Wednesday, January 13, 2010

A New Year.....

Benj and I have entered into a new year excited to be married, trusting God much more than we ever have, and ready for new challenges. Church planting is something we are continuing to learn more about and we are seeing how powerfully God works through His church. We potentially have our first family of 4 joining the church and I am so excited to watch God work in neat ways.

Discover Church held it's 4th service (called, The Gathering) on January 10th and it was a great success. We had 42 adults and 7 kids!!! It began a new schedule and a new series. We are beginning to hold 2 Gatherings a month during Jan. and Feb. as well as officially launching the church March 7th!!! We also started our first 4 week series, "Love Stories." Each of the podcasts will be on the church's website if you would like to experience what we are learning! This past week's topic was God's unconditional love (Luke 15).

On another exciting note...Discover Kidz had 7 kids and 5 volunteers including myself. We had a great time learning about the Parable of the Loving Father (Luke 15) and we are starting to make great connections with kids that are returning! I have a great team and I can't believe what talented and passionate leaders they are! We are truly blessed with an awesome team of people at Discover Church!

Thanks to everyone who prayed for this Gathering and continue to pray for us and Discover Church!
~Steph


Here are just a few photos of the past Gathering...







Friday, January 8, 2010

Christmas in OHIO....

Just wanted to get a few pictures up here of our wonderful Christmas Break! We miss our family and friends in Ohio and we are so thankful to have spent time with them!

Christmas Eve


Baby Cade's Dedication


Litter Family Christmas at the Bell Tower


We celebrated Steph's Grandma's 90th Birthday this Christmas