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Super big game football pool

2.2.17

It’s that time of year. Chicken wings, chips, and guacamole abound. Super Bowl Sunday is not an official holiday, but maybe it should be given that it’s the second largest day of food consumption in the United States after Thanksgiving. [Geesh!] Oh, and there’s a big football game everyone watches as they eat, by the way.

A few friends of ours had a clever little idea to have a little more fun with it this year (you know, beyond commercial critiquing and watching a half-time show which is typically the extent of my fun). We’re hosting something called a block pool with a goal of scoring $2,000 that will go directly into The Sparrow Fund’s grant fund to support adoptive families in financial need to get the support they need.

Here’s a Cliff Notes version of how it works. We’ve created a 10×10 chart with a total of 100 blocks. With every donation of $20 to The Sparrow Fund before midnight tomorrow, you will get to put your name in one of those blocks. Before the big game, we will randomly assign each row a single digit and each column a single digit. So, for your cell, you will have two single digits, one for the Patriots [insert cheers and boos here] and one for the Falcons [insert cheers and boos here]. After each quarter of the game, if your two numbers match the last digit in each team’s score you win! And, when we say you win, we mean you win. We’ve got 4 donated gift baskets worth over $100 each of Lancaster Stroopie Co. magic (aka, the most amazingly addictive sweetness). Just the thought of over $400 of Stroopies makes me want to put a pot of coffee on right now in preparation for the goodness…

Here’s the game plan:

Head over HERE now and fill out this simple form with your name, email, and how many cell blocks you want to claim.
Make your donation online at www.sparrowfund.org for $20 per cell.
We’ll let you know what the next play is after that, but we promise it’s easy peezy!

#dropthemic

1.22.17

There are some things that seem to be universally awesome–stickers, bubbles, play dough, Old Macdonald, the limbo,…and microphones. There’s something about being center stage and having your own voice magnified that is somewhat irresistible even to those who are a bit quieter than their friend next to them.

In case the pictures are not enough to communicate their sweetness, check out these little people and their big voices in these little video clips.

Watching the videos Ashlyn caught, I’m wondering why we didn’t put their fashionable Lao Shi in the center of the circle. I’m thinking she would have enjoyed the microphone just as much. And, I am 100% certain we would have loved it too.

Child, come as you are

1.16.17

Come out of sadness from wherever you’ve been. Come brokenhearted, let rescue begin. Come find your mercy. Oh, sinner, come kneel. Earth has no sorrow that heaven can’t heal.

Lay down your burdens. Lay down your shame. All who are broken, lift up your face. Oh, children, there’s a home. You’re not too far. Lay down your hurt. Lay down your heart. Come as you are.

There’s hope for the hopeless and all those alone. Come sit at the table; come taste the grace. There’s rest for the weary, rest that endures. Earth has no sorrow that heaven can’t cure.

Lay down your burdens. Lay down your shame. All who are broken, lift up your face. Oh, children, there’s a home. You’re not too far. Lay down your hurt. Lay down your heart. Come as you are.

Come as you are. Fall in his arms. Come as you are.

There’s joy for the morning. Oh, child, be still. Earth has no sorrow that heaven can’t heal. Earth has no sorrow that heaven can’t heal.

{adapted from David Crowder’s song “Come As You Are”}
A few pictures here (the great ones) credited to Nicole Renee of Living Out His Love.