11/21/2010

It’s been a busy week at the Power House in Baltimore, Maryland.

It started out with a good crowd on Sunday morning. It was a nice blend of people from the neighborhood, people who drove in, people who have been in the congregation for many years, and people who have started participating in the last year or so.

At Kids' Church we reviewed the Fruit of the Spirit. The kids then did a fall themed craft incorporating the lesson with colored leaves on trees.

That evening was our monthly Priesthood Meeting. Though we covered a variety of topics, we spent the bulk of the time talking about SonRisers and Camp. We'd been overrun at SonRisers this fall and needed to make some procedural adjustments to make sure we have enough donuts to go around. Our camp discussions revolved around the combination of the increased cost of camp in conjunction with our increased number of kids who are on track to qualify to go. We solved the problems with SonRisers but have a long ways to go in figuring out the camp situation.

Our web site went down on Tuesday. I didn't know that a domain name could expire. We got in touch with Don to find out what to do and he got it taken care of for the next two years.

One of the bakers called in sick on Wednesday so the others were still frantically making our 14 dozen donuts when I arrived. When I got them, the donuts were still so hot that when I got back to the church and opened the trunk of my car steam came out. The heat and moisture also weakened the boxes so many were crushed on the drive. 117 kids participated in the activities that morning.

As SonRisers was starting, Tamara and Sarah stopped by the church to say good-bye. They were heading out that morning to the National Youth Workers Convention in Nashville.

Wednesday was also the last day that the nursing students met at the church for the last time this semester. A new group will start there in January.

I spent some time coordinating the Peace Pavilion schedule with school 34. They'll be bringing the kids over for the "Peace for Me" activities the week after Thanksgiving.

Thursday was dedicated to paperwork. Trying to keep our mailing list up to date with the influx of kids this year has been challenging at best. We got a good portion of things updated but still have a ways to go.

Friday night brought Pizza Church. We had the seating arranged differently to try to keep things under control with a smaller staff. It worked a little bit but we still had some issues. We're going to need to revamp some of our procedures to better reflect the population that is now participating in this activity.

We have four kids who have earned a trip to Friendly's by attending church 40+ times since July 1. We scheduled a trip there for Saturday. Only one of the four was able to go so we had some good ice cream and conversation together.

Looking ahead to next week we have our full schedule of activities. In addition, the Brians are coming down from Pennsylvania on Sunday and will take the lead of the Kids' Church activities. Sunday evening is our monthly Celebration Service and our annual Dessert Only Potluck. We've canceled Wednesday's Mid-Week Service due to Thanksgiving. Saturday is our monthly Sundae Church for high school students.

Along with the individuals and activities mentioned, please keep the following families in the forefront of your prayers:

The Brown Family
The Jones Family
The Smead Family
The Cox Family
The St. Thomas Family
The Pettis Family
The Ceo Family
The Bryson Family

Thank you for your continued prayer support.

Jeff and everyone at
The Power House
“Building the Kingdom of God Here and Now”
PowerHouseMD@Juno.com
www.pigtownchurch.org
http://thisweekatthepowerhouse.blogspot.com/