We're Back

The Gregg Family has been out of pocket for the last week traveling to see family during Christmas. We had Christmas with my family in Huntsville, Alabama and Marnie's family in Dallas, Texas. We essentially drove in a BIG circle through the southern United States. We traveled through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas. It makes me tired to just think about all that driving.

It was great to see everyone and it is also GREAT to be home. In Huntsville there were as many as 27 people in the house a one time. That might be a little to much togetherness. It was cramped but we had a great time. I hope you had a great Christmas too.

During our trip Collin got to see many of his cousins. One game he played with his cousins was hide and run from the smallest cousin. Here is video of what that looked like.

Owasso Reporter Slideshow

Jimmy sent me an email with a link to the Owasso Reprorter. It has a short write up about the Christmas Parade. It includes a picture of the Lifepoint float in the slide show. You can check it out here.

Sunday In Review

It was week 2 in the series The Gift. Here is what happened today.

• 2nd week for the Treehouse to meet in the new area.
• The Theater looked great. It was decorated with presents, and greenery, and holly we took off the Christmas float.
• We changed the gels in the light tree
  
• A family volunteered to host the New Year's Eve Gathering.
• Jimmy was sick but made it through the service.
• Brian left a microphone on after the welcome. During the next song it sounded like an airplane was landing in the theater.
• I preached Luke 2:8-17
• I Talked about the announcement of the the birth of Jesus.
• The announcement was to announce the birth of Christ while also communicating how much we matter to God.
• We labeled some bags and equipment to make setup/tear down faster.

I can hear the ice hitting the sunlight in our living room. I think the ice is here!!

Christmas Parade

The Christmas Parade has come and gone. It was great fun working together to build the float. This morning we all met at 6th and Main for the big event. A big thank you to all the Lifepoint team that represented our church and greeted our community. It was windy and cold but there were still huge crowds of people along the parade route. I didn't get an exact count but I would guess aroundd 70 parade entries and floats this year. We passed out around 2000 invite cards. The torch we had burning inside the big candle didn't catch anything else on fire...yes!! The float from ground to top of the candle was over 10 feet tall. Jeremy hooked up a heater in the back of the truck for the kids...great thinking. All in all I thought it was a great morning. You can check out more pictures here.

Christmas Parade Tomorrow

The float for tomorrow's Christmas Parade is finished. It looks great!! Here are some pictures of the construction.

Tomorrow we will need everyone's help. Wear your hoodie and line up with us at 8:30am! We will be lining up between 6th and 7th on Main Steet. If you want to carpool, be at the Gregg's house by 8:20am. The parade will begin moving at 9:30 a.m. It is going to be a blast.

Christmas Party

Lifepoint had a Christmas Party last night. It was held at the Powell's house. The kids for sure had a good time. They were running around playing a game that I still haven't figured out yet. There was lots of great food and we did a gift exchange I had never seen before.

Happy Birthday Marnie

Today is a special day. It's Marnie's birthday. Last night Collin and I took her out to eat at Olive Garden and came home to eat some Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream Cake. Good stuff!! Collin did a good job keeping the surprises secret this year. His excitement usually gets the best of him. Marnie takes care of us 10,000 ways everyday. It is nice to have a day to celebrate her.

Sunday In Review

We kicked off a new series today - The Gift. Here are some highlights from the day.

• I preached Isaiah 9:6
  
• We decorated the "Theatuary" with presents.
• We had massive technical problems with instruments before the service. Everything got worked out though.
  
• The Tree House (K-5) met in class room that used to be a hallway thanks to pipe and drape.
• We spent 5 hours decorating a float for the parade on Saturday.
• Handed out all the Lifepoint hoodies.
• Marnie cooked lunch for some of the college students today. They hung out and Collin introduced them to a game called Flippin Frogs. Here's a picture.
  

Sermon Series - The Gift

We kick-off a new sermon series Sunday. It will be called, "The Gift." Find someone to bring with you who needs to know about Jesus. I think it is going to be our best series yet. Pray, Pray, Pray!!!

Week 1 (Dec. 7): Anticipating The Gift
Week 2 (Dec. 14): Announcing The Gift
Week 3 (Dec. 21): Accepting The Gift

Christmas Tree

Marnie and Collin did some serious Christmas decorating last night. The tree looks awesome!!