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We had a great “Commitment Sunday” this past weekend. Nearly 150 people were there, and 11 were baptized! and I want to share with you some of the responses from the people who came.

“This was a beautiful service. It does remind me of the day I was baptized. I’m so happy for all of these people.”

“It is so refreshing and encouraging to see God’s faithfulness in building His kingdom for our good and His glory! What a blessed state to walk in a manner cleansed by Jesus’ blood!”

“My prayer today is that God leads this church as a group of ‘family’ out the doors of the Long Center into the community of Lafayette to open the door to Christ to spiritually needy children and adults.”

“This reminds me of the day I was baptized and how important that was to me and how I do see that as the day that I became closer to God. I’m so glad to be a part of this service today and I am so thankful for God’s love and for all he is doing through this church.”

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Greetings all!

I can’t tell you how excited I am for tonight’s big Vision Dinner. We have more than 60 adults planning to attend, and my wife (Jennifer) is preparing some pretty amazing food with the help of some other ladies in the church and myself (I browned the sausage ).

Anyway, I’m really just sending this out to let you know that if you haven’t signed up yet, don’t worry. Just come! We should have enough food, but please give me a call by 4:30 to let us know you’re coming so we can have the right number of tables and chairs set up.

Now, here’s a reminder of the details:

• Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
• Location: Clear River Church (at 3rd and Brown)
• Cost: $5 per child, nothing for adults
• Note: Kids need to eat before coming.

Here’s a map:

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I wasn’t aware that Pastor Jeff was a fashion guru. That zip-up and zip-down hoodie took me by surprise. What will we learn next week?

I am excited to go to the Vision Dinner and make this an all-out year to this church, to Christ and to God!

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I have been overwhelmed with the number of people who are offering humanitarian aid to the victims of the tragic earthquake in Haiti, and I thought that perhaps you might want to help out too. The problem is that you might not know how to help or where to send your money. Here are a couple recommendations and some more information.

First, let me share with you a letter sent to me from the leadership of Converge, the movement to which our church belongs.

Dear Pastor:

We have been moved by the news reports after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake.–the strongest in Haiti since 1770–struck at 4:53 p.m. yesterday 10 miles west of Port-au-Prince.

We have been attempting to contact pastor Withny Pierre, Converge WorldWide director of Haiti missions and senior pastor of El Shaddai Haitian Baptist Church, Brooklyn, N.Y. He traveled to Haiti on Monday with Dr. Dave Hall of FaithCare in Connecticut. We have confirmed that short-term missionary Brittany Storkel in Cap Hatien is fine. There were only minor tremors there. We are concerned about the status of the 1by1 child sponsorship office in Port au Prince. News of Melchisidek Baptist School and Ruth orphanage in Maissade reports that things were undamaged.

Converge World Relief is collecting funds to assist. Likely distribution channels include our Haiti missions director, Converge Northeast Haitian ministries, Baptist World Alliance (working through the Baptist Convention of Haiti and Haiti Baptist Mission) and other channels once needs are assessed. More information will be reported as it becomes available.

To donate funds to assist this effort, please make your check payable to Converge World Relief and note it is for “Haiti Earthquake Relief,” account no. 10537. Click here to donate online and choose “Haiti Earthquake Relief – #10537″ from the drop down listing.

Another agency recommended to me is Convoy of Hope, and one final one is Compassion International who manages a child sponsorship program in Haiti with over 65,000 children!

If it’s on your heart to offer some help, please consider these organizations.

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This is the official post announcing the schedule for Jeff and Jen’s New Year’s Day Movie Marathon. If you plan to come, please bring about $5 per person for pizza dinner, and you are welcome to bring an appetizer, dessert, cookies, salad, chips, or drink for the party if you have any favorite movie foods.

Here’s the schedule from http://office.lafayettecc.org/moviepoll:

• 11:00am
  appetizers served
  The Princess Bride
• 12:40pm – 2:00pm
  GAMES: Killer Bunnies, Munchkin, Apples to Apples
• 2pm – 4pm
  Charade, a comedy suspense with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, and about 10 plot twists at the end!
• 4pm – 5pm
  PIZZA DINNER AND LAST SHOT AT THE GAMES
• 5pm – 7:30pm
  Count of Monte Cristo
• 7:30pm – 10pm
  Master and Commander (on blu-ray)

If you don’t like a particular movie selection or the schedule, we can be bribed!

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