by Christopher Taylor | Jan 11, 2016 | updates
Good morning, Thanks to those who tried to help sell the cooler as I was contacted on Saturday evening by some guys from Biloxi that came and picked it up. I tried to give Bro. Benny his $50 for the sell of the cooler since it was his before donating it to the church, but he gave it back to me and told me to buy him some Powerball tickets this weekend. I am still waiting on a full schedule of games for Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Friendship but as soon as I have those I will send out an email. Today I was able to get Dustin Graham enrolled in Better Life Christian Academy (same home school Logan Wainwright graduated from). This will be a better fit for him and allow me to help him a little more on his needed schoolwork. Pray for Dustin as he continues this journey toward his diploma, and thank you for your prayers thus far. Speaking of Dustin, he has to have 140 hours of community service for this semester to complete so let me know if you need him. He doesn’t know this email is being sent out, but I’m sure he will love me for all the work I’m going to be getting him 🙂 More below on schedules and events coming up: In 140 characters or less: – 1/11 – Bama wins 16th National Championship – 1/13 – Regular service times – 1/18 – MCPSS Schools out for Martin Luther King Jr. Day – 1/18 – RA Basketball Games from 9am – ? – 1/26 – RA...
by Christopher Taylor | Jan 4, 2016 | updates
Happy 2016, As normal it will probably take me a couple weeks when writing things to put 16 on the end instead of 15. 2015 was a good year and I am praying along with Bro. Teddie that 2016 be even better for our church family. The Evangelism class with Jonny Gaston is pretty much full. Last text I received from him there were 31 signed up which is over what he planned on in the beginning, but to God be the glory. Hopefully there will be another one offered after this first 8 week course and then some of our students can be a part of it, maybe even along with their parents. Be praying about that! We are still looking to sell/giveaway the double door glass cooler that doesn’t work in the CAB kitchen. If anyone wants it or knows someone that would like it here is the link: http://mobile.craigslist.org/bfs/5387248775.html I have not received an RA Basketball schedule for 2016 but as soon as I do I will post it. Faith students went back today and MCPSS students go back tomorrow. Pray for them! Below is more on what is coming up: In 140 characters or less: – 1/5 – First day of 3rd Quarter – 1/6 – Regular services resume – 1/6 – GO Camp 2016 (Summer Youth Camp) early signup begins. (more info in another email) – 1/18 – MCPSS Schools out for Martin Luther King Jr. Day – 1/18 – RA Basketball Games from 9am – ? – 2/4 – WinterJam Concert at the Mitchell Center In 140 characters or more: Attendance Schedule Attendance...
by Christopher Taylor | Dec 14, 2015 | updates
Our RA teams went 1-2 on Saturday. Below are the scores: – Younger Team 1 – Won 55-8 vs. Tillman’s Corner 2 – Younger Team 2 – Lost 52-35 vs. Tillman’s Corner 1 – Older Team – Lost 43-42 vs. Woodridge Blue (Oak Park Church of God) We have games on Friday and Saturday this weekend. Friday’s games will be in Biloxi verses St. Patrick Catholic’s JV and Varsity teams. Saturdays games will be all at Oak Park Church of God and are listed are as follows: – Younger Team 2 vs. Tillman’s Corner 2 @ 12:00pm – Younger Team 1 vs. Manor @ 1:00pm – Older Team vs. Shiloh Baptist Church @ 3:00pm Continue to pray for this...
by Christopher Taylor | Dec 14, 2015 | updates
Good morning, Busy weekend for the Friendship Family with folks coming in from Guatemala, Upward, RA Basketball, and the Children’s play along with the weekend services. This Wednesday night we will have a Tacky Sweater Christmas Party with students 6-12th grades and on Sunday we will have a BreakFEAST for our last Sunday School of the year with our 6-12th graders. On a last note we are looking for a stand up single door cooler that can be locked for the kitchen in the CAB. It will alleviate some of the confusion of use of the main double door cooler and give some room in the double door cooler to be used by others. If you have any suggestions on where to look for one please let me know. It will mainly hold drinks. Details on what’s coming up is below: In 140 characters or less: – 12/16 – Tacky Christmas Sweater Party (Last Wednesday of the Year) – 12/17 – Last day for MCPSS students before Christmas Break – 12/18 – RA Older & Younger Team vs. St. Patrick Catholic in Biloxi, MS – 12/19 – RA Basketball Games at Oak Park Church of God starting at 12:00 noon. – 12/20 – Sunday School BreakFEAST at 9:15am – 12/23 – No Services – 12/24 – Christmas Eve Service at 5:30pm – 12/27 – Only 10:30am Worship Service – 12/30 – No Services – 1/5 – First day of 3rd Quarter In 140 characters or more: Attendance Schedule December 16 (5:30-6:30p) – Lynne Watson January 6 (5:30-6:30p) – Eva Mareno January 20 (5:30-6:30p) – Sanna Collier January 13 (5:30-6:30p) –...
