7/24/2011

It's been a busy week at The Power House in Baltimore, Maryland.

It started Sunday with Morning Worship. Barb Carter, who will soon be our apostle, and her husband and parents joined us for the service. Barb brought the message on Love.

At Kids' Church we continued our study of the Armor of God. We talked about "shoes of peace" then made a craft to show how we could leave peace like footprints everywhere we go.

That evening brought our monthly Celebration Service. Our focus for this month was on hearing reports from camp. Though not all our campers were there, many were. They were each given time at the microphone to share some camp experiences. Those present who were on camp staff then shared their testimonies. We ordered pizzas and all ate together afterward.

Throughout the week we continued to collect school supplies for our upcoming distribution. We started stocking up on the "doorbuster" sale items based on this week's sale fliers. Feel free to join us in this quest over the next few weeks as we work our way toward school.

We had four kids who came to church 90+ times last year. On Tuesday we took them out to Golden Corral for dinner as a reward for their extremely good attendance.

Our Peace Pavilion Planning Meeting was scheduled for after the NA Meeting on Wednesday. With extreme heat, some people sick, and others out of town we ended up not having enough of the parties involved to be productive.

The heat continued to blast the neighborhood throughout the week. This kept people with air conditioning inside and those without outside late into the night. We took advantage of the church's air conditioning to get the August mailings ready, both the newsletters (Kids' Church News and Pizza Church Press) and the Bible School postcards.

Sarah stopped by for a few minutes on Friday afternoon. She had a box of "lost and found" items from camp that belonged to kids from our congregation. She also dropped off some school supplies that Sally Walton had sent our way.

Friday night brought Pizza Church. The younger groups talked about faith while the senior high group continued their study of the life of Moses.

I picked up our 5 senior high kids early Saturday morning to catch our flight to Kansas City. There, we rendezvoused with our delegation leaders and other area youth to catch the bus to Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa, for SPECTACULAR. They'll spend the week there and come home next weekend. I caught a flight back to Baltimore that afternoon.

Looking ahead to next week we have our full schedule of activities. In addition, Bill Pennington will bring the message at Morning Worship on Sunday. Next Saturday, Tamara will fly out to Kansas City to meet up with our kids who went to SPECTACULAR and escort them on their flights (and change of planes in Chicago) home.

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

The Pestridge Family
The Jamison Family
The Moore Family
The Collier Family
The Smead Family
The Livingston Family
The Jones Family
The Quick 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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