Weekend, What Weekend?

I've discovered something. When you grow up there are a lot of things you give up. Here's a list that should help you appreciate being a kid and all:

...weekends become all about doing things you didn't get done during the week


...summer is lost when you have to work EVERY DAY...YUCK!


...all nighter's... forget it... you're tired for days


...you really are ready for bed early!


...irresponsibility...


That's only a few...

DON'T GROW UP!!!!

Another Brandon Update

Keep praying for Brandon in Wales! The latest update from Pastor Bob is below!

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Hi,

I had a real nice visit with Brandon today. His parents agreed to bring him to a Baptism service on Oct. 6th and possibly Sunday School. Brandon requested both of these and right now the parents are trying to do everything he wants.

I spoke with his Dad yesterday and hid Mom and Dad today. I can sense a slight softening in their hearts towards God.

Keep Praying.

Bob

I broke my clock!

Moral of the story...

So, in October of last year when I started this new job, we decided to get me a more reliable car. Well, it's a year later and 27,000 miles has been added to the cars mileage (yeah, I know that's a lot.) Now, there's so many problems with it that we don't know what to do. =0( Please pray for a good result! I know that all of you prayer warriors are gonna help this get solved!

Thanks!!!

Update on Brandon!

Please keep praying for Brandon... see the e-mail from Pastor Bob in Wales below...

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Good Morning All,

Just a short note about Brandon. He is going through his Chemo and radiation now. Last week he was very sick because of it. However, he is better this week. I was with his Dad today. We were setting up a bank account for the funds that have been raised to purchase an electric wheel chair for him and hopefully we will be able to raise enough to send him to Disney Land in Paris also.

The people here are very generous. We will be having a concert in our church on the 1st of October to help raise funds also.

His Dad, David, and I spoke about his funeral arrangements. As I said in my prayer requst, Brandon's mom and Dad are atheists and want nothing to do with God. As we spoke about the funeral Dave (his Dad) said he would like to have it at our church but he wanted a humanist funeral. I told him that I would only do a Christian funeral. This opened the door to start to talk about Jesus. He was still very cold but in the course of the conversation, he said, in a very humble way, that he knew people around the world were praying for Brandon and if God healed him he waould have to rethink his position about God.

I will be with Brandon on Thursday. Prayerfully he will be strong enough to meet with me.

Please continue to pray for Brandon and the family.

Trusting in Christ,
Bob

Laughing Baby

You gotta have sound for this one... it's hilarious!

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!

Don't forget to vote for your favorite gum sculpture before Wednesday!
If you want to vote for #6, you have to email me or comment somewhere and let me know...



Click here to see the pictures!

Voting issues

I had to reset the voting, so if you voted before, vote again because the system messed up.

The voting thing will only let me put five choices on, so here's what we're going to do. If you want to vote for gum sculpture #6, leave a comment somewhere telling me so, or shoot me an email letting me know.

Blog updates!

Just a quick note to let you know that there are now a new feature to the blog. Along with Adam's email address and the poll on the right hand side of the page, you will also find links to flyers and permission slips (corn maze, movie night, website picture permission form) if you have missed them or lost them. Check it out!

Prayer Requests 9/19

Here are the prayer requests from last night's youth group!

• Ryan's Leg (not broken!)
• Courtney and Brandi's softball team
• Miss Dianne's hand and chest
• Damien and Patrick's football team
• Mr. Keith's friend's family
• Marcus's concussion
• The Della Family
• Brandi
• Haley's itchiness
• Praise for Mary's car
• Praise that Tyler is home
• Praise that Nate's grandmother can have the surgery she needs
• Praise for Patrick's new helmet

VOTE for your favorite GUM SCULPTURE!

Alright, here we go... to vote for your favorite, click on the right hand side at the top of the page (where the poll usually is).

#1 - Pumpkin

#2 - Snowman

#3 - Leaf

#4 - Tree

#5 - Bush

#6 - Pumpkin and Candy

PRAY FOR RYAN!!

Ryan was in P.E. class today and hurt his leg pretty bad. The amulance was called because we thought it might be broken, but the paramedics and the doctors say they don't think it is broken. We are waiting for X-rays to come back. We will post updates as we receive them.

UPDATE: Ryan's X-rays came back and there was no fracture! It's a little hard to walk, but they say he'll be fine very soon.

Like Summer is Now Good Night, States!!!

Elvaton Church is proud to announce that Good Night, States (formerly known as Like Summer) will be appearing at Elvaton Church on Saturday, October 13!!! These guys are an incredible rock and roll band from Pittsburgh and we're extremely excited to have them for our Fall Carnival this year! Wanna hear some of their music? You can check out their blog at http://blog.goodnightstates.com for a video or their myspace at http://www.myspace.com/goodnightstates (check with your parents if you're not allowed on MySpace...)

I read this and thought it was HILARIOUS!!! Have you ever felt this way about your parents? Is it ever really really hard to obey that commandment that says "Honor your father and mother"? Comment about it and let us all know!

Movie Night Friday September 28!

I'm sure a lot of you have alerady seen Facing the Giants, but we're going to show it here at church on the big screen! All ages are invited so younger siblings and parents can all come! Click below to view trailers, clips, and more!

Click HERE for the flyer and more information!!!