Here is a quick summary of upcoming events! We will be starting a new singles Bible study this week!!
Wednesday—Singles Bible Study at the Chapel. Meet for dinner at the DFAC at 5:30 or just meet us in Room 205 of the Chapel Annex at 6:30.
Friday—NO DINNER and STUDY! Please come to the Grafenwoehr Chapel Talent Show! (At the Chapel of Course!)
Saturday—“Focus” has been postponed. No Scheduled Events This Weekend.
Wednesday (4 Feb)—Singles Bible Study
Friday (6 Feb)—Friday Night Dinner at Study. Potluck Theme: Italian. Bible Study on John 2: 13-25.
Saturday (7 Feb)—Dodge Ball vs. Club Beyond! This is tentatively scheduled for 3:30 as long as the request for the Field House is approved.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
The Graf House Happenings
Quick update...
Skiing on Monday was great! Not quite Colorado...Ok, nowhere near Colorado. But it was good for not being in the Rockies or the Alps. We had seven single soldiers join our family. Jacob and Owen both took half day lessons and then skied with us in the afternoon. It was right on the border with Czechleslavokia which meant that our nine-passenger van was a nice target for the Polezei to pull us over as we left the ski slope. They claimed it was routine for them to check identifications since we were so close to the border. They took all of our I.D. cards, phoned them into their headquarters, and then told us we were good to go! One Polezei stood and talked with me the whole time and was real friendly.
Here is what is going on in the coming days. Note there are a couple of changes!
Friday (23rd)—Dinner and Study. Potluck theme is pizza! Anything pizza related is great! We will then be looking at the wedding at Cana in John 2!
Saturday (24th)—Changed from the calendar. We are now going to Rothenburg, which is a really cool walled city. Following dinner we are going to Ansbach for a praise and worship concert in their chapel. We will meet at the Graf Chapel at 11:00. Please let us know if you are interested in joining us as we might schedule a city tour. We will have our “Focus” night a week later.
Wednesday (28th)—Singles Bible Study--6:30 at the Chapel Annex. You can meet me for dinner at 5:30 in the DFAC.
Friday (30th)—NO DINNER and STUDY!! Instead, join us at the Graf Chapel for a talent show. Please let Haila Hill know if you plan to display a talent (i.e. artwork, crafts, etc.) or perform a talent (i.e. sing, dance, etc.).
Saturday (31st)—Changed from the Calendar. We will have a special night of worship, encouragement, and more. We are calling it “Focus”! Please join us from 7:00-9:00pm.
Skiing on Monday was great! Not quite Colorado...Ok, nowhere near Colorado. But it was good for not being in the Rockies or the Alps. We had seven single soldiers join our family. Jacob and Owen both took half day lessons and then skied with us in the afternoon. It was right on the border with Czechleslavokia which meant that our nine-passenger van was a nice target for the Polezei to pull us over as we left the ski slope. They claimed it was routine for them to check identifications since we were so close to the border. They took all of our I.D. cards, phoned them into their headquarters, and then told us we were good to go! One Polezei stood and talked with me the whole time and was real friendly.
Here is what is going on in the coming days. Note there are a couple of changes!
Friday (23rd)—Dinner and Study. Potluck theme is pizza! Anything pizza related is great! We will then be looking at the wedding at Cana in John 2!
Saturday (24th)—Changed from the calendar. We are now going to Rothenburg, which is a really cool walled city. Following dinner we are going to Ansbach for a praise and worship concert in their chapel. We will meet at the Graf Chapel at 11:00. Please let us know if you are interested in joining us as we might schedule a city tour. We will have our “Focus” night a week later.
Wednesday (28th)—Singles Bible Study--6:30 at the Chapel Annex. You can meet me for dinner at 5:30 in the DFAC.
Friday (30th)—NO DINNER and STUDY!! Instead, join us at the Graf Chapel for a talent show. Please let Haila Hill know if you plan to display a talent (i.e. artwork, crafts, etc.) or perform a talent (i.e. sing, dance, etc.).
Saturday (31st)—Changed from the Calendar. We will have a special night of worship, encouragement, and more. We are calling it “Focus”! Please join us from 7:00-9:00pm.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Sabbath Rest
There remains a Sabbath Rest. Why don't I experience this much? I know the answer--it's because of me! It is Sunday morning now. I am rested; I am at peace; I've been up long enough to have two cups of coffee and my deovtional; I even have time to be sitting here typing this! This looks so different than a lot of Sunday mornings. In part, we have almost two hours extra before Chapel since there is no Sunday School today (How does not having a one-hour Sunday School equate to almost two-hours extra? It's complicated but it does!). Which makes me think, if I had extra time most Sunday mornings before "rushing" off to chapel then I might arrive at church to worship God with a peaceful and rested spirit instead of being hurried and frantic. Does the latter describe you? If you have kids it probably does! Maybe an extra hour or two would do us all some good. But don't go cancelling Sunday School just to make it happen! Maybe the key is Saturday night... What if we ,me included, were better about going to bed at a decent hour so that I could be up before the "frantic" sets in immmediately after the alarm? Just a thought worth considering...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Graf House Happenings!
