Gathering @ The Movies

Every year we have to decide how to deal with Halloween. In the past we have hosted dinners and fall activities. This year we have decided to just do something else and we wanted to invite you to join us.

We will be going to the movies on Friday night to see "High School Musical 3." Obviously, this movie isn't for everyone, but our kids like it and its rated "G". You may want to just come and go to a different movie. We will meet at the Three Star Cinema around 6:45. We will not be doing anything on Sat. night this week, but we are getting excited about the Thankgiving and Christmas season and how we can Gather and celebrate it in different ways together.

If you haven't researched Halloween, it's origins, and a Christians response, I would encourage you to do so. There are lots of websites that talk about it. Weigh them out and decide where you stand.
We are all in the same boat, in striving to be "in the world, but not of it." We are thankful for a group of people like you to share life and the journey with.

We'd love to see you friday night or just stop by some time,
Have a great weekend,

Matt and Myra Jackson
MMerge

Still Here

Reading through the Psalms. I'm stuck in the 50's with the Psalms and not movin' very fast but gleaning some things. This is what struck me today....
Psalm 56 verses 3-4
When I am afraid(or hurt, disappointed, uncertain, fearful, threatened, add your own struggle here)
I will trust in YOU. In God, whose word I praise, in God I TRUST; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?
Verses 12-13
I am under vows to YOU, O God; I will present my thank offerings to you.
For YOU have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

My personal prayer:
Lord, I will trust in you. I have trusted in you. My trust in you has saved me. Help me to hang onto and TRUST YOU more. Help me PRIZE your word more and turn to it more instead of turning to others in my times of need. I feel as though I am under vows to so many but only ONE is most important...my vows to you. I am also under vows to my husband, children, family, friends and work responsibilities. How do these play out, where do they lie in the line of my priorities and where should they be? In all or some of these at certain times I must confess I feel "prone to wander, prone to leave the God and things I love. Take my heart Lord, take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above."

The Gathering - Oct. 25

GAME NIGHT!

Come and get your game on and enjoy some chili too.

• Date: October 25th, 2008
  Time: 5:30 PM
• Place: Will and Allison Terry's 109 Rebel Hill Street
  

This week "THE GATHERING" will be a game night at the Terry's House. Bring your favorite game or just come and join the fun. Some will be large group games for whoever wants to play and others may want to play in small groups or just hang around.

We have two people making chili already. If you want to bring Chili let us know, if not bring a side for the chili such as fritos, cheese, sour cream, etc., and/or dessert. Drinks and the rest are taken care of.

CALL or EMAIL for more info - Bring a friend. Bring your family!

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And the Winner IS......

Matthew Woodard!!
This is a type of Assassin Bug called a Wheel Bug.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_bug

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin_bug

October 21, 2008 12:36 PM

Anne, you called right after him but did post first, however, I think he wins the Bug Prize and you win the Chigger prize...stayed tuned for details of the prizes and when you should expect it. THANKS for playing and now we have a science lesson for this afternoon :)

Prize for figuring out what kind of bug this is!!

We found this bug outside today. We are not sure what kind of bug it is and need some help. We tried quickly looking it up in our Peterson's First Guide to Insects but couldn't find it. If you can figure it out, we'll come up with a prize.

Rob Bell Interview at RelevantMagazine.com

This is just a clip from an interview that Relevant Magazine did with Rob Bell about his new book "Jesus wants to save Christians." - Looks like a good book, but you can't be afraid to think out of the religous box the church seems to be stuck in. Check it out

As the title of the book suggests, Jesus Wants To Save Christians. In your opinion, what are the biggest things we need saving from?

Boredom. Which is really despair in its non-caffeinated form. And boxes. Where we live in fear and where we put those who unsettle us.

You describe the plan of God for the church to be a gift to the world. Many people today would say that the church is anything but. What are some crucial changes that our churches need to make to become a Eucharist that is broken and poured out for the world?

1. Master the art of doubt. Faith needs it to survive.

2. Surrender the compulsive need to constantly remind people that according to your worldview you're going to heaven forever when you die and they're going to burn in hell forever.

3. Celebrate the good and the true and the beautiful wherever and whenever you find it regardless of the label it wears or the person it comes from or the place you found it. All things are yours.

4. Remember that the tax collectors and prostitutes loved to feast with Jesus and the religious establishment gossiped about him and dissected his teachings and questioned his commitment to orthodoxy and eventually had him killed. There's a lesson for us there.

Camping Pics

We had a good, quick, cold, bonding, tiring, camping trip this weekend. Here's a few pics.

It was cold this morning.
The boys had a blast. Yea, that's our big ol' tent in the background.
Horseshoe bend is right at the end of Center hill lake. it was foggy this morning, then it cleared and the water was steaming. Beautiful place and day. Thank You God!

Josiah trying to get some more heat out of the fire.