Woman’s Day Retreat on the Topic of Prayer ^{0}

May 9th is the Redeemer Woman’s Day Retreat covering the topic of prayer. So far there are 27 woman 6th grade on up signed up for the retreat which is being hosted at the Mussman’s home near the Plaza. The retreat runs Saturday from 9:30 to 3:00 and includes both breakfast and lunch. The total cost for the retreat is a mere $5. The day will consist of four sessions with a separate Redeemer woman speaking on a different aspect of prayer each session. Don’t miss out on this great time of learning and fellowship. RSVP with info in the bulletin or on the WIC (Women in the Church) table on Sunday.

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Galatians 1:10 ^{0}

This Sunday Pastor Tony is preaching on Galatians 1:10, ” For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.” I for one cannot wait to hear it and thought I’d get you thinking about the verse early.

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Shaving Cream Night Postponed to next week ^{0}

Shaving Cream Night has been postponed due to the info above, it should be raining and lightning when we are supposed to be outside. Breakaway is going on as normal, 6:30 to 8:00 inside the building. See you there!

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Breakaway Shaving Cream War 2009 ^{1}

Reminder to student and parents. This Wednesday April 29th 2009 is the Breakaway Shaving Cream War. At the end of the night we’ll be playing games involving shaving cream. There will be a hose hooked up to spray students down, but we ask that you bring a towel for them to dry off with before they get into there car ride home.

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Trey Hillman ^{0}

A while back I pulled an article from the KC Star Magazine on the Royal’s manager Trey Hillman. What caught my eye was the photo above. Today I finally got around to reading about Hillman and his love for Christ. The full article is no longer online, but I did want to share this story from his childhood that had a huge impact on his life. Enjoy.

“Perhaps the best way to understand him is to understand what’s most important in his life. It’s not baseball.

Trey Hillman is about an hour into explaining how the faith he learned from his father turned him into the man he is today when he thinks about the day it all came together. You’ll like this, he says. It gets at the crux of who he is and how he lives.

Nine years old, and little Trey is outside his family’s Texas home playing ball with kids from the neighborhood. He says something about Santa Claus, and a kid named Dean – Hillman will never forget that name – laughs and calls Trey a dumb little boy for believing.

Crushed, Trey goes to his father. Dad was a junior high principal and coach, one of the most respected men in town. Hillman calls him “a saint.”

On this day, Trey asks about Santa and Dad gives him the truth. OK. Trey asks about the tooth fairy and Dad gives him the truth. Hmm. Trey asks about the Easter bunny. Dad gives him the truth. Deep breath. Trey thinks for a moment. He goes the next step.

What about God?

Is that real?

Whoa. This just turned serious. Dad’s face loses all humor. God is very real. It’s more important, Dad says, for you to love Jesus Christ than it is for you to love me. The words come calm and steady. “Son, it’s more important for me to spend time with Jesus Christ than it is to spend time with you.”

Even now, Hillman sounds surprised when he retells the story.

“You have to understand,” he says, “my father was and is my hero. To hear him tell me that, that was tough.”

It changed him, too. Church was no longer just a Sunday ritual. God went from one more authority figure young Trey had to do right by to an essential part of his life. Light from his bedroom often spilled under the door and into the hallway as he read and re-read the Bible before bed.”

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Breakaway April 22nd 2009 Rewind ^{0}

Tonight we were outside in the most beautiful weather we’ve seen in nearly 6 months. The younger group (2nd – 5th) played a great game of kickball while the older group (6th – 12th) played Ultimate Frisbee. Was a great deal of fun, and exhausting. Bethany McGuire is our new photographer, check out her great photos after the link. Don’t forget next week is Shaving Cream war so bring a towel and wear t-shirt that can get dirty.

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