Friday, November 20, 2009

Cookie Marathon

The addresses are in, the dough is in the works, and those wonderful convection ovens in the church kitchen are warming up for the cookie baking marathon this Saturday beginning at 1 p.m.

Once again, we'll be baking for college students throughout the country who will receive their fortification of yummie confections just in time for semester finals. The cookies will be packed and frozen, then shipped November 30.

If you're looking for an afternoon of fun, join the SPOTclass chefs. Taste-testing is a fringe benefit of this ministry. (Note from the chefs: If you're not baking, STAY OUT of the kitchen!)

If you know of any students away at school, Friday, Nov. 20 (that's probably today) is the deadline to get those addresses in for this SPOTacular event. Please email student addresses to spotspot@gmx.com.


Lesson Prep

This Sunday will be week nine in our video series "The Hurried Family". We will deal with the subject of giving the gift of rest to our marriage. A family's ability to maintain calm and confidence in the middle of their hurried schedules is contingent upon the parents maintaining a healthy relationship. In our session we will discuss points like:
• Resist the poison of comparison.
• Make sure you understand what love requires.
• Make sure you implement the three crucial ingredients for successful love
and certainly the application will be targeted to parents of teens.
• If your hurried schedule permits, read the following passages in preparation for our discussion: Ephesians 5:25-30; Genesis 2:24-25; Proverbs 31:10; 1 Peter 3:7b.
Advent starts next Sunday, November 29. The 29th will also be the final session in our Hurried Family video series.

Hope to see you Sunday,
Don

Thanksgiving Service

Don't forget that Concord's mid-week worship this week is Tuesday (November 24) at 6:30 p.m. There will be no activities at the church on Wednesday. No other mid-week activities are planned -- that's right, no dinner at church this week either.


The Christmas Party SPOT

The first-ever Christmas SPOTclass Shindig is planned for the Hurt's home on December 6 beginning at 5 p.m.

No black lights, no bell bottoms, not even tie-dye fashions, but Kevin promises the music will take you back . . . assuming you can still remember that far back!

Contemporary appetizers will be acceptable fare for the event, however. More details are forthcoming, so check out the SPOTfolder when it passes this week and watch your email box.

Don't forget to gather your recipes for root beer nog or a refreshing root beer punch. Please email your best ideas to spotspot@gmx.com.

Christmas Project

The SPOTclass is collecting items for the Missouri Baptist Children's Home in the festively decorated box in our classroom. If we fill the box, we'll find another one. A comprehensive list of the items the Children's Home is seeking is included on the new class blog. Check out www.thespotsspot.blogspot.com.


Prayer Requests

Send prayer requests anytime to spotspot@gmx.com
• Pray for actors and vocalists performing in this year's Christmas show, Imagine the Wonder. We want everyone in the audience and on the stage to be blessed.
o Performances Friday, December 11, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, December 12, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, December 13, 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 and are now on sale.
• Susan Hurt's secretary is recovering from a stroke. Pray for her and her family (and that Susan will be able to find everything in the office).
• Pray for the safety of all hunters throughout the season, as well as their travels (not to mention the unsuspecting deer).
• Rich Conrad had a tumor removed from his scalp area. All is well!!
SNACKS - SNACKS - SNACKS - SNACKS - SNACKS - SNACKS - SNACKS
• November 22 - Janice Meinhardt
• November 29 - Jeanette Stubbs
Don't forget to watch for the results of the SPOTclass blog poll (or should that be the blog class SPOTpoll) on Friday. And be sure to check out SPOTblog at www.thespotsspot,blogspot.com.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Monday, November 16, 2009

Seminar!!!

A follower of the SPOT blog sent the following info!!!

Join us for an opportunity of a lifetime! James Gardner from Answers in Genesis will be speaking at
Green Park Community Church &
Green Park Christian Academy
November 29th and 30th

Join us for church on Sunday November 29th at 9:30am

Mr. Gardner will speak on The Consequences of the Path You Choose - about 45 minutes
This lead-off message deals with the relevance of the creation vs. evolution belief systems.

