This Saturday night from 6-9pm we will be celebrating Christmas with the DOOR annual Christmas party. We will meet at the church from 6-9pm.

Here is what to bring:
1. Wear an ugly/awesome christmas sweater. There will be a prize for the craziest sweater. We will also have a photo booth set up so you can get a picture in your lovely sweater.
2. Bring some Christmas baking (cookies, gingerbread, or other goodies). I am sure you have tons of it lying around the house so steal a plate or two and bring it to share.
3. A used or $10 gift for the gift exchange.
4. We will have food and drinks – so don’t eat before! Pizza time!

This Friday is Upper Room and we will be focusing on Connecting with Christ at Christmas. There will be small groups, games, a devotion about Christmas and a secret surprise! There wont be any worship team this week but we will be playing Christmas music all night! Invite your friends! N-Z bring snacks to share.

Skate church is going to set up the ramps in the gym so bring a skateboard and a helmet if you wanna skate.

We will also be looking at some of the exciting things coming in 2010.

One of the best things about blizzards is that the entire city shuts down, the police tell you to stay home and off the roads, and you are forced to slow down. Our lives get going so fast and we end up running from place to place, non stop, never really taking anytime to slow down and enjoy the small moments of life.

I know that I am guilty of doing too many things and never slowing down. When I am forced to stay in because there are giant snow drifts outside of my window and all over the road it is almost like a little vacation. A time to stay home and spend time with my family and with God. A time to drink hot chocolate and curl up with a good book or the Bible.

I encourage you to take advantage this storm to spend some extra time with God. Here’s what I am going to do: I am going to read the book of Galatians and drink some hot coffee. I am going to slowly read God’s word and allow it to warm my heart and soul. I am going to take the time to allow God to engage my heart as the snow falls outside. What are you going to do?

The blizzard outside is an opportunity to slow down and really spend some extra time connecting with Christ. I encourage you to take advantage of it and see what happens.