Mess Olympics 2009

Thank you to everyone who attended Mess Olympics 2009!! Ted and Linda, we appreciate you letting us tear up your yard!!

This year's event was saw bigger teams, more messes, and a lot of fun.

Congratulations to the blue/teal team for winning the event. While the event was declared a "tie", after watching this video you will see the lengths that the other teams went to in order to win.

I'm especially proud of the blue/teal team for their dedication to playing fair, and for ensuring that the spirit of fun remained far more important than winning.

Without further ado... here is the video:

Special Music from the Past Few Weeks

Here's a few videos of our music from the services from the past few weeks.

Robyn sang Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) and was accompanied by her son Kyle:



Robyn and her cousin sang Jesus Messiah as a duet.



If you like these songs, check out the Christian artist Chris Tomlin - he sings these and many other great inspiring worship songs!

Congratulations to Jody!

Just got word that Jody passed her nursing state boards!! Way to go Jody!!!

July Newsletter

Here is the July newsletter. Thank you to Gene, Judi and everyone who contributed!

Bible School 2009 Videos

Bible School is coming next week. Here are two videos that will be used at our church during lessons. Be sure to check out the Sunday School rooms this Sunday to see all the decorations and props that were created for this event.

Thanks to Robyn, Allison, Marshall, John and a few of their friends for their hard work in filming these illustrations.

The first video is the story of two broken items. A girl forgives her sister when her prized digital camera is broken, however that same sister doesn't forgive her own friend when she ruins her new CD.



The second video is the story of the ungrateful servant. The king forgives the debts of his servant, only to find that servant refusing to forgive someone who owed him a debt.

The Long Awaited Video...

The wait is over... the video of the year is finally year!

Described by many as "unlike anything you've ever seen" and "you have to see it to believe it", Joe-sephine and Matt-ilda performed a stirring rendition of Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On.

As you can tell, the crowd was deeply moved during the number.



For those of you who did not attend, this was done to raise $300 which our Outreach Committee used as part of a larger donation to local food banks.

Congratulations to Josh for having his first kiss caught on film!!

Mother's Day Youth Sermon

During our Mother's Day Service, the youth talked about their mothers during the sermon portion of our service.

June Newsletter

Here is the June newsletter. Thanks to our volunteers for all of your hard work each month getting this prepared!

Miniature Golf/Pizza Outing

Last Sunday night, 18 youth/adults from the church went miniature golfing in Newburgh, followed by a lot of pizza and video games at Pizza Chef. We all had a great time of fun and fellowship.

Anthony proved he still is the man when it comes to Galaga. Ask his children - they were impressed!

Mother's Day Service

Our youth ran the entire service on Mother's Day and did a wonderful job. Here's a few highlights from the service.

Cheryl's class (pre-k and kindergarten) sang a song about our risen Jesus.



Robyn's class sang a medley of songs including Jesus Loves the Little Children and Jesus Loves Me. Lizzie served as a special guest vocalist :)



Several of the youth read Mother's Day poems. Here is William reading one.



We sang a few songs, all lead by our youth. This is The Heart of Worship led by Alyssa, Shelby, Karyssa and Adrienne.