Sunday Seminars $10 each for $20 for all 3

Sunday November 29th at 11:OOam

Why Question Biblical Authority? - about 50 minutes
This session deals with the compromise that Christians make in trying to add millions of years to the Bible, and the different ways they try to do that. The "day-age" theory, Progressive creation, Theistic evolution, and the Gap theory are dealt with in some detail. .

Sunday November 29th at 1 :30pm
The Mystery of Ancient Man - About 50 minutes
This session explains with the 4th "C~ the Confusion at Babel, Nimrod and his establishment of astrology and the tower of Babel as an observatory to study the stars. It does so by dealing with ancient artifacts that indicates a technological explosion occurred about 5,000 years ago.

Sunday November 29th at 2:45pm
What is Truth? - About 55 Minutes
This presentation reveals world views. Humanism and it's foundation of evolution and atheism, and Biblical Christianity and it's foundation on revealed truth as it deals with origins in the Genesis creation account. The presentation , deals with the five tenets of the Humanist Manifesto and how our public education system has been taken over by the Humanists.

Monday School Field Trip $5 per student includes pizza lunch - 9:30AM¬12:30 PM

Monday November 30th at 9:30am
Dinosaurs and Dragons - Fact or Myth - About 45 minutes (One of the most requested topics, especially for youth groups and in schools) This session explains the 3rd"C~ the Catastrophe, by asking and answering four questions about dinosaurs. Where did they come from and when? When did they die out and become extinct? Why did they become extinct? Have there been any dinosaurs alive In recent times and are there any alive on the planet today?

Monday November 30th at 10:45am
Aliens, UFO's and Incredible Creatures - About 50 min New presentation more specifics and detail explanation of lecture to follow.

Visit their website to learn more about them at www.answersingenesis.com

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Da' Poll

Tomorrow, all SPOT email recipients will be receiving a SPOT Spot Blog poll from Survey Monkey. Your answers to these questions will greatly help us keep the blog relevant to our class members. All answers are confidential, so please help us out and participate!

Thanks!

Sunday Update!! 11/15/09

Lesson Recap

Three more mandates!!!

Mandate 4: Maintain a servant attitude while struggling.
Four categories of struggling people:
1. Those who are bewildered.
2. Those who are badgered.
3. Those who are broken
4. Those who are battered

When it comes to these situations, we have a better chance of experiencing God's calm in our lives if we:
A) Accept what we cannot change.
B) Serve others.

1 Peter 2: 21,23

Mandate 5: Discipline your desires
-Contentment is a choice.

1 John 2: 15-17

Mandate 6: Manage your resources.
We need to steward our:
A) Calling
B) Convictions
C) Capabilities

Luke 16:10
Matthew 25:21


SPOTlunch!!!

Yet another awesome SPOTlunch today was held at Lion's Choice. TheLaRowe's, Bradshaw's, Phillips', the Conrad's, and the Hurt's chowed down on some roast beef and 15 cent dip cones!
Remember, no SPOT lunch next month as it is being replaced by the Christmas Shindig! (See below!)

Christmas Shindig

Another reminder that the Shindig will be held on December 6th at the Hurt's. Bring an appetizer and we will have some great fellowship. Tye-dye optional.

Christmas Project

The box still sits at the head of the classroom! We are donating goods to the Missouri Baptist Children's home. The list of needed items can be found earlier on the blog, or in the SPOTfolder every Sunday!

Calling Betty Crocker....

Let the baking begin!!! The cookie making session for the college care packages is this Saturday at 1PM. Bring your favorite cookie dough, and enjoy a bit of fun as we make the cookies for this annual project!! We are still actively seeking college student addresses. We passed around a list today, and update some of those addresses but can still use any addresses of students. An announcement was in the program today, so let's see how many college lives we can touch! If you know of any addresses you can email them to spotspot@gmx.com.

Prayer Requests

-Susan Hurt's secretary had a stoke yesterday. Pray for her and her family.
-Pray for the Christmas show that all are blessed!!
-Pray for the safety of all hunters throughout the season, as well as their travels.
-Rich Conrad had a tumor removed from his scalp area. All is well!!
-Liz Massey is doing much better after the removal of wisdom teeth!