We Bought a Church Building Today!

Today, December 22, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. we finalized a purchase on a 3,028 sq. ft. building that will serve as LifePoint Church's brand new place of worship! There are future renovations that will take place in order to retrofit the building to our needs, but I did want to show you all a few pictures of what our new building looks like today. Thank you so much for all of your prayer and support.

God Bless,

Jathan

Christmas at Railroad Park

Wouldn't you know that the coldest night of the year, December 6th, was also the night we held our OUTDOOR Christmas singing? That's right, about 97 people braved the 29 degree temperatures at Railroad Park in Ruston to get an early start on celebrating the Christmas season. We celebrated by sucking down gallons of hot chocolate and coffee, eating cookies, shamelessly accepting door prizes, and enjoying singing by both Ricky Houck and Hodge United Pentecostal Church.

I do apologize in advance for the very pedestrian quality of the pictures. To be honest with you, it was so cold that most of us were focused way more on self presevation than taking pictures to post on some guy's blog. Nevertheless, we did manage to snap a few pictures.

Each coffee cup came with a custom "LifePoint Church of Ruston" sleeve

Thanks for being our coffee cup model, Kensie

I'm up there mumbling my way through something, wishing that I was standing under one of those heaters behind me.

We didn't have a problem moving the coffee and hot chocolate as is evidenced by this very anxious recepient

I don't think they were actually worshipping the heater...but...well, let's just say it was pretty cold

Crazy people under the coffee tent

Anytime Alan works we like to capture images of it

A very lame picture of the audience

A very lame picture of the stage...also, that's Ricky Houck singing beneath the heater

Hodge UPC Choir...they were troopers lemme tell ya'!

A view of the audience from the stage

Any picture of Ashlyn is a good one

Well, there you have it ladies and gentlemen, our last big event of 2008! Many thanks to all of the hard workers at LifePoint Church that made this possible. Also a big thank you goes out to Mike Houck and the Hodge UPC under the leadership of the Stroud's for providing stellar entertainment. Finally, thank you to all of the local businesses that donated door prizes for the event. They are as follows:

Karen's Hallmark

L.A. Design Company

The Corner Drug Store

Ruston Restaurant and Catering Company

Merle Norman

The Children's Shoppe

Hair Studios of Ruston

Bath Junkie

HR and Associates

The Frothy Monkey

Ruston Florist

All That Jazz

Wing Stop

Sundown Tavern

El Jarrito

Ponchatoula's

Piney Hills Music Superstore

First National Bank

Monjouni's

God Bless,

Jathan Maricelli