The weather outside is frightful...

No, I'm serious, it stinks outside man....snow, ice, etc. Not trying to croon some old Christmas tune for you, I'm looking out my window (why they gave me a window I will never know, they know how easily distracted I am!) But anyway, it is a nasty looking day out and I love it! Well not the driving, but the flannel jammies, games with your kids, watching t.v. and a fire.....whoo hoo.....man I'm getting old, I used to think of skiing but not anymore!
Anyway, on to the Zone, what a great Sunday we had last week and learning about the birth of our Savior! I had the most awesome time with my group of 5th grade boys, they are awesome, we began by asking "what was the weirdest thought you had this week" and some of the answers bordered on the absurd and deeply disturbing! But we used that question to lead into what if the events of Matthew did not take place as the book described? What if Joesph divorced his pledged wife Mary? What if Mary had said no? What if, what if, what if........it's hard to stop once you start!
One of the kids made the most incredible observation when he said "we would leave alone." I asked him what he meant and he said that God would stay in the church and we would be alone during the week to handle things ourselves.........wow, we all sat around and pondered that thought and were just glad at the end for the baby Jesus and how he came so that God would be with us and inside us and we would not have to be alone!

This week we will be checking out the children's choir performance in the main service and then heading back to the Zone for some birthday cake and movies with crafts to celebrate our savior!

C-ya peeps and people!

Merry Christmas

Hey all, I know it is a bit early, but Merry Christmas! Man I love this time of year, the presents, songs, lights, snow.........love it!
We had an awesome time in the Zone this last week as we finished up our 8 week series on X-treme Sayings, taking a look at some of the x-treme sayings of Jesus. We had a week were we just partied and played for the day, snacks, games, it was all good!
Now on to Christmas, we will be taking on the Christmas story for the next two weeks and having a birthday party for Jesus on the 21st of this month.........with special little surprises for the kids each and every week, and maybe a special visit from someone special on the 21st? Have to wait to find out about that later!
A special thanks to all our mentors and the great job they did with the kids this last week and all the fun that was had!
I hope all of us keep in mind the real reason for the season and not get carried away with all the other "stuff" that way to often clouds our holiday!

Bless till later

Pastor Darren