Tithe Rap

Here's a little video that a friend from work sent me. It's a must see for anyone who needs a laugh, because I guarantee you'll laugh at it! Click on the title "Tithe Rap," and it will take you to You Tube to watch the video!

The First Annual Prodigals 99 Business Meeting!

I just wanted to send out a quick email about house church this coming Thursday. I am calling it the first Annual Prodigals 99 Business Meeting. Please be thinking of ways in which we can improve our weekly meetings and be prepared to share. Anything and everything is on the table for revision not limited to but including: meals, lesson time, prayer requests, discipleship, dividing up men and women, special Thursday nights where all we do is fellowship together or do nothing but prayer requests, taking weeks off, meeting for fun activities on the weekends...etc. I know there are certain weeks where we are lax in some of these areas and we are trying to find a way that works for everyone where all these portions of house church have the ample time that is needed. I apologize for not doing a better job over this last year in time management and I am hoping that we can fix some of these issues by having this "business meeting." Also, please bring any other suggestions for the "Out" portion of our house church as we are still undecided on what that will be and look like. I will be bringing a suggestion that was given to me by Scott Jester as a way to try and incorporate everyone's "out" desires. The idea is currently being done by another house church. Lastly, we have had a couple weeks to think about how we might like to spend the mission money ($1500) given to us this year by Grace. Please bring all ideas you have. The following Thursday, February 19, we will be having a vote of sorts to decide on the first mission we would like to help. There are people in our hosue church who we could support so please be praying specifically for these needs as I personally feel we need to support those we know and love. I do not feel it is right to try and support people we do not know when there are people in our "family" of Prodigals 99 that we could support. (Disclaimer: the previous message is the sole opinion of one David Abbott and does not necessarily represent the opinion of Prodigals 99 or this station...) See everyone Thursday and please, please come ready to share ideas

Grace & Peace
david

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Christmas Party

I'm extremely late on getting these posted, but I thought I'd get them up! Better late than never, right? Just some fun pics from our Christmas party!

Love it Lynn!

A precious picture....

Ryan wearing his white elephant gift! How come we haven't seen it again, Ryan???

An adorable picture!

Lynn serving in a beautiful festive apron!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great time, didn't we??