by Christopher Taylor | Dec 7, 2015 | updates
Happy Monday to y’all, 2015 is winding down quickly and I’ve already seen posts about the year in review. I’m sure we are to see “Top 10 Offensive Things of 2015” as the word “offensive” has been the word of the year. Every year we try to have something at the end of the year to celebrate with our students and this year it will be with a Tacky Sweater Party on Wednesday, December 16th during our 6:30pm service. More info below on this and some other events that are coming up. In 140 characters or less: – 12/12 – RA Basketball Regional Games begin – 12/16 – Tacky Christmas Sweater Party (Last Wednesday of the Year) – 12/17 – Last day for MCPSS students before Christmas Break – 12/18 – RA Older & Younger Team vs. St. Patrick Catholic in Biloxi, MS – 12/23 – No Services – 12/24 – Christmas Eve Service at 5:30pm – 12/27 – Only 10:30am Worship Service – 12/30 – No Services – 1/5 – First day of 3rd Quarter In 140 characters or more: Attendance Schedule December 9 (5:30-6:30p) – Sanna Collier Decmeber 16 (5:30-6:30p) – Lynne Watson January 6 (5:30-6:30p) – Eva Mareno January 13 (5:30-6:30p) – Eva Mareno Late-Night Basketball & Fellowship Schedule December 9 (7:30-8:30p) – Jim & Glenda Chinners December 16 (7:30-8:30p) – Chris Taylor January 6 (7:30-8:30p) – John Ladnier January 13 (7:30-8:30p) – Jack & Kerri Lastorka Tacky Christmas Sweater Party – Wednesday, December 16th at 6:30pm A joint service in the youth building with some food, drinks, games, and a bunch of tacky Christmas sweaters...
by Christopher Taylor | Nov 30, 2015 | updates
Good morning and welcome to the end of November, Hope you had a great Thanksgiving Holiday and are back in the swing of things this morning. It was a blessing to the GBMS teachers of all the desserts that were donated to them on Wednesday, Nov. 18th. They absolutely loved it and appreciated it greatly. Thank you especially to Sara Gaston for coordinating those outside the church family to participate also. It definitely helps in keeping the door open for us to have a Christian influence in the local public school, and if you didn’t know, that is something that is fading quickly in the US. Our first two games in Biloxi, MS with the RA Older basketball teams ended in losses but as I like to call it, there were some growing pains that we needed to endure before our regional season started. A big thanks to Zach Huhn for taking time to take Dustin Graham, one of our students to his GED assessment test on Friday, Nov. 20th. Dustin will begin classes this Tuesday at the Grand Bay Community Center so please pray for him as this is a big step in the right direction in his future. If you are selling calendars the day to turn in all your calendar money and leftover calendars is on Sunday, December 6th. At that point we will hopefully sell all remaining calendars. We have a couple things that are coming up and the information is below. In 140 characters or less: – 12/12 – RA Basketball Regional Games begin – 12/16 – Tacky Christmas Sweater Party (Last Wednesday of...
by Christopher Taylor | Nov 16, 2015 | updates
Good morning, This week begins our Upward basketball practices along with our ongoing RA Basketball practices so please make note that the CAB will be in use every evening Monday – Friday until beginning of February. WE NEED MORE DESSERTS!! This Wednesday we are treating the Grand Bay Middle School staff with desserts on their lunch wave. We have only had 1 person sign up to donate a dessert and need about 7 or 8 more. If you can do this please let me know. I would love to bring them homemade desserts and not Sam’s Club if all possible. They can be dropped off Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning into the Fellowship Hall. Below is more information on what is coming up In 140 characters or less: – 11/17 – RA Basketball – Friendship Older vs. Sacred Heart Catholic at 6:30p in Biloxi, MS – 11/18 – GBMS Staff Surprise Dessert Blessing – 11/18 – NO Late-Night Basketball from 7:30-8:30p (Setup for Community Thanksgiving Meal) – 11/19 – RA Basketball – Friendship Older vs St. Patrick Catholic at 6:30p in Biloxi, MS – 11/23-27 – No Youth Activities – 11/25 – No Wednesday Night services – 12/2 – Regular Wednesday services resume – 12/5 – Upward Basketball games begin In 140 characters or more: Attendance Schedule November 18 (5:30-6:30p) – Lynne Watson December 2 (5:30-6:30p) – Eva Mareno December 9 (5:30-6:30p) – Sanna Collier Late-Night Basketball & Fellowship Schedule November 18 (7:30-8:30p) – John Ladnier December 2 (7:30-8:30p) – Jack & Kerri Lastorka December 9 (7:30-8:30p) – Jim & Glenda Chinners December 16 (7:30-8:30p) – Chris Taylor...
