Living Last Supper

March 25, 2016 | Stacy

our church did the Living Last Supper for Good Friday.
Nigel was Simon the zealot.
Stewart and Kelly were in the choir (not pictured).

It was lovely.

Praising with the team

March 9, 2016 | Stacy

Marie and Tab at a praise team rehearsal…

Piranda

November 17, 2015 | Stacy

A friend of mine has an aunt and uncle (and cousins) who serve as missionaries in Romania.
From their website, Piranda.org
Piranda is a Romanian word that means “gypsy girl.” This word is unique in the fact that it isn’t derogatory. It actually is complementary giving the connotation of a beautiful and elegant girl. Although, most people generally do not use this word for the general Roma populations. We, however, at Piranda believe that God has created these people in his own image and beauty ,and they deserve to be given Dignity through an honest occupation, to be offered Hope for a better life now and an eternal Hope in Christ, and to be taught about the Faith that radically saves them from their sin.
This organization is currently selling shoes by going to churches and sharing the stories behind their mission.
They have three styles of shoes and I bought these ones. Actually – I WON a pair… but I paid for them anyway and asked if I could just have a t-shirt for my “prize.”

I went to put them on this morning and check this out…. this is a sweater from my closet! I bought it from a Scandinavian company quite a while back!

https://vimeo.com/106084903

HIs new suit. And Moms who slack off.

May 10, 2015 | Stacy

This is a cool story.
A few months ago Stewart got a new suit.
Nigel was also hoping for a suit. He wanted to be an usher at church. Even though we assured him he could do that even without a suit, he really did want one. We’d occasionally look at Goodwill and find nothing. The slam-dunk I’d had with finding Stewart’s new suit on Amazon for $30 was not happening. Since he didn’t really NEED a new suit, it truly went to the back burner.
Well, when the warmer weather hit and I cleaned out the boys’ closet, I found a number of dress shirts that they had outgrown. Some friends of ours also dress up for the services at their church. They have three sons younger than our boys, and many church friends with sons, as well. After work I dropped by their house with the bags of clothes and she off-handedly asked if Stewart needed a suit. I shared we’d just found him one a few months ago, but mentioned Nigel wanted one. She handed me two suits she’d just bought that day at the Ronald McDonald sale, and can you believe one of them fit Nigel like it was made for him! He was tickled. And despite the temperatures hovering around 90, he donned his new suit with joyfulness. AND he secured a position on the Ushering team that same day.

Isn’t he handsome?

Oh – and since it is Mother’s Day and all…. I got a new chair. And they let me use it.
After about 90 minutes of on and off heat-seeking (liberal sunscreen had been applied), the girls and I went to buy paint for their upcoming bedroom project!

Churchtime

May 3, 2015 | Stacy

We teach church time six times a year. The older kids help often help out and take turns serving.
This week it was Tabitha’s turn.

They did Esau and Jacob…

The Gospel According to Scrooge

December 16, 2014 | Stacy

Since September, we have been rehearsing with our church family for a production of The Gospel According to Scrooge.
It was a lot of work, but in the end we were genuinely tickled to be a part of it.

I played a townsperson and a caroler. I had a few lines. All the kids were in the school room scene, and Marie was also cast as Jennifer – a friend of the Cratchits. Nigel was cast as a Lad on the Street. But at 4:30 PM the day of dress rehearsal he was asked to step in for the boy who was to be Young Scrooge who had come down with the flu. With two hours to curtains, Nigel demonstrated his love of acting and his penchant for memorizing lines by astonishing everyone involved. Except his siblings and I. God Bless you, Nigel. Use your gift well, son.
This bumped Stewart up to Lad on the Street (a/k/a turkey boy).

Nan sat in the front row of opening night and took many a photo. Almost 200 to be exact. Her photos were with my camera – which she had never picked up before. Her photos are better than the ones taken by planned photographers, IMO. And – I will share a few here.

I must tell you, by production’s end I was VERY TIRED of curlers, bobby pins, hair spray, and the like. My head hurt! 🙂 But it was fun to have glamorous hair for a while. The stage make-up was a little less fun.

This was a “hair rehearsal”.

My first night! Wow – huh?

We saw a LOT of this over the course of the week.

But it was worth it in the end…

Back stage… Well, really, under the stage. Church building, ya know.

Okay – so this last one isn’t exactly this…

she’s so much like Marie it scares me

August 10, 2014 | Stacy

Okay – it delights me. Marie is a jewel. (But she got hurt a lot as a kid!)

The Father’s Heart ministry at Pines of Per.

July 12, 2014 | Stacy

We’ve had the chance once or twice to help out in a small way with an AMAZING ministry here in town. Once a year they host a picnic for a community within our community and this year John, Stewart, Marie, Tabitha and I were able to lend some hands.

This ministry is a mobile soup kitchen which also hands out food and clothing. Our part was just to paint some faces, man an info. table and lead a kids’ game for a few hours. It was a gorgeous day and we met lots of beautiful people who came out to partake of the donations and hear the Truth as it was preached by a local pastor.