New Years Eve Service!

We had our regular service this evening. Actually, it was a communion service, so that made it special.
We also had a special speaker during the service. Dad asked my mother to read a poem that she had found in a book. She did a great job!
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Christmas Again!

We actually got to have two Christmases this year!
Yesterday, my brother (Darv), his wife (Christi), and their four legged kid (Katie - the golden lab) came down for Christmas.
We had a good time with them. When they are here, it gets interesting sometimes!
Below are some pictures from their visit!
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Of course, when Katie's around, there has to be a game of tug-of-war!
I'm not sure who won this round!

It looked to me like Darv was trying to put Katie to sleep by putting Christi's sneakers in front of her!
Fortunately, Katie didn't suffer any ill effects and, the last I knew, she was doing okay!

By about midnight, everybody was getting pretty tired!

Christmas Day

We were here at home by ourselves for most of the day today. That's not as bad as it might sound to some people. Unlike some people, we actually enjoy being together as a family!
We took it easy today, then this evening we went over to my grandparents' place for a couple hours. In this picture, Dad and Pap are discussing one of the gifts that they were showing us.
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Merry Christmas!

I just wanted to take the time right now to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. May we all remember the real reason for the season and have a Christ centered holiday.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Luminaries Again

I remember when, several years ago, we used to put luminaries out at Christmas time. We hadn't done this for quite a while. This year, however, Dad & Mom decided to do this again. So, this evening, at the end of our Christmas Eve service, I came over and set up the bags and lit the candles.
I thought it looked nice.
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All Ready - Well, Almost!

It's Christmas Eve, and I'm just about ready. I've got about four more gifts to get wrapped (they shouldn't take long), and a list to get typed up and I'll be ready to go!
As has been the tradition for the past 37 years or whatever, Dad cooked Christmas Eve supper tonight. Talk about a meal fit for a king! The menu was - Baked Potato, Scallops (huge ones), Crab Cake, Marlin (you know, the fish), crab stuffed mushrooms, and shrimp. You can click here for a picture of that meal.
I think I saw the dessert in the refrigerator, but I suggested that we wait until after church to eat that.
After we got done eating, I said, "Forget the crab stuffed mushrooms. Right now, I'm a seafood stuffed person!"
Thanks Dad, it was delicious!
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An Unconstitutional Christmas

Tonight we had the privilege, and it truly was a privilege, of attending the annual Christmas program at the Beavertown God's Missionary Church. This years program was titled "Unconstitutional Christmas." I don't have the words to describe this program.
This program is a very stirring program that portrays the way things seem to have been going in our nation recently, but ending with a reminder that we, as Christians, will really be the winners in the end.
All I can say is a great big Thank You to the Beavertown Church for a wonderful program!
You can click here to read an article that our local newspaper ran about this program.
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I also want to say, Congratulations on a job well done!

Tim and Pam Calhoun of The Winding Tale (you can check out that blog for more pictures and commentary about the program) did a wonderful job portraying Mary and Joseph - or Mr. and Mrs. Nelson.
By the way, that is a real, live calf in the nativity scene!

Steve Stahl did a wonderful job singing "I Don't Belong" - a song that reminded us, that as Christians, we aren't going to fit in in this world, but someday we are going to a world where we will belong and fit in.

Doug Rine does a tremendous job singing "One Day Late" - a song with a wonderful message about the danger of waiting until it's too late to seek God.

Bro. Plank gives the closing remarks and invitation at the end of the program.
Thanks again and congratulations on a job well done!

I'm Sorry!

This is just a note to offer my apologies for not keeping this as up to date as I should!
I guess what it boils down to is being too busy, but I guess somebody that's too busy to blog is just plain too busy!
I'll try to put some more on here in the very near future.
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Just Letting You Know!

This is just a short post to give you some information - I think on TV they call them infomercials.
Anyway, if any of you have tried leaving a comment on my blog and it hasn't shown up, please try again. For some reason there was a glitch with the blog and some of the comments might not have been getting through. I think it's taken care of now - if it's not, then I don't know what else to do!
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