From the Mind of MandoRon

It’s August 1st which means it was Servolution Sunday at GracePoint Church.  Last week, we ended our lease at Maize South High School.  Next week, we will have our first service in the new building.  So this week, we had a short 30 minute worship service outside the new building and then hit the community as a church to show God’s love thru service.  Teams of people went out to mow lawns, wash windows, clean bathrooms at local businesses, pick up trash along the streets, etc…

My family signed up to hand out bags of quarters and dryer sheets to people at the laundrymat.  There wasn’t anyone at our “assigned” laundrymat, so we called an audible and went to another one in the neighborhood.  As you can imagine, people were quite surpised to get quarters and dryer sheets with no strings attached.  The kids wanted to keep serving, so we joined some other families picking up trash along Central. 

We had a great time!

Oh yeah… the Setlist… 

• Your Grace is Enough by Chris Tomlin
• If We Are the Body by Casting Crowns
• You Never Let Go by Matt Redman
• Give It All Away by Aaron Shust (offering)

For the worship set, we tried to pick a few songs that everyone would know since there weren’t any lyrics.  If We Are the Body and Give It All Away were especially appropriate for a morning of community service.

The band (if you can two people a band…): Gil - vocals, Ronnie (me) - acoustic guitar

Here are a couple of pictures from this morning.  I took the first one; Perry Johnson took the second.

 For more Sunday Setlists, be sure to check out TheWorshipCommunity.com.  Have an awesome week!

Hey good people of Wichita!

My very good friend, Carmen Kamps, is trying to find her 16-year-old daughter that ran away 5 months ago.  They believe that she is still in Wichita based on occasional phone calls and contact with friends.  Last week, Carmen recorded this song as a plea for Ashlynn to come home.

Please check out the video and let the Kamps family know if you’ve seen her.  They are asking that you either email them at ashlynncomehome@gmail.com or call 911.

Also, I’m sure the Kamps family would covet your prayers.  It’s been hard 5 months for them, and I can’t imagine what they’ve gone through.

Thanks!

The kids and I made a little music video for Andrea to celebrate Mother’s Day.

(my sincere apologies to Mr. Tomlin…)

Saturday night, we found Jett in a rather awkward position. 

It was too funny not to share…

Yes, he’s really asleep.

And yes, it’s entirely possible that the cat pushed him off.

My 8-year-old daughter keeps wanting to text and send emails to different family members.

So I mentioned to my wife that maybe we should get Jada her own email account.  (Definitely no cell phone though…)  She thought it was a good idea, so I set one up for her and for my 6-year-old son who is just learning to read (and pitched a fit that he wasn’t getting one.)

Needless to say they were excited, and have sent several emails to grandpas, grandmas, aunts, and each other.  Even Jett typed an email that went something like this: “Do you love me? I like you. I love  you.”

It occurred to me that I had no idea at what age most kids get email addresses.   I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone talk about it.

I think a few questions for you, the reader, are in order:

1. How old were your kids when they got their own email accounts?
2. Did you take any special safety precautions?
3. Any other thoughts on the subject?

Leave a comment, ’cause I’d love to hear your thoughts.