Sunday, March 22 6 p.m.

For those you whom we've met in the last week or so, this is just a reminder that we gather together for an informal time of food, singing, Bible study, and prayer. Nothing too heavy, but we do desire to dig into the Bible and see what it might be that God is trying to say to us through it. 6:00 p.m. is when we usually get started. If you have children, feel free to bring them as we offer childcare from 6-8.

Also, if you're interested, Hope Community Church of the Nazarene is offering a weekend conference called "Go Fish: Because of What's on the Line." You can see more about it here. Brady Wisehart, the Connections pastor at Grove City Church of the Nazarene, will be the keynote speaker.

Several breakout sessions will also be included, three of which I'll personally be leading. My breakout sessions are called "Simple Evangelism: Jesus Relationships." Registration is by March 18th, so hurry to sign up if you're interested.

Hope to see you Sunday.

Some of you have asked how the Emmaus Road Church building is coming and if I would post some new pics, so here goes.

Things are progressing well, although they've slowed a bit since I've started substitute teaching with Toledo Public Schools full time. We've finally gotten to the point where a lot of the major work is finished--a lot of the stuff you don't really see or realize how much work has gone into it. So far, between our own work and the work of volunteers, we have close to 400 hours into the building.

Today, we just started priming and painting and that's when you really begin to see things coming together. I want to mention briefly the people and churches God has used to do His work at ERC: John and Kathy from ERC, Dan from the Alliance Church, 5 work teams from Lima Community Nazarene, and 3 work teams from Bedford (MI) Nazarene. We would never have been this far without all of you.

Below (and above) are a few photos of the not-yet-finished product.