This Friday we will continue our study of the Gospel of John by looking at Chapter 1:35-51. Two weeks ago we started through this gospel by looking at why John wrote it, the difference between recognizing and receiving something, and we were then challenged to testify to The Light. Last week we discussed testimonies (especially John the Baptist’s testimony) and baptism. Here are links to a couple of websites that offer good articles on baptism if you want further reading: John MacArthur’s Grace to You and John Piper’s Desiring God.
Please join us on Friday for a potluck dinner (theme: Family Favorites) at 6:30 and then we will continue through the Gospel of John at 7:45. And here are a few more upcoming events:
Saturday, 17 Jan: Guy’s Game Day (Wii, Risk, and other games generally not favored by the girls.)—4:00
Sunday, 18 Jan: Reminder there is NO Sunday School or Awana’s at Graf Chapel (due to four-day weekend).
Monday, 19 Jan: Ski Trip!
We will be going to Arber (www.arber.de) which is about 2 ½ hours from Graf. They do have ski school for those interested (30 Euros; 9:30-12:30) and lift tickets cost 25 Euros for adults and 18 Euros for kids ages 6-16. They have sledding available as well. We will be leaving the Hospitality House at 6:30 so that we can be there in time for ski school but you are welcome to just meet us there (the slope isn’t too big!). Single guys are welcome to stay at the House Sunday night.
Please let us know:
1. If you plan to come.
2. If you will carpool from here or meet us there.
3. If you will be staying the night.
We look forward to seeing you at any or all of these events. Check out more events to the right.
Please join us on Friday for a potluck dinner (theme: Family Favorites) at 6:30 and then we will continue through the Gospel of John at 7:45. And here are a few more upcoming events:
Saturday, 17 Jan: Guy’s Game Day (Wii, Risk, and other games generally not favored by the girls.)—4:00
Sunday, 18 Jan: Reminder there is NO Sunday School or Awana’s at Graf Chapel (due to four-day weekend).
Monday, 19 Jan: Ski Trip!
We will be going to Arber (www.arber.de) which is about 2 ½ hours from Graf. They do have ski school for those interested (30 Euros; 9:30-12:30) and lift tickets cost 25 Euros for adults and 18 Euros for kids ages 6-16. They have sledding available as well. We will be leaving the Hospitality House at 6:30 so that we can be there in time for ski school but you are welcome to just meet us there (the slope isn’t too big!). Single guys are welcome to stay at the House Sunday night.
Please let us know:
1. If you plan to come.
2. If you will carpool from here or meet us there.
3. If you will be staying the night.
We look forward to seeing you at any or all of these events. Check out more events to the right.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
A New Year's Resolution...For You!
Join us for our Friday Night Dinner and Study each week. We have a potluck at 6:30 followed by a time of worship and a lesson on the book of John. We normally kick worship off around 7:45. We are just starting John and look forward to seeing God revealed through this Gospel.
Childcare is provided form 6:30-9:30 and please bring your kids fed as dinner is for adults only. This provides many parents a night to enjoy "adult conversation" without kiddos in tow! We would love to see you this week!
Join us for our Friday Night Dinner and Study each week. We have a potluck at 6:30 followed by a time of worship and a lesson on the book of John. We normally kick worship off around 7:45. We are just starting John and look forward to seeing God revealed through this Gospel.
Childcare is provided form 6:30-9:30 and please bring your kids fed as dinner is for adults only. This provides many parents a night to enjoy "adult conversation" without kiddos in tow! We would love to see you this week!
Happy New Year
We rung in the New Year last night with several single soldiers who came over for dinner. After that we had several families join us for dessert and games until around 11:00. We probably had about 25 people and the games were good and loud!
The German tradition is to light off fireworks for New Year's so we did that an hour early so the kids could go to bed. In the end only Owen went to bed and the rest of us stayed up to watch the rest of the countryside shoot fireworks at midnight. About 10 people stuck around until 3:00am playing Taboo! Aimee and I haven't been up that late for quite a while!
We hope your New Year's was good! Check back for more of what is going on here!
The German tradition is to light off fireworks for New Year's so we did that an hour early so the kids could go to bed. In the end only Owen went to bed and the rest of us stayed up to watch the rest of the countryside shoot fireworks at midnight. About 10 people stuck around until 3:00am playing Taboo! Aimee and I haven't been up that late for quite a while!
We hope your New Year's was good! Check back for more of what is going on here!
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