Let wonder replace worry

Jan 28 - High School Lock-in

Jan 27 - Batman

Jan 12 - Poinsettia

This poinsettia I was given for my office at the beginning of December is really pretty - though I am starting to wonder how long am I suppose to keep it?

Jaxson's Favorite Christmas Present

Of course it's the Angry Birds board game. He's really good too!

Jan 10 - Late Night Snack

Jan 9 - Slide!

It is cold & rainy on my day off, so Jax and I decided to go out for lunch at Chick-fil-a. Needless to say, we had a great time.

Souper Bowl of Caring

Had a fun time in worship this morning. Several of the kids helped me introduce the Souper Bowl of Caring food drive to the congregation.

We are donating everything to North Raleigh Ministries food pantry and Shepherd's Table Soup Kitchen. Very excited to see how much food we collect over the next 4 Sundays.

Jan 7 - Food Drive

Tomorrow morning I am announcing our 2012 Souper Bowl of Caring food drive. I will be taking all of this food up during the Children's Sermon to use as ideas of good things to donate over the next 4 weeks. I'll also include a few things where donating may not such a good idea.

Ice cream, Bacon, Boiled Peanuts......Hope those don't make it in the box.

Jan 6 - Late night = Waffle House

Thursday evening, I attended a fantastic youth ministry training event at Duke Divinity School. Mark DeVries spoke for a couple of hours on healthy church systems. While it was material I have heard before, it was really great to be reminded of the importance of striving for and building a youth ministry that is sustainable. I walked away with 2 things I should have done when I first started this new job and just have not gotten around to for whatever reason. I'll start on those tomorrow.

None of that has to do with today's picture. After the seminar, I spent a late evening talking about youth ministry with a couple of buddies at the Waffle House. So this picture stretches into Friday.

How in the world have I lived in North Carolina since May and am just now making it to the fine dining establishment of the Waffle House? We left our late dinner with plans to do it again in a month or so.

Duke University is stunning at night