Tonight we celebrated Thanksgiving with a telling story of the Pilgrim’s long journey to the new world. We also enjoyed pies, cookies, mac & cheese and other delicious offerings.

This weekend (Friday evening / Saturday morning) was an important time in our on-going revitalization efforts. The SBCV’s Darrell Webb acted as consultant and facilitator in this collaborative workshop.

Leading up to the weekend, we prayed for ten minutes each day for twenty days, for unity of heart and for ideas to reach our community that match the heart of God.

During the weekend, we reviewed results of the survey everyone took back in June. Team leads presented demographics in our local area and lead discussions in three areas regarding our future: missions and outreach, partnering, and thinking big. After discussion and putting forth ideas, we prayed over everything that we discussed, asking God to lead us in His way.

Here are some photos of this future-looking event

Click one of the small pictures to get a blow-up, then use your arrow keys to step through the larger pictures. Just click on the large picture to see the thumbnails again.

It is no secret that we love Pastor Rick and Betsy. Today we had a fellowship dinner in their honor following the morning service. Several people overcame their shyness to publicly describe their affection and appreciation for all that the two do.

Each month with five Sundays, the evening of the fifth is set aside for a special event. Like every Sunday evening, Pastor Crookshank prepared a great Bible lesson. For dinner, everyone brought a salad or dessert to share, and Cheryl prepared fresh hot quesadillas to order! At least one family decided that they could no longer live without a quesadilla maker of their own.

It didn’t seem like we had enough time to sift through attic and basement for all those things we wanted to sell, but we still managed to fill all our tables. Thanks to advertising in the Fredericksburg, King George and Westmoreland papers, as well as on Craigslist, we had the biggest day so far! As always, the sale tables were open to our community (for free) and we got to know a few of our neighbors a little better.