Posted in Church life on April 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Today was a special day for the Howerton and Beaumont families, and for our Vineyard family as well. After “David Isaiah”, Elder, gave instruction on the meaning of Betrothal and commitment, and Elston Brown on the importance of finishing well, David served Tom and Emily communion as a sign of their commitment before the [...]
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Today the elders of the Chesapeake Vineyard named and anointed Laurent Andre as Worship Leader, succeding Steve Elliott. Andre, who has been serving alongside Elliott for nearly two years and has been a member of this Vineyard since his childhood, formally received the post through the laying on of hands and immediately will assume the [...]
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Posted in Church life on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Great idea, June! While I think most of us know each other, there are those who don’t know us so well, and visitors might want an opportunity to get to know more about us, too.
So here’s a short bio on me. My name is Nancy Ivy. My maiden name was Ward. [...]
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Posted in Church life on April 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There are pics of Lucy (courtesy of our son Bob & Suzy) on my blog site: www.ivyfamily.net
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You can listen to our young people’s inspiring recitation of Jennens’ Messiah. Jennens was the little-known librettist who provided to Handel the passages of Scripture which comprise what may be the greatest piece of music ever composed. Listen here or click the graphic.
You will see a page with our audio player. Notice two icons to [...]
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Posted in Church life on March 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Well, we may have set a new record for participation Sunday! so how about a blog posting that lists (at least) 21 things that happened while we gathered? I’ll get us started and you add in the comments.
1. Laurent’s 25th birthday — I was especially touched to hear Emily exhort Laurent for his faithfulness to [...]
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Wayne sent Georgie this email update on his health.
Hello,
Many of you have prayed and we’ve gotten notes from some of you asking how my heart scans and doctor’s visit went. Here’s what happen this a.m. when I went in to see my specialist.
As I entered his office Dr. Chan was pouring over my test results [...]
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Posted in Church life, Sunday on March 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here’s a note that Georgie passed on to me from David Sladden, who spoke on Sunday (listen to the Podcast here):
Dear Joel and Georgie
Being with you all on Sunday was an amazing privilege. Indeed, it restored my faith in ‘church’ - after a long time in a ‘dry and weary place’ as regards church in [...]
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