Yeehaw!

I'm always curious to see who comes out to dance! I think a great time was had by all at our last 09 GSN Tuesday night. As usual Amy-Lynne captured it all on camera for us. . . .


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come dance with us. . .

Our 4th and final Grace Summer Night is tonight. Join us for some chili, strawberry shortcake and fun family dancing.

Here are some pics from last week at Port San Luis.

GSN #2 Pics Now Posted

Here are some fun pics from GSN #2, the Kodak Klassic Car Rally. GSN #3 will be a beach night at Port San Luis. Hope you can make it. . . .


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09 GSN #2: Kodak Klassic Kar Rally

Join us tomorrow evening for a great pasta dinner and a fun family evening. Bring a camera and a big car, $2 / person, and some friends.

Here are some pics that show the fun of last week. . . .

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GSN 2008: Talent Show Tomorrow

Grace Summer Nights 2008 has been a kick these last few weeks. Last week, in the spirit of Galatians, we enjoyed square dancing and line dancing in our Ministry Center. . . . first time we've had any kind of official dancing event on campus. . . . I had several people note that and thank me. Our family had a great time.

Tomorrow we close out this year's Grace Summer Nights with our 2nd Annual Talent Show. Should be a casual and fun time as a church family. Hope you can make it. Yours truly will be featured in the talent show, but you've got to come to see how. . .

Here's a cumulative Grace Summer Night's slide show. . .


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GSN 2008 #1: Mustang Water Slides

Our 2008 Grace Summer Nights kicked off nicely last Tuesday at the Mustang Water Slides. . . 315 people attended, 60 were guests, 66 pizzas consumed.

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Photos can be accessed here.

Next Tuesday we are gathering at Port San Luis. Invite those same friends and some new ones. Its going to be another great family time. See you there!

wild week. . .

It's been a busy week . . . .

• Graveside Service for one of the founding generation, Ralph Vanderberg, last Thursday, July 19. Awesome man who's motto was "saved to serve" and he did. I learned he lath and plastered our Sanctuary and laid most of the brick of the Annex. Pure joy and privilege to stand at his grave and offer words of encouragement.

• Preached last Sunday at Christ Community Church, formerly known as the Evangelical Free Church of Laguna Hills. Great to go back to the "incubator" after 4 1/2 years and see so many old friends. Much spiritual formation happened there for me. Got a chance to go to San Onofre for some dinner and surf last Sunday evening. First time I'd surfed since Haaken was born. (Don't tell anybody!) Watched Sage stand up on three waves. So fun.

• Memorial Service on Monday morning in San Pedro for dear Anne Schwab, friend, Grace congregant, and Lisa Lewis' mom. Had the chance to share with 100 or so educators from the LA Unified School District the foundation of faith which bore much fruit in Anne's life and in the lives of others. Funerals are wonderful and unique opportunities to proclaim the Gospel.

• Prepared and presented an Early Childhood Parenting seminar with Susie at our 3rd Grace Summer Night. What a great evening! The El Ninos were great. I've heard great stuff about all the seminars. CLICK HERE to listen to our seminar and also Pastor Steve's Seminar "How to Read the Bible for All It's Worth." Pics from GSN #3 are also now available HERE. Next week is the Potluck and Talent Show. Hope you're coming.

• Susie and the kids packed it up again today and headed down to Escondido to join a big family gathering happening there. But I'm here to try and find the top of my desk and get a few other things done. There's even talk of an afternoon of surf at the Ranch on Sunday. That's what I call a Lord's Day.

• This Sunday I get to preach Psalm 19 and share a pretty exciting announcement. Some of you may have heard about the special congregation meeting called for this Sunday. We're going to push it off until next Sunday. Plan on being there if you can.

Great busy summer. Little time for blogging. Hope you're enjoying it, too!

Grace Summer Nights Photos now posted

We, like the Ernstroms, had a great time on Wednesday at our first Grace Summer Night. Terry Kohlenberg was our host for a night of family fun and fellowship. I was encouraged to see folks of all ages and stages come out. I think we all had a good time. . . .

We did some crazy stuff. Here's the slide show to prove it. . .

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(More photos will be posted soon. We've also added another 50 or so to the 4th of July set, so give that another look.)

Our next Grace Summer Night is a Family Beach Night happening Wednesday, July 18 at
Port San Luis. Hope you can join us. The fun starts at 6:00 PM.

By the way, Mark Owen can boogie down!

see you there?

You coming tomorrow to our official kick-off of Grace Summer Nights? Things begin with a potato bar dinner at 5:30. This week Terry Kohlenberg will be our guest. I guarantee you'll have a good time.

If you've forgotten to sign up, give Dori a call right now at 543.2358 and let her know you're coming. People have been calling yesterday and today.

I glanced at the list and I was encouraged to see a wide variety of ages and life stages coming along. As we've said all along, this is for families and the entire church family. . . just a chance to be together and enjoy the Summer.

See you there. . .

Grace Summer Nights/4th of July Promo Video

Last weekend was Father's Day Weekend. . . we had a whole bunch of folks visiting, but also a whole bunch missing. Here's the hilarious Ernstrom productions promo video for Grace Summer Nights and the Annual 4th of July Picnic. . . . Enjoy!