Easter Egg Hunt ’08
Posted on March 17th, 2008
Last Sunday afternoon, we had nearly fifty children (in addition to their parents) in our front and back yards enjoying an Easter Egg Hunt. Many thanks to Amanda Johnston and our Children’s Committee for organizing the event. We had youth hiding the eggs, college students offering games and face painting, and parents bringing food. John Johnston grilled over one hundred hot dogs for everyone!
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Men’s Breakfast
Posted on September 30th, 2007
Saturday morning, some our men got together for breakfast at church. We had great food, and many of our men shared their Emmaus Walk experience. It was inspiring to hear how God has been working in their lives. Read the rest of this entry »
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Adopt-a-Student Cookout 2007
Posted on September 17th, 2007
Yesterday, we had an “adopt-a-student” cookout at the home of Kerby and Janet Moore. Thirteen Longwood students came and various members of the church “adopted” some of them to provide a home-away-from-home for the students. We had a great time reconnecting with returning students and we enjoyed getting to know the fresh(wo)men. Many thanks to Kerby and Janet for their hospitality. Thanks also to the members who have adopted students, but really, I think they will be the ones who will be blessed by the students!
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Welcome Weekend for the Johnstons
Posted on August 6th, 2007
We had a fun weekend welcoming Amanda and John Johnston to Farmville Baptist. On Saturday evening, we had them over for dinner together with five other young adults. We had a great time talking about pets, hiking and camping adventures, bungee jumping and parasailing, one person’s irrational fear of heights, another person’s irrational fear of growling dogs, yet another person’s near death experiences, etc. As you can tell, we covered a lot of territory!
Sunday morning, John and Amanda met our senior adults and youth during Sunday. Amanda participated in leading worship, and then we had a reception for them in the Fellowship Hall. It was a joyful and exciting weekend for all involved. Read the rest of this entry »
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Honey, the church is coming over for dinner!
Posted on June 6th, 2007
In days gone by, church members would often invite the preacher over for dinner after church. This June, Beth and I decided to turn that venerable tradition up on its head and invite the church over for dinner.
On Friday, June 1, about twenty five adults and children from various young families in the church came over and enjoyed pork barbeque out in our back yard. They brought the fixings, drinks and dessert. Then on Sunday, June 3, we had thirty three from our senior adult group at our house for lunch after worship. We served chicken salad, a lime congealed salad, squash casserole, fresh strawberries, rolls and cake. Since it was raining all day due to tropical depression Barry, we had everyone inside. It was kind of cozy, but I think everyone had a great time!
Later on this month, we’ll have our young adults, median adults and youth over for a meal. I’ll give an update on this post once we’ve had them over.
Addendum (June 24): We just had the youth group and their parents over to the house this evening. We didn’t have a big group — there were several youth who couldn’t make it because they had prior commitments. But those who were there had a good time. And it was great fun watching the youth play ball with their parents! Read the rest of this entry »
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