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At Church, Buddy has started preaching a series on Hope. The conclusion of this Sunday’s service consisted of “Cardboard Testimonies.” If you haven’t seen those before, it’s basically a procession of individuals who proclaim what God has done, and is doing, in their lives. It was incredibly challenging, seeing the people you know and love, and the situations that they’ve been born into or placed into, declaring that no matter the circumstance, their Hope is in God.

The video has just been placed online.

Noah is a 7 year old boy at our Church. He was born with Downs Syndrome. He is one of the happiest, loving children that I have ever met.

In October, Noah was diagnosed with leukemia – Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) – to be exact. We’ve been praying for his recovery, and I ask you to do the same.

This morning, I got an email from a friend (Thanks, Jaime!!) that his parents have set up a Caring Bridge website for him. If you have a minute, I would ask that you take the time to visit it, and them a note to let them know you’re thinking about them and praying for them. I’ve also added the link to the left hand side of the page.

Hang in there, Noah! We’re praying for you!

Here’s your obligatory ‘Kids in Easter Clothes picture:’

We were blessed to spend part of Easter with our Sunday School class at the Lawrences’ house. Pictures of all the kids in the Easter Egg-stravaganza are in the local gallery.

He is Risen!

While I’m sure that I’m not the first person to blog about this… But Our Church has started posting video of our worship services online. As of right now, there are archives back to September 30, 2007.

If you have a few minutes, check it out!

Update: Okay, so I was out of town on 11/11/2007, and that happened to be the day that Caleb was presented with his first-grade Bible. I checked the video and, unfortunately, that part of the service was left out. But I thought that I’d watch it while baby-sitting a database copy. And then I noticed, about 18 minutes into it, where I see a certain friend of mine snuggle up to her husband.

Note to self: Sit behind the cameras from now on.