I have a question for all of you who read this...

Will you please leave a comment and let me know...
1. What you believe church is for?
2. Why do you go to church?
3. What makes up a church?

This is something I have been thinking a lot about lately and I'd just like to know what other people think.

P.S. go to www.arkalmighty.com!

Evan Almighty

We have a new opportunity through the movie Evan Almighty to meet the needs of our church family and our community.

In the movie they talk about Acts of Random Kindness (ARK).

This website is something our church has joined up with. Go here and post a skill you have. Even if it seems small (maybe your a good cook or good with computers...maybe your good with kids or you can help with home improvements or gardening...maybe you are an amazing basketball player)...whatever your skills are...list them. That way people can go on and if they have a need they can find someone to fill it. Also, if you have a need...you can post it and our church family can go on and figure out how we can help fill it. It doesn't have to be anything elaborate... it can be a very simple need.

I think this is a really exciting idea! I am praying for it diligently. Please be in prayer also and more than that... PLEASE BE INVOLVED!

GOD GAVE YOU GIFTS!

USE THEM!

So I lied when I said the last one was the last one.

Melissa posted this and I thought is was funny. Please leave me a comment with your 5 names.

1. My Gangsta Name is Alyizzle (first 3 letters of your name, plus izzle)
2. My Detective Name is Orange Sea Turtle (favorite color and animal)
3. My Soap Opera Name is Dea Nees (Middle name and current street)...kinda sounds like deez neez...I don't know...I just thought that was funny.
4. My Star Wars name is Shiasorn (first 3 of last name, first 2 of first name, last 3 of mom's maiden name)
5. My Superhero Name: Pink Diet Coke (2nd favorite color and favorite drink) SERIOUSLY!

Side note: Do this one too
A: gorgeous
L: BEST SMILE
Y: loved by every one
S: good in bed
S: good in bed
A: gorgeous

S: good in bed
H: Easy to fall in love with
I : Loves to laugh
V: Not judgmental
E: Freakin Beautiful eyes
R: good bf/gf Husband/Wife
S: good in bed


A: gorgeous
B: Loves people
C: Really easy to fall in love with
D: Is a freak in bed
E: Freakin Beautiful eyes
F: People wild and crazy adore you
G: Never let people tell you what to do
H: Easy to fall in love with
I : Loves to laugh
J: makes people laugh
K: Really silly+
L: BEST SMILE
M: makes dating fun
N: Can kick ur Ass
O: Has one of the best personalities ever
P: Popular with all types of people
Q: A hypocrite
R: good bf/gf Husband/Wife
S: good in bed
T: great kisser
U: gets blamed for everything
V: Not judgmental
W: Very broad minded
X: Never let people tell you what to do
Y: loved by every one
Z: Lives life for fun

One last thing...

My cousin Stephanie is doing a summer abroad...IN LONDON! She is keeping a travel blog with pics and I have put a link to it on the left of this page. So check it out! She's cute!

Hopper's Last Supper...

Last night was David Hopper (our youth minister)'s last night as our youth pastor. He has moved on to be the missions and men's pastor at our church. So he's not gone forever...just relocated. However, he will be missed much. It was a fun night! I hope that he realizes how much of an impact he has had on lives in the 7 years he's been our youth pastor and the 13 years he's been in youth ministry. I know he'll bring the same passion to missions. You better watch out...because if you don't know Jesus...NORTHSIDE IS COMING FOR YOU!

Karen joyfully participated in the evening my stickering her tongue out...not really sure how that's encouraging or where she learned that from????



Daddy's little girl! And Joce showed up! I was so excited. She's a hot mama! I want to be as cute as her!

We all pitched in in different ways to show our appreciation for everything Hopper has done. Everyone wrote notes, Shannon made a banner, Marcos planned, Scottie did the video montage. It was a lot of fun seeing how one person has affected the world. Makes me want to affect and inspire that many people.

ALL PUNS INTENDED

My uncle sent this to me this morning and I thought of Chlesea! Hope you all enjoy. I thought it was pretty funny.

1. Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.

2. A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'll serve you, but don't start anything."
3. Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a salted.

4. A dyslexic man walks into a bra.

5. A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm, and says "A beer please, and one for the road."

6. Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: "Does this taste funny to you?"

7. "Doc, I can't stop singing 'The Green, Green Grass of Home.' That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome." "Is it common?" Well, "It's Not Unusual."

8. Two cows are standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to Dolly, "I was artificially inseminated this morning." "I don't believe you," says Dolly. "It's true; no bull!" exclaims Daisy.

9. An invisible man marries an invisible woman. Their kids were nothing to look at either.

10. Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before.

11. I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day, but I couldn't find any.

12. A man woke up in a hospital after a serious accident. He shouted, "Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!" The doctor replied, "I know you can't because I've cut off your arms!"

13. I went to a seafood disco last week . . . And pulled a mussel.

14. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh.

15. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says, "Dam!"

16. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.

17. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel, and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office, and asked them to disperse. "But why?" they asked, as they moved off. "Because," he said, "I can't stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer."

18. A woman has twins, and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt, and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him "Juan." Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."

19. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him. (Oh, man, this is so bad, it's good) . . . a super-calloused fragile mystic vexed by halitosis.

20. And finally, there was the person who sent twenty different puns to his friends, with the hope that at least ten of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did.

Brandy's Graduation

So let's start backwards...we had a wasabi eating contest before Hopper and I got on the plane to go home...I think there is a hole in my stomach now!



Graduation was beautiful! Brandy was BEAUTIFUL! Such a huge accomplishment! So happy!