blame it on facebook

i am a facebook junky. i spend lots of time on there. i have not been blogged on here since december. problem. i know that i need to blog. i know that i must get back. thinking, wondering, planning. stay tuned...I will be bloggin soon with a purpose.

thanks
brian

sledding or no sledding? hummmm? Let it snow!

Just got this off of the Skyeyeweather forum. Thanks Mike! Hope this is a low end! Let it snow!

Could it be?

The latest prediction from forecast ohio valley... Is this a dream?

I am here!

Hey everyone! Sorry for the lack of writing lately. Things have been really busy and we also had a death in the family, so I have not had blogging on my mind.

We have finished two weeks of our current series at LCC: All I Want For Christmas. The first week we touched on GIFTS! Not so much getting, but giving yourself as a Gift in honor of Christ. This past Sunday we learned about PEACE! Jesus came to bring Peace to all men. Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of Jesus! "To Know Peace, you must Know Christ." If you missed either message, I would encourage you to CLICK HERE and listen when you get a chance.

I received this e-mail response to the message on Peace and have received permission to share...

Hi, Brian! Just wanted to share something with you…on our prayer request card on Sunday, I put to pray for job security for Brian. We knew lay offs were coming, but not sure if he was one of those getting laid off. Yesterday we found out that they are laying off the entire company for two weeks starting Dec. 22nd. The good news is that we will get to spend an entire two weeks together…I think that will be good…ha..ha!!! Anyway, the point of all of this is because of your sermon on Sunday. As you were preaching, I knew in my heart that Brian would be laid off. Everything that you said was preparing me for how to react when the news came. We were going to have the conflict in our lives that you talked about, but we have to remember to keep Jesus in our hearts. The hardest thing for me is the worrying…I AM NOT WORRYING and that is something HUGE for me…I am a worrier! Instead I am praying. I know that God has a plan for our family, and we will be ok. He is with us and will provide us with what we need! I trust Him and have faith in Him! Your sermon was directed right at me, and prepared me for yesterday. So, thank you! Now…at first, I failed the “test” miserably! I was mad, angry, and worried. Then I started thinking about Sunday. I even pulled Sunday’s bulletin out of the trash! I shared everything with Brian, and I think it eased his mind as well! If you could keep praying for us, and especially Brian. Thanks for all you do…we are blessed to have you as our preacher!

Jamie

New Series Starts Tomorrow

I am very excited about what God wants to do through the Christmas series this year. It all begins tomorrow morning at LCC. Share with us at one of our three Sunday morning worship services 8:45, 10 or 11:15. Tomorrow will also feature a special evening service - "Christmas Kick-off 08". It begins at 6 pm and will feature familiar Christmas songs, Scripture and the LCC kid's choir. If you are in town, please begin the holiday season by making worship the top priority.

Just had too!

Got this picture today from Judy McConnell and just had to share it. In honor of the long-standing Thankgiving joke here at Loveland Christian Church which began with Bro. RW Baynes and continues through me!!

WOW! They just keep coming!

If you didn't get a chance to be a part of this moving service on Sunday, take a listen by CLICKING HERE

Thanks Danielle Temple for sharing your testimony...

Brian,

Okay, so I have put this off long enough! I hope this comment is not perceived as jumping on the band wagon given all the comments that you have received regarding last Sunday. I, too, was completely moved with last Sunday's service. WOW! I still can't express what I felt and what I contniue to feel. It is truly a hard thing for me to admit that I am not thankful enough and take things for granite daily. The biggest impact for me came during communion. The format that it was given allowed me to COMPLETELY focus on the sacrifice made for me and to thank God like I have never thanked him before. Lastly, Philippians 4:4-7 is always a verse that speaks to me but after Sunday I have chosen to live it! God is in control now more than ever!!

Danielle

What a Sunday!!!

Here is another perspective I received in my e-mail inbox concerning last Sunday...

Wanted to let you know that Sunday was one of the best Thanksgiving sermons I have heard in a long time (even though it was kind of hard to listen at times. Several others showed they are hurting as well and even more than I. Kind of puts everything into perspective). Presented very well.

Greg Miller

Testimony in Comment form

The following was a comment from my last post. In case you don't read comments, I wanted everyone to read this. Thanks Dan Carter for your words and Praise God!!!

We sit in service every Sunday morning not knowing what the person sitting next to or in front of you are thinking or feeling. I think this past Sunday's service showed each of us that we need to share with the people around us what is going on in our life. Just talking about it to others helps releive the pressure that is constantly building up in us. I knew what my wife was going to say she was thankful for, but that was not the big picture for me. It was the fact that she was still here with me and able to share those feeling with others. God has blessed our lives in so many ways. From the prayers for my wife and new granddaughter from all the people at church to the encourgeing words you send out every Sunday. Our church is an awsome place to call home. Many people say that we have now completed the "circle of life". I feel that my life will be complete when I get to see my granddaughter accept the Lord into her life. I will than feel that I have indeed completed the "circle of life". Thank you for now only a great service this past Sunday, but for also helping everyone understand the importance of reaching out to others in our family.

God showed up!

I received another cool e-mail this afternoon about how God moved at LCC on Sunday. I just know you will get God bumps while reading this! GOD IS SO GOOD!

Thank you for all you do for us and the Church as a whole. We really do appreciate you very much. I know I don’t tell you enough. There have been many sermons that have uplifted me more than you know. Yesterday in particular, I sat in the very back row. Something I very rarely do. A young lady sat next to me that I hadn’t seen before. The Lord was telling me to introduce myself through the whole service, so I did. I didn’t realize it at the time, but later I ran into a friend of mine at the grocery. She told me her sister had been coming to our Church for a couple of weeks and really liked it. She said everyone welcomed her and she appreciated that. Evidently she had gone to a few other Church’s in Loveland and she was just stared at when she walked in the door. As it turns out, she is my friend’s sister. I have been trying to get my friend to come to Church with me for quite a while now. Her girls did come with Kyleigh this year to VBS and they loved it!

This is just one more reason to take every opportunity when it comes along. I am really praying this will work on my friend and motivate her to join us one of these Sundays very soon.

Thanks again Brian,

Karen