Piano Point Party

To say that today was warm would be an understatement! We had a great time having some of my piano students over for a "point party" -- their goal was to practice at least 2000 minutes, and most of them made it. We had ice cream, brownies, and some other junk food. They loved playing with Cody. Thankfully Dan wore him out playing a little earlier! We took a trip to the pond. It was so warm, I think everyone was worn out. We had a great time! Teaching piano is one of my favorite things. I hope they love taking lessons as much as I love giving them :)!

Cody

Cody loves to play! He is good at catching sticks, bones, or whatever he is thrown!

Father's Day

We are blessed to have wonderful fathers! My parents left early Sunday morning for Hawaii, so we didn't get to celebrate with them. And Dan's family is in Ohio, so a call and card was all we could manage this year. However, Mr. Rollins, a man from our church, was without kids for Father's Day (they are with Matt and Rach in Arizona) and his wife was out of town, so we celebrated with him! The cheesecake was really good. We had 2 other young couples over for dinner and Grandma Kline, along with Aunt Karen and another girl from church. It was a wonderful day! Most of all we are grateful for our Heavenly Father! He has blessed us with wonderful family and friends!

Vacation Bible School

It is hard to believe how quickly the week went by. Our theme was Rescue Zone: Saved By God's Power. The theme verse was Psalm 147:5 - Great is our Lord and Mighty in Power. The Lord gave us a a great team of workers and the kids had a great time. One special blessing was the weather - it rained every day, yet we never had to cancel any outside activities! That was amazing! Enjoy a few pictures:

2nd-4th Grade enjoying the ladder CUFD ladder truck

Pastor Dave letting down the 105 ft. ladder

Closing Assembly

Colossians 1:9-18

My heart has been convicted by this passage, as I consider what Christ has done for me and how I might properly respond. What does it mean to "walk worthy"? How grateful I am that He has shown me several specific areas where change was needed! I am so glad He is not finished working in my life!

9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; 12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, he forgiveness of sins.
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. 18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.