Early in the Journey Newsletter 11

2008- Baby Watch

Contents

1. Announcements

2. Something for Your Heart 

3. Forgettable Fact 

4. Surf Report

5. Video of the Week

6. Potent Quotables

7. Stranger than Fiction

8. Parting Shot

1. ANNOUNCEMENTS

Today, right now, is Nicole's official due date! As of this writing (just after 1:30-am) he has not made his arrival yet. We will be visiting the doctor tomorrow and hope to have some indication of when to expect him.

Because of my undying commitment to you, class will proceed as normal this Sunday. We will continue in Romans with Chapter 6. This week's lesson is written and read to go, so if I am not able to be there, Brian has agreed to step in and cover for me.

We will wrap up Romans 6 this week and move right in chapter 7 next week. This is one of the most unexpected, out of place, yet incredible chapters in the whole bible. Well at least until we get to Chapter 8. 

I am telling you, the next few lessons are going to be ones you will not want to miss. I'm serious. It is going to be good.

Finally, anyone have any advice for a couple of first time parents? We would love to hear it. 

2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART

A little different this week. I am going to give you the illustration and you respond back to me with the biblical point or moral that would follow. Kind of, almost, something like Jeopardy. 

Best one gets any CD they want.

Here we go:

A mother looked out a window and saw Johnny playing church with their three kittens. He had them lined up and was preaching to them. The mother turned around to do some work, but soon she heard meowing and scratching on the door.

She went to the window and saw Johnny baptizing the kittens. She opened the window and said, “Johnny, stop that! You’ll drown those kittens.”

Johnny looked at her and said with much conviction in his voice: “They should have thought of that before they joined my church.”

3. FORGETTABLE FACT

25 percent of your bones are located in your feet.

4. SURF REPORT

~ On This Day in History

What else was going on in the world on the day you were born? (Or any other day is history.) Here's where you can find out the top news headlines, songs, TV shows, toys, books, and a bunch of other stuff.

~100 Truths about Jesus

Find out what Jesus really did, what he really said, and who he really claimed to be.

~ Fun with Needles

I did not even understand most of the words on this site, but all of you crafty people will love it. 

~ Learn to Write a Thank You Note

5. VIDEO OF THE WEEK

Children love it, High School kids love it, Junior High kids hate it.

The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything Movie Trailer

Opens tomorrow in theaters everywhere.

Check out the website for more information.

6. POTENT QUOTABLES

Skepticism has not founded empires, established principles, or changed the world's heart. The great doers of history have always been men of faith.

- Edwin Hubbel Chapin

"A Christian is someone who shares the sufferings of God in the world."

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself."

- Francis de Sales 

"Let there be kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile, in the warmth of your greeting...Don't only give your care, but give your heart as well."

- Mother Teresa

7. STRANGER THAN FICTION

Here is the "Best of" Weird News from 2007

A Greek nunnery turned into a marijuana farm by two men posing as gardeners 

A South African man with a gunshot wound told by a doctor to "walk the pain off."

If only these were the worst:

8. PARTING SHOT

I'm opposed to picketing, but I don't know how to show it. 

Please be praying for us over these next few days. Our life is about to dramatically change forever. I was serious about giving us advice. We will take all that we can get. Hopefully the next newsletter will contain little more than a picture. We are so pumped for this to happen! 

So for the first time, I hope that I will not see you Sunday, but I will be thinking of you as our journey through what Martin Luther called a masterpiece continues.

Blessings friends.

-Justin Ross-

Whidbey Presbyterian Church
http://www.whidbeypres.org 

360-679-3579
Cell: 360-969-2909
Online at:
 http://www.justinross.blogs.com