Jess' bridal shower

 

 My friend Jess got married this past week (and pictures of the wedding will come soon), so I decided to have a little get together as a bridal shower for her. All the ladies helped to put it together and we had such a great time. Jess received a lot of gifts which might have embarrassed her a little, but they provided entertainment for the rest of us. I am excited for her and Bert, her fiancee, and we are believing God will use their marriage in amazing ways.

Donuts

Remember the 567 donut day? well this year we participated too and we made 700 donuts. It was such a great time as it always is with these guys.

We were able to welcome parents from 3 different schools in the area on their kids' first day.

 

Antonella was there with us and helped by sleeping soundly and letting momma help out. 

Dinner with my CG ladies

As you all know Caleb and I each lead a Community Group (CG), his is for men only, mine is for ladies only. We meet the same night and at the same time but at a different place. We love our CGs and we go on 12 week sessions and then take a two week break and re-launch. So we had our 12 weeks and the ladies and I got together to have dinner and celebrate what we learned the 12 weeks before. It was a great time! We talked about what we had learned, ate together, and thanked Kristi for joining us and helping us with the teaching part of the CG. She is moving to San Francisco for a season so she won't be able to join us and share her wonderful wisdom with us, but she'll be back and we'll insist she join us again until she's so annoyed she does it. 

I am grateful Caleb and I get the opportunity to meet with people every week and learn with them and from them. It is fun to prepare for CG and see everyone being challenged in their faith and growing. Next session we start in May, and we cannot wait!

Easter at Urban

At our Easter service we had an artist, Clarion, transform a painting of a seemingly dead scene to a vibrant scene of a river during the coldplay song "Paradise". He was outstanding and the message about Luke 23:42-43 tied in perfectly with the painting. If you weren't there and would like to listen to the message, here is the link to the podcast.

4th annual Bunny Bash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the volunteers, the other ones were working, sorry guys!

  

For the last 4 years we have put together a community wide Bunny Bash and free Easter Egg Hunt for the San Diego Community. This year was the first time we had it on a Saturday and it was incredibly fun. We love seeing all the little kids running for eggs and oh so excited about the prizes. 

Can't wait for next year, OH MY GOODNESS Antonella will be around next year CRAZY!