Tuesday, December 27, 2005

SO LONG, FAREWELL

Well it appears that no one is no longer reading this so this will be the last post from IPUMYF. It's been a blast but now it's time to say goodbye to the blog.

Good Night and God Bless

Thursday, December 15, 2005

$27.64

That's how much we have collected so far to donate towards Christmas presents for our adopted family. And $20.00 of that is from one person. This Sunday at the our Christmas party is our last opportunity to make donations. Please remember as we spend and spend what a big difference to another family we can make if we save some instead and use it towards their Christmas.

Thursday, December 08, 2005

Christmas Mission

As we all rush around decorating and shopping and going to parties and doing everything else to get ready for Christmas, it is important to remember those whose needs are greater than ours. The church has adopted a local family with eight children (including several teenage children) who are in need of Christmas presents and various church families are signing up to buy presents for this family. I thought this would be a wonderful way for us to serve and show our faith through action. We will be collecting money donations this Sunday at youth group and next Sunday December 18 at our Christmas party and I can then go shopping for gifts (y'all can certainly help me shop if you want to). We are so blessed and have so much and spend our money so often on ourselves. But now I ask that you be selfless and generous in assisting this family at Christmas.

Monday, December 05, 2005

AMAZING RACE: IPUMC EDITION

This Sunday we will be playing a game based on the reality show, The Amazing Race. If you haven't seen it before, it comes on CBS on Tuesdays at 9:00 p.m. But don't worry if you haven't ever seen it--you won't really need to know anything about it to play the game. It should be fun but it will take awhile so make sure you get there on time so we can eat and get to the Amazing Race. Oh yeah and we also have a special surprise guest on Sunday but most everybody already knows who it is. Have a good week and stay dry and warm. Be transformed, not conformed.