UBC Youth Bible Conference

UBC and Grace Baptist Church in Starr have hosted a teen Bible conference every year for 10 years. This year we hosted it at UBC. It was a great day. Matt Wilson and Sergio Ramirez preached and Shaun and Kristin Dunn assisted with the music.

Our theme was from Matthew 5:16, "Let your light so shine."

Sergio and Leisha, Matt and Rachael, Shaun and Kristin,

Pastor Jon and Amber, Pastor Dan and Carrie

Getting to know each other!

Ultimate Frisbee

Teens Ice Skating

We took the teens ice skating during one of the afternoon free skate times. There were about 1000 little kids, but our group still had a good time. 1000 is probably exaggerating a little :)! Dinner at the food court was fun afterwards!

Our New House

December 7, 2007 we closed on our new house. Things are finally getting settled. I will have to post some new pictures once things get a little more decorated! We are thankful to be 2 minutes from church!!!

Valentine Banquet

Our youth group planned and served for the Valentine banquet. It was "An Evening of Southern Charm" -- complete with Dixie :). It went really well and the teens did a GREAT job! We are definitely thankful for a great group of kids to work with and great parents, too!

A new month is here...

January has come and gone. Still no new pictures. Perhaps they will come soon. We had a wonderful trip to Gatlinburg with the Burrows and Wilsons, and since our mini-vacation we have hit the ground running. The new year is off to a busy but very good start. One of my favorite new "activities" is our teen girls' Bible study, held on Tuesday evenings twice a month at our house. I love our girls and am so thankful for them. The senior girls are leading us through a study from the beatitudes in Matthew 5. It has been a wonderful challenge to my heart as we have begun the study. We took the teens ice skating last weekend. I managed to stay off the ice to take pictures. One of these days I need to learn, but not with 80 people (lots of small kids) on the ice. Dan has taken over the responsibility of leading the choir at church. I miss it in some ways, but in other ways, I am so thankful he is doing it! We work together in the music, and it is so much fun. My piano schedule is back in full force, and it looks like I have new students lined up for the fall, so there is definitely plenty to be done. I am almost ready to go through the "organize my piano music" process. We have a filing cabinet. Now we just need to get the music organized and into the cabinet.
This week will be fun. The Valentine banquet for church is Friday night. The teens are responsible for it all, so we will be busy. I am making cheesecakes and doing a few other things! I must go for now. Hopefully we can get some new pictures up soon!