by Christopher Taylor | Nov 9, 2015 | updates
Good morning everyone, It only took a week to drop the temperature 25 degrees. You have got to love Southern Alabama weather. Speaking of Southern Alabama, we are looking at some dates to go to Southern Alabama Paintball off of Bellingrath Rd very soon (probably December). This Wednesday, 11/11 we will be taking a group of students to go see the movie Woodlawn. We will also be getting lunch at Chick-Fil-A. More information below SECRET SURPRISE – We are going to need about 6-8 desserts that would feed about 60 teachers for Wednesday, November 18th for the Grand Bay Middle School staff. This is a surprise treat for them and the work they do with our Middle School students. If you would provide a dessert of some sort please let me know. The more the merrier. If anyone is interested in donating some basketballs for the RA teams the wish list is below, also there is more information below on what we have coming up. In 140 characters or less: 2016 Calendar Fundraiser Continues (see below for info or go to foundationflow.com) – 11/11 – Woodlawn Movie Day (MCPSS Schools Out) – 11/17 – First Game for our Older RA Basketball Team at St. Patrick Catholic. – 11/18 – GBMS Staff Surprise Dessert Blessing – 11/25 – No Wednesday Night services In 140 characters or more: Attendance Schedule November 11 (5:30-6:30p) – Sanna Collier November 18 (5:30-6:30p) – Lynne Watson December 2 (5:30-6:30p) – Eva Mareno Late-Night Basketball & Fellowship Schedule November 11 (7:30-8:30p) – Chris Taylor November 18 (7:30-8:30p) – John Ladnier December 2 (7:30-8:30p) – Jack & Kerri Lastorka December...
by Christopher Taylor | Nov 2, 2015 | updates
Good morning hot weather, Welcome to November in the South. Thought about pulling out the tank top and shorts today. Before getting into too much detail I want to thank all the leaders, students, and adults that helped with the Hallelujah Festival. I think it was a hit. Afterwards we went to the Coastal Response Center in Coden for a scare. It was ok, but I think the students enjoyed playing tag in the bounce inflatable more than anything. This week we begin a set of revival services focused toward our Hispanic ministry. Lazaro Suruy will be the speaker and you are invited to join in the auditorium starting at 6:30p Monday – Wednesday. With Wednesday being a part of the services we will join them at 6:30p. The same times will stay in effect for hangout in the CAB before and after, but all students 6-12th will go into the Auditorium for the service. Cooking for the Bryant Football Team and Band went very well. !!!Last week I got some packages in the mail from Amazon that I was not expecting. Low and behold it was a fulfillment from our RA Basketball Wish List. I will keep the donor a secret but it was one of my favorite moments of last week. You can find the link to the wish list below along with more info on other events.!!! In 140 characters or less: 2016 Calendar Fundraiser Continues (see below for info or go to foundationflow.com) – 11/2-4 – Hispanic Revival Services w/Lazaro Suruy – 11/8 – Homecoming services at the church – 11/11 – Woodlawn Movie Day...
by Christopher Taylor | Oct 26, 2015 | updates
Good morning, It was a joy to my heart to see us worship together with New Beginnings last night. No matter what the color or background people have, our hearts all the same; broken and in need of a Savior. I am thankful for Jesus and his sacrifice for everyone regardless of those characteristics. This morning I had the great opportunity to speak to some of the Breitling Bears on Trustworthiness. Also, this morning, I am thankful I keep a change of clothes in my closet at work for wet days like this. 2016 Calendar Fundraiser starts this Sunday. It’s Hallelujah Festival week and we need a bunch of students to help with the event. More details below on that and other upcoming events. In 140 characters or less: – 10/30 – Cooking for the Alma Bryant Band & Football Team – 10/30 – Alma Bryant vs. Murphy @ Bryant 7pm (Last game of the season) – 10/31 – Hallelujah Festival 5-7pm (Coden Haunted House) – 11/1 – Daylight Saving Time Ends – 11/1 – 2016 Calendar Fundraiser starts – 11/11 – Woodlawn Movie Day (MCPSS Schools Out) – 11/18 – First Game for our Older RA Basketball Team at St. Patrick Catholic. In 140 characters or more: Attendance Schedule October 21 (5:30-6:30p) – Sanna Collier October 28 (5:30-6:30p) – Lynne Watson November 4 (5:30-6:30p) – Eva Mareno Late-Night Basketball & Fellowship Schedule October 21 (7:30-8:30p) – John Ladnier October 28 (7:30-8:30p) – Jack & Kerri Lastorka November 4 (7:30-8:30p) – Jim & Glenda Chinners November 11 (7:30-8:30p) – Chris Taylor RA Basketball Wish List Here is the link...
