I've not written
about church in a bit of time. Yes, we miss living faith in community. We
DID continue our search for a church in Yuba City. We found one that
"fits" us....they incorporate youth into their worship team, they are
very welcoming, the worship is authentic, the preaching is solidly based in the
Word - The Rivers Foursquare Church.
We've been two or three weeks and all have decided we'll not look further. This
will be our church until we move in March - and when we come back for UC Davis
visits every 3 months. It has made us
very happy to find a place to worship.
And now......in
Eugene, we have an abundance of "body life" opportunities. Each of the girls attends a different
church. Sunday, we went to our
"home church." I was dedicated in this church, came back here on
"furloughs" while growing up, attended it in college, Michael did an
internship at this church, BreAnne serves as Children's Pastor here, Mom and
Dad have attended for eons and Dad is an elder....Calvary Open Bible. I love, love, love worshiping with A.J. He
combines talent with humility and he REACHES the throne of grace each and every
time - it's amazing. The message was great too......Pastor Kirk has been
talking about the Messiness of Christmas. He shared how sometimes we find
ourselves in messes BECAUSE we are obedient to God's call. It was good to
consider God's glory, affirmation and provision follows us into the mess. Blog readers are aware life
is a bit messy for us right now. ::grin::
We went out to
breakfast with Mom and Dad after service.
A group of friends from the church go out for breakfast each Sunday.
That's community. Mom and Dad were willing to take a second table, rather than
eat with their friends this week. ::grin::
Sunday night, we
attended the Church-wide Christmas Party at Lively Stone Fellowship.
Krista is an associate here and works
mostly with children and middle school kids. This is a very
welcoming body. There is something REAL and AUTHENTIC about the faith in this
church. We always love the Sunday school and services here. Pastor John and Francie are also Krista and
Arielle's landlords. This allowed them to live in a very nice home at a price
they can afford.
Here is proof
that they were able to get Michael up on the platform....He and Krista (along
with Melanie) act out Christmas song titles.
"I Want a Hippopotamus
for Christmas," perplexed Michael and stumped many of us.
The gift exchange
was a lot of fun.......I scored a gift for my adopted CA grands.....
We rounded out
our day in Church with readings from Ishtar's Odyssey. We are RIGHT ON TRACK to
finish Christmas Eve.
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| I think Yuuki likes Ishtar too. |
