A Special Invitation

We hope that you'll join us on Sunday, August 2nd at either service with an opportunity to learn more about a special guest...

I Scream, You Scream...

a fun time had by all at the Ice Cream Social on Sunday night. Thanks to everyone who came out. Enjoyed seeing some new faces. Thanks for bringing visitors! And thanks for the ice cream! It was quite enjoyable. And, of course, we greatly appreciate Dona, Karron and Reggie for leading us in some classic summer songs. Take a moment to enjoy this quick video snapshot of the gathering- under two minutes!

at the car wash, yeah!

Well, the youth who are attending the National Youth gathering are certainly working hard to earn their meals! Thanks to everyone who has donated to the Gumbo Pot and/or had their vehicle washed this past weekend. Every dollar gets them closer to New Orleans, and approximately 1,000 of those dollars were generously donated this Sunday! Thanks for your help and take a peek at the car wash...

Stained Glass Sunday

Thank you to Kim Thonhoff for leading the Sunday School class about the stained glass pieces of art in our church, most of which were created by our very own Steve Essinger. Following his example, the kids made samples of their own! Enjoy this short video of Abiding Love children learning and creating! (videographer apologizes for the initial poor sound quality)

Songwriting with Tom

What a neat idea! For Sunday School in the summertime, we are having special guest teachers share some of their expertise in various areas. This past Sunday, Tom sat down with a group of kids (and grown-ups) and taught us how he writes a song! Working together, we created a song about Daniel in the Lion's Den. Everyone seemed to enjoy the process!

My own kids dragged out a couple of instruments, a notebook and pencil when they got home and each wrote a song. Thanks for the inspiration, Tom!

This coming Sunday (the 21st) our guest teachers will teach us about photography- come on out and join us- all are invited, young, old and won't tell!

VBS 2009 Days 5 & 6

Hi all- well, we've wrapped a tremendously successful Vacation Bible School. This video includes a short bit from Thursday's final evening of regular VBS as well as the Friday evening celebration!!!

We had invited a couple of young friends to join my girls at VBS. Apparently, the kids were practically begging each evening to return to Abiding Love and were rather upset the one evening that they had to miss out. While we often are excited for our own children at ALLC to participate in VBS, it is important to remember that it also serves as an outreach program. Judging by the smiles on faces we have worked to help accomplish that mission!

The volunteerism and outpouring of love, kindness, generosity and (of course) patience exhibited by our church members showed everyone what ALLC is all about. Thanks to everyone who made it possible (too many to name), but I'd like to point out the Herculean efforts of a few individuals: Tom Hokanson, whose music always inspires; Kim Thonhoff for her terrific opening and closing scripts; and Holly Leoni whose directorial skills brought it all together. Thanks and enjoy!

-Jeff

ALLC 2009 VBS Day 3 & 4

Wow! There is just so much going on that it is a struggle to keep the video under 5 minutes! But I managed to do it. This video is a compilation from multiple cameras, so it has a slightly different "personality". By the way, hopefully you've noticed that the songs accompanying these videos are the same ones that the kids are learning at VBS. What a terrific band we've got!