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community life > october 2005
We have a little one page newsletter we put together each month as a touch-base kind of thing. I'm not going to post it here, but I did want to post my little piece of it just as an update.
The jokes have already been made. Vine & Branches has a “new sanctuary” - ha! The Creeches have moved into their new house. Most of you have been there already. Thanks for helping out. Please continue to pray with us for the sale of our old house. We now meet at 4501 Gillmoss Lane. Just holler if you have trouble finding it. We’ve got a little more room so it’s pretty cool. Please come hang out too. We want our home to be one of hospitality as much as possible.
It seems we’ve been whittled a bit since the last Chapter. Amber is now in Russia studying, well, Russian. Remember to pray for her. Also Kyle is now at Oxford, yes in England, for a bit of study as well. Pray for our children in diaspora. We’re locally a little slimmer too. Grace and Peace to those aren’t with us any more. Dwindling down a bit can be discouraging. It’s always been like this though. The community ebbs and flows. Three, 10, 5, 8 - we move on, praying that we continue to be more and more what God has made us to be.
I want to encourage you in the simple act of praying the daily office. It really isn’t that hard. Don’t let the myriad of excuses keep you from trying to pray in this simple way each day. It may not be exciting, but it’s something consistent.
The Rule is off and running. If you need another copy, let me know. Also, if you want to talk about that, or anything, always let me know. Pax vobiscum.
| posted by + Alan | 9:26 AM |
1 comments
Congrats on the new sanctuary! :)1 Comments:
Too bad getting into it has been as stressful as most church building programs turn out to be.... :(