Sunday, March 31, 2013

Potpourri

It's been awhile since I've posted so there is going to be a lot of "this and that".

After camp season was over we re-evaluated some of the ministries at our church. This lead to restructuring our teen and children's programs.  The children's ministry we renamed Crusader's Club and this is what the inauguration looked like.






Our attendance drops considerably during summer as the kids get involved with summer programs, vacations, and swimming pool time. So, we started with a few kids but are praying that we will be able to re-group and get them all back and involved in the Crusader's Club.

We are always looking for ways to strengthen our teens and for ways to reach those who are lost.  We plan to have 3 teen activities a month.  Each activity always will have a good strong Bible lesson or Christian character building lesson. We always try to have games and food but now we are going to try to have some movies from time to time.  I have to give  a shout out to "Minute to Win It" games!  They are so much fun and definitely provide a lot of laughs!!




We also started up our monthly ladies Bible studies again. I don't have a picture but we had a good group at our first meeting. We had 2 new ladies join us!!  Everyone seemed to be excited about the topic, "Lies Women Believe" taken from the book by Nancy Leigh DeMoss.  I am so thankful for Marta, a member of our church, who is teaching this series for us.  She is doing such a wonderful job.

I must say that we are very blessed to have people who are very capable, talented and willing to serve along with us. I would like to thank Sofia for her help in the children's ministries; Carlos, Fernando, Aldana, and Trinidad in the music and multi-media; and all those (and including those already mentioned) who always help with cleaning, maintenance and construction.

Everything we do, we do to honor and glorify our Lord!  Our heart's desire is to reach others and share what Christ has done for us. Our prayer is that He would give us fruit for our labor and that lives will be changed for eternity!!