Our Next Study

Here are you choices. You've got till 7-12 at 9:00 pm to vote. :)

Crazy Love - Click here for more info.

Simple - Click here for more info.

Or click here for more info about Simple.

Spiritual Gifts - Spiritual Gifts: Their Purpose & Power is a balanced, popular treatment of the gifts of the Spirit. The work includes teaching on thirty spiritual gifts from the Old and New Testaments. A biblically-grounded presentation that includes a clear understanding and respect for the various approaches to modern-day spiritual gifts.

Cookout at Tera's house Saturday night...TOMORROW!!!

Hello, my peeps! I'm inviting you to a cookout/game night/hang out at my house tomorrow night. I'm buying hamburgers, so bring whatever you think goes with that. (It'd probably be good if someone brings buns...Lol.) Anyways...invite your friends...whoever. But please let me know who you're bringing so I'll have enough meat. And don't forget your lawn chair. I'm hoping to build a fire outside and I only have a few chairs of my own. We might meet at a park first, but if we do, Andy will text everyone to let them know. PLEASE COME!!! Thanks!

Chicago Rush Game

I can get tickets to the Chicago Rush Arena Football team. I thought we could go on Saturday May 31st. Let me know if you're interested in going.

Andy

Awesome slideshow

I want to say thanks to Andy for planning a great scavenger hunt last weekend! I had a really great time and I know everyone on Team Adam is grateful to have won the competition(Team Andy was disqualified for splitting up and Team Casi was DQ'd for having 5.25 members[claire]). The slideshow is really entertaining as well, it is a great song to accompany just how silly supposed grown ups can be. Thanks again Andy-we can't wait to see what you have planned for April and May:)

Our Next Study

Here are the suggestions I received for our next study, in no particular order. You can click on the name to see the book's page @ Amazon. Remember, voting closes Sunday @ 6:00 pm. That means you can vote at my house Sunday night.

1. Soul Talk - In this extraordinary book, Dr. Larry Crabb introduces a revolutionary way for Christians to experience God. "Soul talk" happens when two Christians talk to each other in a way that results in their passion for God being stirred, ignited, and released.

2. Waking the Dead - Eldredge, who helped to redefine the Christian men's movement with Wild at Heart, broadens his scope to offer this more general spirituality title on being "fully alive." Such a state of total animation is achieved only when Christians can integrate all four "streams" of their lives: discipleship, counseling, healing and warfare. (This last part may surprise some readers, but Eldredge insists that awareness of spiritual warfare actually "may be the most critical" aspect of being fully alive.)

3. What Are Spiritual Gifts? - Those who hold the conventional view of the spiritual gifts listed in Ephesians 4, Romans 12, I Corinthians 12odescribe them as special abilities, powers and enablements. Contrary to this viewowhich, the author asserts, leads believers to focus on individual gifts or powers as opposed to God.

4. Spiritual Gifts - Spiritual Gifts: Their Purpose & Power is a balanced, popular treatment of the gifts of the Spirit. The work includes teaching on thirty spiritual gifts from the Old and New Testaments. A biblically-grounded presentation that includes a clear understanding and respect for the various approaches to modern-day spiritual gifts.

5. Five Love Languages - A seasoned marriage counselor says people feel most loved in a marriage in one of five ways: quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, and physical touch. Though we have a primary love language, we can learn a second language so that our spouse's needs are met.

6. Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith - God never changes, nor do the central truths of Christianity. But our understanding of those truths is in constant flux. Christians will always be exploring and discovering what it means to live in harmony with God and each other. Now in softcover, Velvet Elvis offers original and refreshingly personal perspectives on what Christianity is really about.

March Birthday Extravaganza

Everyone is invited to the Young Adult’s March Birthday Dinner and Digital Scavenger Hunt Extravaganza!

When: Sunday, March 9th @ 5:00 pm
Where: The McCann’s House for dinner, then we leave for the scavenger hunt, then we meet at Church to look at the photos
1865 Brighton Circle Click here for Google’s Map
Why: Because June is apparently a very popular month to conceive children for our Church members

We will have dinner at our house. Then we will split into teams and go on a digital scavenger hunt. We’ll meet back at the Church at a set time, and view the photos, see who won, and eat cake (or something sweet).

Submit your ideas for the next small group study. So far I’ve gotten one from Casi, Angelina Jolie, and Britney Spears. They all came within 5 minutes of each other though. I’m thinking Britney is just messing around.

Don’t forget to vote for the new study between Wednesday night and Sunday evening.

PLEASE RSVP BY FRIDAY, SO WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE TO COOK MUSHROOM LASAGNA FOR. (We’re not really having mushroom lasagna)

Second Saturday

Look how much Adam enjoys painting

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Ashly loves painting too!

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Janell likes cleaning brushes too.

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Andy and Janell enjoyed painting the stairwell.

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Here's part of the final product. :)

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Second Saturday

Adam enjoyed putting up some chair rail.

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Dawn was able to help organize papers for tax time.
She also served as Adam's filter, which we appreciated. :)

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Matt and Ellen relaxing a little bit.

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Andy is an incredible multi-tasker.

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Dave and Adam taking a break.

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Superbowl party at Adam & Dawn's!

Hey everybody! It's Superbowl time, and even though the Bears didn't make it by a long shot, we can still get together and watch the last real football game of the year. Dawn and I would like to invite everyone who is interested in football, $2 million commercials and watching Tom Brady humiliate the city of New York as well as make history, to our house for the Game. Bring whatever snack you think everyone would enjoy, and if you want to have something more substantial, then suggest it in the comments section and maybe we can do that too. We can provide the soda pop(or "Coke's" for those of you from the South), the 50" high definition plasma TV with full 7.1 surround and Adam's good looks free of charge. We hope to see everyone here, the game begins at 5pm on sun, so be here early if you want to yak the whole time(ladies). Any questions, call me at 630.674.6104 or Andy. Toga's are optional.

Bye-Bye Mustang :)

Just wanted to let you guys know that I sold my car today! PTL! Thanks for praying!

Pics from the Christmas Party