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- FEED THE BAY – March 27 | join us as we shop with 20,000 other Christians to fill the food banks of our local agencies
- Prayer Night – March 29 | a time of prayer for our church and community
- Men's Canoe Retreat – April 4 | a canoe trip and overnight men's retreat
- Parent's Night Out – April 8 | date night childcare to support missions
- Meet the Need Workday – April 9 | helping Bay Lifers and others
- Missions Garage Sale – April16 | here on campus to support missions
Saint Patty's Day Greetings,
Wearing something green? Ah, the Irish holiday. I did 4th through 7th grades in Boston, Massachusetts, home of the Celtics and many an Irish American, so I can tell many stories of being pinched on St. Patrick’s Day for going green-less. Apparently I failed to learn my lesson from those days since I sit here typing you with nary a green thread on my carcass. Oh well – next year.
I pray it’s been a good week for all of you out there in the blogosphere/Email-land. Allow me a special shout-out (are we still doing shout-outs, or did I age past yet another current slang?) to all with the foresight last week to set clocks forward and actually make it to our first service last Sunday. I think I counted seven of you :). Okay, there were more than seven (only slightly), but suffice it to say that I’m hoping to see more of you this coming week. In fact, I’ll go a step further - I understand that I currently send this email to 1871 email addresses each week, so I think it’d be great to have “all y’all” (Texan-talk for “everybody”) worshipping our God with us here at Bay Life this weekend. Has it been a long time since your last trek to church? Maybe too long? C’mon then – let’s end that streak. Putting off church is like holding out on a much needed doctor’s appointment – things aren’t going to get any better by staying away. If it’s been a while, you may want to try out our Saturday night service again for the first time. We recently moved over to building “A” from our children’s building and this past week we welcomed more people to a Saturday night service than we had on any Saturday in recent years (except an Easter or two). Regardless of the service, if you're in town, do plan to join us this weekend. I believe that you’ll be glad you did.
You’ll all be relieved to know that my half-shaved goatee is now growing back evenly and quite nicely (see unfortunate bet made over our recent 5K fun run here at the church some 2 months ago). I have vowed to avenge my recent loss to my slightly faster opponent (Tom Eichem ) in next year’s contest, but am disappointed by rumors that Tom is hanging up his racing shoes (going out on top, I guess). That aside, this year’s race was our most successful to date – take a look.
Total amount raised - $21,215.34
Total number of runners/walkers in 5K - 237 (208 last year)
Total number of runners/walkers in Kids 1K - 32 (26 last year)
Not bad, I’d say – God is so good. Thanks to everyone who participated and/or served at the race. It was a great day together as a church.
Well, that’s all for now. Be praying for each other, for our services this weekend, and for God to bring His best to His world through us. I thank God for you all in my prayers – press on towards the goal, run so as to win the prize, and live to bring God the glory. Check out the remainder of “what’s up” at Bay Life...
I pray it’s been a good week for all of you out there in the blogosphere/Email-land. Allow me a special shout-out (are we still doing shout-outs, or did I age past yet another current slang?) to all with the foresight last week to set clocks forward and actually make it to our first service last Sunday. I think I counted seven of you :). Okay, there were more than seven (only slightly), but suffice it to say that I’m hoping to see more of you this coming week. In fact, I’ll go a step further - I understand that I currently send this email to 1871 email addresses each week, so I think it’d be great to have “all y’all” (Texan-talk for “everybody”) worshipping our God with us here at Bay Life this weekend. Has it been a long time since your last trek to church? Maybe too long? C’mon then – let’s end that streak. Putting off church is like holding out on a much needed doctor’s appointment – things aren’t going to get any better by staying away. If it’s been a while, you may want to try out our Saturday night service again for the first time. We recently moved over to building “A” from our children’s building and this past week we welcomed more people to a Saturday night service than we had on any Saturday in recent years (except an Easter or two). Regardless of the service, if you're in town, do plan to join us this weekend. I believe that you’ll be glad you did.
You’ll all be relieved to know that my half-shaved goatee is now growing back evenly and quite nicely (see unfortunate bet made over our recent 5K fun run here at the church some 2 months ago). I have vowed to avenge my recent loss to my slightly faster opponent (
Total amount raised - $21,215.34
Total number of runners/walkers in 5K - 237 (208 last year)
Total number of runners/walkers in Kids 1K - 32 (26 last year)
Not bad, I’d say – God is so good. Thanks to everyone who participated and/or served at the race. It was a great day together as a church.
Well, that’s all for now. Be praying for each other, for our services this weekend, and for God to bring His best to His world through us. I thank God for you all in my prayers – press on towards the goal, run so as to win the prize, and live to bring God the glory. Check out the remainder of “what’s up” at Bay Life...
Senior Pastor
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Impact – Friday, March 18 – a special invite to all Bay Lifers:
Impact – Friday, March 18 – a special invite to all Bay Lifers:
We have a very special guest at Impact on Friday evening for the "Secret Church
Sorry for the short notice but it just happened that he was flying in this week and that we are doing the persecuted church series. Interesting coincidence, isn't it?
Sorry for the short notice but it just happened that he was flying in this week and that we are doing the persecuted church series. Interesting coincidence, isn't it?
Paul Humphreys
Impact Coordinator
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