Easter at the Bren
Pastor Mike Fabarez.
www.compassbiblechurch.org
Such a busy Spring Break. Lots of work! Our church has so much going on around Easter. Our annual outreach program, Good Friday Services, and Easter Services at a bigger venue. We pack up the whole church, furniture, toys, carpets, supplies, and head over to a rented building so we can fit people into our Easter services. This is the second year I have been involved in getting the kids ministry up and running for Easter, and its a lot of work and planning. Our staff is awesome. Both services ran smoothly. I am so blessed to be a part of our church family. After services I ran back home to meet up with all our family and friends for a late lunch/early dinner in the canyon. Brett's dad, stepmom, nephew, and his sisters family all drove down to visit, as well as some of our friends from church. The little kids did an egg hunt and ran amok all over the property.
I think Easter is my favorite holiday. It feels productive. Reflecting on the finished work of Jesus Christ. Without the resurrection we would have no basis for Christianity. The gift of salvation would not exist. God had such an amazing plan, hundreds of years before Jesus ever stepped foot on the earth, prophets foretold about his coming, and Jesus fulfilled every prophesy they gave. You can go back, look at the scripture, try to disprove it, and you can't. History can't erase what happened on the cross. Jesus was sent to pay the price we could not pay. To live a perfect life because we can't. So that he can be a propitiation for our sin. Think you are a good person? No one is good, not one. We all sin, everyday. It's our curse. But God gave us a way out. Repenting of our sins, and putting our faith in Jesus, the son of the ONE TRUE GOD. Do we become perfect after that? No, of course not. We still struggle with sin, we still mess up. The bible tells us that when you are saved, God sends the Holy Spirit to live in us, to help us want to sin less. A penitent person will actually WANT to sin less, we will learn to HATE sin. We will never be perfect, and thanks to Jesus we don't have to be. Praise God that he loved us enough to send His son, to take my punishment, to a most undeserving human. None of us deserve it. Jesus died a humiliating, beyond painful death so I could live with Him forever.
My good friend and I have been planning a surprise 40th birthday party for her husband over the last four months. He never suspected a thing. It was great. Also, we won our soccer game today. Woo hoo!
Look at poor Mike, he's a little confused!
Bunch of friends from church.
Love them.
Love them too.
Mmmmm hmmmm.
Love him also. He cleaned the whole house today while I played soccer and went to meetings and arranged flowers. He's a superman.
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Season three of soccer started on Sunday, and we actually won. Ha! We had 15 girls show up, a record so far, and hopefully they all stay committed to playing this season. Most of our players are in their mid twenties, my friend Kim and I being the oldest, Kim is 41 (and an ex body builder), and I'm 36. Maybe we can place higher than 11th this time. It's possible!
Tyler went away with the junior high students to winter camp this weekend. It was his first time doing something like this, and he was a little nervous. As a matter of fact, I got a text late Friday night from him saying "pick me up". I called, he said his tummy was upset and he was homesick. I told him that he would be ok, the people he was with are like family and trustworthy, and unfortunately, I was not driving the two hours to come get him. He agreed to tough it out. I called my friend the director, and she had gone and comforted him some more, giving him a little encouragement, and a hug or two. By the next morning, he was all smiles again and that was that. He was glad he went and can't wait for summer revival. I love our church.
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I hope this week proves to be a little less busy than last week. Life's been crazy, Brett's got all kinds of work right now, church is gearing up for all our Easter programs, the kids ministry is changing policies and procedures due to growth, and we are in planning for all our summer camps, so there's lots going on at my work these days too. It's a good busy. We have a few trips planned over the next few weeks, camping included, and my sweet husband just bought me a dirt bike so I would be inclined to spend more time with him. I'm kind of excited about it, I don't like sitting around at camp like a bored housewife.
Today I finished reading Jane Eyre again, I forgot how much I love that book. It's beautiful and dark and real. As much as I love Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte is easier to identify with and she paints such a vivid and colorful story, her characters are deep and flawed. The theology is sound. I was inspired to read it because I saw that a new Jane movie is coming out next month. It looks promising. Maybe I'll read Wuthering Heights again now. Maybe not. Anyways, heres some random pictures from last week:
My husband does not look as scared as he ought to right here.
Home fellowship, I made creme brûlée and taught one of our friends kids to use a torch.
While on the elliptical, I saw puppy bring this poor thing in the house. Puppy was making a beeline for my room, glad I caught her.
Got to love on a friends new baby this week, so sweet! My ovaries are screaming that we should acquire another one of these.
Pretty baby niece Aubrey, turning one this week, heading to northern California to see her and help celebrate her birthday.
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