3/13/2011

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

It started Sunday with just a handful of people for Morning Worship. We began a month-long series on Peace and shared in Communion together.

Shortly after the service the nursing students began to arrive. They along with Donna, their instructor, transformed the church into the health fair. With it pouring rain outside we feared that we'd have only a few people come. In the end, though, 40 people came through the event.

Just as the health fair was starting, the Tamara and five of our high school students arrived at back in town. They had been in Springfield, Virginia, at the Hunger Challenge. They were quite excited about their experiences there and will report to the congregation about them at the next Celebration Service.

Monday night brought our camp fundraiser at Chick-fil-A. Over 20 people from the church came through during the set hours. We all sat together and visited and had a good time. Several people who are not a part of the church but had heard about the event through Facebook and other promotions placed orders, too.

112 kids participated in Wednesday's SonRisers activities. Afterward, Donna took her nursing students to experience Paul's Place while Marjorie, whose class is based there, brought her group our way. We spent some time talking about the community and then went through the Peace Pavilion.

Once they left Charlotte arrived. She was picking up the keyboard she'd lent us back in December. We had lunch together before she left.

I got a call that afternoon to come by Chick-fil-A and pick up the check from Monday's fundraiser. I also got a couple of checks from people who were unable to attend but wanted to support sending kids to camp.

With funding on the brain I checked up on our status with Spectacular this summer. Thankfully, there are scholarships available for some kids from here. We're responsible for buying them plane tickets.

Wednesday night after the NA Meeting and our Mid-Week Service, I finally got to the attendance work I normally do on Wednesday morning after SonRisers.

Paperwork was the word of the day on Thursday. I got the order of worship for Sunday ready to print. Since they were having a sale, I designed and ordered the postcards for Easter. I also went back and forth with the school in scheduling "Peace for Everyone" at the Peace Pavilion as we needed to schedule around their state standardized testing dates.

I got a call on Friday morning from Damon. He and his friends are OK but were in a minor wreck in Ohio on their way to Baltimore for spring break. He didn't know quite what to do so I guided him throughout the day.

Meanwhile, we learned on Friday that the Pigtown Festival is on a different weekend than usual this year. We adjusted our calendars and will plan accordingly.

Friday night brought Pizza Church. The behavior of the kids at the first two groups, both inside and outside the building, was really bad. Though we made it through, it was a tough one. The senior high group was was much better.

Earl and I spent the day on Saturday at a mission center class in Stafford, Virginia. While I was there, Vonceil filled the font and got the heater going and Bryce set up the church for that evening's activities

I got back that night in time for our monthly Solid Rock Cafe. The group was smaller than last time and much more under control than was Friday night so Tamara and I had no trouble staffing the event.

Two of our college students joined us at Solid Rock Cafe as well. Damon was safely home from Graceland University and Quentin was home from Lancaster Bible College. Both will be here all week for spring break.

Looking ahead to next week we have our full schedule of activities. In addition, we have a baptism scheduled for Morning Worship on Sunday. Sunday night is our monthly Priesthood Meeting. I have several meetings scheduled throughout the week, including a conference call on Tuesday, a lunch meeting on Wednesday, and a breakfast meeting on Thursday.

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

The Carson Family
The Covington Family
The Riddick Family
The Fitzpatrick Family
The Johnson Family
The Spence Family
The Allen Family
The Stewart 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
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