Happy Thanksgiving....Coming Events....

So it has been a LONG time since I have posted. Hope you guys had a Happy Thanksgiving!

Go Titans!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and hope you all did as well!

Coming up this Sunday is our Hanging of the Green Service. You won't want to miss this beauitful service that will begin this Advent/Christmas Season!

On Wednesday night, Dec. 3, we have a guest speaker coming to talk about his mission work. Then on Wednesday night, Dec. 10, we will begin our study in 1 Peter. Books are still available to purchase for $5, but you do not have to have a book to join in the study and the discussion.

Costume Contest Winners

Amber won "Best All Around"

Jesse won two categories "Most Creative" and "Best Look A-like"

Costume Coffee House

We had a great time at the Costume Coffee House. We had fun hanging out and playing Rock Band and Mafia, and we had lots of good food too! Amber as Dorothy and Jessica (forgot to ask her who she was - sorry Jessica!)

Jesse as Gary

Brad as Titan Chris Johnson

Mitchell as Osama Bin Laden

Johnathan and Lacey - the 50s couple

Daniel and Christy - Martin Luther and wife before they left the Catholic church

Jennifer as a dramatic witch

The guys enjoyed playing Rock Band...they would have played all night but we tore them away for a game of Mafia

Playing a game of Mafia

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Daniel trying to convince Amber he is innocent in Mafia

Hayride Pictures

What is going on....

We have a lot of things going on this month. We had a lock-in on Friday, Oct. 17, Daniel and I were all geared up to play Rock Band, sorry that it conflicted with so many people's schedules, but Daniel and I started our own band and we Rocked the night away (at home, we decided not to stay at church all night :) ).

This weekend is the hayride at the Fox's house...it will be a great time of fun and fellowship and if any of you can help entertain the kids that would be GREAT!

On, Friday, October 31 we have our Costume Coffee House. Daniel already has his costume....I have yet to find one! There will be a competition for "best all around", "most creative", and "best look alike" costume, prizes will be awarded so make sure to dress your best! Please make sure to come and invite your friends. As I said before this will be a relaxing, non-threating setting and a great way to get your friends up to the church and see what it is like. We should have plenty of food, coffee, hot chocolate and fun!

Coming up in November is our big event for the fall Disciple Now Weekend! We need you to sign-up to let us know you are attending by November 2, with $15, this will help cover meals, t-shirt, bible study materials, etc.

Wednesday night Bible Study...Daniel has been teaching from the book of Obadiah. Come find out how this Old Testament book is relevant to YOU in 2008!

Article Links

Here are some links to the articles Daniel mentioned on Wednesday night, Oct. 8.

Sermon by John Piper: http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/sermons/bydate/1981/313_Total_Abstinence_and_Church_Membership/

Danny Akin - Article 1 http://betweenthetimes.com/2008/09/04/god%e2%80%99s-guidelines-for-the-%e2%80%9cgray-areas%e2%80%9d-of-life-wise-decision-making-in-a-wicked-world-part-7/

Danny Akin - Article 2 http://betweenthetimes.com/2008/09/08/god%e2%80%99s-guidelines-for-the-%e2%80%9cgray-areas%e2%80%9d-of-life-wise-decision-making-in-a-wicked-world-part-8/

Costume Coffee House - Help Needed!

Okay I need your help. Daniel has passed around a sign-up sheet asking for help and no one signed it! Date: Friday, October 31 Time: 6pm-10pm Don't forget to start thinking of a costume....there will be a costume contest....more details on that to come.... We hope to make this a fun night for you and your friends but we could use a little help! Here are some things you can do....

• Help with decorating
• Help with food planning and preparing
• Help with music
• Help with planning activities
• Help with advertising
• Help gathering card tables (we need several card tables so if you have one or you know someone with one please let us know if we can borrow your tables)
• Of course we could use all of you to help clean up afterwards!

God has gifted all of you in different areas so think about what your gifts are and choose an area to help in where you feel you are most gifted. This is a great outreach opportunity for your friends in school, where you work, your neighbors, roommates, etc. So please invite your friends and please pitch in and help make this a fun, successful event!

Youth

Be making plans to attend our second annual Disciple Now Weekend! Mark your calendars for Nov. 14-16, we need to get a count soon so we can work on more detailed plans so let us know ASAP if you and your friends plan to attend.

College/Young Adult Retreat

Most of you have received the information about the college/young adult retreat. Please let us know ASAP if you think you will be going. Cabins are filling up fast and we need to make a reservation. I plan to reserve a cabin this coming up weekend. The date is Jan. 2-4.

Wednesday Night

This Wednesday night's topic is: The paranormal, are things like ghosts real? What about psychics and fortune tellers? Should be an interesting discussion....hope you join us!

Tomorrow Night

Tomorrow Night's Topic.... THE BIBLE Why should we read it? Are we less of Christian if we don't read it? Come tomorrow night to find out!

