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Impact Mentoring - Invest In Our Children

A Community Action Meeting will be held Wednesday, May 7 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm at come2go Ministries, 323 Baker Street. This is your chance to learn more about how you can invest in the lives of elementary and middle school children. Learn more about the needs, the program and the small commitment.

Rev. Robert Smith, Director of Pastoral Ministries for Taylor University will be our guest speaker and Pastor Quincy McGhee will unfold more about this wonderful opportunity to invest in our community.

For more information contact Pastor Quincy at 260-426-6464.

Peace in the Streets Rally

In the wake of 9 shooting homicides in a week and one stabbing death on our college campus the response is:

“Peace In The Streets Rally”
Saturday, April 26, 2008
11:15am – Gather at the corner of Anthony St. and McKinnie Ave.
12:00pm – March to Anthony St. & U.S. 27 (McDonald’s parking lot)
Citilink will be available for those who cannot complete the 2.5 mile march

Fantastic Performances at Recent c2g Concert

Here is what I heard about the recent concert at c2g:

"Man WHAT an Evening @ C2G!!! Sunday, April 13, 2008. A date I will remember for a Long Time! Man Sunny T & Rach singing together once again! Takes me back to the ole Toast n JAM days.Back to c2g: Sunny was On & Rocked - Rachael was Incredible & Steppin' In It was Over The Top!!!
Like - S.I.I.'s performance was beyond descriptive words!!! Check-Out 'some' Photos:

Thanks To Drew Allegre!!! These are HIS Photos -
It is wonderful that he shares with us! Good Job Drew!

HUGE Thanks to c2g for allowing these grand shows at their wonderful church!!!
Man you just couldn't ask for a better venue! Thanks especially to the musicians for sharing their art and their immense talents with us!"

Link to web page with Sun. 4-13, 08 C2G Photos.
http://bacchanal.zenfolio.com/f950412101/ Just Click On Link : Then Scroll Down to Bottom of Page :

ALSO : Sunny Taylor With a few including Rachael are @
http://bacchanal.zenfolio.com/p14057570/

Rach & Rachael with Dominic & with Joe :
http://bacchanal.zenfolio.com/p363433913/

Africa on Susan's Mind

This is the orphanage that Susan will be visiting in Africa - at least one of what they hope will be more buildings on 5 acres of land. Many children show up every day to be fed. Children that are caring for other children - that they don't have room to house, show up each day for sustenance and to see the love of God. These children live wherever they can find covering, cars - bridges - etc... Children as young as my son Kasey caring for groups of younger children, orphaned because of HIV/AIDS and war.

Every dollar raised above the amount Susan needs for her air fare will go to support this mission. Will you partner will her?

Found Keys!

The other day I lost my credit card, and in the process of looking for that, I found my keys!
I even found my credit card! How cool is that? A twofer!

Profound thought that I unlocked in it ... Nothing is hidden from Him.

Practical thought Susan relayed to me ... We should get a hook to hang my keys on.

Captivating!

Love stories are alluring. We are fascinated to watch the pursuit of the object of another person’s love. Let me share a few of the love stories that I have stumbled upon that are fascinating me recently…

Solomon’s Story:
In the movie Blood Diamond, the fisherman father after escaping his captors sets out on a pilgrimage of love. First tracking down his family who are now hostages of a refugee camp to learn that his son has been forced at 12 to become a soldier. Solomon the fisherman willingly accepts every risk and sacrifice to bring forth freedom for those he adores. The line in the movie that moved me down deep in the core of my being was when he with quiet strength said “I am his father, and I am going to find my son.” When he does finally find his son – a child who is now addicted to a life of drugs, violence and killing. Instead of Solomon leaving his son … he gives his very life to set him free.

Martin’s Story:
The life of Martin Luther King Jr., who was so compelled by love for others that he set aside all reason and safety to do whatever was within his power to change the paradigms of those around him. In love he admonished and inspired radical change to bring about the end of segregation. His pursuit of love and his dream encourages my dreams.

Georgia’s Story:
Whenever I listen to “Love Song” by Third Day it reminds me of a silly sweet romantic comedy I watched with my daughter, Last Holiday. Georgia Byrd lives a small life tucked inside big dreams when she learns she only has a few weeks to live. Her response is to embark on a radical adventure to live out all her dreams. In the midst of this, the man who has secretly fallen in love with her pursues her across the ocean, over the mountains and up to the top ledge of a multi-story building to say … “I love you, and I want to spend whatever time God will allow me to have with you … whether it is five minutes or fifty years.”

Jeanne’s Story:
The life of Madam Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon who’s love pursuit and practice of union with her creator was her life’s mission. In pursuing the object of her affection she was persecuted, branded a heretic and then held captive in the French prison the Bastille, then again later in both the castles of Oloron and of Lourdes. Guyon was imprisoned for teaching others to listen in prayer more than speak and spend time focusing on God rather than religion. As she wrote in one of her poems later in her life: "There was a period when I chose, a time and place for prayer ... But now I seek that constant prayer, an inward stillness known ..."


His Story:
The lyrics of Third Day’s “Love Song” I mentioned above shares a piece of the love story of Jesus in just a few very short verses. I find the bridge challenging to sing every time I hear it – since it is to be sung by Jesus, not me:
“I know that you don't understand
the fullness of My love
How I died upon the cross for your sins
And I know that you don't realize
how much that I gave you
But I promise, I would do it all again.

Just to be with you, I've done everything
There's no price I did not pay
Just to be with you, I gave everything
Yes, I gave my life away.”

Oh my! The truth of these words illuminates how His love is so captivating to me! I don’t understand it, yet, I am absolutely mesmerized by it.

Do you have love stories that captivate you? Will you share them with me???

He Pours Into Me --- Past Overflowing

New Fella in Our Lives -- Ah...Puppy Love

Meet Dolche' Je T'aime (French for sweet love) ... otherwise known as Dusty.

He is an adorable Briard (a French Sheep Dog) born on January 19th and adopted by Susan & Bobbie this past Monday.

Welcome Dusty ... you are in for more love than you could have ever imagined!

Losing Keys

“I’ve been losing lots of keys lately, I don’t know what that means... But maybe I’ve been better off with things that can’t be locked at all”

I love music, and of course as a lover of words, the lyrics stimulate me. These lyrics by Jack Johnson hit a place inside me.

It's common for people to carry around keys for all the locks in their lives; doors, drawers, vehicles, cabinets and boxes. Sometimes I muse about how metaphorical these keys can be.

About a month ago, I lost my car keys – I am still waiting for them to turn up.

It’s odd … recently I had someone tell me they thought I just wasn’t comfortable living in the “tension” between two different states of being. Strangely, I see myself as a person who lives quite comfortably in the tension. Whether it was the three years of living in the unresolved state of my father’s murder and residue of his life … or the 40+ years of unresolved dilemma of my mother’s anorexia … or the six years of the unresolved state of a marriage that never was one … or the eight years of being misunderstood by some of the people who were supposed to be the closest to me in Christ. In the voids Christ was amplified. Him revealing more of Himself to me in and through each of these states of “unresolved tension” has given me joy that has nothing to do with my circumstances or even the people God has wandering next to me.

I guess I will just wait to see what the Holy One in me reveals about this idea of where I am at with “living in the tension” … keeping my eyes open for Him.

When I think about my missing keys, I just smile and think … ah, they’ll turn up if God wants them to. Hope they unlock something profound.

jamie = je t'aime

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