Now Mel is down- who's next to find a mate? Let's speculate in sharing 488

[Lynx]

Well this is great... Sis. Kim called me this morning and she sounded terrible.  Asked if I could take Children's Church today.  My brain immediately locked up and I had no idea what I would teach today. 

Maybe I should start a thread on "Fall-back Children's Church lessons, in case of emergency."

[Lynx]

Okay I think I'll teach about cookies. 
I'll explain later.

[Chseeads]

Screech.

[Roscoe]

I'm back at work. Bah

You need either more meds or less, I'm not sure which. 

Bah. More would be my recommendation.

Screech.

I quite agree.

[Heather]

we've found a minister to marry us! praise the Lord!

[The Purple Fuzzy]

[Melody]

Hot cup of tea.  Such serenity.   

[taco_harvell]

Breaking news: Seth is eloping with some lady named Angela.

[Roscoe]

Breaking news: Seth is eloping with some lady named Angela.

Morning all. I can't even muster up an attempt to be happy I'm awake.

[Melody]

Confession:  I LOVE Marie Callender's banana cream pie, still partially frozen.

And eggnog makes excellent creamer.

-your rounding friend

[The Purple Fuzzy]

Morning.  I'm at work.

[MsJennJenn]

I love Marie Callendars key lime pie. Yum.
I've actually been to a Marie Callendars in California!

[Lynx]

I've never even met Miss Marie, but I hear she makes a great calendar.

[taco_harvell]

Our local wacko is back. Yesterday morning they found concrete planters we have sitting around the property stacked up blocking the front door of the church. He had to do it in the middle of the night at some point after 11pm. I would love to catch him and scare the lily liver out of him!!

[taco_harvell]

Maxwell House Coffee and Almond Joy Creamer! This is surely of God!

[Lynx]

Oh come on taco. As a fellow nerd, I know you can think of some way to deal with this... My brain just now turned out a bunch of ways that are all fun. Most of them involving hidden cameras and booby traps.

[MelodyB]

we've found a minister to marry us! praise the Lord!

Why wouldnt the others marry you? Seems to me like they would want to, to keep you from living in sin and all. KWIM?

[MelodyB]

WOWOWOW. WHat a weekend. Im actually glad to see Monday. LOL It was jammed packed with family, fun, food, celebration and all kinds of goodness...but Im glad to be on the other side, have my memories, and back to the grind of my daily life.

Im getting too old to party all weekend. lol

[MsJennJenn]

we've found a minister to marry us! praise the Lord!

Why wouldnt the others marry you? Seems to me like they would want to, to keep you from living in sin and all. KWIM?

You'd think that would be the case...but it's most def not. Sad really.
A lot of preachers won't if you A: Don't faithfully attend their church, B: don't pay tithes, C: are in conflict in ANY way of something he preaches.

My best friends sis just got engaged. Her fiance? Attends church faithfully (almost more than some of our leaders), but he has facial hair, wears a necklace. But more than likely, they won't get to get married in our church. Nor will our Pastor marry them.

It's a sticky situation - one I'm not sure I much agree with. But I guess that's why I'm not a Pastor (PTL),

Don't get me started. I could go on for days. But...this was my 

[The Purple Fuzzy]

It's been a crazy few weeks for us.  First my step dad fell and broke his hip and had hip replacement, then my aunt's heart just stopped beating and she dropped in the floor, thankfully my sister was there to do cpr, then today we got a call the my husband's step mom is in ICU with congestive heart failure.  Plus my mom's health and back is bad and she's having a hard time taking care of her husband.  Prayers appreciated.  Thanks.

[Melody]

There are so many variables. I sure wish we had premarital classes before... anything. If it's a church wedding by a man of God, which is his blessing whether the engaged view it that way or not, the pastor needs to feel Better about it than just it ceasing to be fornication.  Lust doesn't magically go away simply bc people get married.

What's worse than marrying people who just want the look of Christianity?  That's what unsubmissive (to that particular pastors views) people look like, whether it's accurate or not. Watching it end in divorce. I'm not envious of pastors, what a burden.

Andrew's youth group is starting an awesome video series about dating vs. courting by Barbara Willoughby.  It's on YouTube as well. I WISH I'd had half that teaching as a teen.  She's kind of quirky but it's the substance of what she says and ALL respect for her and her husband's ministry that lends credence.

[Lynx]

Link to part 1, and links to the rest are on the sidebar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y77b9mUxpVA&list=PL774F085B02053D47

[Roscoe]

Never heard of this kinda program, but from what I hear of it, I like it. I feel that too often we throw our teens out into the "dating game" and expect them to just do what's right, without truely preparing them for the challenges they will face, and the opportunities they will have to do the wrong thing...

[taco_harvell]

Pls pray: important meeting tomorrow at 8 am.

Head hurting with rage again. Feel like beating it with a hammer just to pass out.

[Kim]

Now I'm waiting on my double batch of cinnamon rolls to rise for baking.

Oh my, I fear I have been a bad influence on my brother... 

Bad influence on my waistline maybe...
Ugh....And I'm up. Stayed up until midnight last night, baking and browsing the web. Now I need to get up, deliver a package to the pastor, and do a couple of other chores. Poblem is I feel like not leaving the house.....

Kind of wondering why the preacher gets his delivered, and I have to come get mine....don't get me wrong, they were DEFINITELY worth the trip!!! And I did get there just as they were coming out of the oven and getting the icing on them!  Soooooo delicious little brother...keep 'em coming!