
Thursday May 28th

We will take June and July off for summer break, and will meet back up again in August for another fun fall kick-off party.

Again, hope to see you all at the food drop on Saturday morning!

A Great Way to Begin '09!

A note from Dave and Deb to the drama team and Creative Arts friends,

"Hi! As you know, the food drop is this weekend. My business partner, Deb DeFreeuw and I are site leaders for an apartment complex in Niles, MI, and we’d love for you to help us distribute food and personal care items to 120 families there…

If you are already planning on participating, and are involved with a small group or assigned to a truck—that’s great! If you don’t have an assignment, then join us! You and your family are invited. It’s a wonderful experience for everyone, and we’ll be done by noon-ish.

If you haven’t been involved with a food drop before—-it’s a great experience. The plan is for everyone to arrive at church for a brief meeting at 9:00—then we’re off to unload the semis——filled with over 6,000 boxes of food and personal care items! All of the boxes are loaded in 14 smaller trucks, and then we’re on our way to Niles . Deb and I will have directions to the apartment complex, instructions on where to park, where to meet us, etc.

Once there, you will break up into teams and distribute the boxes to all the apartments.
You will be helping hundreds of people…People who have trouble making the rent, clothing their children, making ends meet.

Your compassion, your conviction, your friendly face, your prayers—will make all the difference in the world.

We would love for you to join us.

So here’s the deal. Saturday morning will be crazy! Several hundred people (two thousand last year…) will be at the church. We suggest you arrive a little early for 9:00am meeting inside. Then, after the meeting, come outside to truck Number 6. That’s what you need to remember. When you get to truck 6, then we will pass out the directions, instructions, etc. Remember, some people there are only there to off-load the semis. If you want to help us with the distribution at the apartments, then you will need our direction/instruction packet. When we’re done for the morning, we can grab a hot chocolate somewhere up in Niles .

This will be fun, exciting, and humbling…we’d love to see you.

Remember—-Truck #6!"
David Morgan
Deb DeFreeuw

I hope you all can make it! I am so excited about what God has in store for us this year as a team, and can't think of a better way to get this year started than helping others alongside all of you!

Great Job and Merry Christmas

Join me in applauding Butch and Shelley and our media team for their outstanding work in the Christmas Eve services! Merry Christmas, everyone!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to my amazing team! I am so grateful for all of you!

"One of Jesus' names is Immanuel. It means God is with us. It's no wonder the angels told the shepherds,'Do not be afraid!' You lose your fear when God is near. God's presence trumps our panic."
Rick Warren, The Purpose of Christmas

Let's Celebrate!

Hello Drama Team Family!

What a weekend we had with an amazing sermon to remind us of the true spirit of this season, building memories with your family. Let's build memories tomorrow night at our annual Christmas party (6:30-8:30pm in the Great Room)! Please bring your family, a dish to share and a favorite memory from serving this year. We will also take a few minutes to make some cameos in a media Ben is creating for Christmas Eve! Can't wait to celebrate the beautiful simplicity of Christmas with some of my best friends and the most talented people I know! See you then!

"When the members of a family are filled with love and compassion and a spirit of service to one anoher that family has reason to celebrate!" Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline

Creating Chaos is Fun!

Great job, everyone!