The Scoop, October 16, 2008

Hello to Prodigals 99. Hope everyone is having a great week and we look forward to seeing many of you tomorrow night at the PowerHouse. Indeed, like Mrs. McKee said, house church will not take place tonight in lieu of the fact that we are having an outreach tomorrow evening. So make sure to catch the Office tonight, it is on each of you to remember, lol. I wanted to take this opportunity to cover some things in the life of Prodigals 99. First off, I would like to apologize to everyone for the time it is taking to find an outreach for us to be a part of. My hopes are that the PowerHouse, Hope Center, and our inner city church would all work out as outreach opportunities for us. I have not followed up like I should with the inner city church and that is completely my bad. Sorry. Second, I would like to apologize to all the men of Prodigals 99 for failing over the last 2 months to set up discipleship meetings. Again there is no excuse. I know we are getting into the holiday season and Koleson will be here before too long but I still feel it is very possible to meet 1 Saturday a month for discipleship with the idea of using 1 Thursday night a month to break up male and female for more discipleship. So men, please email me and let me know which Saturday in the next 3 weeks would work for you--the 18th, 25th, or 1st. Again, apologizes to all for my lack of leadership in these 2 areas. Okay, I would also like to throw some ideas out for some fun times we could enjoy as a house church. Next Thursday, we will be meeting like regular and we will be going through what the Bible has to say about politics and God and all things government. I recommend that everyone bring a Bible, pen, and paper. The Bible to look up passages, and the pen and paper to doodle when you are bored. We will have less than 2 weeks before the elections the next time we meet and will spend those 2 Thursdays getting ready for the elections. The 30th we will again look at both candidates and their stances on some issues we did not get to 2 weeks ago. We will also start taking 1 Thursday night a month to do discipleship like mentioned above breaking up into male and female for some in depth "bonding" if you will.Starting in November, if anyone would like to bring a "lesson", discussion, or worship time to the house church, please let me know. This hc is definitely not a dictatorship and I look forward to others bringing us "all things spiritual" on different Thursday nights. Jess and I are tentatively inviting everyone to our house on Saturday, October 25th for what we are calling a "house warming, body warming" party. We would like for everyone to see the house now that it is mostly complete and also enjoy the firepit I will be making this weekend. We are planning on everyone coming over around 4ish in the afternoon for some food and fun and then when it gets darker, we can sit by the firepit, hang out, and roast some marshmellows. Please no gifts for us, we just want everyone to come and have some fun. It is that time of year when the weahter makes having a bonfire quite appealing. We will discuss this more next Thursday at house church. We will also be discussing how we can enjoy the holidays coming up as a house church. For example, maybe a Thanksgiving style supper the Thursday before Thanksgiving, a $10 maximum white elephant gift exchange, and the harvest get together the McKee's brought up. Other possibilities coming up during the next winter months would be our Prodigals 99 sleep over and maybe a quick trip over to Ohio for some skiing, snow boarding, and tubing at a location 1 hour away from the Fort. We will just have to set some hard dates for both of these so they do not keep getting put off. Our next team event with the other 3 house churches in our group along with the Normans will be in November and is tentatively set for the 23rd after second service. We will be having a baptism/baby dedication and a meal. The plans are to eat first and then do the baptisms/baby dedications afterwards. I know the McKees mentioned about baby dedication. Please let me know if anyone else wants to dedicate a child or have a baptism. You can have anyone do it, it doesn't have to be the mentors even though we definitely will if we are wanted. We are recommending to all to invite any friends who want to participate and all family to come out and join in this time of celebration.
I think I will wrap up this first Prodigals 99 Newsletter now. I need a cooler name to call it, so please send suggestions. Also, please never hesitate to send suggestions, complaints, and constructive criticism my way. There will be no hard feelings. I know I suck in a lot of areas in mentorship so feel free to point them all out so I can work on them. I am so thankful for each and everyone one of you: Andy, Traci, Dave, Erin, Ryan P, Lynn, Ryan R., Maddie, Jessica, Ben, Myka, Mike, Heather, Aubrey, Lannie (sp), Evelyn, and Stewart. Thank you for allowing Jess and I to be a small part of Prodigals 99. Also, thank you for your patience as we continue to hopefully mature into the mentors you all deserve. Grace & Peace david3rd greatest sinner in the world.

Cereal Night

Just some pictures from cereal night! We missed those of you that couldn't be there! It was a small group, but still a fun night! We'll have to do it again sometime!

Baby Shower Time

I just had to post some of the pictures from the shower! Hope you guys were blessed, Dave and Jess! We love you and can't wait to meet Koleson!

The Sock Game

The Proud Parents!

I just had to post a picture of the spread we had!

The adorable cups that Myka made for mama and dada!

The yummy cake!

The baby food taste testing game...

The Pool Party!

I had to post the few pictures I took from Sunday! It was a blast to be there!

Fourth of July Party!

Here are some pictures from our 4th of July bash! It was a blast for all who could come, and we missed each one that couldn't be there!

The Palmer Family.... enjoying the party!!

Some of the ladies.... loving the yummy dessert the Abbotts brought!

Little Aubrey just loving life!

Evelyn, still enjoying the yummy dessert....

The Promised Picture!

Welcome to Prodigals 99! Close to Those you Love

So I know this may be new to some of you, but I want this to be a place for you to post thoughts you've had throughout the week, links to neat articles you've read, etc. This whole site is only open by invitation, so it's just as private as the grace website...only our house church will be able to see it. So please use it as a message board/prayer request/place for thoughts or sharing of any sort.

On that note, I'm going to see if this works. If you click on the title of the post, the "Welcome to Prodigals 99!" title, it should be a link that takes you to a David Crowder article. It talks about how it's important to get close to those you love. I found it to be very interesting and insightful, as David always is. Please let me know what you think. And pray that it works...haha