West Cocoa Chat

Is it too late to post some pics from Christmas? I guess not since I just did it. This is Steven opening up his favorite gift, the guitar that his Uncle Greg gave him. Greg did not give him the hat by the way. You had to wear this hat when we played our family "Roll the Dice for Presents Game."
This is Steven reading the letter that Greg wrote him. In it he told Steven how special he is to their family, how special the guitar is that he gave him, and how he was happy they could share this passsion. With my Mom and Dad having passed from this world, it's good to know that Greg and his family can replace that "advocate void" that most Grandparents fulfill with their Grandchildren.

Now is that a happy boy or what? The "sickness" has it's upside.

This is a picture from our Teen Retreat over the MLK Weekend. Steven is in the blue "hoodie" along with his friend Daniel (wearing shorts w/ temps in the 30's) and his 2 friends that are more like sisters to him, Brittany and Chelsea Oliver. Chad (our youth guy) sent the teens out in groups to read and discuss the book of James.

The remnants of a birthday cake for one of the teens can be seen next to the teen (John) pouring the milk. This was taken inside the Greeson Cabin on Saturday night.

And finally from this past Sunday - a picture of Steven and Carly participating in a skit to kickoff our USSC Ministry, "United Saints Serving Christ." As you can tell, the skit had a military theme. One of our deacons, Ray, who is in the National Guard full time, put the skit together complete with uniforms. This was as they entered the auditorium.

The skit was done with Ray calling out a cadence that he developed to encourage everyone to sign up for a "job" for one year. We held the ministry fair in a room across from our fellowship room .

I'm almost caught up now. Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

// posted by cwinwc @ 10:33 AM