My how time flies.....

The days get away from me so quickly and then I realize it is Tuesday afternoon and I haven't let you know what tomorrow's Bible study topic is.... If you were there last week you know that you looked at verses from the Old and New Testament about alcohol and drinking. This week you will continue on in this study but talk more about how to apply these verses to your life. You will also talk about how to make the right choices in life and how to use the Bible as your guide for every choice you make.

Dirt Day - Don't Ignore It!

In case you didn't know "Dirt Day" is a day that our church body can help out and clean-up the church building. This is not an adult only activity. This is a church activity and YOU are a part of this church. We encourage you to come out and help. There is lots to do and we could use your help. Put on some work clothes and a servant's heart and come out and do something great for your church family! As you can see on the calendar to the right, the next Dirt Day is this Saturday, Sept. 6, it begins at 8:45 and doughnuts will be provided.

Tomorrow Night

So I'm really late in posting the topic for tomorrow, but hey, better late than never , right? Hope you all had a GREAT Labor Day weekend. We had a wonderful time with family and meeting our newest nephew Jack! The topic tomorrow is "A Christian Perspective on Drinking" come in for a great time of worship, followed by a time of discussion on what the Bible has to stay about drinking.

This Wednesday

Last Wednesday we had an impromptu going away party for our new college freshmen. So we took a little trip to the Cheesecake Factory during Bible Study. So.....this week's topic will be the same one from last week. Hope to see you all there! Coming up in the next few months... Lock-in (Oct. 17) Costume Coffee House (Oct. 31) - We will need your help to pull this off! Disciple Now Weekend (Youth Only, Nov. 14-16) Young Adult Winter Retreat (Date and Details coming very soon!). SO...MARK YOUR CALENDARS! More details to come......

Calling all readers! and picture info.....

I would love to know if anyone even looks at this blog! So please leave a comment when you stop by! Also, I keep forgetting to take pictures on Wednesday nights to post on here. I will try to get some this Wednesday night so you guys can see more pictures of what is going on at the Edge!

THIS WEDNESDAY!

This coming Wednesday night we are talking about God's Covenants with Men. This should be an interesting discussion that you won't want to miss! Each topic discussed on Wednesday nights is a question submitted by one of the students. Each Wednesday a new question is drawn from the question box and that is what Daniel bases his lessons on. Each Wednesday Amber has also been planning a time of worship. Please thank her for her efforts in coordinating this. This week we need to discuss some fellowship ideas for the month of September...so come with your ideas!

August at EBC

Don't forget that August 15th - 17th is VBS. We will need as many of you as we can to come and help out. This Wednesday night's topic is SIN

Coming up Wednesday Night

On Wednesday nights we have been discussing questions submitted by each student. This week's question that will be discussed will be about sharing Christ with others. We will look at what the Bible says about sharing with others and also talk about how to be social with unbelievers and yet, set apart. Join us for worship and some interesting discussion, Wednesday night, 6:15.

Road Trip, Day 2 and 3

Saturday morning we woke up early and headed to Six Flags. We had a great time and the best part was the lines for the rides were relatively short! During the afternoon we had a thunderstorm pass through and everything shut down for about an hour, but after that even shorter lines! We didn't take many pictures because no one wanted to mess with a camera all day on the rides. Saturday night we went to a mall for a brief time and then Daniel gave us each a Bible study sheet about two Road Trips in the Bible. The first was the Road to Emmaus where Jesus revealed himself to two disciples (Luke 24:13-35). We were asked to pray that God would bring the Word of Christ alive even more in our hearts. The second sheet was about the Road to Damascus, where God came to Paul and called him to be the messenger to the Gentiles (Acts 9:1-25). Our prayer was for boldness to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with others. On Sunday we woke up bright and early and headed to Windsor Crossing Community church. We had an awesome time of worship there. The pastor was out of town so most of the service was music. This is a non-traditional church, we all wore our t-shirts and shorts, they had a band that led the music. We had a time of communion and a man with cerebral palsy gave his testimony. The whole service was excellent and we were all glad to have that worship experience. To see all the pictures from this trip click here.

Road Trip - St. Louis, Day 1

We had a great time on our Road Trip. The first day we headed out to St. Louis. We stopped for dinner and we were delayed a bit by tornado sirens. We made some calls to see about the weather and stayed put for awhile until the bad weather passed over, then back in the van to continue our trip. When we arrived in St. Louis we went to the City Museum. Everyone had a great time! It is basically a huge playground/jungle gym for adults! You climb through tube, go through tunnels, climb up to an airplane that is suspended over the parking lot, very cool, just don't look down! We ended the night with a trip to Wal-mart, you would think it was the highlight of the trip as excited as everyone was that we were going! Then we headed out to our host homes.

New Blog

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