Welcome Young Families

We promised to start this...and here it is.

For those of you who weren't at Sabbath School this week, Chris and I have committed to writing a blog at least once a week--hopefully more. We like to think of this as a "virtual small group". As parents of lots of kids, we understand how hard it is for us to get together in person--and yet we need quiet, thinking time to contemplate the bigger things of life and to wrestle with hard questions. So, what better way to do that but with an online chat.

In Sabbath School today, Chris started a rather thought-provoking discussion about the meaning of Sabbath. He challenged us to think of questions we wrestle with as we try to define what Sabbath means, how to keep the Sabbath, how to explain it to our kids etc. So...your assignment for this week is to chat about this. Feel free to weigh in here with your thoughts. Several people are going to do research about different Biblical examples about how Sabbath was spent. Please add them to the blog as you find interesting things.

Some business.....

April 21--please plan to be at church. The Cradle Roll kids are going to be featured during the 11 o clock service. We will be "practicing" during SS between now and then. We'll probably do some activity that they are used to doing such as wearing the International hats and marching with flags, etc. We'll keep reminding you. After the church service, we would like to go to the park with everyone. To make it easy, just bring food for your family (or bring something to share if you wish) and plan to enjoy the afternoon at the park.

Next week--The worship committee is planning a special Friday night communion service starting at 6:30. There will be a light supper served. It will be an emotional service hopefully making communion more meaningful and special. Families are welcome. The weekend will continue the next morning at the 11 o'clock service with music and dramatic presentations. If any of you would like to sing with the choir the rehearsals are this week--Wed. at 7:30 pm at our house. Friday night rehearsal will be after the communion service probably around 8 pm.

So......we are anxious to hear from you. We look forward to discussing Sabbath throughout the week here on the blog. Have a wonderful week and we'll see you in person on Friday night.